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554167 No.554167 [Reply] [Original]

>went through my entire childhood never knowing the american version was called genesis.
>remember being confused when I couldn't find megadrive emulators

>> No.554173

fellow UKfag here, why do our mega drives have to have those big ugly red buttons?

>> No.554172

Same, I thought Genesis was a different console. I thought Mega Drive was another name for the Master System, actually.
Why does it look so stupid, too?

>> No.554190
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>>554173

no idea

>> No.554189

>>554173
Yeah, it is weird you guys got the shaft on that, seeing as Sega is most popular outside the US

>> No.554192

>>554167
Mega Drive is the real original Japanese name; they couldn't use it in North America because of some trademark dispute.

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>>554173
Them the eye's, English.

>> No.554202
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was pic related built into this console? I remember playing it constantly due to never having many games but don't remember having the master system.

>> No.554210

>>554202
It was in the first wave of Master System II. You from Europe?

>> No.554215

>>554167
It was about the reverse for me.
>Only know it's called Genesis
>Look it up, what the fuck is a mega drive?
>Think until much later they were different systems.

>> No.554219

'Why sega changed the name of the console?

>> No.554220

>>554219

>>554192

>> No.554230

>>554192
In Japan it was called Mega Doraibu.

>> No.554232
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>>554210
yeah, just never recall using pic related controller but have vivid memories of playing alex the kidd to death

>> No.554253
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554253

>tfw all muh friends in young 'un school had mega drives.
>we all loaned each other games
>only one guy had a SNES
>was from a well off family, and was fat
>was bullied mercilessly by us for having a gay kids console
>tfw we were all kids
>also bullied for being fat
>he used to wet himself in the classroom
>bullied all day everyday
>he was eventually moved to a different school
>mfw he is now a millionaire

>> No.554258

>>554167
I have fond memories of the Sega 16-BIT

>> No.554267

>not having a chinese console that plays NES and Genesis games

>> No.554271

>>554267
who had those in the early 90's???

>> No.554278

>>554253
Everyone knosw the Genesis was more for ghetto/blue collar folk

>> No.554286

>>554167
>INSERT CARTRIDGE HERE
>where else could you put it?
>Sega and Nintendo insulting generations of kids' intelligence.

>> No.554293
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554293

I sorta had the same problem but in the opposite fashion.

>be 10
>looking for genesis emulators
>can only find 'megadrive' emulators
>"wtf is a megadrive?"
>mfw finally found out

>> No.554296

My love for my Mega Drive turned into hate when I found out about the PAL/NTSC speed difference. It felt like my whole childhood was a lie.

>> No.554301

>>554296
explain yourself anon

>> No.554304

>>554286
Better than the games themselves insulting your intelligence.

>> No.554312

>>554304
say what you want. The games I played back then were fucking hard

>> No.554320
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554320

>Audio and Visual Intelligent Terminal
>High Grade Multipurpose Use

Nice Engrish, Sega of Japan.

>> No.554325

>>554301
Well, there's a speed difference between PAL and NTSC consoles. PAL runs slower at 50Mhz than NTSC at 60Mhz.

>> No.554335

>>554190
It's too bad the controller buttons were stupid. Who the fuck holds their right hand thumb pointing down. No one that's who.
The buttons should have gone upwards, or better yet should have been in a triad configuration.

>> No.554349

>>554325
Y-y-y-ou mean the games of my childhood were actually 10Mhz slower then their american counterparts.
S-s-say it isn't so.

>> No.554365

>>554349
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=NX8y7j89gNg#t=26s

Gotta go not so fast.

>> No.554378

>being a child when mega drive emulators were available

>> No.554385

>>554335
>not holding the controller from the sides
>confirmed for white trash pleb

>> No.554406

>>554232
You in the mood for some nostalgia?

http://alexkidd.wordpress.com/

>> No.554426

>>554296
>>554349
The vast majority of game compensate for the difference. Some games have the music run slow but the game runs fine. Only a small handful (like Sonic 1...) actually run too slow. A decent CRT TV can eliminate the borders you get, too.

Gaming on PAL is not as bad as the Americans will have you beleive.

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>>554365
Fuck I remember when I first played Sonic 1 in pic related for the first time since the MD, I thought I had gotten a faulty disc.

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>>554173
Was the red button thing only in the UK or was it a Mega Drive II thing?
I had this one.

>> No.554537

>>554312
Same here. But I was comparing it to present day AAA gaming.

>> No.554678

>>554531
I think all the European Mega Drive II units had the red buttons

>> No.554698

>>554365
>>554365
I don't know how anyone can defend the European versions of S1 having better music/sounds and gameplay than the genesis. It becomes a Mario game, basically.

>> No.554739

The american model 1s have red in them though.

>> No.555151

>>554320
I love that description. Makes you think you have a bleeding edge supercomputer