Sega-blue sky

Noun

Sega blue sky (countable and uncountable, plural Sega blue skies)

1. (informal, aesthetic) The bright and vibrant visual aesthetic that defined many of Sega's classic arcade and console games from the late 1980s to the early 2000s, known to feature tropical beaches, lush green hills, or sweeping open horizons, and prioritizing high-saturation color palettes.
   • Ah, OutRun. The quintessential “Sega blue sky” series... and one that has kind of fallen by the wayside a bit since the expiry of Sega’s license with Ferrari.2017 August 1, Pete Davison, “Outrun 2006: Gone, But Not Forgotten”, in MoeGamer
2. A vibrant blue sky within or reminiscent of a video game by Sega.
   • [...] back in 2000 those Sega blue skies were a real feeling. They were symbolic of the optimism of the rapid technological leaps of console gaming and the utopic consumerism of Japanese electronics [...] Even in the not-so-futuristic setting of my friend's dingy house in the North of England, in...Unknown, Gareth Damian Martin, The Blue-Sky Optimism of Skies of Arcadia