17th October 2009, 3:24 PM
It'd been in the store for several days, but even though I definitely didn't need it and it's not that great a system, the price was just too good to resist...
Sega 32X - $19 for the whole package. It included the 32X unit, the Genesis 2 to 32X connector cable, a mono AV Genesis cable (that doesn't seem to work, sadly, I was looking forward to trying Genesis at something better than RF...), a Genesis 2/32X/GG power supply, and three games: Metal Head, Star Wars Arcade, and Virtua Racing Deluxe.
It did not come with the spacer block for the Genesis 2, the adapter to hook the 32X up to a Genesis 1, the metal pieces you were supposed to use in the cart port when using the system with a Genesis 1, or the weird Sega CD end-plug thing. The spacer would be important, but the Sega CD plug thing is only used if you don't have a Sega CD, which of course I do. As for the metal pieces or Genesis 1 adapter, I don't have a working Genesis 1, so oh well.
Very nice price for all that... it's too bad that it didn't come with the spacer, I really want one because otherwise over time the 32X will damage the Genesis 2 (because that carts in the Genesis 1 cart slot sat deeper in, there's a gap between the top of the 32X and the Genesis 2... so all the pressure goes into the cart port. Over time this can damage it unless you use the plastic spacer between the 32X and the Genesis 2.), and a working AV cable would be great, preferably stereo, but other than that it's nice.
I mean, it's a bad system for sure, with few games (only 40), but even though it really should never have existed, it does, and with it my Genesis is now a bit more complete. The three games are all pretty good too, or at least are above average.
I also can finally play my two CD32X games now, though that's not such a plus, given how unbelievably horrible Supreme Warrior is and how Fahrenheit just isn't that fun. But oh well... I don't expect much from FMV games anyway. At least they do look a lot nicer than standard Sega CD games thanks to all of the additional colors on screen!
Sega 32X - $19 for the whole package. It included the 32X unit, the Genesis 2 to 32X connector cable, a mono AV Genesis cable (that doesn't seem to work, sadly, I was looking forward to trying Genesis at something better than RF...), a Genesis 2/32X/GG power supply, and three games: Metal Head, Star Wars Arcade, and Virtua Racing Deluxe.
It did not come with the spacer block for the Genesis 2, the adapter to hook the 32X up to a Genesis 1, the metal pieces you were supposed to use in the cart port when using the system with a Genesis 1, or the weird Sega CD end-plug thing. The spacer would be important, but the Sega CD plug thing is only used if you don't have a Sega CD, which of course I do. As for the metal pieces or Genesis 1 adapter, I don't have a working Genesis 1, so oh well.
Very nice price for all that... it's too bad that it didn't come with the spacer, I really want one because otherwise over time the 32X will damage the Genesis 2 (because that carts in the Genesis 1 cart slot sat deeper in, there's a gap between the top of the 32X and the Genesis 2... so all the pressure goes into the cart port. Over time this can damage it unless you use the plastic spacer between the 32X and the Genesis 2.), and a working AV cable would be great, preferably stereo, but other than that it's nice.
I mean, it's a bad system for sure, with few games (only 40), but even though it really should never have existed, it does, and with it my Genesis is now a bit more complete. The three games are all pretty good too, or at least are above average.
I also can finally play my two CD32X games now, though that's not such a plus, given how unbelievably horrible Supreme Warrior is and how Fahrenheit just isn't that fun. But oh well... I don't expect much from FMV games anyway. At least they do look a lot nicer than standard Sega CD games thanks to all of the additional colors on screen!