Wrestling With Gaming

The Sega Genesis is no stranger to strange cartridge variations, but no cartridge has a story as unique as EA's yellow tab Sega Genesis carts. In this video we take a look back at when Electronic Arts was an underdog in the world of console gaming and took a huge gamble that resulted in EA bending Sega to their will. This is the surprising story behind EA's yellow tab Sega Genesis Carts.

Super Mario Kart went on to become a 16-bit classic and one of the best selling Super Nintendo games of all time. But Super Mario Kart's origins didn't even start as a Mario game. From an unsucessful two player F-Zero game to one of Nintendo's longest running franchises, this is the story of how Nintendo failed into Super Mario Kart.

It’s a phrase and screen seared into the memories of anyone who visited an arcade in the late 80s and 90s. An arcade staple that’s just as recognizable as Street Fighter 2, NBA JAM, or Pac-Man. “Winners Don't Use Drugs.” Where did this screen come from and how did it end up on most arcade games from the 90s? This is the story of the Winners Don’t Use Drugs screen.

Perfect Dark is the spiritual successor to Goldeneye 007 on the Nintendo 64. Though it didn’t sell as well as Goldeneye, Perfect Dark improves on almost every aspect of Goldeneye and was so technically demanding, that it requires the N64 memory expansion pak to play most of the game. This is the story behind the making of Perfect Dark.