Thread 723928047

The Sega CD was kino and I'm tired of pretending otherwise.

>>723928047 (OP)
The proper made games for the system are in fact pretty cool, the FMV SoA slop not so much.

Kino and shit at the same time

>>723928047 (OP)
There were some good games, but Sega was moronic for betting hard on FMV by opening a studio specifically for FMV games, only for it to close two years later.

>>723928047 (OP)
exactly same.
i'm also tired of people trying to say it interfered with the Saturn somehow. nigga, the Sega CD came out 3 years before the Saturn. the 32X was the fuckup.

>>723929082
>but Sega was moronic for betting hard on FMV
it was '91. 3D graphics looked like this, and required a system that cost over a grand to play it.

blasted

>>723928047 (OP)
I was obsessed with the music for this, My favorite was the one that looked like this but it had sonic where the CD is

It had some decent games unlike the 32X. IMO it enhanced the Genesis library. I agree with the other anon saying the 32X was a massive fuck up that shouldn’t have existed. Sega should have just kept supporting the Genesis and CD and then put all their eggs on the Saturn once it launched

HE STILL DOESN'T OWN A SEGA CD?

>>723928047 (OP)
>>723928267
>Western Sega CD release
>Press buttons over a B-movie
>Japanese Mega CD release
>Here's some ecchi over a shooter that could have been on the base PC Engine
It wasn't that good. The system just was not powerful enough to do anything cool. The 3DO was a stronger system and should have done better.

>>723932007
Typical SoA and SoJ infighting. SOA would have been pushing the Genesis until 1999 if it was up to them, and SoJ could not be convinced that a platform held up by arcade ports that was best at 2D was what people wanted to buy in 1995. No one listened to anyone.

>kino

You weren't even born yet, retard.

>>723932156
I am waiting for Nintendo to make one.

>>723932298
>shits on the Sega CD
>3DO, here's a bunch of games that got Sega CD ports and Gex
lol
ya 3DO was "stronger" in that you could run 3D games at 10 FPS.

>>723932376
*was not what people wanted to buy
The Saturn NEEDED a good, original 3D game. SoJ being so butthurt over Xtreme was dumb, it NEEDED a Sonic game no matter how unpopular the franchise was in Japan.

>>723932468
At least you could run those games at 10 FPS. Sega CD straight up couldn't. It was cutting edge tech, it's going to be jank. But it could DO it.

>>723932468
>>723932618
Also
>Ports
The 3DO version of any FMV game is the best console version, assuming there's no PC release (which would have been hard to actually play at the time of release because it required a computer that cost thousands)

>>723932541
Yuji Naka correctly assumed a Sonic game made with his engine would outsell his own game made with his engine and got mad.
SoJ let Naka run wild because he knew a few programming tricks in the '80s and early '90s. by '95, those tricks were irrelevant and he was a hack.

>>723932681
i will not disagree with that, there's a reason i've got Corpse Killer, Night Trap and Sewer Shark on 3DO and not Sega CD, but show me the 3DO copy of Double Switch.

>>723932618
i'll take great 2D games over shit like Immercenary, Dr Hauzer and The Life Stage: Virtual House, thanks.

What are some of your recommendations for the system, OP? Only game I ever played for it was Sonic CD

>>723928047 (OP)
be honest, did you make this thread because of Jerma playing SEGA CD games on stream today?

>>723928047 (OP)
sega cd was amazing but it's one of those systems where you had to just be there as a kid when it was new.

All the poser fags who didn't experience it until 2000+ can never fully understand or truly experience how it felt.

I'm just happy my family wasn't full of poorfags like most gamers today and I had every single system growing up.

I wish developers used the CD storage for more than just "extra sprites and CD music"

>>723933183
Earthworm Jim Special Edition

>>723933696
they did, they also used it for full motion video.

>>723933559
zoomers will never understand the amazement of
>holy shit, there is an actual animated CARTOON in this video game
or
>holy shit, there is actual full VOICE ACTING in this video game

>>723934006
the CD quality music was pretty massive when there was nothing but bit music beforehand

>>723928047 (OP)
I know what you are OP.

>>723933203
what the fuck is jerma

>>723933751
Didnt know EWJ got a rerelease. I'll keep that in mind.

>>723928047 (OP)
My parents surprised me and my brother with one during Christmas. It came with Hook and Sewer Shark. Good times. I miss my brother.

>>723934006
Willy Beamish blew my mind

>>723935853
is he still alive?

>>723933183
not OP but
>Lunar
>Vay
>Bouncers
>Popful Mail
are all good ones, you might wanna abuse fast forwarding for Vay if you're playing on an emulator it's grindy as fuck.

>>723935853
I rememeber sewer shark I was too retarded as a child to figure out how to play it so I always ended up watching my older cousin play through it

>>723933183
BATMAN RETURNS

>>723928047 (OP)
SoulStar almost looks like an early PS1 game

>>723933183

Snatcher, obviously
Eternal Champions CD/Challenge from the Dark Side
The Terminator
Final Fight CD [best port in the 90's/has all characters and levels]

>>723928047 (OP)
Come on, anon... I am one of the hugest Sega fans in existence (source: trust me bro) and even I think they shat the bed on this one.
>obvious gimmick to say they entered the CD era
>obvious cash grab while they were preparing the next console
>just kidding! No new console yet! Have some 32x!
Everything after Sega Genesis was basically Sega of Japan being butthurt that Tom Kalinske managed what they could only dream of - butthurt at their own. There was barely any dialogue, basically a "fakku yu" directly from some Japanese directors.

>>723937171
>I am one of the hugest Sega fans in existence
and yet you don't know about all the good Sega CD games?

>>723937223
Sadly yes, you got me - I actually know of its great games.
Still a huge mistake. Wished Sega Saturn had a proper release, instead, and a good support on its games - but that is just a wet dream: Americans would never like most of those Japan only games back in the days.

P.S. Thinking by now, even a "shit rushed idea" back then was more interesting than what we have nowadays.

>>723933183
oh fuck I almost forgot DARK WIZARD
might be too slow for you nowadays but back in the day that was kino incarnate

>>723937401
32X was the huge mistake. Sega CD was great.

>>723932541
It wouldn't have been a Bubsy 3D level disaster but releasing Sonic X-Treme would've been a mistake. SoA made no good games other than Comix Zone so they would've never been able to live up to expectations. The real trvke is that American retailers and their retarded demands washed away much of the profits gained by the Genesis, the 32X should've never been put out and the Model 1-3 boards, which were all extremely expensive, came out within the span of four years. SEGA, or at least SoJ, always operated around making unforgettable experiences, not appeasing shareholders. SoA was more profit oriented but had the wrong ideas about how to actually make money. SEGA under CSK was always destined to fail and no shitty 3D Sonic game for the Saturn would've changed that. SEGA is only profitable now because they've turned into a Sonic/Yakuza slop factory and publisher for Football Manager and Total War.

>>723938247
>SoA made no good games other than Comix Zone
whats up with all the fake SEGA fans itt

>>723938490
Based

>>723938490
Based.
>fake SEGA fans itt
Come on, dude. I am the other anon. I just complained of Sega CD strategically. Still love its games.
Now, back on Sega of America topic... The effort they made producing games and bringing up them to Western world was amazing IMHO. Even Japanese games had a huge help from this side of the world, such as Sonic 2.
That anon either doesn't know or doesn't remember how were things back then.

>>723940457
>I just complained of Sega CD strategically.
SEGA was obsessed with being first. they wanted to be hip. and they were. early CD adopters, modem with the Dreamcast.
but being first doesn't matter when your competition is putting out multiple groundbreaking titles that change gaming forever.

on the subject of SoA, absolutely. their marketing blitz in '93 is still the stuff of legend.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79IrBTxG5zo&t=7097s

>>723928047 (OP)
the only two good games i played on this sloppy console were Shining Force CD (remake of the Game Gear games) and Snatcher (also a remake)

the only Japan Only game this shitty console i am interested in seeing it translated is Shin Megami Tensei (surprise! it's a remake!!!)

so yeah i guess the Sega CuckolD is better than the X32 since the latter's library has NOTHING worth mentioning

>>723932298
>Here's some ecchi over a shooter that could have been on the base PC Engine
What? You need more? (Besides some kickass red book audio)

>>723943470
Is this game even good? To this day, there is STILL no English patch or had it's music ripped online. Like Jesus, talk about the black sheep of the series...

>>723944127
i don't know because no one will fuckin translate it.
it seems like Snatcher with RPG combat, from what i can tell.

>>723943470
>Shadowreddit but it's tranime

>>723944342
>Reddit H

>i had a cdx i found at the thrift shop for $15 a decade ago
>sold it for $250 on ebay
>they're worth over 10 grand now

>>723944476

The real going price is $700 range CiB/$500 range console alone, anon. Be glad you made a profit.

>>723936309
Working designs absolutely destroyed Vay.
You need the patch that undoes their bullshit to make it playable.

https://tcrf.net/Vay#Regional_Differences

>>723945628
Hey asshole, are you trying to get people ips banned from tcrf? The webmaster blocks people’s ips who are hotlinked from 4chan.

>>723933183
Both lunars
Snatcher
Popful Mail
Final Fight
Shining Force
Robo Aleste
Vay
Android Assault
Keiyo Flying Squadron
Lords of Thunder

Anything by working designs will need to be patched to fix them up. They are available pre-patched on CDRomance.

Dark Wizard and Shining Force CD are the only ones I can think of

>>723945703
it's not a hotlink you retard

>>723945886
But my point still stands, the owner of the website was trigger happy a couple of months ago banning people’s ips who were coming from 4chan who had nothing to do with whatever drama was happening at the time

>>723933559
Got one for Christmas as a surprise and didn't even really know what it was. Think I was 9. It was awesome at the time. People shit on the FMV games now but it was mind blowing to play something like Ground Zero Texas. Plus CD players were still like $200 so it wasn't a bad deal for $300 especially considering the pack in games at launch.

>>723929952
What happened to colorful and optimistic bios screens? I wish my PC played something like this when I boot it up.

>>723932298
>>723932468
If they got the cpu at the clock they actually wanted, it would've fine. The games it does have are cool and their big problem (shitty framerate) would've been solved.

>>723946550
the 3DO library is better than you think, but that's entirely because ol Trip actually tired to break into the Japanese market and got Japanese dev support.
you'd still be crazy to go for one over even a Saturn.

>>723946254
This shit scared me as a child

>>723947657
An animated sequence of a floating 'W' set to Muzak scared you as a child?

>>723947657
scaredy cat

>>723952172
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