Peer inside Sega's secret game cave

by Justin McElroy { Aug 15th 2008 at 8:15AM }

You know that bit in Antitrust when Milo Hoffman discovers that NURV (Never Underestimate Radical Vision, natch) is stealing source code from its employees and having them contract killed? SEGA's Julian Mehlfeld recently had the exact same experience except 1. SEGA isn't an acronym, 2. There's no way Mehlfeld could match Ryan Philippe's smoldering charisma and 3. What he discovered was actually a room in the company filled, not only with every SEGA game, but every game that had ever appeared on a SEGA console ... and murder contracts. No, no, we kid.

Check out more of this incredible collection right here and if any of you other companies have rooms like this we request, nay, demand pictures ... and keys.

Tags: sega

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jack of No Trades 85 @ Aug 15th 2008 8:20AM

I wish I had all those old games.

Shiaoran @ Aug 15th 2008 8:30AM

"1. SEGA isn't an acronym"

LOL at you!
SEGA = SErvice GAmes.

John Z @ Aug 15th 2008 8:34AM

That makes it a portmanteau, not strictly an acronym.

Fenix @ Aug 15th 2008 8:38AM

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h289/Anime_Forever07/Funny%20Stuff/YouWantACookie.jpg

John Z @ Aug 15th 2008 8:39AM

Nah. Thanks for the offer, though.

Shiaoran @ Aug 15th 2008 8:56AM

*devours cookie*

Got another?

Justin McElroy @ Aug 15th 2008 9:53AM

Yeah, it's not an acronym.

O'Doyle Rules.

WRE @ Aug 15th 2008 10:49AM

I though SEGA meant Secretly Engineered Genocidal Atrocities? I mean, we all know that video games are directly responsible for all of the violence in the world and always have been.

MC Double Def DP @ Aug 15th 2008 8:33AM

Lots of spindles of blank media there. Hmmm, I better warm up my dancing pants!

Lunatone @ Aug 17th 2008 5:10PM

DON'T COPY THAT FLOPPY.

John Z @ Aug 15th 2008 8:35AM

Holy crap, Pico stuff!

Johnny Carnage @ Aug 15th 2008 8:36AM

so its an incomplete collection of all shitty games ever made?

Foetoid @ Aug 15th 2008 8:42AM

This guy deserves all the -1 love Joystiq can ever give him. SEGA games a great, they are publishing what is going to be the best game shown at E3 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akvf1DbmKWA and after FINALLY hiring out Sonic and the Secret Rings, i am moderatly impressed. SEGA have always been a great developer/publisher, its just that because there are better developers/publishers, SEGA doesnt shine as much as they used to.

Gman @ Aug 15th 2008 10:18AM

I agree with foetoid. While I'm not a huge Sega fan, they have put out some great games, especially the early sonic games. I never did have a Sega system though.

Foetoid @ Aug 15th 2008 10:44AM

I had a Sega Master System II before i became a Nintendo fanboy and the only 2 games i had was the built-in Alex the Kidd in Miracle World (which i recently downloaded on VC WOOT!) and Predator 2. I got so good at Predator 2 when i was like 7 yrs old, i had the WHOLE game 100% memorised and i finished the game 27 times in a row without being HIT at all by any enemy at ALL. I had them all memorised, including thier positions, attack patterns and where i could stand at every point in the game so i wouldn't get hit. How i got so good at that game at that age i will never know, but it was my first real gaming claim to fame.

GoldenS1104 @ Aug 15th 2008 6:02PM

@ Johnny Carnage

If you are claiming that all Sega games are shitty, you clearly haven't played a Sega game made before they stopped making consoles.

Habiib @ Aug 15th 2008 8:39AM

1 copy of Sonic and Knuckles
1 copy of Sonic 3
1 copy of Toejam & Earl

I'd be set for life

AwesomeTown @ Aug 15th 2008 9:31AM

No, I'd be set for life if you could plug in Toe Jam and Earl into Sonic and Knuckles and get some crazy lock-on madness. My head is exploding just thinking about it.

the Brayn @ Aug 15th 2008 9:46AM

You forgot Earth Worm Jim. Man I miss wish they would remake that game.

Nigeria @ Aug 15th 2008 8:55AM

Maybe they'll find a few spare copies of PDS in there, or even the source code.

FOXHOUND @ Aug 15th 2008 8:59AM

I have to applaud the special person or people who bought more than 5 Sega CD games. It makes me feel like I wasn't the only one duped into that. I personally had NHL'94, SONIC CD, MORTAL KOMBAT, FINAL FIGHT, and SILPHEED(I don't count SEWER SHARK).

...Unfortunately, I couldn't buy SNATCHER because it was never released at the EBgames I used to shop from at the time.

samfish @ Aug 15th 2008 9:20AM

My best friend at the time had like 7 or 8 SegaCD games. I remember there was NightTrap, Mortal Kombat, Sonic CD, Brutal: Paws of Fury, Wonder Dog...and a few more, but hell if I can remember them.

McWeen @ Aug 15th 2008 9:35AM

Both Lunar games came out for Sega CD. I don't personally care for the second one but Silver Star Story was amazing.

tcc3 @ Aug 15th 2008 9:39AM

I bought a Sega CD and 32x after they were orphaned and deeply discounted at my local KB toys. I might have been disappointed at full price but for $5 per game it was like finding treasure. Except for Sewer Shark: it was a waste of foil and extruded plastic even though it was free with the hardware.

Dadidito @ Aug 15th 2008 10:52AM

I have 21 of them... still pissed that my World War III game got destroyed by an accidental step on. They are all in storage next to my other sega consoles and games.

xGeneral DEATHx @ Aug 15th 2008 11:26AM

No love for Corpse Killer????

AwesomeTown @ Aug 15th 2008 12:53PM

Does it count if I bought them used at Funcoland after the system died? I have about 10 or so. And yes, Lunar: The Silver Star story was and is amazing. I also have the RPG Vay, but I found that way more difficult then Lunar at the time.

meatee @ Aug 15th 2008 2:12PM

Believe it or not, I actually have 34 Sega CD games sitting on my collection shelf at the moment.

Brad @ Aug 15th 2008 8:59AM

Technically, NURV is having programmers who AREN'T their employees killed, but I digress...

Jonafun @ Aug 15th 2008 9:13AM

Boner-rific

Zertoss @ Aug 15th 2008 9:15AM

*fap fap fap*

Christian @ Aug 15th 2008 9:22AM

Um, in Antitrust they where stealing source code from open source developers, not from their employees.

Ray @ Aug 15th 2008 10:03AM

soo purdy

Gman @ Aug 15th 2008 10:19AM

God I wish Sony had a room like that, and I could get inside...

pairannoyed @ Aug 15th 2008 10:21AM

i sure thought sega was an acronym for Sony Electronic Gaming America... could swear i saw that on a sonic or two

Abuzar @ Aug 15th 2008 11:55AM

SCEA- Sony Computer Entertainment America

Not to be confused with SEGA.

Hunts314 @ Aug 15th 2008 10:33AM

by the power of grayskull...

Dadidito @ Aug 15th 2008 10:50AM

Seriously I could die in that room. I am such a sega fan (console I mean, don't care for post dreamcast sega at all).

Wiinterfang @ Aug 15th 2008 12:26PM

That you're not a Sega fan but rather was.. and seriously you are missing out, Jet Set radio future,shinoby,otagi,gun valkrie,panser dragon orta,monkey ball,yakuza,billy hatcher,bleach DS,Sonic Rush,Sonic advance, Astro boy,Condemned,Crush,The club etc...

and coming soon,Balloneta, Mad world, World Destruction, PSP,Bangai spirits etc...

j.howlett @ Aug 15th 2008 10:50AM

i just heard a voice scream SEGA! in my head

Foetoid @ Aug 15th 2008 10:51AM

Are you serious? The room would be filled of the most rediculous amount of crap games ever!. With the low cost of developing Ps1/Ps2 games, only a small portion had a chance to shine and most of the games were shithouse cheap games made in 2 months by devs trying to make a quick buck. Sony have ALWAYS been hit with the worst good game/bad game ratio in existance. It was the worst with the Ps1 but had gotten better since. N64/GC on the other hand had the best good games/bad games ratio out of thier respective generations. I can't say the same for the current-gen yet, suffice to say i dont own Galaxy/brawl/mariokart/geometry wars/battalion wars/nmh and most of the other A+ games and i've still managed to find a dozen games worth owning. And thats coming from a picky hardcore gamer who refuses to buy shovelware ports and minigames.

Anthony33 @ Aug 15th 2008 12:54PM

You have no idea what you're talking about. Sega's first party games were pure gold.

Shadow Hog @ Aug 15th 2008 3:52PM

He's talking about Sony, though, not Sega.

Foetoid @ Aug 15th 2008 7:57PM

Yeah my comment was meant for Gman

CJLopez @ Aug 15th 2008 1:47PM

Not only there are tons of sega games. I can see also

1.- A nintendo 64
2.- 2 PlayStation
3.- Nintendo, SNES, 64, GC games
4.- PS1 and PS2 games
5.- XBOX games

This is pure Video Game pron!!!!!

moominsean @ Aug 15th 2008 5:12PM

i wonder if all those spools are dreamcast games downloaded off of usenet.

Deadpool @ Aug 15th 2008 7:38PM

I often wonder what kinda of video game console Sega would have made if they were still in the hardware business. I still play my Sega Saturn and Dreamcast.

I have an awesome collection of games for both of them, in fact I'm still looking for some saturn games.