/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.10102943]

Which way, western man?

[Anonymous No.10102947]

Model 1 Genesis + Model 2 Sega CD

[Anonymous No.10102948]

I had a model 2 genesis with a model 1 sega cd

[Anonymous No.10102949]

Where’s the 32x

[Anonymous No.10102952]

>>10102949
Anon, the documents were leaked. We don't talk about that.

[Anonymous No.10102961]

[Anonymous No.10102963]

>>10102952
I like 7-8 games on it :(

[Anonymous No.10103056]

>>10102943
Both are fucking awful

[Anonymous No.10103107]

>>10103056
>Both are awful because of a gigachad image on my post which makes what I say automatically fact.
Nope.
LOL

[Anonymous No.10103113]

>>10103107
IT KEEPS HAPPENING !!

[Anonymous No.10103124]

>>10103113
>i can't wait to be a useful piece of shit all day and go to work
>AH FUCK i'm drinking all this alcohol
>i told u bro, i told u about alcoholism
>IT KEEPS HAPPENING

[Anonymous No.10103128]

>>10103113
What now?

[Anonymous No.10103146]

>>10102943
I had a Model 1 growing up, I really like the Model 1 CD intro but at the same time I like the look of the Model 2

>>10102961
This one is really cool, too.

[Anonymous No.10103165]

>>10102943
Model 1 Genesis is gorgeous, but I use my model 2 with the model 2 cd.

[Anonymous No.10103204]

in my opinion, a Genesis/MD model 1 (HD graphics) with a model 2 sega cd with the expansion plate.

best out of the box sound and graphics with the genesis/MD with best reliability of the CD

[Anonymous No.10103230]

>>10102947
This is the only answer. It's not the most aesthetic combination but it's the most functional. The sound issues of the Genesis 2 are a tad overblown so that's more up in the air, but there is absolutely no reason at all to use a Sega CD 1. They're expensive and finicky and don't have any advantages over the SCD2.

[Anonymous No.10103262]

>>10103230
> there is absolutely no reason at all to use a Sega CD 1.
they're cooler looking

[Anonymous No.10103568]

>>10102961
How reliable are these compared to a model 1 or 2 Sega CD?

[Anonymous No.10103602]

>>10103107
It is fact though, there is no good SEGA console. They’re all so hysterically shit.

[Anonymous No.10103618]

>>10103230
The fact that the ugly combination is the objective best is further proof we live in the clown timeline and God is dead

[Anonymous No.10103646]

They should have released a model that plugs into the cartridge spot.

[Anonymous No.10103663]

>>10103646
Need the cartridge slot free for the backup ram cart

[Anonymous No.10103784]

>>10102943
if youre going to actually USE and ABUSE the vintage cd player
the model 2 has less moving parts so its technically more reliable
and easier to repair
everdrive pro runs the cd titles just fine
they both look slick
do what you will with this info

[Anonymous No.10103791]

>>10103602
Snes failed
N64 failed
Gamecube failed
Ywnbaw

[Anonymous No.10103869]

>>10103663
Then add a cartridge slot with it.

[Anonymous No.10103871]

>>10102961
I wish I bought one of these back when I thought 100$ for one was outrageous.

[Anonymous No.10103915]

>>10102961
For me, it's the Wondermega

[Anonymous No.10103951]

>>10103791
>Snes failed
By which metric?

[Anonymous No.10103979]

>>10103951
Getting beat by the PChad Engine in japan and the Chad Drive in the west.

[Anonymous No.10103987]

>>10103979
The SNES outsold the PCE in Japan and it was pretty much 50/50 with the Genesis in the US

[Anonymous No.10104010]

>>10103987
I just looked at the Japanese sales numbers and what the fuck was Sega doing in Japan? Absolutely pathetic.

[Anonymous No.10104086]

>>10104010
Nips looove jarpigs. The more jarpigs you have, the better your console will sell in Japan

[Anonymous No.10104094]

>>10103915
Kino

[Anonymous No.10104103]

>>10104086
Why didn't Sega just make more jrpgs then?

[Anonymous No.10104316]

>>10104103
Nintendo just already had DQ and FF. If they'd have used CDs for the N64 they'd have won that gen too

[Anonymous No.10104670]

>>10103979
>Getting beat by the PChad Engine in japan

not even close. the super famicom had many million sellers. the pce's best selling game was "maybe" 250k

[Anonymous No.10104679]

>>10103568
it's basically the same deal as a model 2

[Anonymous No.10105282]

>>10103791
>Snes failed
No it didn't, which is why Nintendo fanboys still try to relive the 16 bit "console war" every single day of their lives like those Japs who got stranded on remote islands during WWII and tried to keep fighting 30 years later.

[Anonymous No.10105286]

This way.

[Anonymous No.10105292]

>>10102961
>>10103915
love this little gizmos

[Anonymous No.10105891]

>>10105286
Very nice

[Anonymous No.10105904]

Left for better audio. Just be sure to rout the headphones back in the front of the genesis into the back of the Sega CD with a 3.5mm ("AUX cord) audio cable, and then the RCAs in the back of the Sega CD into your sound system/TV. Otherwise it's not mixing properly.

[Anonymous No.10105915]

This way

[Anonymous No.10105927]

>>10105915
Ikea kallaxed

I want one of those but there's 0 chance it holds up my 120 lb crt on top, I use a coffee table with a bottom shelf that isn't entirely level wood which annoys me but it holds my shit well

[Anonymous No.10106190]

>>10103871
This was exactly me. Co-worker lent me one to try out and then offered to sell it for exactly $100. This was in 2001.
At least I got a model 1 five years later.

[Anonymous No.10106242]

>>10105915
>Cartridge lock

Is this a Euro exclusive thing? I could have sworn the American Genesis doesn't do this.

[Anonymous No.10106262]

>>10104010
the issue was that people couldn't buy it at the start for over a year thanks to a silicon shortage causing manufacturers to produce cartridges from existing consoles than new consoles, this caused that people who wanted one to never get it, this caused a reduced number of consoles made at the time for an enough time for the megadrive to not have sufficient games aside from the launch ones and to not have a foothold, reducing the interest of it by other competition which was more well known and had a real first impression to the public.
and mario bros 3. the mega drive was released at the exact same day as well.

[Anonymous No.10106268]

>>10106242
That's only on Japanese and Asian PAL consoles, it just stops you being able to pull the cartridge out while the console is on. European Mega Drives look like this

[Anonymous No.10106273]

>>10102943
right if your parents were divorced

[Anonymous No.10106287]

>>10106268
There is no cartridge lock on the asian PAL Mega Drive. They just use the same shell as the Japanese consoles but the sliding plastic piece that keeps the cartridge locked isn't there

[Anonymous No.10106503]

>>10105915
I kneel

[Anonymous No.10106557]

>>10104010
>what the fuck was Sega doing in Japan?
Being the biggest arcade publisher ever. People get it twisted and think that Sega was a console manufacturer with a constant losing streak when in reality they were an arcade company that dabbled in the home market for a spell and got spectacularly lucky exactly once with the Genesis in the west when the stars aligned in their favor. It's not that they weren't trying exactly, it's that they never understood the console market and 90% of their performance reflects that.

[Anonymous No.10107141]

>>10105286
Is this the single biggest home console ever made?
Damn thing is enormous

[Anonymous No.10107179]

>>10105927
A kallax would probably be fine, they always list really low weight limits to cover their ass. I have a 100lb CRT sitting on a Besta and it's not bothered by it at all.

[Anonymous No.10107186]

>>10107141
The PS5 might beat it out but the Genesis 1+SCD2 combo is easily the widest. I don't think it fits in one of those Ikea kallax slots.

[Anonymous No.10107219]

>>10106557
You know, this is actually an interesting point and a really a tough break for Sega in that regard. Being at the top of the arcade game in the 80’s may have seemed like a safe bet, while consoles seemed like chump change. But man, look at how things turned out. I do wonder how Nintendo managed to make the leap from playing cards to owning the mere idea of the home console in just a few short years. I bet that if Sega had the prescience or luck, they would have been able to do an even better job.

[Anonymous No.10107375]

>>10107219
Nintendo was (and arguably still considers itself to be) a toy company. Getting toys in kids' homes was always it's core business. It doesn't really matter whether that toy plugs into a TV or not. When video games first started out they were being made by computer programmers and electrical engineers. Guys with a background in television and electronics. That's why those early consoles like the Intellivision had controllers that looked like phone pads. They operated based on what they knew. "Here's plenty of buttons. Use them however your specific game needs them and print what each one does on a little paper card players can slide over the buttons." Meanwhile at Nintendo they were a bunch of toy makers by trade so they approached it as if the object itself was what was going to be played with and therefore needed to be intuitive. "This is the d-pad, it moves things on screen. This is the start button. These are the two action buttons. That's what they're there for and all games should use them that way."

Sega's arcade division meanwhile lived on the cutting edge. Every game they put out had some hyper expensive technology inside of it. The Genesis was an attempt to finally make those games playable at home since up until then it was plain impossible. I guess the point I'm making is that the vocational background of each company played a huge role in how they approached video games as a concept.

[Anonymous No.10107385]

it makes me sad that the genesis sold "poorly" in Japan, because i usually buy consoles from there, since the Genesis didnt sold at all in my country, and USA postal system is so retarded and expensive is not even worth considering buying one from there

[Anonymous No.10107615]

>>10102943
>80s design vs 90s design
It's hard

[Anonymous No.10107729]

>>10107141
>>10107186
For a given definition of "home console", the 2012 Steam Machines were even larger than a PS5, which is larger than the Genesis+CD combo.

[Anonymous No.10107736]

>>10107385
Yea I think your postage may cost more than the console itself. You can buy a complete console w controller w sonic 2 CiB here for around 80. The only way around this is if you find a seller who does massive amounts of transactions. I have a Japanese friend who just started his business and he’s shipped me a couple of games for like 4 dollars and sent free shipping on an item I paid 80 for. Maybe I just got lucky w that relationship I can ask how he does it. He did ship me a few games for Pennie’s too that aren’t worth anything to anyone but me really.

[Anonymous No.10107741]

>>10103602
>panicked farting noises intensify

[Anonymous No.10107762]

>>10103602
>there is no good console
fixed

[Anonymous No.10108861]

>>10102947
This