Bonus Episodes

To mark the 25th anniversary of the original Shenmue in the West, KC shares his personal memories of the game and why it's such an amazing and unique experience even today. Check out The Dreamcast Junkyard's DreamPod episode dedicated to the 25th anniversary of Shenmue, featuring KC and Matt Oliver of Shenmue Dojo: https://thedreamcastjunkyard.buzzsprout.com/42610/episodes/18232667-episode-147-25-years-of-shenmue

Here's The SEGA Lounge review of EARTHION, a brand new game by Yuzo Koshiro, developed from the ground up for the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis. This review is based on the recently released Steam version. Other current-gen ports are coming soon. The Mega Drive version is scheduled to be released in 2026. Get EARTHION on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3597580/Earthion/ Review based on the Steam version of Earthion, played on the Steam Deck. A code for the game was provided by Masamune.

For the last summer game suggestion of 2021, returning guest Renato Almeida picked California Games, aka Jogos de Verão, as it was known in his country, Brazil. We're closing this summer series in style with an actual summer game. What are the odds?!

Retro Game Corps' Russ is back on The Lounge with his pick for summer game: Quackshot Starring Donald Duck. Listen on to find out more about his experience with this Disney title on the Genesis.

Instead of a guest host, this week KC is taking back the reigns of the show to tell you all about Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2, a Mega Drive game that gave him a great summer experience back in the 1990's.

This week we welcome Skyblaze, host of The Hidden Palace on RadioSEGA, and Greyfore, part of the station's streaming team. They're discussing The House of the Dead, Greyfore's pick as the definitive summer game.

This week, we're taking to the Skies... of Arcadia, with guest host INeedFruit, whose vivid retelling of his experiences with the game will definitely want to make you pick it up and play it.

This week we welcome first-timer Lime Reversed to the Lounge to tell us all about Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, the multi platform hit that is the perfect excuse to meet more people and make new friends.

Brian, from The Saturn Junkyard and The Dreamcast Junkyard, is back on The SEGA Lounge to share his thoughts on Beach Spikers: Virtua Beach Volleyball, by AM2. Definitely a summer game! How well did Pai Chan and Sarah Bryant (yes, those two) fare in this sandy sport? Listen to find out.

What do you get when you ask James and Matt of Shenmue Dojo to ask about their favorite summer game? An episode about Shenmue, of course! Listen in to find out all the reasons why Yu Suzuki's classic is perfect for any season.

On the first episode of our bonus Summer Series 2021, Dan "The Mega" Driver, of SEGAGUYS, tells us why he thinks Sonic R is the perfect SEGA summer game.

Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World is a remake of the 1994 Mega Drive game Monster World IV. It's available for both PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch. Listen along as KC shares his thoughts on the game.

Listen to KC's thoughts on Yakuza: Like a Dragon, the latest entry in the popular Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio series in this long overdue review of the game.

This week, we're going back in time to May 2018 and re-airing an interview with Michael Corker, former editor of Sonic the Comic Online. The comic was celebrating 25 years of existence at the time and Michael went on RadioSEGA's The Manic Monday Show to talk about the original physical comic, the online version that came after it, and more.

It's time to go into the vault and bring out another not-so-new chat. Back in April 2018, I had the chance to talk to Scott Strichart, localization producer of the Yakuza series. At the time, I divided the interview into two parts, with one of them airing in April, close to the release of Yakuza 6, and the second one airing in May. The latter focused more on Yakuza Kiwami 2, which would be released later that year. The two parts of the interview were compiled into one and now you get the chance to either listen to it for the first time or, if you're a RadioSEGA listener, relive it.

This week I'm bringing back an interview first aired on RadioSEGA's The Manic Monday Show on the 26th of February 2018. The person I interviewed is Steve, aka OSC. He is a long time collaborator of mine doing music for RadioSEGA shows as well as being the director of one of the station's remix albums. He was also kind enough to do the amazing remix that serves as the theme song for the current season of The SEGA Lounge and to allow me to use some bits of his works throughout different parts of the episodes.

This week, we have a legendary vgm composer, the marvelous Matt Furniss, known for many iconic game soundtracks, including The Terminator, Alien 3, The Lost Vikings and many more on SEGA systems. Enjoy the interview and come back next week for another bite-sized chat.

As part of our #SOR4DAY celebrations, take a listen to KC's review of his time spent with Dotemu, Lizardcube and Guard Crush Games' Streets of Rage 4, a sequel 26 years in the making.