/vr/ - Retro Games

Me too. 4th gen games on a cd has always been fascinating to me. Even the all the fmv crap has a certain charm. Although I'm sure spending all that money for a cd add-on and getting a shitty game that's a glorified qte dvd menu would really suck. Too bad the snes cd didn't happened

Whats your favorite sega cd game?

>>10751450
I had the same feeling when i played some Mega CD games for the first time recently.
My mega drive outputting crisp voice acting in Shining Force CD was uncanny.

>>10750974
So do I mate.

>>10751478
Generic pick but Popful Mail. I love Monster World style games

>>10751478
Silpheed blew my mind as a kid.

Which way, western man?

I'm posting it this time fuck you

>>10752025
Is it even possible for a Model 1 Sega CD to still work now unless it's been repaired at some point? Aside from having to reformat the ram on my model 2 from time to time, mine works just fine

>>10752025
>The Chad Model 1 vs the virgin model 2
Dependability be damned... Its an easy choice anons. Better to burn out than fade away!!!

>>10752141
I own both and the model 1 works absolutely perfectly and as far as I can tell it's had no repairs done on it (I open it up every couple months to check the capacitors are still good though). My model 2 works but really struggles on fmv sequences

Got a model 1 recently. Turns on but the disc drive doesn't want to work properly and caps are beginning to look nasty. Got new caps and replacement parts on the way. Wish me luck fellas

>>10752332
Caps shouldn't be a problem to replace unless they've corroded the board. Never had to replace a disc drive, hopefully it's something simple like the belt. Good luck anon

>>10750974
It's my favorite system.

>>10751478
Still Sonic CD for me, but that one is easily my second favorite. Soundtrack is great

>>10752025
Model 1 BIOS, Model 2 hardware. I had a Genesis Model 1 as a kid but the Model 2 CD just looks nicer and is more reliable

>>10751450
>glorified qte dvd menu
most people wouldnt know what this is until early 2000s

>>10752141
>reformat the ram
what the actual fuck? its contents is lost shortly after losing power...the fuck you talking about kid

>>10753271
You also need to defrag the RAM regularely to keep it running at max performance

>>10752131
What is the source comic/manga for this pic?

>>10753271
Not that anon, but doesn't the console constantly ask you to format the internal memory to save if you have a dead battery?
I installed pic related to solve this issue.

>>10751478
not that one lmfao

>>10752025
>TOWAH OF POWAH

>>10753317
Spy x Family

>>10751608
Its pretty neat.
>>10752025
I only have a model 2. I adore the model 1 genesis though.
>>10753384
Yeah, mine does.

I tried to get a genesis mini 2 to load some cd games on but it got lost in shipment. Maybe i dodged a bullet.

>>10751478
Keio Flying Squadron

>>10754190
Charming game with nice visuals but it's kind of a shitty shmup, I like the platformer sequel on the Saturn more

>>10750974
The Amazing Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin's often overlooked, with many pointing to Spider-Man's 2000 title by Neversoft as the 1st truly excellent Spider-Man video game... but I think this one's an amazing time, if feels almost open world in how its progression works, there's collectables, a new password system we didn't have in the Genesis, a stellar soundtrack, good graphics and controls...

I wish this got more recognition from people, its way ahead of its time, same goes for the Genesis and Master System/Game Gear versions despite the latter being a huge pain in the ass, holy shit...

>>10754190
Nice music and I really like the cute and funny protagonist

>>10753384
I've never dealt with this, I'll need to look into it

>>10756260
Unless you're using a Backup RAM Cart or a flash cart, your battery is probably dead. I'm sad I lost my Lunar 2 save because of this.
Also, does anyone knows if there's a save manager for Mega CD? I never managed to import saves to my Mega Everdrive X5. It keeps asking me to format the backup RAM.

>>10756304
One of these days I’ll do the FRAM mod

>>10756310
I have the chip but ended up just changing the battery. The internal memory is quite small, so you're better off using a RAM cart anyway.
Games likes Shining Force CD take up all space.

>>10756318
I have a fenrir and a backup ram cart some games just don’t save to the ram cart
But I’d prefer it if the Fenrir had a better way of handling save files rather than just being able to make a backup of the ram

>>10756329
>Fenrir
I was talking about the Mega CD, not the Saturn.
But in both cases, even if the game doesn't save directly to the RAM cart, you can transfer saves between the console and RAM cart.

>>10756357
Oh right, I forgot the mega CD has backup lol

Other than nba jam and terminator I don't know what this has that genesis doesn't have

Feels like a waste of money to buy for only a handful of games

>>10756372
I bought mine decades ago, but nowadays it's probably better (and cheaper) to just get a mega everdrive pro. Even if I'm amazed how my model 2 MCD still reads discs with 0 problems.

>>10752025
one of those looks like some 20 bucks chink CD-player, the other has a great tech-loving aesthetic

>>10754190
My favorite shmup on the system

>>10754394
Soundtrack is excellent but I still need to play past the first stage or so

>>10756372
Read some of the responses to >>10751478

I'll also throw in Starblade, Road Rash, Lords of Thunder, Android Assault: Revenge of Bari-Arm, and of course the Lunar Titles and Snatcher. There you go, nice solid list of SCD games that aren't on Genesis

>>10752025
Genesis 2 without CD because my parents were divorced and i wasn't aware of Sega CD until i saw it in a case at Toys Я Us while shopping for PS1 accessories

>>10752153
Model 1 has a slightly better sound ship and it's the only way to get stereo from an unmodified Genesis. If you had a model 2, your parents were divorced and it was your fault.

>>10750974
Cool system, with some real gems in the library but I'm glad I didn't own one growing up. Playing that fmv junk as a kid really would've soured my opinion on it

>>10756450
>Soundtrack is excellent but I still need to play past the first stage or so
I can't recommend it enough, it's probably the only title to properly capture Spider-Man until Neversoft's title came along in 2000, the story and cutscenes are good fun, the pseudo open world structure, alongside the comic books to collect and the password system, make both its progression and exploration quite fun, control also sees a huge upgrade from the Genesis one.

It's all good fun, getting to the end, avoid those bad endings which are downright creepy, rescue MJ and go home with her... so you can get your reward in private, if you know what I mean...

>>10750974
I got two of these things used, and one seller confirmed that it was working, but still none of them could play any games. I'm guessing they're sensitive as shit and need to be handled EXTREMELY carefully in shipping.

>>10757547
I wouldn't say they're fragile, model 1 especially has a decent build quality to it. It's just the components are really old at this point, lasers are frequently dead, capacitors leaking, drive belts turned to dust. Have you opened it up and had a look?