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God struck down the Tower of Babel for man's hubris.Isn't this supposed to be the ultimate in Sega cartridge porn?
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It's not as good if it wouldn't actually work.
Isn't this supposed to be the ultimate in Sega cartridge porn?
Main problem is it wouldn't work. Also, the Model 1 Sega CD would be better. That does get honorable mention for how much it resembles a vacuum cleaner, however.
Shadow Hog
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I'm still partial to this one I found earlier:Isn't this supposed to be the ultimate in Sega cartridge porn?
Model 2 Genesis w/ 32X and Model 2 Sega CD, running Sonic & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles & Knuckles
I've never really liked Rolling Thunder 3... I mean, it's decent, but it's so different from the first two Rolling Thunder games that I don't like it as much as either of them. The game's a faster-paced game more about action than the first two; the deliberate pace is somewhat lost. The two player co-op mode that the second game has (yes, even on Genesis) is also gone. The game's just so much more actioney... you get multiple weapons, can choose a high-powered weapon from the beginning of the stage, etc. Overall it obviously feels like an attempt to make a faster-action Rolling Thunder game, but it gets a bit too far away from why I love the originals. In comparison, the second game plays pretty much exactly like the first one, but with improvements like co-op. It's the better game, in my opinion.
I'm sure the official cables are on ebay sometimes... the Genesis 2/32X ones look a lot like Saturn cables, but have some slight design differences, and a different pinout on the plug of course. The round plug's the same though, and you actually can plug a Saturn AV cable into a Genesis 2... it just won't work.
No, there aren't. What the game has instead is that the first floor has five different exits, to each one of the four trial dungeons, each of which is a bit over a floor long. Only after beating all of them will you go to the second through fifth floors of the main dungeon. So it's not all one big thing. Oh, and the game may only have ~10 floors worth of dungeon, but it more than makes up for that with its high encounter rate and stiff difficulty curve... like, at the beginning of the game, you literally have to level up a few times right in front of the entrance. Going much of anywhere will cause your near-certain defeat.
Sounds like its going to be a tough one lol.
Oh and one of these should do fine for Genesis Model 1 stereo right?
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10218&cs_id=1021815&p_id=5596&seq=1&format=2
A Black Falcon
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Yeah, it will. It's a simple game, so grinding is most of what you do... at least the graphics are fairly nice, though.
Yeah, that'll do it for sure, as long as that length is okay with you of course. But that kind of cable is probably the easiest way to get stereo out of a Genesis 1, yeah. Combine it with a Genesis 1 AV cable for the video.
Shadow Hog
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I got up to the part where I got my two partners in SitD. Haven't touched it since.
It's nice, but could really, really use an automap; I tried the whole "draw out your own map" thing only to have to recenter the map twice over because the level was so damn large. Fortunately, its Saturn-based sequel, Shining the Holy Ark, rectified that.
It's nice, but could really, really use an automap; I tried the whole "draw out your own map" thing only to have to recenter the map twice over because the level was so damn large. Fortunately, its Saturn-based sequel, Shining the Holy Ark, rectified that.
Cool. Now to just find some reliable Genesis 1 AV cables.
Heh you should see my Metroid 1 map. Ended up stapling 3 other sheets to it, since I picked a poor spot to start drawing the map. it works though.
evilromero
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Here's a question for those who have played it. Is Monster World IV pretty good? I really enjoyed the previous one but I got stuck at some point and still to this day I can't figure out what to do next.
Shadow Hog
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I started a run through on my Wii U. It's good, yeah. Noticeably more linear, though. Like, y'know how you can return to areas you've already cleared in Wonder Boy in Monster World? No idea why you'd want to, but you could. Right, well, there's not really any of that here, from what I've seen so far; I can't return to my home town now that I've reached the central palace town/hub world of Rapadagna City, and having cleared the volcano level, I can't go back to it, but must proceed to the water shrine. Not a bad change, per se, just something of note.
I used to have a Commodore color monitor that was found working in a junkyard, it even came with a video cable which you could plug into the MIDI output on the back of a model 1 Genesis. The cable has rca video and two audio rca's for stereo. QUESTION is, does the genesis output stereo out of the round MIDI port on the back? Those old Commodore monitors are fantastic for 16bit gaming, blows away typical crt tv's. I had heard, the monitors were oroginally JVC tv studio monitors repurposed for Commodore.
Shadow Hog
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An unmodded Model 1 Genesis outputs stereo through the headphone jack only.
IrishNinja
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i was looking at a few SCART/component converters on ebay, but they weren't cheap, and i thought most were powered? which is another burden since i'm out of plugs at the moment. really, down the road (when ive another room/more $) i thought it'd be cool to do that for gen, SNES & saturn but part of me thinks at that point i might just wanna invest in a good upscaler.
I hear you. I appreciate that the game is somewhat different from the first and second, and yes it is faster paced. It's not like you're moving at a run and gun pace, though. They just picked up the pace some.
I played it last night and 2 is still the best one, but 3 is definitely great and worth owning IMO.
IrishNinja
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Trios are back in stock! get em while they're hot, so glad i got mine before this 32X came in, i never have enough plugs.
Excellent news.
IrishNinja
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that's a really good question, a buddy of mine/local gaffer was asking before about the genesis/sega-CD combo as well, regarding fidelity & compatibility. surely one of the great sega fan sites has a solid breakdown on what to expect from these hybrids?
IrishNinja
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i hear ya Dave - im sitting on VR, Star Wars, Kolibri & have a package incoming with Knuckles, Space Harrier & After Burner...and my 32X showed up this morning!
...tragically, i have the cable for connecting it to the genesis, and said Trio, but despite ebay's estimate of being here yesterday, the AV cable is sitting in Maryland, last anyone updated the tracking...man i hope it shows up today
...tragically, i have the cable for connecting it to the genesis, and said Trio, but despite ebay's estimate of being here yesterday, the AV cable is sitting in Maryland, last anyone updated the tracking...man i hope it shows up today
Shadow Hog
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I suppose the better question is, do these even work with a CDX? I'm remarkably unfamiliar with that hardware variant, so...
Shadow Hog
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No, I mean, I know what a CDX is, but more technical details, like what sort of power plugs it uses, that sort of thing I don't know.
evilromero
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I may check it out then. It certainly looks good for a genesis game.
A Black Falcon
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The CDX uses a special power brick, and requires it -- it won't work with any other power supply. So it'd only work with a third party thing if that thing was designed to support it. I don't know if any do.
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Shadow Hog
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^ Wrong thread
Genesis Knight
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I appreciate Sega/CD/32x a whole lot! Double click for big!
Reign_Of_Rain
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My first system, and it was my only system until 2004 when I got a PS2. Had handhelds inbetween but I loved the Genesis. Streets of Rage trilogy, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist were my favorites.
Plugged my headphones in my Genesis for the first time (well, with good headphones); sounds fantastic, but I couldn't seem to make the shielding/interference/static problem go away.
Now if only I had some of the games that I lost all those years ago; I'm down to just NBA Jam and Sonic 1 right now. Maybe I'll order a few and make a weeknd of it.
And better video than RF *.*
Now if only I had some of the games that I lost all those years ago; I'm down to just NBA Jam and Sonic 1 right now. Maybe I'll order a few and make a weeknd of it.
And better video than RF *.*
IrishNinja
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aw, man - Genesis Knight, that's a beautiful collection there. Centy and Pier too! so, so jelly.
kinda sad cause i got all the cables in for my 32X today, and was excited to hook it up but its messed up; Kolibri gets audio only, star wars & virtua racing get sound & picture but there's lots of graphics clearly missing...shit's unplayable. ive cleaned it (shit was mad dirty! like 3 q-tips) so i dont know what else to do here, contacting the seller on ebay now.
edit - okay dude's asking me to open it and make sure the "internal ribbon cables didn't come loose during transit" and check my connections, gonna have to look that one up
kinda sad cause i got all the cables in for my 32X today, and was excited to hook it up but its messed up; Kolibri gets audio only, star wars & virtua racing get sound & picture but there's lots of graphics clearly missing...shit's unplayable. ive cleaned it (shit was mad dirty! like 3 q-tips) so i dont know what else to do here, contacting the seller on ebay now.
edit - okay dude's asking me to open it and make sure the "internal ribbon cables didn't come loose during transit" and check my connections, gonna have to look that one up
Genesis Knight
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Thanks!
That happens to like, 80% of 32X users. SUPER common issue. Ribbon cables are probably it.
Aw gotta get some composite at least.
IrishNinja
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ah, that's a bit reassuring - is it easily fixable? i gotta go dig up some links, wanna make sure im not opening anything i can't easily close.
Genesis Knight
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Yeah, I can't point you to a link in particular but check out sega-16.com and search the forums in the 32X subboard or the Tech Aid subboard. It's been brought up there before.
I have a composite cable for my 32x but I don't have a system link cable and I don't think the damn thing works anyway.
It's a pretty dire situation so I might as well just start over from scratch.
A Black Falcon
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It's on Wii Virtual Console as well! And yes, buy it. It's outstanding.
There's really no way to know if it works or not unless you have a system link cable to hook it to the Genesis...
Gunstarheroes
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Awesome stuff Genesis Knight. But no Web Of Fire for the 32x (probably for the best = ( )
Also, who here has played Haunting starring Polterguy? I finally went through some of my un-played games, and man, its really fun. I just like seeing all the stuff i can do in the houses.
On the opposite end, Sword Of Sodan may be the worst Genesis game i have played yet.
Also, who here has played Haunting starring Polterguy? I finally went through some of my un-played games, and man, its really fun. I just like seeing all the stuff i can do in the houses.
On the opposite end, Sword Of Sodan may be the worst Genesis game i have played yet.
CrashPrime
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There's part of me that wants to unload my entire collection of like 50+ loose carts because they're loose.
These collections of complete in box really makes me wish I would've built up a collection properly instead of just to play the games.
Genesis is my childhood. I was a proud owner of the tower of terror, not quite like the pictures a few threads up, but I did the genesis gen1+segacd gen1+32x+Knuckles+Sonic3.
Truth is everything's been collecting dust in an old cardboard box for years, and I long got rid of the CD/32X components to a friend who wanted it. Now it seems the only purpose they serve is just to "collect" and loose carts are apparently far from collectible unless they're one of 5 top tier titles.
These collections of complete in box really makes me wish I would've built up a collection properly instead of just to play the games.
Genesis is my childhood. I was a proud owner of the tower of terror, not quite like the pictures a few threads up, but I did the genesis gen1+segacd gen1+32x+Knuckles+Sonic3.
Truth is everything's been collecting dust in an old cardboard box for years, and I long got rid of the CD/32X components to a friend who wanted it. Now it seems the only purpose they serve is just to "collect" and loose carts are apparently far from collectible unless they're one of 5 top tier titles.
IrishNinja
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Crash - you can find replacement cases & print out covers, i did that for a number of my recent additions. there's still too many loose, so ive been looking high & low to get this thing on the cheap...if any of you can find it open online & for a better price, lemme know!
also if you sell your looseys in buy/sell thread you might still get some $ for em.
man, Polterguy's on my list of stuff to get back, fun rental in the day. and yes, my buddy got Sword of Sodan because, like Pit Fighter, the ad showed these huge/arcade-sized characters that we didn't get in the full game, and having booted it up a little while back, i can confirm it's atrociousness.
also if you sell your looseys in buy/sell thread you might still get some $ for em.
man, Polterguy's on my list of stuff to get back, fun rental in the day. and yes, my buddy got Sword of Sodan because, like Pit Fighter, the ad showed these huge/arcade-sized characters that we didn't get in the full game, and having booted it up a little while back, i can confirm it's atrociousness.
Gunstarheroes
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I actually own one of those for my small amount of loose carts. Luckily, i have managed to get a lot of the cases over time. Its nice, so it doesn't mess with my closest full of games (which i need to make another shelfs-worth of room)
Did a little shopping for some games today, and here's some of the old SEGA stuff I grabbed:
Now the Alex Kid game isn't technically Genesis related, I get that, but you might be asking "Televator, why did you buy a shitty racing game for the Genesis?" To which I respond "F*ck you, good sir. F*ck you." I'm a fan of Senna, Honda, and vidya games... and this glorious box art covers it all. Oh, my goodness I just love looking at it. LOL!
Anyway, moving along..... ITS MORPHING TIME, BITCH!
TOWER OF POWER ASSEMBLED.
Now the Alex Kid game isn't technically Genesis related, I get that, but you might be asking "Televator, why did you buy a shitty racing game for the Genesis?" To which I respond "F*ck you, good sir. F*ck you." I'm a fan of Senna, Honda, and vidya games... and this glorious box art covers it all. Oh, my goodness I just love looking at it. LOL!
Anyway, moving along..... ITS MORPHING TIME, BITCH!
TOWER OF POWER ASSEMBLED.
IrishNinja
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man, i spent years before finishing Miracle World, so Lost Stars comes out and its like...this is easy! health/time meters and shit...why is Alex crying so much?! i ended up liking High Tech World more even though it's clearly not an Alex Kidd game, because i had no other point-and-click-like adventure titles, i think everyone else hated that one.
Yeah I've got High Tech World as well. Unfortunately, the AK games have to get inline on my backlog...that seems to be growing faster than I can play through.
IrishNinja
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argggghhhh
checked out a few things like this video, so i took my 32X apart, cleaned both slots (holy crap the bottom one's dirty), cleaned the ribbon cable ends but they were clean anyway...reassembled, checked connections and...audio for all 3 games, no video.
thought it might be the switchbox, but i moved it to a port i know works (reserved for the saturn), same results. it was only $20 but ive got all these games i wanna play for it, kind've a bummer after said incident with the saturn. only good news there is im waiting for the post office to open to pick that one back up, gonna go contact this ebay seller again though.
i was wondering if my genesis' mod might interfere, but i can't see how - its only saved me from having to get the mixing cable or whatever to plug into the headphone jack. i'm using model 2 AV cables for it (black falcon/others said this was the way to go, despite my model 1 genny), really don't know what's going wrong here.
checked out a few things like this video, so i took my 32X apart, cleaned both slots (holy crap the bottom one's dirty), cleaned the ribbon cable ends but they were clean anyway...reassembled, checked connections and...audio for all 3 games, no video.
thought it might be the switchbox, but i moved it to a port i know works (reserved for the saturn), same results. it was only $20 but ive got all these games i wanna play for it, kind've a bummer after said incident with the saturn. only good news there is im waiting for the post office to open to pick that one back up, gonna go contact this ebay seller again though.
i was wondering if my genesis' mod might interfere, but i can't see how - its only saved me from having to get the mixing cable or whatever to plug into the headphone jack. i'm using model 2 AV cables for it (black falcon/others said this was the way to go, despite my model 1 genny), really don't know what's going wrong here.