However, I went for a SEGA Megadrive (the Genesis in the US, for all the spambots visiting and feeling the need to break out of their master’s code and wanting to leave a relevant comment). So I got my imported and overpriced Megadrive and hooked it up to the TV only to find out that the TV signal wasn’t compatible and that I could only play the games in black and white. That was worth my saved money for sure. All this 16bit glory and I felt like I was living in the 50s.

As a result I started hating SEGA. It was all their bloody fault. Surely not mine. I only got the Megadrive because I couldn’t afford the console that I really wanted, the PC Engine (NEC Turbo Grafx 16 in the US). In my opinion, it was the better console with cooler games (R-Type, Splatterhouse, Alien Crush).

Little did I know that it really was an 8bit console with a 16bit architecture graphics chip. Meh, semantics. By watching the video below you probably wouldn’t say that either. Like you know. Or care.

[via tiny cartridge]

No, there probably isn’t.

8bit reduces any song to its purest form of awesomeness and makes a good song better.

To prove my point, I present Misirlou by Dick Dale, aka The King Of The Surf Guitar. Read up on Wikipedia if you want to know more, I know this song from Pulp Fiction and won’t bother with a quick copy/paste to educate you about him. You know, the whole “teaching a guy how to fish” thing…

Anyways, thew song is not in stereophonic sound, as your grandfather might have enjoyed this amazing track, no! Glorious 8bit power from ages long gone (before the internet) will give this track a hidden depth that you haven’t experienced before.

You know, 8bit is like old wine.

“Now I wanna dance, I wanna win. I want that trophy, so dance good.”

via Superlevel and via Hoodohaufen