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Sega Genesis/MegaDrive Appreciation Thread: Alien Storm > Golden Axe
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Do you also have the Spot Goes Hollywood 32X repro?
Gunstarheroes
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I'm being serious. I'm aware the game is mediocore, but i'm really trying to be subjective and stuff. Plus, it means i could possibly start work on my Spider-Man series review. There are a lot of Spider-Man games between Genesis and the 2 add-ons, and Maximum Carnage is the best one, which is saying a lot, since most people seem to really dislike that game. So many chances for an awesome game, and at best we got only ok. What a shame...
Edit: Also, nah, i don't count the repros. Only way i'm getting Virtua Hamster is if someone gave it to me.
IrishNinja
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oh man first thing ima play on a mega everdrive thing is Virtual Hamster! also Crusaders of Centy looks awesome
Yes - if the YM chip was good for anything, it was industrial fizzing and clunking noises (ooh, ooh, can I be cheeky and blatantly plug one of my own music Megadrive-style musical tracks here? Similar industrial theme!)
I don't know if it was Stockholm Syndrome (as it was the first one i played,) but my favourite Spidey game from the era was actually the Master System version of "...Vs The Kingpin." I was so disappointed when I got round to trying the MD version.
sixteen-bit
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I really want to track down Rolling Thunder 3. Funnily enough it never saw a Japanese release despite being developed in Japan.
Is there a list of games from Japanese companies that weren't released in Japan? They're such an interesting oddity.
Stopped by Goodwill yesterday and found a Hi-Def Genesis for $15
No cables/controllers tho. =/
sixteen-bit
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Yeah I wouldn't complain too much, it's in great nick.
That wouldn't be the Seattle Goodwill by chance, would it? I was just there yesterday and saw one for exactly the same price and just the system but passed on it, I've already got two Hi-Def systems, plus a model 2 and 3 so it's no big loss.Is there a list of games from Japanese companies that weren't released in Japan? They're such an interesting oddity.
Stopped by Goodwill yesterday and found a Hi-Def Genesis for $15
No cables/controllers tho. =/
Gunstarheroes
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Just picked up a copy of PTO with Map for 5 bucks at a gaming store today, along with some other Sega games (Including a Strip Majhong anime game for the Saturn). Good day.
Sapiens
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Fixed my Wondermega; it was the drive belt. Just took one out of an old DVD drive and swapped them out and it works like new.
If any one is wondering, here is what Wondermega Svideo to LCD HD TV looks like without any upscaling equipment. Not great, but surprisingly decent.
Good in stand still, but a little blurry in motion. There is some weird smoothing going on around the edges as well. Not bad until I can get an XRGB (and the WM modded).
If any one is wondering, here is what Wondermega Svideo to LCD HD TV looks like without any upscaling equipment. Not great, but surprisingly decent.
Good in stand still, but a little blurry in motion. There is some weird smoothing going on around the edges as well. Not bad until I can get an XRGB (and the WM modded).
Yup, that's the one! lol
DO IT.
sixteen-bit
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I played a lot of Genesis/Mega Drive games today
IrishNinja
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yeah, con i was at yesterday had retro systems setup - only sega one was a model 2 Genesis with Verctorman going, that one didn't get a lotta love
No joke, Vectorman, Comix Zone and
Sonic 3D Blast...I know
That's sad. The original Vectorman is still one of my favorite games on the Genesis. Top 3.
sixteen-bit
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Not too big on vectorman but that soundtrack was nice.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
IrishNinja
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speaking of organizers, this one's a bit damaged but it's the same one i have & ending soon, still cheap!
sixteen-bit
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I have this dream of Vectorman coming back as a Vanquish-inspired TPS with ridiculous character animations and crazy gravity physics. The soundtrack would be drum and bass remixes of the older tracks.
I don't think I could get more unbelievably hyped for a game than that.
I don't think I could get more unbelievably hyped for a game than that.
Gunstarheroes
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Did another review video, this time it was on the never released in the US shmup, Curse
I dug making this one, a little less humor, more about showing the entire game.
I dug making this one, a little less humor, more about showing the entire game.
sixteen-bit
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Will watch. Curse is easily my least favorite MD import I own, but that box art is fire, lol.
Gunstarheroes
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The music was really solid. I dug it, but its short, its very by-the-books, and its not terribly difficult. It was given to me though, so i didn't lose any money on it. Was impressive graphically for its release though.
Whatever happened to that Vectorman PS2 game?
sixteen-bit
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It got cancelled. People said it was really bad.
Shadow Hog
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It also looked nothing like Vectorman.
Like, the whole gimmick was the "Orbot" thing, letting you take his component parts and make all kinds of wacky forms out of it - but the PS2 game wasn't havin' that. Instead we got the most generic Master Chief lookalike imaginable out of it:
Good riddance.
Morrigan Stark
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Yeah I remember that, truly awful. Nothing of value was lost, it seems.
It also looked nothing like Vectorman.
Like, the whole gimmick was the "Orbot" thing, letting you take his component parts and make all kinds of wacky forms out of it - but the PS2 game wasn't havin' that. Instead we got the most generic Master Chief lookalike imaginable out of it:
Good riddance.
That looks much worse than I remember lol.
Mega amp?
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The best way I can put it is that its a mod that allows you to customize how a megadrive sounds. You can make a model 2 sound more like a model 1 or you can expand the audio range of both model 1/2 by "unfiltering" the audio.
Here.
Unfiltered sound is enough for me to dive in, but I've also been looking for a means to greatly reduce or eliminate the models 1's contant backgroung hissing. Not sure if thisll do it, but here's hoping.
And yet everyday, I still hope and pray that Vectorman can come back in some form. I really don't think that it'd be too hard to make him contemporary. If not drum and bass, than a sort of dubstep vibe would work too. The kids like dubstep, right?
sixteen-bit
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Armoured Priest
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Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
You have weird fetishes.
I'm not sure I get it. Are we supposed to gather all the components and solder everything on a breadboard? No one is selling kits?
Near the end of that thread you'll see posts talking about some printed boards being made. Bapho tracked them down. Aparently the same dude with NES RGB board has 'em. Small world.
I guess we'll have some Australian Megadrive Amp soon then!
Man, that just reminds me of 1) the sexiness of Genesis/Mega Drive hardware, and 2) how many different configurations the ol' 16-bitter had.
sixteen-bit
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yeah, and even then it's missing a few!
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Perfect! I was just wondering if there was a chart like that. Just needs to include Genesis + Power Base Convertor and CDX + 32X configurations. lol
sixteen-bit
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Was the CDX released in Japan? I know Asia (PAL) and Europe got the Multi-Mega.
Hmm, I dunno. Haven't been able to find anything confirming it. The 32X isn't officially supposed to be used with the CDX anyway. I did hook it up, just to get it working, but I don't know if it's detrimental to do it long term.
