Cairo scribes keeping Sega Genesis history alive one cartridge at a time
A small crew of writers obsessed with 16-bit consoles and dust-covered arcade cabinets, digging up stories the internet forgot to tell.
Meet the TeamWhat Drives This Blog
No affiliate spam, no clickbait headlines, just the games we grew up on
Every retrospective is built from manuals, magazine scans, and hours spent replaying cartridges, not recycled from other sites.
We write for people who still argue about Blast Processing, not for pageviews. The community comes before the clicks.
Readers send in cabinet photos, PCB scans, and personal Genesis stories that shape half of what gets published here.
We'd rather publish one well-researched arcade history piece a month than ten rushed listicles nobody remembers.
From Our Readers
Sent them a photo of a busted Golden Axe cabinet I found in Alexandria and they actually wrote back with the exact wiring diagram I needed. That's rare these days.
Their piece on Thunder Force IV's soundtrack made me dig out my old Model 1 Genesis from storage. Hadn't touched it in maybe fifteen years.
Finally a blog that covers Comix Zone and Alisia Dragoon instead of writing the same Sonic article for the hundredth time. Refreshing honestly.
How We Put Together Each Piece
The editorial routine behind every article on CFE Consult
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Pick the Subject
Topics come from reader requests, forgotten release dates, or a cabinet spotted in someone's photo album. We chase what feels underexplored.
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Dig Through Sources
We pull from original manuals, contemporary magazine reviews, developer interviews, and firsthand hardware inspection before writing a word.
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Fact-Check and Draft
Dates, developer credits, and regional release differences get cross-checked twice. Nothing goes live on memory alone.
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Publish and Listen
Once an article's live, readers weigh in with corrections, memories, and photos, and we update pieces when the community adds something we missed.