Retro Gaming

[Flux]

I've made a decision.

Genesis does what Nintendon't!


 

[Flux]

Here I am attempting to collect every main-series and spinoff sonic title on the Genesis.
I bought out my local gaming store's supply of old Sonic titles. Same thing with Amazon.
Sonic 1 - Missing manual
Sonic 2 - complete in good shape!
Sonic 3 - don't have  -Have gotten it in good shape with box/manual since this post.
Sonic & Knuckles - Cartridge Only
Spinball - Cartridge only
3D blast - complete but in bad shape
MBM - don't have
I have the Steam ports of all of them, but after using a genuine genesis to get my fill, I can't go back to bad emulation. Although Steam does a surprisingly good job, it just feels right on the Genesis

[Flux]

It seems I've spent a considerable amount of cash laying around in my room. I have this one little crevice that all of my money goes into, it's interesting to note that I've accumulated around $80 in there.
Knowing me I've spent a considerable amount of it on Genesis games, and my collection is growing very fast. I now have every Sonic-related game except for Wacky Worlds (Which I don't plan to get, but it was basically Sonic's version of Mario Paint) and Dr. Robotniks Mean Bean Machine which is a puzzle game that I probably wont get unless I see a loose cartridge of it at my local gaming shop.
I also got Vectorman. Yay? I probably blew through $50 up there. But the Genesis has definetly replaced Sega Dreamcast as my favorite console.

[Flux]

Going to try to mod one of these:
to have a green powered-on LED. Hopefully the stock power-light was 3mm.

[Geo]

Some sort of disc player?

[Flux]

Some sort of disc player?

No, a retro console.
Sega Dreamcast

[Rymdolov]

I'm a lot of a Genesis guy too (well, Mega Drive guy), but one thing that you have to hand to the SNES people is that their favourite 16-bit console has a lot better audio than the Genesis. Not that there aren't Genesis games with great songs and sfx, but I guess the sound chip of the SNES is better.

Anyway, Flux, have you tried many non-Sonic games? Anything you recommend?

[Flux]

I'm a lot of a Genesis guy too (well, Mega Drive guy), but one thing that you have to hand to the SNES people is that their favourite 16-bit console has a lot better audio than the Genesis. Not that there aren't Genesis games with great songs and sfx, but I guess the sound chip of the SNES is better.

Anyway, Flux, have you tried many non-Sonic games? Anything you recommend?

Yeah,  i have a few other cartridges, and i plan to get more. One thing that stands out is Vectorman which is an amazing run and gun. Like i said, i really don't have a lot of other games. Definetly try Vectorman though.

[Flux]

LED Mod update...
Took apart the Dreamcast and looked at this:
Made an attempt to get these to light up in the same place:
Turns out the LED in there is a screw-in bulb... I don't have the right type of LED. Oh well.
At least I can still play this:

[Unorthodox]

My son's been on a sonic kick himself lately. 

Have you tried the anthology collections on the 3ds? 

[Flux]

My son's been on a sonic kick himself lately. 

Have you tried the anthology collections on the 3ds?

Anthology? As in music? No, I just download any level tunes/themes I like and put them on my 3DS SD card. That actually happens to be the only current-gen platform I own. Songs that are nice to listen to out of the games are Ice Cap zone from Sonic 3, the main themes for all the Sonic games 1999-present and maybe "What I'm Made Of" if you're into any kind of rock songs. There is plenty more from there, but thats all you'll ever need.

I can give you opinions on all the main-series Sonic games in their original console form (No emulators here!) except '06, but I'm really not too worried about getting that one. And I can tell him that the best way to experience Sonic is as follows: Start with Sonic Generations on the 360/PS3, or if you use the PC make sure you have a 360 controller plugged in. Then play Sonic 2 or 3 and Knuckles. If you like it, get yourself a Genesis. It costs less than that shiny, new, crappy COD game. And it just feels so much better to be playing it on the genuine console. Don't get the new AtGames "re-live the past" console either. It's basically a tiny computer with a cartridge slot built solely for emulating the Genesis. And it does that badly. In fact, I would mail you mine just to prove a point. I don't want it anymore, I have a real Genesis. After you've done that, I'd recommend trying out Adventure 1 and then go off to the other ones like Colors and Heroes. (Heroes should only be played 1 or 2 levels at a time though, and get the Gamecube version if you can.) Pick your path from there, if you do that you'll end up loving the franchise. Of course, if he's already on his kick then he knows that already.

Holy crap that was a long comment. I've pretty much dedicated the time I spend gaming to mastering all the Sonic titles I can, and I love them all.

[Unorthodox]

No, he's got some DS remakes of the games, usually 2-3 per cartridge

[Flux]

No, he's got some DS remakes of the games, usually 2-3 per cartridge

Oh, you meant for the original DS. Yeah, I've seen them at stores. I've never bought one of them, though.