SEGA Archives
You’re currently viewing the SEGA news archives, filled with wonderful rants, gems, rambles, and other assorted written works of confusion about SEGA games. In all seriousness, it’s mostly news and updates on the SEGA section of the site with a few editorials sprinkled in for good measure.
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The Crazy Taxi: World Tour Network Test is taking applications for one more day. Hurry if you want in.
If you’d like to join in on the Crazy Taxi: World Tour Closed Network Test, then it’s time to go. Sign-up officially ends tomorrow night.
Crazy Taxi was one of my, if not the top, favorite games on the Dreamcast. So, I had considered joining in, having had some familiarity being part of a couple of Battletech and Mechwarrior open betas. But, looking at how it works, they’re going to select a limited number of people from their applicants, weighing them based on Discord and other “community engagement” activities. Though it’d be cool to get an early glimpse of the game… this seems like a major hassle. I don’t think “Local Ditch Gaming webmaster” carries enough weight here.
Personally, I’ll wait until release and check out the reviews. Well, unless another opportunity more easily presents itself. If you’re interested, give it a shot! What’s the worst that could happen? You get to play a bit?
Q&A: Whilst getting some paint inspiration, the Virtual On page brings back memories of ’08. And, does the contact form work?
Hi, Just wanted to say hi. I was taking a break from painting some Warhammer 40k models and while my airbrush cooled down I thought I’d grab a tub of paints and figure out how to paint a battlesuit on the base of the model I’m currently working on. I’ve always wanted to paint some Tau in the style of some of the Virtuaroids from Virtual On and while looking for the artwork for Belgdor to try to colour-match with my paints I saw a crazy screenshot of a big head mode Apharmd. Following that link brought me to your website and it is peak 2008 web design. Sure, it looks dated by today’s standards but I had a lot of fun reading your review of the Sega Ages version of Virtual On: Operation Moongate. I owned that game on the Saturn and played it once or twice in the the arcades, but you don’t see that one in the wild anymore! Your article was a wonderful time capsule and I just wanted to offer some feedback. I wasn’t sure if you’ve even be able to receive this message after all this time but it looks like you’ve got an up-to-date Youtube page so I’d give it a go.
Hey, thanks for reaching out! Good news: The contact form still works and the site is still occasionally updated. (Well… the Sega section is pretty much frozen in a time warp at this point.) I kind of like the old-school ’08 look now that it’s reached a vintage age.
When you finish painting, be sure to send some pics. I’d love to see how they turn out!
SEGA MODEL KING (WangDrum) has released a Sega Model 1 arcade emulator that perfectly recreates the original Virtua Fighter.
I’m not the only one digging back into Virtua Fighter. (In fact, someone recently added a 32X guide to the game over on GameFAQs. Crazy!) SEGA MODEL KING (WangDrum) has released a Sega Model 1 arcade emulator that perfectly recreates Virtua Fighter.
A bit of background: MAME has run Model 1 games to some degree for years, but particularly in the OG Virtua Fighter, collision detection has been super poor. Throws won’t connect, many hits aren’t picked up — it’s a bad experience if you actually want to play. So, there’s been a need for this. Via comments, WangDrum has been analyzing the Model 1 hardware for years and has fairly recently started programming this emulator. I’ve been following it for a bit, waiting for the final 1.0 release before posting something. It’s good! It’s really good! And, you can increase the resolution to get your polygons looking as sharp as they possibly can!
Video and more
Virtua Fighter Crossroads (aka Virtua Fighter 6) is officially unveiled as an open-world, realistic fighter.
It’s official. The sixth game in the the series is Virtua Fighter Crossroads.
There’s been a slight trickle of “Virtua Fighter Project” information over the years. A financial report in 2021 revealed Sega had been planning new games using classic, dormant IPs. This would come to fruition with the Virtua Fighter series: Helmed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios, VF5 Ultimate Showdown and and VF5 R.E.V.O. have updated the 20-year-old VF5 series for modern consoles and PCs. Read more and see the trailer
Club Sega has been updated for the first time in almost 17 years. Check out the secrets of the original Virtua Fighter and its development!
Club Sega has been updated for the first time in probably 17 years! A few happenings collided to make it happen: I started to dive into the Neo Geo library (what?), which eventually circled back to playing a fighting game series I understand (Virtua Fighter). Of course, Virtua Fighter Crossroads (VF6) has been formally announced. Oh, and add a little vacation free time to the mix.
Updates:
Club Sega – News on main page
Club Sega – Virtua Fighter – Character origins and unused characters
Club Sega – Fighters Megamix – High-res images added.
A bit of a ramble below and the story of Club Sega at Local Ditch Gaming:
The club story
We get our first glimpse of Crazy Taxi World Tour from XBOX Games Showcase 2026.
XBOX Games Showcase 2026 saw the reveal of Crazy Taxi World Tour. Story-wise, Axel seeks to find his stolen taxi in a quest that will feature areas on five different continents.
View the trailer and read more
Q&A: A proposed trade: Virtual On stage images for a link?
Hi, I’m the owner of arcadequartermaster.com. I wish to ask permission in using the images for the stages of Virtual On since I’m also building a shrine for it.
Also, I would love to link the site back for it and vice-versa.
Take all of the images that you want. I’m pretty sure I pulled them from a site that was hosted on tripod.com years ago. I’m not even sure if the other site still exists.
I’ve been slacking on updating my site, but I’ll get a link back to you!