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Sega Makes Sweet, Sweet iPhone Music
   

Back in the early days of gaming consoles, there was quite a bit of  jockeying between Nintendo and Sega. While the latter eventually won the  hardware war, Sega has shifted into creating software for other  consoles and platforms. And the platform we, of course, are most excited  about  them bestowing their attentions on is the iPhone OS.What,  you may ask, has us so singing the praises of Sega gaming? Oh, just a  little game they're tweaking and prepping called Sonic 4. At least  according to the Sega blog -- and they seem in a position to know.That's  right, everyone's favorite hedgehog in his latest incarnation will soon  be in your hot little iPhone and iPod touch. Now diehard fans know that  Sonic 1 and Sonic 2 have been in the App Store for quite some time to  feed your Sega addiction. But these are emulators, ported over games  with little attention paid to the iPhone's specific configurations  beyond how to add controllers without devouring too much screen real  estate.No, no, this time around, Sega is promising to make the  latest Sonic incarnation iPhone worthy. And that decision might be  related to the software manufacturer's decision to push back the date of  all platform versions of Sega 4 until the later half of 2010. While  we're sad to hear of the pushback, we're glad to hear that Sega wants to  get the software right rather than foisting something weak onto the  market. Meanwhile, Nintendo, seeing their handheld market shrink  in the wake of the iPad, remains determined to snub the Apple product  line, calling Cupertino an "enemy of the future" while withholding their  games from joining the App Store lineup. So while you will get your  hedgehog, your Mario will just have to wait. And wait. And wait.
     

http://www.maclife.com/article/news/sega_makes_sweet_sweet_iphone_music