{"id":102794,"date":"2019-10-30T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-30T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/10\/feature_all_aboard_the_sega_bus_a_relic_from_a_time_when_sonic_and_mario_were_sworn_enemies"},"modified":"2019-10-30T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-30T17:30:00","slug":"feature-all-aboard-the-sega-bus-a-relic-from-a-time-when-sonic-and-mario-were-sworn-enemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/10\/30\/feature-all-aboard-the-sega-bus-a-relic-from-a-time-when-sonic-and-mario-were-sworn-enemies\/","title":{"rendered":"Feature: All Aboard The Sega Bus, A Relic From A Time When Sonic And Mario Were Sworn Enemies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It might not mean much to people outside of the UK, but the Sega Bus has been part of video game folklore for decades. Back when Nintendo and Sega were fighting tooth and nail<\/a> for dominance of living rooms all over the world, Sega’s UK arm \u2013 which had enjoyed tremendous success thanks to the fact that the region was (at that point) traditionally a Sega stronghold \u2013 thought it would be a good idea to take a double-decker bus, cover it with pictures of Sonic<\/a><\/strong>, fill it with Mega Drive<\/a> consoles (and the latest games, of course) and drive it all over the country, spreading Sega’s own brand of 16-bit goodness to towns and cities everywhere.<\/p>\n

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Sega repeated this trick a few times before it fell out of favour (and the hardware market) at the end of the decade, and the current order \u2013 Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo \u2013 was ushered in. However, with the release of the Mega Drive Mini<\/a>, Sega is finally back in the business of making home consoles (kinda), and, along with UK retailer GAME, has resurrected the famous Sega Bus. Given that we’re all secretly Sega fanboys here at Nintendo Life (or should that be ‘Sega Life’ amirite?<\/em>), we couldn’t resist paying it a visit when it stopped off in nearby Nottingham today.<\/p>\n

Inside the bus, there’s a selection of flat-screen TVs with Mega Drive Mini consoles connected to them (the consoles are strapped to the tables so they can’t be stolen, of course). The moody lighting really helps bring the bright and colourful games to the forefront, and while it took a while to get used to that outdated three-button controller (the Japanese version<\/a> comes with a 6-button pad, so you can at least play Street Fighter II<\/a><\/strong> properly), we soon settled in.<\/p>\n