H/T to the Change 10 Things about the SNES thread. 10 things or less you would change about the Genesis/Mega Drive if you could. Use 1988 technology and keep the cost reasonable.
H/T to the Change 10 Things about the SNES thread. 10 things or less you would change about the Genesis/Mega Drive if you could. Use 1988 technology and keep the cost reasonable.
I like it the way it is since I can refer to it as the DeathStar and Deathstar II that was not even complete or missing parts.
I'm sure...if it wasn't complete, I don't think it would function - but hey, maybe that's just me.
As for the 10 things I would change for the Genesis...
just a larger palette (at least 4096 colors, like the stock Amiga)
I'd give it the same pallet as the TG-16
S-video hook up standard.
Blue LED instead of a red one
Thats about it really.
Going with the model 2 cable from the start, the Genesis has stereo sound so I really don't know why they stuck with the same mono cable as the Master System. Also would have liked the stereo jack to have remained in the model 2.
I just wish the darn thing had controller that I could grasp. It went threw like three revisons before finally making a better controller then the Saturn....There I said it.
I has a whole bunch of unused space inside. It should be glossy like the PS3. It gets scratched too easily. The game cases is also lacking creative art and structure for most original games.
Into the late 90's the cases still look like MS covers with the oh so cheap blue lines. Where the heck is my background characters and coloring I paid that extra 20 bucks for. It is so depression to look at
the boxart esxpecially when you think about the color control that went into it.
1. More games
2. Better games
3. Larger color palette, 4096 would have been good
4. More RAM
5. An extra channel or two of PCM audio
6. Stereo sound out of the a/v jack
7. 6-button controller from the start
8. Stayed with plastic boxes for the full lifespan
9. Scaling and rotation (hey, the Lynx had it)
10. 32x doesn't exist
1. More games - absolutelyQuote:
Originally Posted by j_factor
5. An extra channel or two of PCM audio would've been nice, but the Mega Drive / Genesis did a great job of producing some very nice synthesized music.
6. I agree
7. I agree
8. I agree
9. The Mega Drive / Genesis could do scaling and rotation via software since the CPU was fast enough, but the SNES had it built in so it was easier to utilize.
Ahaha.. that made me out loud. And I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rusty Venture
1. Blue LED instead of a red one.
2. nothing else.
1. Blue LED. Only god damn assholes like red LEDs. I hope anyone who likes red LEDs gets cancer in the face. Only cool kidz like blu ledz. blu wud make sistem soo much bettrz lololol. Seriously though, I don't understand the fascination modders have with blue LEDs. They are too bright, but even if you get a lower wattage one, they aren't anything special. But the modding community goes apeshit over them. I think that fascination is retarded.
2. Dolby HX Pro and Dolby B NR
3. VHS HQ technology from the future
4. Yellow LED
5. Green LED
6. White LED
7. Black LED
8. Purple LED
9. Blinking LED
10. "Tint" dial
1. More palettes (like TGFX16)
2. 4096 colors instead of the not very usable Shadow-Highlite, or even better 15/16bit colors
3. a PCM chip so all games could have had clean sound
4. Working 320x240 on 60Hz machines
5. 3.5MHz Z80 in SMS mode, twice as fast in MD mode
6. White LED
7. RGB+Stereo+Svid on AV out
8. NO RF unit as stock !!!
9. Big sexy 16-bit logo on US and EU machines
10. High quality sound mixing circuits in ALL models
In a perfect world:
1). 256 colors on screen
2). Only ONE version of the console for each region (Instead of 500 of them each with minor hardware and / or BIOS differences!)
3). Full Master System backwards compatibility without need for the stupid adaptor
4). YM3812 (OPL2) sound chip instead of YM2612
5). Scaling and rotation via hardware
6). SegaCD never created / released
But primarily just 1) and 2) - 256 colors would've been divine, and having to test code on 8,000 slightly different models of the Genesis and the Megadrive is just a needless pain. Over the years I have become a fan of the YM2612 chip, even if the AdLib (OPL2) will always remain my absolute favorite.
5. No region lockout.Quote:
Originally Posted by TmEE
6. Two more controller ports.
7. Make LD controllers the standard and add shoulder buttons to them.
8. Scaling and rotation.
9. More RPGs.
10. More translations.
1. 4098 colours in total
2. 256 on screen
3. better quality controllers
4. no region-lockout
5. 50/60 Hz switch as standard
6. better sound-hardware
7. Master System compatibility without rip-off-adaptor
8. No, or a better CD-add-on
9. 4 controller ports
10.Call it Genesis in all regions
Why this chip?Quote:
Originally Posted by CMA Death Adder