Sega Genesis cult

The Sega Genesis cult was an alleged religious cult established in 2021 based around retrogaming. In reality, it originated as a joke/“fad” on YTMND, started by lolcore community members.

Summary
The central focus of the Sega Genesis cult was the "Sega Trinity" (Michael Jackson, Sonic the Hedgehog, Ecco the Dolphin, and the Sega Genesis console). People joined the cult by having a Sega Genesis emulator, Michael Jackson's Moonwalker, a Sonic the Hedgehog game, Ecco the Dolphin the game, and at least ten other Sega Genesis ROMs. A website was established at the address, thedoctorkilledmj.tk.

The ”cult” received major coverage in several local news outlets, most of which ignored or glossed over its ironic origins. The truth was revealed on December 30, 2021, in a blog post on the website, saying that “this was a joke all along, and the news media was too dumb to realize it.”

Team Bastet denied responsibility for the prank, saying that “we don’t do publicity stunts, we only target scammers, ransomware gangs, and crypto-bros”. Trace Zaidan, head executive of YTMND, and Nicole Kinikki (username Nikkik02), unofficial head admin of several lolcore wiki sites including “UnAnything” and “Harkipedia”, have both criticized the news media for “falling for such a blatant joke”.