8th August 2006, 2:34 PM
Let me tell you exactly the details of the system. It has a spacer, two metal thingies which seem to just hold open the cartridge slot "doors" (I guess), a cable to connect the 32X to the audio video output of the Gensis itself, and a power connector (you will use the audio video connector you use on your Genisis by plugging it into the "out" on the 32X).
Only the data cable, the power cable, and the 32X are needed. The spacer isn't needed at all on the Genesis 1, and on the Genesis 2 it appears to only be for aesthetics and just in case you accidently drop a heavy weight on top of the 32X to prevent damage in some freak accident, so really you never actually need the spacer, but fortunatly mine did come with one. The weird metalmajiggers are something that even people that HAVE it tend to ignore because of how friggin' hard they are to install. Their purpose, as I said above, seems ENTIRELY to hold open the doors on the Genesis (and maybe some sort of "ground" or RF protection, but considering the device works fine without them...). The majority of people never even bother. I did just to see if I could and never bothered removing them, but no worries as they aren't needed at all (the device itself holds open the doors, really they are weird...). Mine didn't come with the power adapter, but it uses the exact same adapter that the Genisis 1 and Game Gear use, so I used my Gamegear adapter. It's the crossover data cable that's going to be the toughest find. There are guides for using parts you can get from radio shack to make your own, if you want, or you can buy one of these home-made ones from eBay. They work fine, as it's just analog data and not much shielding is needed for that short distance.
As for games, while some didn't like it, I loved Knuckles Chaotix and I plan on getting some sort of strange magical hummingbird side scrolling shooter game.
Only the data cable, the power cable, and the 32X are needed. The spacer isn't needed at all on the Genesis 1, and on the Genesis 2 it appears to only be for aesthetics and just in case you accidently drop a heavy weight on top of the 32X to prevent damage in some freak accident, so really you never actually need the spacer, but fortunatly mine did come with one. The weird metalmajiggers are something that even people that HAVE it tend to ignore because of how friggin' hard they are to install. Their purpose, as I said above, seems ENTIRELY to hold open the doors on the Genesis (and maybe some sort of "ground" or RF protection, but considering the device works fine without them...). The majority of people never even bother. I did just to see if I could and never bothered removing them, but no worries as they aren't needed at all (the device itself holds open the doors, really they are weird...). Mine didn't come with the power adapter, but it uses the exact same adapter that the Genisis 1 and Game Gear use, so I used my Gamegear adapter. It's the crossover data cable that's going to be the toughest find. There are guides for using parts you can get from radio shack to make your own, if you want, or you can buy one of these home-made ones from eBay. They work fine, as it's just analog data and not much shielding is needed for that short distance.
As for games, while some didn't like it, I loved Knuckles Chaotix and I plan on getting some sort of strange magical hummingbird side scrolling shooter game.
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