That’s clearly a Megadrive.
Even the bravest retro gamer fears Sega Genesis' final form
Submitted 4 weeks ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Luci@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
knighthawk0811@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
what’s the difference?
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Locale, and pedantry.
InverseParallax@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
16 bit is gold and not silver.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Somebody provide context for those of us who have no idea what this monstrosity is?
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
The Sega Genesis (or Mega Drive) had expansions that were meant to improve the capability of the system and extend the its lifespan, but ultimately they weren’t super popular because it didn’t make sense to make games for such a small subset of Sega’s market share.
This is the 32x add-on that allowed for 32bit processing, and someone has just stacked a bunch of them on top of each other to be funny.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
The idea of a plug-in processor is wild. Isn’t that most of the console functionality right there?
tehmics@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
What actually happens if you try to boot this? Stuck at SEGA splash screen? Error code?
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Lights flicker and dim throughout the neighborhood as a white-hot glow builds through the stack of 32Xs. A bright blue flash signals the destruction of the transformer down the block but you spare no attention for the freshly-darkened row of houses, captivated by the scene unfolding in your own living room.
Rather than sputtering out and returning to its previously inert form, the Sega only glows brighter. A voice is whispering to you but dissolves into wordless static against the ambient hum of the room. Your skin tingles and itches, the smell of ozone tickles your nose and you’re starting to think you should have brought some kind of eye protection. Probably too late to worry about that now though.
A crack of darkness forms in the center of the column of light – that, or your tortured optical nerves are finally burning out. The air takes on an unnatural viscosity which seems to conduct the ever-present hum straight into your bones. In an instant, the darkness pulses and ripples along its wispy edges before falling in on itself, carrying with it the last beams of your technological abomination like a mangled lighthouse blasting its warnings into a roiling hurricane.
You wake up in the morning to find a box on your doorstep. Oh yeah, you remember, that eBay listing for an old Sega and collection of accessories. Absently clicking together a stack of 32X modules while examining the contents of the package, you start to wonder if the thing will even power on…
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
You can’t even boot with two 32x units installed, at least based on previous experience the last time I tried. So alas, this 256x assembly won’t work.
crank0271@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s because you didn’t hook up enough of them.
tehmics@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Sure. That still doesn’t answer my question though, what happens?
QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
The Sega Omega
DmMacniel@feddit.org 4 weeks ago
now this is what I call redundant memory allocation.
BallShapedMan@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
256x sounds sweet to me!
21Cabbage@lemmynsfw.com 4 weeks ago
Would be interesting to see somebody get that many coprocessors actually working.
homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
144 bits?
omega_x3@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Where is the Sega CD?
cfi@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Looks like a Model 1 SCD is set up under the console. The Model 2 SCD is the one that attaches to the side
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
The SNES had that bizarre bazooka light gun, but the Genesis could do this
Bhaelfur@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
It’s missing Game Genie and Sonic and Knuckles cartridges
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
And a Honey Bee cartridge