Consoles Reborn Part 2: SEGA

Consoles Reborn is a what-if series that envisions modern-day consoles being released by companies that no longer make console hardware (Atari, Sega, Coleco, etc.).

Here is a Sega console which is rather misleading at first glance. I know you’re thinking it has a rather uninspired box design. In actuality it is fashioned to look like an old-school standard-def TV set (even the 4:3 ratio is intact), with the front a re-creation of the famous Sega startup title screen. Upon starting up a Sonic game, this sequence played:

So I thought it best to capture that memorable sequence when you started up the console. Upon pressing the power button the Sega logo would illuminate, and the Seee-gaaaaa voice clip would play. Now that is nostalgia overload. It would look something like this:

Obviously this console doesn’t have the good looks of the Dreamcast, Saturn, or even the Genesis. But it does encapsulate an unforgettable moment in gaming, and that holds a lot of currency with gamers.

This design also has Sonic buttons (appearing as he does in spin mode), and a Sonic ring explosion formation on the sides for a cooling vent.

I might do a matching controller down the line, possibly a second Sega console as well (I have other ideas - Dreamcast 2, anyone?). Stay tuned.