Poll Idea

[Joe Redifer]

How's this for a poll?

What is your favorite LAME peripheral for the Genesis?

-Activator
-Menacer
-Miracle Keyboard
-Mega CD Karaoke Attachment
-Telegenesis Modem (or Mega Modem in Japan)
-Exercise Bike (forget what it was called)

There are surely more options that could go here that I'm not thinking of.

[Obviously]

The Activator... DEAR GOD the Activator... the Menacer is fun for a few minutes, and the rest have their uses, but the Activator doesn't even work.

Anyway, good poll idea.

[David J.]

Activator
Never used one, but from what I gather, novel concept, but bad execution.

Menacer
Lightguns are cool, but a lack of software killed this.

Miracle Keyboard
Fun for the kiddies.

Mega CD Karaoke Attachment
Karaoke is really popular in Japan, so I wager this was popular there, and kind of worked. I can see why many people think it might suck.

Telegenesis Modem (or Mega Modem in Japan)
Who want's to play a crap Mahjong or Baseball game over a phoneline? A few downloadable games was nice, but didn't take off.

Exercise Bike (forget what it was called)
Good... if you want to feel the burn!

I think the Mega Anser takes the cake, who wants to do banking with their MegaDrive?!

[Genesis Knight]

(The exercise bike was Outback Joey, 411.)

[j_factor]

That whack-a-mole one was pretty retarded.

[gamegenie]

the Activator works, but not well with the games it was marketed for.

Had Sega paired the Activator with Virtua Fighter which uses only A, B, & C it would worked well.

VF + 32X + Activator = something amazing

[Melf]

Ha! I was actually planning an article on all the lame peripherals for the Genesis. Looks like there's an audience!

[Iron Lizard]

This one needs to be included.

http://www.allproducts.com/manufacture98/vrgi/product1.jpg

[johnnyb]

Alrighty, lets get this poll going!:D

[The Sports Guy]

Seeming how I have never used any of these, I would probably refrain from voting. But, I think the Activator is bad.

I have an eentsy beetsy amount of curiosity to try the menacer on the 6 game cart and T2: The Arcade Game.

[gamegenie]

THese last 4 for reasons they are rare, Sega was really trying to get the Japanese to notice the Mega Drive.

-Miracle Keyboard
-Mega CD Karaoke Attachment
-Telegenesis Modem (or Mega Modem in Japan)
-Exercise Bike (forget what it was called)

[vintagegamecrazy]

I vote for the Smash Controller for Whac-A-Critter.

[Lightningrodc]

Activator