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Masked Avenger
08-12-2009, 09:13 AM
20 years already.

As for you euro Mega Drive fans, wait another year before celebrating since you got the system a year later. :p
NeoVamp
08-12-2009, 10:09 AM
As for you euro Mega Drive fans, wait another year before celebrating since you got the system a year later. :p


Grrrrrrrr http://www.sega-16.com/forum/images/icons/mad.gif
GriskaGyoran
08-12-2009, 10:52 AM
Ah, my third parent turns 20. Genesis taught me all the lessons I needed to survive. Like when the bully flashes after you hit him, wait for the flashing to stop and hit him again.
tz101
08-12-2009, 10:57 AM
Its weird to think about all these great game systems being so old. Neat thing is the way the games hold their own against the newer system releases. Then the newer systems try to release their retro collections, but the truly best way of playing the games is on the original hardware. No question about it.
NeoVamp
08-12-2009, 11:10 AM
when the bully flashes after you hit him, wait for the flashing to stop and hit him again.

Or the opposite, when YOU flash you're INVINCIBLE!!
Baloo
08-12-2009, 01:29 PM
Oh come on, and the store near me is having a Dreamcast marathon instead for 10 year anniversary of the DC. http://www.sega-16.com/forum/images/icons/mad.gif

And this guy's a FEKA goon too? I thought J_factor was our resident FEKA Goon?
Masked Avenger
08-12-2009, 03:47 PM
I'm the only FEKA goon. Accept no substitute.
Baloo
08-12-2009, 03:50 PM
Where's your FEKA Goon avatar then?
QuickSciFi
08-12-2009, 04:15 PM
:bday::bday::bday::bday::bday::bday:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2044/2258961815_9464d4fffa.jpg
:D
Aarzak
08-12-2009, 06:00 PM
Mil....er, Melf, are you reading this? Smells like a 20th Anniversary piece in the making. :D

In all seriousness, I'd (once again) like to hear from those who recall the launch and who purchased the console around lunch time. I'll be playing through the first-gen titles........let it be known that I'll blast anyone who dares play or mention playing "Super Thunder Blade" with an Elmer Fudd 12-gauge. ;)
Why-Disciple
08-12-2009, 06:33 PM
Hmm, now I have to decide between playing Altered Beast to celebrate or Marvel vs. Capcom 2, which comes out that day on psn.
QuickSciFi
08-12-2009, 06:48 PM
Hmm, now I have to decide between playing Altered Beast to celebrate or Marvel vs. Capcom 2, which comes out that day on psn.

Interesting... A Celebration. :D I should set-up a Genesis marathon with my friends. I think I'll choose the second installments of some titles for now, just to keep up with the big 2 on Year 20:

Road Rash II
Mortal Kombat II
Street Fighter II (Championship Edition)
Sonic the Hedgehog II
Golden Axe II (Co-Op)

Honorable Co-Op Mention:
ToeJam and Earl: Panic in Funkotron
chinitosoccer
08-12-2009, 11:38 PM
20 years already.

As for you euro Mega Drive fans, wait another year before celebrating since you got the system a year later. :p


And you yankees are celebrating 2 months later, the Megadrive was released in Brasil by Tectoy in June 1989 ;)
havok666
08-13-2009, 12:38 AM
How it all started..

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/demon6666/genesis.jpg
ooXxXoo
08-13-2009, 12:39 AM
And you yankees are celebrating 2 months later, the Megadrive was released in Brasil by Tectoy in June 1989 ;)

And the Japanese MegaDrive was realeased in the late months of 1988.....
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ooXxXoo
08-13-2009, 12:45 AM
How it all started..

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y169/demon6666/genesis.jpg

:confused: What in the world is that thing right next to the Sega Master converter?... ( below the game boxes)...
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Megadragon15
08-13-2009, 01:49 AM
That is the never released in North America Telegenesis modem.
parallaxscroll
08-13-2009, 08:05 AM
Japanese Megadrive release: October 29, 1988

U.S. Genesis test-release (NYC, L.A.): August 14, 1989

U.S. Genesis nationwide release: September 15, 1989


http://i34.tinypic.com/23vg41y.jpg


The very first U.S. print ad, with a better picture of the TeleGenesis Modem,
never to be released in North America.
http://i33.tinypic.com/2f09lao.jpg

BTW that game called 'Hollo Fighter', is actually Super Hydlide :)
parallaxscroll
08-13-2009, 08:14 AM
Sega Genesis preview from EGM Number 2, July 1989:

http://i41.tinypic.com/x4jk8i.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/2hncrrs.jpg


from EGM Number 3, September 1989
(@ Summer CES in Chicago that took place in June 1989)

http://i43.tinypic.com/o8fl9w.jpg
http://i40.tinypic.com/xfxmds.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/jk93es.jpg
Mark Robert
08-13-2009, 02:06 PM
Its weird to think about all these great game systems being so old. Neat thing is the way the games hold their own against the newer system releases. Then the newer systems try to release their retro collections, but the truly best way of playing the games is on the original hardware. No question about it.

Yep no doubt about it. There's no substitute for the real thing. Compilations or emulation is nice to try out these classics but the real experience is had actually owning and playing the original hardware and games. :cool:
The Genesis is a remarkable console. Even after twenty years, the games still look, sound and play amazing. I own the three main next-gen consoles: Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii and can tell you the Genesis games still blow me away. I can switch from playing a next-gen game to a Genesis game and be equally if not more impressed with it. Amazing. :D
Why-Disciple
08-13-2009, 05:37 PM
I just realized something. I was born on May 24, 1990, 9 months and 10 days after the Genesis' release. There's a good chance that I was conceived on that day as well! Holy crap, that would be awesome, and sort of explain my obsession with the console!

Oh, and I really want that modem. Why wasn't it released?