(15/07/10)

The Long Serving Warriors of Mega Drive

We have seen many people come and go from the tournaments over the years, some enjoy success, some not so much. Here we take a brief look at the longer serving tournament members who have graced the competitions over the years.

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(24/05/10)

The Most Memorable Mega Drive Championship Games (Part Two)

Nine years and over seven-hundred competitive games played. This is the second part of the best and worst the Mega Drive Championships have produced; these are the games that shaped the tournaments and remained long in the memory after the consoles were turned off.

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(18/04/10)

The Most Memorable Mega Drive Championship Games (Part One)

Nine years and over seven-hundred competitive games played. We take a look at the best and worst the Mega Drive Championships have produced; these are the games that shaped the tournaments and remained long in the memory after the consoles were turned off.

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(08/02/10)

Twenty-First Mega Drive Championship Review

We follow the progress of tournament member The Plumb as he comes to terms with the increased challenge of Division One, as well as info on the Knockout and Challenge, in the latest caffeine fuelled 16-bit adventure in England.

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(24/12/09)

Twenty-First Mega Drive Championship Preview

With the 21st Mega Drive Championship looming, we study the changes, the members and the Challenge - which, this tournament, will be on the classic arcade motorbike racer: Super Hang On.

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(23/10/09)

2009 European Mega Drive Championship: English Perspective

Tales of the three men who ventured across the sea, to Lisbon, to represent England on the Mega Drive in the only greatest 16-bit event on Earth. Will England rise to the challenge or will they do, as in previous International competitions, and whimper into a last place finish?

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(09/09/09)

20th Mega Drive Championship Review

The latest installment of 16-bit competition awesomeness from England. Fourteen members, four Mega Drives, two divisions and one Champion. The Twentieth Mega Drive Championship was the pinnacle of tournament purity to date.

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(24/06/09)

A to Z of Games

Twenty games are used in the game pools of the English domestic league. Selected based upon their skill level and genere it is believed this method promotes both skill and enjoyability. Our resident "expert" Captain Maltby offers insight.

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(25/05/09)

20th Tournament Challenge Game: Golden Axe 3

Each Mega Drive Championship the game used in the Challenge competition changes. Elitserien '96 was used at the Eighteenth Tournament, Sonic the Hedgehog at the Nineteenth and at the Twentieth Mega Drive Championship the Aisa only released Golden Axe III will be played...

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(03/04/09)

Old Spice Lock: Tournamental Tribute

After five tournaments, sixty-four games and twelve points, Old Spice Lock decided to hang up his controller. Join us as we reflect upon the man who made a legacy in the contests by simply being crap.

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(08/01/09)

19th Mega Drive Championship Review

Eight years to the day since the First Mega Drive Championship, twelve people assembled to compete in the latest bout of 16-bit hostilities. Competition was anticipated to be the most intense in tournament history with all five Division One members, on paper, in with a shout of winning the event.

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(28/12/08)

The Changing Face of Mega Drive Championshipary

Looking towards the looming 19th Mega Drive Championship, held eight years after the original contest, we compare the changes since the Thirteenth Mega Drive Championship, which was held halfway between the two in January 2005.

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(11/07/08)

18th Mega Drive Championship Review

The 18th Mega Drive Championship was eagerly anticipated for a number of reasons; firstly, tournament icon Lord Dilks decided it was time to hang up his controller and, secondly, the revamped Challenge competition. Add to those two leagues, a knockout, buffet and inexhaustible supply of caffeine...

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