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The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for Sega's 16-bit Console Hardcover – December 14, 2021

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The third book in Chris Scullion’s series of video game encyclopedias, the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Encyclopedia is dedicated to Sega’s legendary 16-bit video game console.

The book contains detailed information on every single game released for the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis in the West, as well as similarly thorough bonus sections covering every game released for its add-ons, the Mega CD and 32X. With nearly a thousand screenshots, generous helpings of bonus trivia and charmingly bad jokes, the
Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Encyclopedia is the definitive guide to a legendary gaming system.
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The Sega Mega Drive and Genesis Encyclopedia is a must-buy for fans of the console and a perfect addition to any retro game fan’s library.”
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About the Author

Chris Scullion has been a gamer for over 30 years and first fell in love with the NES at the age of four. He has been a games journalist for the past 12 years, most notably as the longest-running staff member of the Official Nintendo Magazine UK. He’s also written for the likes of Official Xbox Magazine, Official PlayStation Magazine, Nintendo Life, Vice, Retro Gamer, Polygon, The Guardian, Computer & Video Games, GamesMaster and Red Bull, and has appeared on Sky News and BBC News in the past to discuss gaming. He was recently nominated for the Best Critic award by the Games Media Brit List 2018.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ White Owl (December 14, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 152674659X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1526746597
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.18 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.25 x 1 x 11.5 inches
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    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 172 ratings

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Chris Scullion is a Scottish video game journalist and retro gaming specialist who's been in the industry for over 15 years. He's the author of the NES Encyclopedia, SNES Encyclopedia and Mega Drive Encyclopedia for Pen and Sword Books. Although he's best known for his six years at the UK's Official Nintendo Magazine, he's also written for the likes of Computer & Video Games, Official Xbox Magazine, Official PlayStation Magazine, Nintendo Life, Vice, Retro Gamer, Polygon, The Guardian and GamesMaster. Chris is currently the Features Editor at Video Games Chronicle (VGC).

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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172 global ratings
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A great comprehensive book I feel like I rarely see on Sega Genesis, usually it's the Nes that gets all the attention. Also great to see the Sega CD and 32X included instead of wasting time on a separate book. The format is nicely laid out with 1/4 page for each game unless its a popular or defining game which gets half a page.The descriptions were well done for the most part, there were times it seemed all was written is the generally useless plot instead of going over other aspects. Largely that was the case, though maybe some games just don't have much that can be said. While there is some humor mixed in, it doesn't come off as trying to be over the top. What I did find annoying was the overuse of the phrase "because of course it is" or some variation, usually in regards to plot. If it was meant to be funny it just got old after the first few times, and really why are we are overthinking some 16-bit game plot like it's so absurd for certain games anyway. It felt like a pointless addition to only waste space to fill. There are also a slew of sports titles with and without team or player licenses which was explained in the first instance. Yet for almost every single release thereafter he thought best to reiterate that a lack of a players league means no official players, for every single sport. Totally needless as another space filler, not to mention the frequent virtue signaling throughout that has no place in an encyclopedia. I will say the extra facts were informative bits I was unaware of.I did read the kindle version only, there was more than a handful of spelling mistakes, missing words or punctuation that could have used another proofread. At the end of every description was an N not sure why, but sometimes it would be after the period but mostly over the last word or right over the period. Unsure if it this is something only with the digital version, but I am using the most recent Kindle release.Author makes a claim to not inject reviews as it's an encyclopedia format, but then talks about arbitrary game prices and rarity on a few occasions, that I think doesn't need to be touched on here. Considering there are not really any complete books like this on the Genesis it does what it sets out to do. To be complete would have been great to see all the controllers and accessories covered too, such as the Activator and Menacer so that takes it down a bit for me. These are things that can be updated in a future revision that should also fix the spelling and sentence errors, rewrite the sports reviews to be less redundant, kindle issues too. Regardless of your stance on things, I read a video game book for the facts and enjoyment, but having to read about this guy being offended about things like Indians in Sunset Riders and the like has no place here. If you can get past all that, still good for a fan.
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Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2023
An excellent read. Definitely recommend it !
Reviewed in the United States on February 21, 2023
This has come in handy so many times when trying to find new games to play on my Genesis. The Ooze having reverse cover art was a cool fact I love that game
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2022
Could have used a rating or other subjective info on each game, and maybe a few more pics. But it was informative and a good nostalgic read.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2022
Excellent quality book.
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2022
I really like the book. Has game releases from North America, Europe,Australia & South America but no Japanese games.
Would’ve been almost perfect if it included Japanese games or at least Japanese exclusive titles.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2022
A great comprehensive book I feel like I rarely see on Sega Genesis, usually it's the Nes that gets all the attention. Also great to see the Sega CD and 32X included instead of wasting time on a separate book. The format is nicely laid out with 1/4 page for each game unless its a popular or defining game which gets half a page.

The descriptions were well done for the most part, there were times it seemed all was written is the generally useless plot instead of going over other aspects. Largely that was the case, though maybe some games just don't have much that can be said. While there is some humor mixed in, it doesn't come off as trying to be over the top. What I did find annoying was the overuse of the phrase "because of course it is" or some variation, usually in regards to plot. If it was meant to be funny it just got old after the first few times, and really why are we are overthinking some 16-bit game plot like it's so absurd for certain games anyway. It felt like a pointless addition to only waste space to fill. There are also a slew of sports titles with and without team or player licenses which was explained in the first instance. Yet for almost every single release thereafter he thought best to reiterate that a lack of a players league means no official players, for every single sport. Totally needless as another space filler, not to mention the frequent virtue signaling throughout that has no place in an encyclopedia. I will say the extra facts were informative bits I was unaware of.

I did read the kindle version only, there was more than a handful of spelling mistakes, missing words or punctuation that could have used another proofread. At the end of every description was an N not sure why, but sometimes it would be after the period but mostly over the last word or right over the period. Unsure if it this is something only with the digital version, but I am using the most recent Kindle release.

Author makes a claim to not inject reviews as it's an encyclopedia format, but then talks about arbitrary game prices and rarity on a few occasions, that I think doesn't need to be touched on here. Considering there are not really any complete books like this on the Genesis it does what it sets out to do. To be complete would have been great to see all the controllers and accessories covered too, such as the Activator and Menacer so that takes it down a bit for me. These are things that can be updated in a future revision that should also fix the spelling and sentence errors, rewrite the sports reviews to be less redundant, kindle issues too. Regardless of your stance on things, I read a video game book for the facts and enjoyment, but having to read about this guy being offended about things like Indians in Sunset Riders and the like has no place here. If you can get past all that, still good for a fan.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Would give it a 5 with some updates
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2022
A great comprehensive book I feel like I rarely see on Sega Genesis, usually it's the Nes that gets all the attention. Also great to see the Sega CD and 32X included instead of wasting time on a separate book. The format is nicely laid out with 1/4 page for each game unless its a popular or defining game which gets half a page.

The descriptions were well done for the most part, there were times it seemed all was written is the generally useless plot instead of going over other aspects. Largely that was the case, though maybe some games just don't have much that can be said. While there is some humor mixed in, it doesn't come off as trying to be over the top. What I did find annoying was the overuse of the phrase "because of course it is" or some variation, usually in regards to plot. If it was meant to be funny it just got old after the first few times, and really why are we are overthinking some 16-bit game plot like it's so absurd for certain games anyway. It felt like a pointless addition to only waste space to fill. There are also a slew of sports titles with and without team or player licenses which was explained in the first instance. Yet for almost every single release thereafter he thought best to reiterate that a lack of a players league means no official players, for every single sport. Totally needless as another space filler, not to mention the frequent virtue signaling throughout that has no place in an encyclopedia. I will say the extra facts were informative bits I was unaware of.

I did read the kindle version only, there was more than a handful of spelling mistakes, missing words or punctuation that could have used another proofread. At the end of every description was an N not sure why, but sometimes it would be after the period but mostly over the last word or right over the period. Unsure if it this is something only with the digital version, but I am using the most recent Kindle release.

Author makes a claim to not inject reviews as it's an encyclopedia format, but then talks about arbitrary game prices and rarity on a few occasions, that I think doesn't need to be touched on here. Considering there are not really any complete books like this on the Genesis it does what it sets out to do. To be complete would have been great to see all the controllers and accessories covered too, such as the Activator and Menacer so that takes it down a bit for me. These are things that can be updated in a future revision that should also fix the spelling and sentence errors, rewrite the sports reviews to be less redundant, kindle issues too. Regardless of your stance on things, I read a video game book for the facts and enjoyment, but having to read about this guy being offended about things like Indians in Sunset Riders and the like has no place here. If you can get past all that, still good for a fan.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2022
This is pretty disappointing. No box art at all for the games and only one screenshot. The write ups are short as well. Hopefully a better book comes out on Sega.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2022
It covers games that werent released in the US, and a few others.

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Omegadiek
5.0 out of 5 stars Basico colección
Reviewed in Mexico on August 12, 2023
Vienen como mega drive, no genesis, desde la vista del autor en UK. Viene ademas sega cd y 32x. Recomendado
S. L. F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Practical and a Decent quality.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 7, 2024
If you want a very broad overview of pretty much everything that was published for the Genesis/Mega Drive + the Sega CD and 32x. This book is a quicker way of doing that over using Wiki's then you can turn to the web to look up more on each game you want to know about individually.
It covers each game's Title, Company, Year of Release, Genre, provides a small paragraph and a decent screenshot for each one.
The catch is you'd have to buy this quality book and turn it's pages to find things.
Name
1.0 out of 5 stars Nie wieder Bücher von Amazon!
Reviewed in Germany on December 27, 2023
Buchversand bei Amazon? Der absolute Mist, schlechte, zu große Verpackungen, kaum ein Buch kommt ohne Beschädigung. Eingedrückte Ecken, wieso wird bei teuren Büchern kein Kantenschutz verwendet? Kratzer auf den Covern, wird überhaupt geprüft in welchem Zustand die Ware in den Versand geht? Von Feuchtigkeit gewellte Seiten, da die Zusteller trotz eindeutiger Lieferanweisungen (Carport überdacht) auf feuchten Fußmatten, feuchtem Pflaster, etc. abstellen. Für Buchbestellungen ist Amazon nicht mehr zu gebrauchen. Das war mal euer Kerngeschäft in den Anfangstagen, was für eine miese Entwicklung. Meine Bücher bestelle ich in Zukunft besser bei Thalia, lasse sie in eine Filiale liefern und kann mir den Zustand der Ware anschauen bevor ich sie kaufe.
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C. Go.
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing! Enttäuschend! Leider nur ein durchschnittliches Buch
Reviewed in Germany on February 10, 2023
Wenn man die Bücher von Geeks Publishing kennt, ist das Buch hier wirklich enttäuschend!
- Keine japanischen Spiele.
- keine Fotos der Spielehüllen/ Verpackungen
- Kaum Infos über die Spiele, welches Genre, etc.
- kaum Platz für die Spiele. Pro Spiel nur eine viertel Seite, maximal eine halbe.
- keine richtige Alphabetisierung
- Das Buch hätte mindestens 100 Seiten mehr gebraucht.
Leider gibt es die Mega Drive Anthologie von Geeks Publishing momentan nur auf Französisch aber sogar da bekommt man mehr Informationen über die einzelnen Spiele als in diesem Buch.
Der Autor hat mit diesem Buch eine große Chance vertan. Hoffen wir das der Autor es im kommenden Dreamcast Buch es besser macht.
Aber da die ersten zwei Bücher schon im gleichen Stil waren, wird es wohl genauso unterdurchschnittlich ausfallen.
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greasey
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on every game for the Mega Drive
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 17, 2022
I thoroughly enjoyed this book about every single Sega Mega Drive game released. Not only does it include a brief summary of what each game was like, it also tells you if it was released in the US or Europe. In addition there is also every Mega CD and 32-X game reviewed too. My only gripe is that the games don't have a rating on how good or bad they are. Sonic the hedgehog would have 5 stars for example. Overall a great book for fans of the 16 bit era if gaming in the 1990s that I remember well as I was 10 in 1994.