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>2016
You STILL don't own a Sega CD?!
>>3087223
What games does it got? How do the multiplat games compare?
>>3087231
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeWkue8axG8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ij_Oo4zIVI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCKuWVGkdrU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4fSaO0jhXg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5ebpKFC0hI
i honestly would have loved to have one of these as a kid despite how shitty a lot of the games are there is still something very memorable about them
>>3087223
I'm waiting for Nintendo to make one.
>>3087285
They did, fool!
>>3087223
Nigga the mega cd is fucking expensive.
>>3087223
I don't have a Genesis
>>3087279
It's honestly not a bad addon, there's lots of terrible FMV games but there's also quite a lot of good games. If you want one, consider that it had no copy protection, so you can play all the pirated games you want.
>>3087295
Yeah but at least you had games, unlike the 32X
CD-based consoles were shit tier during the '90s because of the extremely slow laser read times.
Actually the surprising thing is that I STILL do own one.
Fuck you nigger, I use this thing even less than my Turbografx-CD.
>>3087223
>tfw I've got CDX
>>3087223
They are still waiting for Nintendo to make one.
I got a Turbo CD instead
I have two, so…
I have one, it's boss
I have a 32X too but I'm waiting to buy a flash cart before I get any 32X games
>Mega CD adds a 12.5 MHz 68k CPU to the Mega Drive (for reference, Neo Geo has a 12 MHz 68k CPU)
>Redbook audio and 8 PCM channels
>Scaling and rotation on both sprites and backgrounds
Did Sega's marketing team even think of the fact that they could claim that the Sega CD turns the Genny into a more powerful system than the fucking Neo Geo?
>>3087982
WRONG ANSWER MAN!
I don't have space for a Sega CD.
I do, but it doesn't fucking work
>>3088089
same here.
anyway Kega Fusion works perfectly, I use my actual sega CD games on my computer and play with a PS3 controller
Could anyone sell me a region free bios chip? I found out the pal mega CD doesn't work with the everdrive bios loader too late.
Do you mean Mega CD?
>>3087223
I think Sega's official stance these days would be "Why arent you buying all of our current games?"
>>3088038
The best game they could throw behind that, though, would have been the Sega CD port of Final Fight. It's the best console version, admittedly, but because of the bizarre way the CD interacts with the main Genesis memory, it was poorly optimized and suffered slowdown in a couple levels.
>>3088538
Just burn your games to CD-Rs, there's no copy protection.
>>3088038
Not quite because the Mega CD doesn't actually change the VDP. It's still the same old one with all of the same sprite line limitations, and 64 color limit.
The Neo Geo's power wasn't because of its CPU. It was because its VDP was incredibly strong.
>>3088616
The PAL Mega CD won't work with some NTSC games even when using the appropriate bios rom on an everdrive md
>>3087223
>You STILL don't own a Sega CD?!
No, they're expensive as hell right now around my area, or at least more than I'd be willing to pay for a ~20 years old system.
>>3087279
I found the FMV stuff sorta endearing on some level honestly? Like night trap is a bad game but it's also sort of a campy fun time.
I had one growing up. Back in 93.. It impressed me at the time honestly and I'll always have a soft spot for the system despite their really being a lack of good games. Could anyone recommend me some games that utilize its hardware capabilities the best?
I got a kick out of the FMV stuff when I was a kid, but that was back way before internet video or even the idea of being able to play video on your home console was amazing back then. It has dated pretty poorly.
Despite that though I have a lot of nostalgia for that system. I stupidly was loyal to sega and also got a 32x, which was novel for a brief time but i don't care for it anymore. It has only like 2 or 3 good games on it and they are multiplats like Doom.
>>3088013
I think you can use a regular Genesis flashcart and put 32X games on it (though they'll only work on the 32X obv.)
I reccommend After Burner
>>3088636
What games are you having problems with?
>>3088057
Nah I agree even when gamepro covered the blockbuster Champs the snes winner was white and sega winner was black.
>>3087223
I got the X'Eye. It has Genesis and CD in one, the video looks cleaner than the Sega Genesis/CD, and the CD games load faster.
>>3088057
>>not trolling
>>using emoticon on an imageboard
Pick one.
>>3087238
Could you not find shorter gameplay videos or do you really think Im going to sit here and watch 8 hours of someone else playing video games?
jokes on you i have one. it just doesnt work
>>3088846
Not him but Lunar for example the audio gets out of sync in the movies because of the reduced framerate.
I just hope someone somewhere eventually manages to fix those issues, I just want to
properly play Lunar in my crippled PAL console.
>>3088552
Anecdotal, but even though here it was officially called Mega-CD, everyone I knew just called it sega cd. Not sure where we got it from, maybe it was some ad or magazines that fucked it up.
>>3089558
Why not just skim through them?
>Not listening to the official Alien Soldier CD soundtrack on your non-tmss High Def Sega Genesis with modded s-video and refurbished Sega CD model 1.
What's the hold up Anon?
>>3089861
I have none of those things.
>>3089861
>S-video
Do you still get transparencies and gradients from dithering?
>>3089861
>Modding for s-video instead of decent RGB
>Listening to CD soundtracks in mono
>Bragging about it on 4chan
>>3089861
A E S T H E T I C
>>3089861
Is that a fucking infra-red controller
How terrible does that thing work
>>3089861
>with modded s-video
... Anon...
>>3088038
NG's greatest strength was being able to stream data off the cartridge at a high transfer rate then turn around and use that to throw a bunch of huge sprites onscreen at once, Sega CD did nothing to help the Genesis do either of those things better
>>3087223
I still haven't been able to find a Genesis, let alone any add ons. I know I could just buy one online secondhand but I don't like buying secondhand hardware without being able to look it over and test it first.
>>3089861
How many controllers does that wireless adapter support?
>>3090451
Sega CD doesn't output stereo sound?
>>3090690
You're right. He'd they the CD sound in stereo and the console sound in mono or not at all in the configuration shown.
>>3087997
>make SNES CD
>will lose 75% control of company and workforce due to Sony's contract
>wonders why Nintendo went to Phillips instead
Sony even treat IPs worser than Nintendo does noawadays
you want them to have control of that?
>>3090690
Can't you output the stereo through the headphones jack?
Or does that audio port only work for the mega drive?
>>3090451
You got me on the RGB but listening on mono...
>>3090171
Ehh, only on solid colors, example is Truxton.
>>3090490
As long as some top part of the controller is aiming at the receiver, not that bad actually.
>>3090586
2
Highly recommend the Doc's wireless controllers though as they allow you to play without you having the controller face the receiver.
>>3091409
>As long as some top part of the controller is aiming at the receiver, not that bad actually.
What about proximity anon? Can it handle something like 2 meters?
>>3091402
>golden connectors
>hot glued to the case from the inside
>connected to the video port by unshielded, thin cables
what the fuck is the point, it's simpler to just solder your own DIN8 connector...
>>3091246
Yeah I always thought CDs were always stereo. I guess through the TV it could be mono, but not with modern advanced TVs..
>>3090690
>>3091246
>>3092895
model 2 will output stereo through the AV cables but model 1 will only output mono through those cables.
The solution is to use a 3.5mm male to 3.5mm male cable as a bridge from the model 1 headphone port to the sega CD's audio-in jack (dunno what it's actually labeled but it's the only 3.5mm jack on the thing).
Then you use normal red/white RCA cables for the audio from the CD.
This is for using a model 1 MD with a model 2 CD, for the record. I dunno if the model 1/model 1 setup is different.
