or more than a decade, between the late 80s and the dawn of the 21st century, Sega was one of the coolest video game companies on the planet. Its arcade games, from Golden Axe to Virtua Fighter, were blockbuster successes; the Mega Drive brought a punk rock attitude to the home console scene, challenging Nintendos family friendly approach with eye pummelling TV commercials and censor baiting games such as Mortal Kombat and Night Trap. Arguably though, it was later, in the Dreamcast era, that...