SegaCD = Greatest CD add on?

[evildragon]

Snatcher was personally, the best game I ever played on Sega CD. I actually played that on my repaired Genesis (first Genesis I ever repaired, and required a CPU from an old Mac). I loved playing the game with headphones plugged in, cranked up.

[JRedmond3]

Turbo Duo seems like it outclasses the Sega CD by a fair margin. I mean it does have the greatest Castlevania ever, probably my favorite platformer and possibly even favorite game ever.

[Lorfarius]

The more I play the MegaCD the more I love it despite being known as a failed addon. Some really fantastic titles hidden amongst alot of dross, certainly worth collecting.

[Diosoth]

The TG-16 had a few decent titles, but it had little support and fewer good titles. Ys was decent, Valis III beat out the Genesis version, but... really, it had very little going for it.

[Jesse813]

The TG-16 had a few decent titles, but it had little support and fewer good titles. Ys was decent, Valis III beat out the Genesis version, but... really, it had very little going for it.

The US Selection for the TG-16 & TG-CD wasn't that great, but in Japan it was really good

[basic]

I'm going to go with PCEngine on this one but believe me when I say, I am trying to love the Sega CD, it just keeps spitting in my face every time I think I've found a gem. I have been let down by quite a few titles lately. Oddly though, my best bud's fave game on this system was Sewer Shark and it really was a decent game(Short as Hell but it was a pack in meh)

[kool kitty89]

The more I play the MegaCD the more I love it despite being known as a failed addon. Some really fantastic titles hidden amongst alot of dross, certainly worth collecting.

As far as console add-ons go (especially for those released outside of Japan) it did pretty well, outselling the 3DO as well. (US sales of SCD beat total 3DO sales) 6+ million is hardlysomething to scoff at. (over 20% Genesis/MD market satuaration)

There were certainly several unfortunate choices made though, and its intrest declined and its life was cut short.

[Black_Tiger]

The TG-16 had a few decent titles, but it had little support and fewer good titles. Ys was decent, Valis III beat out the Genesis version, but... really, it had very little going for it.

There are probably more "good" Turbo CD games than "good" Sega-CD games (not like way more or anything). Of course, if you class Ys as only "decent", then I'd assume that you wouldn't enjoy most Turbo and Sega-CD games.

[Diosoth]

There are probably more "good" Turbo CD games than "good" Sega-CD games (not like way more or anything). Of course, if you class Ys as only "decent", then I'd assume that you wouldn't enjoy most Turbo and Sega-CD games.

Ys I & II Complete for PC, with the translation patch, outclasses the TGCD version by a wide margin. It bumped the TGCD version down for me.

However, even being the 2nd best, it still beats out the awful Famicom and SMS versions. Even the recent DS version is pretty awful.

Then again, the TGCD version is on Virtual Console right now, so there's no need to spend a fortune on an aftermarket console to play the game.

[Black_Tiger]

Ys I & II Complete for PC, with the translation patch, outclasses the TGCD version by a wide margin. It bumped the TGCD version down for me.

Wow, with that kind of logic I am not surprised that you do not think there are many good Turbo games. Maybe in a few years if enough Sega-CD games get remade that will bump them down enough for you to see the libraries as more or less equal.

Then again, the TGCD version is on Virtual Console right now, so there's no need to spend a fortune on an aftermarket console to play the game.

I guess that you have not done much aftermarket shopping for Ys I & II have you?

[Diosoth]

Wow, with that kind of logic I am not surprised that you do not think there are many good Turbo games. Maybe in a few years if enough Sega-CD games get remade that will bump them down enough for you to see the libraries as more or less equal.




I guess that you have not done much aftermarket shopping for Ys I & II have you?

I have no desire to spend a ransom fortune on the TGCD hardware. Even with an emulator I never bother with the main library(for every one Neutopia, there were ten JJ and Jeffs) and ISOs seem real diifficult to locate.

Last I looked, a TG16 with CD addon was about $150, which is $110 more than I'd spend.

[kool kitty89]

Well the PCE-CD/Duo library is certainly larger than the Sega CD, but that's not surprising as the PCE basicly trasitioned to CD in the early '90s and the CD version eventually became a true successor with a longer life than the original unit. (many CD versions lacking card support as well iirc)

But along those lines, thare are more "good" Turbo/PCE CD games than there are "good" card games for the PCE/TG-16 as well. (based on the previous discussions the overall populatity of the CD lasted a long time and the cards were didcontinued in the early '90s for a total shif to CD which held on to ~1997 as I remember; I'll have to check that discussion again -and no concrete numbers were found -even the 10M on wiki for the PCE/TG-16 was a bit weak)

[nomad83]

yes. its got sonic cd,android assault,road rash, and a lot more good games.

[Guyjin]

I hate to make my second post here so argumentative, but:

The Turbo CD is much better than the SegaCD. Why? The SegaCD was loaded down with crappy FMV games; the Turbo had no such problem. If you pick up a random Turbo CD, chances are good that it will be a better game than a random SegaCD.

That's not to say there are few or no good SegaCDs, but there's just so much crap to wade through, that I have only once blind bought a SegaCD; it was Farenheit. I've never done so since. Remembering what games are said to be good while flipping through a bunch of 'em at your local game store is surprisingly difficult.

As for the Jag CD: a) it's attached to a Jaguar, and therefore cannot possibly be good; and b) it looks like a toilet. does not rate.

[AD2101]

I hate to make my second post here so argumentative, but:

The Turbo CD is much better than the SegaCD. Why? The SegaCD was loaded down with crappy FMV games; the Turbo had no such problem. If you pick up a random Turbo CD, chances are good that it will be a better game than a random SegaCD.

Well that's considering you can find Turbo CD games, I've never seen one in the wild.

That's not to say there are few or no good SegaCDs, but there's just so much crap to wade through, that I have only once blind bought a SegaCD; it was Farenheit. I've never done so since. Remembering what games are said to be good while flipping through a bunch of 'em at your local game store is surprisingly difficult

Hmm, I've never had that problem. Usually if the back of the box has a bunch of FMV pictures on it you can tell, or in Corpse Killers case it even says its "100% full motion interactive video" on the front of it. Of course if there were no box to begin with then I'd see your problem. As for having to remember what games are good/bad, hows that different than any other console? It's like the one time I wanted to get Castlevania for my Genesis but only bothered to remember the "Castle" part of the name and came home with Dark Castle instead. NO GOOD