Bleem Creator Says Sega Was “Thrilled” At PlayStation Games On Dreamcast, But Didn’t Want “A Big Legal Battle With Sony”

“They loaned us a Dreamcast hardware development system”. Bleem! was a really unique product for its time, allowing users to run PlayStation games on non-PlayStation hardware. Originally created with Windows-based PCs in mind, Bleem! would later come to the Sega Dreamcast as Bleemcast – a move which Sega was covertly in favour of. Randy Linden,…

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This Super Mario 64 Footage May Not Look Like Much, But Marks A “Huge” Change For GameCube Devs

The GameCube is officially joining the “KallistiOS ecosystem”. The Sega Dreamcast homebrew community has been going from strength to strength in recent years, and it now looks like the Nintendo GameCube community could soon be joining it. That’s because the systems engineer and Dreamcast/GameCube enthusiast Eric Fradella has now successfully ported the Dreamcast homebrew software…

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“The Last Of Crash” – Crash Bandicoot’s Co-Designer Hints ‘Nitro Kart’ Could Have Been The End Of The Series

“Vicarious Visions saved Crash Bandicoot”. The multi-platform racing game Crash Nitro Kart could have been “the last of Crash”, according to Crash Bandicoot co-creator and character designer Charles Zembillas. Zembillas recently spoke to Time Extension for an interview about his career, during which he discussed his journey as an artist in the animation and video…

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LAST CHANCE: Pre-Order The Steven Universe Season 1 Score!

DON’T MISS OUT: Steven Universe: Season 1 (Score from the Original Soundtrack) 4×10” Vinyl Set! PRE-ORDERS CLOSE MONDAY, MARCH 16TH! We at iam8bit, along with Warner Bros. and WaterTower Music, are proud to present Steven Universe: Season 1 (Score from the Original Soundtrack) 4×10” Vinyl Set. It’s all your favorite background music from the first season of the seminal series,…

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