What I don't get is why do people refer to the GameBoy Advance and GameBoy Advance SP as two seperate systems?
What I don't get is why do people refer to the GameBoy Advance and GameBoy Advance SP as two seperate systems?
Because people will think you are a sadist if you are playing advance games on the original Advance. :p
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Originally Posted by Iron Lizard
OMG?!!! GameBoy Advance SP is backwards compatable with GameBoy Advance??!!! Wow!!!
The original is just hard to play on. It is not backlit and almost impossible to play unless you have a good light source and hold it just right plus it is not rechargable.
With an afterburner backlight kit and some 1800MAh AAs the original Advance is by far the better console, nicer to hold, harder to break and does not require you to purchase an adaptor just to get a normal headphone jack!!
If a SuperGrafx enabling add-on was later released for the PC Engine would it be a system separate from the PC Engine it's attached to?Quote:
Originally Posted by gamevet
If the Neptune had been released would it be considered a system but not the 32X?
Like I said, it all depends on the context of the discussion. But usually in game player circles "which systems do you own" questions are meant to find out what types of games people can (or perhaps do) play.
In elitist collector circles, "which systems do you own" is meant to guage how less l33t you are because you don't have a MIB prototype that someone else ate Macaroni & Cheeze everyday for 3 months to afford (which now collects dust on a shelf).
Hmmm. Well I wish the Sp had the heapphone jack built in but the cable is like $5. Is that really a big deal? Its no like that little cable takes up very much space. The afterburner backlight kit is no longer produced and I am pretty sure it is more the $5 for a headphone cable. As are the the 1800MAh batteries. Comfort is debatable. I prefer the buttons on the Sp. The sp fits in my pocket and mine looks like NES controller. So I'll have to stick with the Sp.Quote:
Originally Posted by mick_aka
The CDX is a system, so take it as you will.;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Black_Tiger
good point.Quote:
Originally Posted by gamevet
Heck, what makes a system a system anyway? Is the Genesis merely a Master System enhancement because it has a Zilog Z80 and can play Master System games (with an adapter) and accept Master System controllers? Is PS2 really just an enhanced playstation 1 since it can play PS1 games and use PS1 controllers and memory cards?
I guess the only way you can really make the call is either in terms of economics or simply "what runs on what system." From an economic standpoint, the Sega CD and 32X were more expensive than a base Genesis, so looking at it that way its more like the Genesis is just a "stand" for your Sega CD or 32X that you plug the controllers into and would let you play those "silly old Genesis games" if you wanted to. On the other hand, a RAM expansion for an N64 was much cheaper than the N64 itself, so you could say it was truly just an enhancing device. So I guess it boils down to if the add on is more expensive than the base system its "another system" whereas if its less (or significantly less) its just a simply add on. I mean, I don't think people usually list a RAM expansion next to their N64 when they list their systems.
Please list all of the CDX-exclusive games that won't work with the Genesis with Sega CD attached and then we'll decide if it is its own system.Quote:
Originally Posted by gamevet
In my opinion, a "system" has its own library of games. Therefore the CDX is just a Genesis and Sega CD in a cute li'l box. If you own a CDX, you own a Genesis. So why don't the Sega CD and 32X count as systems themselves, then? Because they REQUIRE a Genesis. They are not self-contained and cannot play their own games by themselves. Is the Light Phaser a system? The 3D Glasses? The Power Pad?
and yet another valid point...hrmmQuote:
Originally Posted by Joe Redifer
now what if Sega made a CDX sans Genesis cartridge slot, what then!?
That would be very interesting, but I'd probably only consider it its own system if it was released before or at the same time as the Sega CD peripheral. That would be a really interesting "gray area".
Yes, the 3-D glasses were their own system, why you would even be so crazy as to mislead the general public and even suggest that they were merely an add on is beyond me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Redifer
The reason they are their own systems is because the power pad, light phaser and 3-D glasses combined allows you to play your own games, in your living room that you make up yourself (you could pretend to be the Terminator for instance). SO they are in fact their own systems.
Is it self-contained? Yes. Does it only play one specially-designed media selectable by the user? Yes. Thus, it's a console.Quote:
Originally Posted by 17daysolderthannes
...but these are all ifs and buts that never had any chance of happening because the Mega-CD device was solely designed to complement the existing Mega Drive hardware. I'd call it 'sideways compatability' because it's not backward compatability and it's not quite forward compatability, and it also describes the Mega-CD II very well
What if Nintendo released a console that could only play downloaded WiiWare games? Would it stil count as a Wii????
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Originally Posted by Joe Redifer
Yeah, why? They have their own library of games, no? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe Redifer