/vr/ - Retro Games

Sega did sell one.

>>8432381
It did anon, it was a squid thing that came in the box. I don’t know where mine is but it’s like the pic attached but not as nice and brown

>>8432381
>The plugs go one above the other instead of going to the outside
Retarded powermove by the makers of your power strip

>>8432394
Squid Video Game

https://en.retrogamesupply.com/products/power-supply-all-in-one-for-sega-megadrive-genesis-mega-cd-32x

Problem solved

>>8432401
Even if they were turned sideways, the power bricks are too fat to just cover a single outlet.

>>8432381
If you get a power supply with enough amperage, you can do a three way pigtail and come next appropriate plug adapters / polarity inverters and you'll be set.

You can also get a preconfigured set for basically nothing:
https://castlemaniagames.com/collections/winter-sale-gaming/products/rondo-products-tower-con-kit

>>8432381
The Sega CD should have just been able to power the Genesis. I guess it's just Sega screwing over the consumer to save 0.02$ on each console.

>>8432381
One in the bottom outlet. Two in the power strip. Plug the power strip into the top outlet. Was that so hard?
>b-but AVGN said it was imp-
You actually took that retard seriously?

>>8432547
The Super CD ROM is a better engineered piece of hardware, even if it is "less powerful".

>>8432553
And before anyone starts crying "WHAT ABOUT THE TEEVEE?!" there's enough room left in the power strip for that too, if you're not a retard about it.

Go to a home depot or something and get one yourself, dumbass.

>>8432394
It (being 3 separate things lmao) didn't. You probably don't know where yours is because you never had one.
I know a CD addon for another system came with a brown cable that supplied power from the addon to the console. It didn't look like your pic. But you've got a bad case of bidenbrain so you might be thinking of that and just remembering wrong.

I still don't understand why they didn't have one of these

>>8432381

>he didn't have an offical Sega power strip
ngm

>>8432848
There are many reasons but what it boils down to is the wall wart was, by far, the cheapest design, in particular when including certification.

>>8433051
Then why not something like this?

>>8432383
>>8432898
I was gonna post this. They literally had to produce their own thing to solve this problem.
>Plug into convenience!
>and Knuckles

>>8432554
NEC is a major electronics company, Sega has always had something weird about their hardware, good or bad.

>>8433141
All the reasons literally nothing else ever used that PSU whereas countless devices use interchangeable PSUs with barrel connectors and 1/8" TS before that.

>>8433672
I don't care where you put the PSU as long as it's not in the plug itself. There are many options but only one is a hassle for plugging the bastard in.

>>8432381

>>8433993

What trio power supplies are anons using? I was looking into it pre-rona, but lost track and it seems like the market has gained a few producers.

>>8432381
They wanted to sell a genesis+32x hybrid console (Neptune), partially because of this issue and partially because the 32x was a bitch to get working - it wasn't even compatible with some units and required fixes described in the service manuals. A combined console would've helped consumer penetration too.
But the 32x was dropped before they could go that route.

>>8433995
>create problem
>sell solution

>>8432381
Why would you want to plug in all 3 at the same time anyway? There were no games worth a damn that used both 32x and CD.

>>8433692
I'm not saying wall warts are the most convenient for the end user. I'm saying the realities of producing and selling consumer electronics make them the best choice, especially for low power single voltage PSUs. You can cry about it all you want but UL et al aren't going to change the rules for you.

>>8432898
alright who's someone who has this, isn't a consoomer, and wants to get a quick 100-130 bucks?

>>8433161
AND ALL THE HEDGEHOGS WITH THE PUMPED UP TOPS

>>8434031
They did myocarditis before it was cool! Genesis does.

Solutions, find them.

>>8434805
Enjoy your horse fire

>>8434031
Works for the government.

>>8432381
That because you plugs are stupid. Never had an issue plugging in two power bricks in the uk as there was enough spacing for them to sit side by side.

>>8432381
get yourself a trio. 3 power sources in 1 box.

http://retrogamecave.weebly.com/sega-trio.html

>>8434808
brainlet detected

>>8434240
I personally wouldn't use a power outlet this old

>>8436128
This. I recently had a switch go bad in one of my old power strips. Because it's a high quality build and modular design it was easier to replace the switch than get a new one. Now I'll be stuck with the ugly thing for another 30 years. What were they thinking!

>>8434025
Triad + splitters. Easily the best and most economical solution.

http://www.firebrandx.com/triads.html

Problem Solved

>>8434031
capitalism in theory

>create problem
>sell solution
>buyers see right through it and don't buy it
>suffer the consequences
>other companies will refuse to repeat your mistakes

capitalism in practice

>create problem
>sell solution
>which creates its own problem
>sell another solution
>repeat

communism

>create problem (usually by accident)
>come up with solution
>doesn't work
>millions die
>enough die so that it's no longer a problem, efforts done jack shit
>repeat

>>8432394
Did any of these blew up?

>>8437476
Yeah. They blowed up real good