/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9742979
>>9743415
autistic question:
I decided not to upgrade to the Mega Everdrive pro because I know for a fact that the Sega CD has processing capabilities that the base Genesis doesn't. I already had the former best Mega Everdrive and a working Sega CD, and I didn't go to all that trouble just to emulate a more advanced piece of hardware than the one I was playing on.
Maybe I'm wrong about something there, but I don't think so, and people who are buttmad about my views on the matter need not reply.
My question is whether the TG16/PC Engine CD attachment(s) are just glorified CD players with built in card roms, or if they handle serious parts of the processing like the Sega CD.
http://www.archaicpixels.com/Super_CD%C2%B7ROM%C2%B2
This page makes it seem like it pretty much just has the hardware to play CDs plus some built in card data, and the console still does does the real work, but I'm not sure. I don't really know how the newTurbo ED Pro works either to be honest, but it sure would be nice for the ol autism if it was just behaving like a fancy disc player replacement and not a total MiSTer CPU replacement abomination (sorry MiSTer frens it's not my thing)
Despite the SSDS3 being out a while, I haven't seen much discussion about this yet. I do know that thing emulates the Super Grafx components, and that's the sort of feature I'm not interested in using as you might guess.