I used to watch these game console startup compilations youtu.be/Wntf-pM5k2E?si=12Ks_XRY0n5GJV7T , and the X’Eye and Wondermega felt like fever dreams like lol imagine booting up a game console on Christmas morning and there’s a dancing X or W with music that feels exactly like staying up past 6AM. I could not believe those existed.
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ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 days ago
During Covid, I had to sell a childhood treasure: my JVC XEYE, still complete with original controller and power supply, fully functional.
But the shop owner did right by me, cleaned up my old discs, and we went through them one by one before I left, as he’d never seen one in person, either.
My favorite part is that it was the cheap, knock-off alternative when I was a kid, but now it’s crazy valuable because it was so rare.
TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 days ago
It’s such a crazy throwback. Mine came bundled with Compton’s Interactive Encyclopedia and Prize Fighter for Sega CD , I believe. Or maybe I got Prize Fighter separately. Also how I discovered the Spin Doctors song “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong,” because it also had a karaoke feature. And, yes, Christmas morning exactly.
astro_plane@lemm.ee 17 hours ago
I have an X`Eye, love that thing. It has the best sound out of any genesis model IMO.