European Games Releases

[108 Stars]

I always wondered what the guys at Sega Europe were smoking when they decided wich games to release.
Why they did not bring the Lunar Games etc is a real mystery: CDs were cheap to produce, they never cared to translate the text of any RPG anyway ( not even for the Genesis) and since RPGs have always been a rare sight here (even more than in the USA), the Mega CD´s vast RPG-library might have been a system-seller. At least we got Shining Force CD...

But hell, what am I complaining about? At least we had lots of 64-colours-fmv-games as well as slightly improved versions of Mega Drive games that had already been available for quite a while. The biggest hit here was Core Design´s Thunderhawk, but 90 % of the CD software got low ratings in all the magazines...and they deserved it!

Even for the succesfull Mega Drive Sega made a lot of rather strange decisions regarding releases, but of course not as many as for their CD-toaster.

For the 32X Sega Europe had an even easier job: They didn´t have to look for bad software fit for Europe long...there was not much good stuff elsewhere anyway.

[Genesis Knight]

You hear a lot about SOA and SOJ, but I don't think I've ever once read an article about SOE... Were they not independent or something? Why is there so little documentation on SOE, even when Europe was such a good market for the Mega Drive?

I don't even know who was in charge over there.

[redrum666]

You hear a lot about SOA and SOJ, but I don't think I've ever once read an article about SOE... Were they not independent or something? Why is there so little documentation on SOE, even when Europe was such a good market for the Mega Drive?

I don't even know who was in charge over there.

well if you read the Interview with Tom Kalinske he was in charge of both sega of US and sega of Europe at the time the sega cd was out in the US and Europe

Nakayama turned and said “but we hired you to make all the decisions for the United States and Europe, and so, that's what we want you to do