Play Genesis & TurboGrafx 16 On Nintendo Revolution

It was previously announced that Nintendo's next generation console, the Revolution, which is designed to compete with the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3, will have an online library of games available for download.

Now, according to a story on USA Today's Web Site, Nintendo's online gaming service also will offer Sega and TurboGrafx games.

Playing Genesis games on a Nintendo console may seem a bit odd, especially to old school gamers who might remember the heated rivalry between Nintendo and Sega during the height of the 16-bit era video games with the Sega Genesis and Nintendo's Super Nintendo and the 8-bit era with Sega's Master System and Nintendo's Entertainment System.

While most of these games have been available as illegal emulated ROMs or playable on GameTap's online service, it will be interesting to actually play them on a home console and especially interesting playing them on a Nintendo console given the history.

It will sure be fun playing Phantasy Star, Wonder Boy and Alex Kidd on the Revolution.