The Terminator on different Sega CD models

[j_factor]

I have seen The Terminator listed (from several different sources) as being incompatible with the Sega CDX, along with Jurassic Park and a couple of games that nobody plays or cares about (Who Shot Johnny Rock? Who gives a fuck?).

Well, it works just fine on my CDX.

But! It doesn't work so well on my standard Model 2 Sega CD. It boots okay, but it's very prone to freezing. So prone that I have never been able to finish the first level without it freezing, and I've tried at least 10 times.

So... anybody else tried The Terminator on different Sega CD models? I would assume that it works fine on a Model 1 (after all, that was the only model in existence when it was developed). I haven't yet tried it on my X'Eye, which is packed away at the moment.

[Joe Redifer]

I wonder what in the game could be so hardware dependent.

[evildragon]

More like the BIOS incompatibility.

[GohanX]

I just played through it with a X'Eye dying on the factory level. Everything was perfectly fine. If I can remember, I'll try it on the CDX too, but I'm pretty sure I've played it on the CDX before.

My first Sega CD was a model 2, and it worked fine there.

[Term180]

Ooooh, did you say Jurassic Park?
Loved that game, was nothing like any other Jurassic Park game ever made, and the music could, at times, be very creepy.
I remember the fight with the T-Rex... wow, that part had me stumped for the longest...

And the way you could just pick up a rock and toss it into that computer screen to more or less commit suicide on the game...

[j_factor]

Yeah, I liked Jurassic Park too.

[David J.]

I've heard that some Model 2's are finicky with games. I recall someone posting here that his copy of Joe Montana or something worked fine on his Model 1, but didn't like his Model 2, or something to that effect.

I know it works fine on my Sega CD 2, and I don't recall if I tested it on my Model 1 console.

[Alvatron]

Yeah, I still can't get Joe Montana to work on my Model 2 Sega CD. It works just fine on my Model 1. Go figure.

[Tanegashima]

I have a model 2 and it runs all of my games perfectly:
Night Trap
Demolition Man
Sewer Shark
Lawnmower Man
Terminator
Flashback
Heart of the Alien
Rise of the Dragon
Sonic CD

all these games work great!
I have been considering investing in a CDX, I'm wondering if its really worth it, however.

[Sen]

It works fine on my Mega CD 2. One of the best games for mega cd I would say. My favourite is Night Trap though.

[GohanX]

I have been considering investing in a CDX, I'm wondering if its really worth it, however.

Having owned nearly every domestic Genesis, my feelings on the CDX are that it is great if you need a really tiny Genesis/Sega CD to carry around. Either if you are going to a buds house, or if you don't leave the old systems plugged up and you just want to take it out of the closet once in a while for gaming, it's great. However if portability isn't an issue, I'd get an X'Eye instead. You still only use 1 AC adapter, and the audio/video output is a little better. Plus, it's cheaper.

Of course, the CDX's cool factor is much, much higher than the X'Eye. The CDX gets a cool factor of 9, while the X'Eye is only a 7.

[Tanegashima]

well, I just bought a Sega CDX, got a good deal on it and it should be arriving at my doorstep pretty soon. Very excited...

[Tanegashima]

Well, the CDX came today, it works great and Terminator and all my other sega CD games work perfectly fine on it...

[Dirt Ball Gamer]

Works well on laseractive.

[Earthworm_Jim_Fan]

Dose this mean the article here for the Sega CDX should be modified since we now know the CDX can indeed play the Terminator?