Fan Projects Episodes

Sonic as a motivational speaker? Alex Kidd as a Rock Paper Scissors judge? Eggman as a college professor? Join KC as he discusses this very important SEGA topic with returning guests Graham Cookson and ScottyMo from The SEGA Spirit Show. Check out their channel for a new SEGA podcast with veteran fans of the company: https://www.youtube.com/@segaspirit4234

Step into the world of Shenmue with Stuart from Shenmusings as we learn more about his blog exploring the legacy, lore, and lasting impact of this iconic SEGA series.

This week, YouTuber Dominic Dattani-Goulding, aka Dreamcast Enjoyer, joins The SEGA Lounge to discuss his Dreamcast-focused content, what is so great about Blue Stinger, define "Dreamcast Aesthetics" and more.

This week, KC chats with Bo Bayles, Sonic fan, researcher of retro games, and the "Official Sonic Jam Museum Curator". Find out more about his love for Burning Rangers, Saturn, and his Rings of Saturn blog.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the SEGA Saturn in the US, KC invited over to the show SaturnDave and TraynoCo, co-founders of SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! Learn more about their personal relationship with SEGA's 32-bit system, the creation of SHIRO!, and why the Saturn is still relevant in 2025. And let's not forget the return of The SEGA Lounge Challenge!

This week, I'm joined by George Kitchen, a well-known figure in the Shenmue community, and the developer of beloved fan game "Dreams of Saturn". George talks about discovering Shenmue, his involvement with the community, and the challenges of creating games without any prior experience. Dreams of Saturn 2.0 is releasing soon. Watch the trailer here: https://youtu.be/KFseF6DIy70?feature=shared Get Dreams of Saturn: https://shenmuedojo.com/media/dreams-of-saturn/ Watch the first trailer for She...

This week, Aeon and Peky of Persona Spain come on The Lounge to discuss the birth of this amazing Spanish-speaking community, the impact of Persona and how it's becoming more and more mainstream, and play a fun edition of our challenge. It's finally time to talk Persona. And Shin Megami Tensei. And Atlus. But always SEGA!

Matthew Drury has taken writing fan fiction about his favorite SEGA franchise, Streets of Rage, to a whole new level. Now a series of novels expanding the universe of the games, Streets of Rage Saga is a project almost 30 years in the making. Find out more about its author on this week's episode.

It's not every week we get to discuss a fan film, and certainly not one based on Streets of Rage. Joining KC this week are Fran Campos, creator and director, Danny Stokes, co-writer and creative consultant, and Adrian Vereda, actor who gives life to Axel in the upcoming "RAGE: Unleashed". They're all massive Streets of Rage fans and share the origins and importance of both this project and the original short film that came before it.

Lewis Cox, current head of The Dreamcast Junkyard finally comes on the show to share his history with SEGA's final console and the community surrounding it. He also takes his chance at getting the much coveted Seal of Approval. Can he make it?

Our second LIVE episode in two weeks, sees LimeReversed, GreenViper8 of RadioSEGA, and Lewis "SonicYoda" Clark of SEGADriven.com, joining KC to discuss this year's Sonic Amateur Games Expo (SAGE). Each of them pick four games they enjoyed and we take it from there.

Mike Phelan, of The Dreamcast Junkyard, joins us this week to talk about his upcoming book "The A to Z of Dreamcast Games", a comprehensive guide to help collectors of SEGA's last console. We get into his love for the system and test his knowledge of Dreamcast music.

The multi-talented Noah N. Copeland, creator of the acclaimed fan game Sonic Triple Trouble 16-bit, is here to tell us all about the origins, challenges, and future of this amazing project.

This week, I’m joined once more by Andrew Dickinson, author of Dreamcast: Year Two. As the Kickstarter-backed book is getting to people's hands, I thought it made sense for Andrew to return and tell us how it all went down.

Five years after his last appearance on the show, Adam Sipione returns to The SEGA Lounge to discuss the arduous journey (pun intended) involved in completing his documentary about Shenmue. A Gamer's Journey: The Definitive History of Shenmue is a love letter to Yu Suzuki's series, and we get to know more about the process of putting it together.

This week's guest is Kay Martinez, creator of Masterpieces: Jet Set Radio Future, a new documentary about SEGA's Xbox classic. What about the (Jet Set Radio) Future? Join us as they help us understand the concept of their love for the game. Watch M...

Our guest this week is Italian SEGA fan, Alessandro Schiassi, who's been working on a remake of SEGA Rally Championship in Unreal Engine 5, called Over Jump Rally. From his memories as a young gamer to his current project, we cover it all on this week's episode.

Pete Gibbins is a long-time SEGA fan who wrote a book detailing his memories of games he enjoyed throughout his life - the school, the university, and the work years. My Life with SEGA is a different kind of book about SEGA; one which, if like me you're a SEGA kid, you owe it to yourself to read, because It's almost certain you had some of the same experiences detailed in its pages.

KC is a big fan of The Consouls band so you get to know them better on this week's show. Gamra, bassist and co-founder of this amazing video game arrangements ensemble, is on The Lounge to open the book on their origins and their work.

This week, I’m joined by gsaurus, aka Gil Costa, developer of Streets of Rage 2: New Era. Listen on to get to know this software developer who dreams of getting his HD port of Streets of Rage 2 picked up by SEGA, and to find some interesting tidbits of information about the development process.

This week, KC is joined by Graham Cookson, co-founder of Mega Visions Magazine, who returns to The Lounge to tell us more about his life as a SEGA fan and the reboot of the magazine.

It's time to reopen the doors of The Lounge for the final stretch of season 6! And what better way to do it than inviting back Claire and Jono Dixon, the organizers of Sonic the Hedgehog fan convention, Weston Super Sonic? Enjoy listening to their plans for next year's event and learn how you can attend and/or support via their Kickstarter page.

Happy 30th anniversary, Sonic the Hedgehog! To celebrate, we invited TitansCreed and TheBritishAndy to bring along some friends (GreenViper8, Bryce, ZephyrFloofyDerg and Garrulous64) and go head-to-head in a Sonical edition of The SEGA Lounge Challenge. Pick a team, play along and see if you can do better than Team Final Hazard or Team Wisp.

As Sonic's 30th anniversary approaches, we start our celebrations a week early by welcoming to the Lounge Dave Bulmer and Chris McFeely, hosts of Sonic the Comic the Podcast.