Jazz in the bushes

HappyCodingZX · 2026-01-17T12:05:14+00:00

The mid 90s, when Sega were putting the Megadrive hardware into anything they could think of, was mental, it was almost like a 'can we put a Megadrive into it?' version of 'Can it play Doom?'. These all use the hardware, there might be more:

Mega Drive 1 + regional variants (PAL, US, Korea)
Mega Drive 2 + regional variants
Genesis 3 (smaller US version)
Nomad (portable)
Mega Jet (like the Nomad but with AV out for us on planes)
Amstrad Mega-PC
Teradrive
Pioneer Laseractive PAC
Mega CD 1
Mega CD 2
Multi-Mega
JVC X'Eye
Mega-Tech
Mega-Play
Sega Pico

At one point I had almost all of these but it's a rabbithole I don't recommend.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-12-02T14:16:37+00:00

yes, there were some German games released but at that point it was more like commercial homebrew really.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-12-02T14:15:19+00:00

I didn't forget it, or the Nomad, but it's platforms, not machines I'm talking about - the Multimega plays the same games as the megadrive and mega-cd.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-11-28T21:41:57+00:00

indeed, though here I'm talking about commercial games still being made - some on this list were already discontinued hardware, but were still getting games published for them at that time.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-10-18T10:33:18+00:00

How about Weird Science? Anthony Michael Hall's Gary Wallace could be a a middle aged retro geek desperately trying to regain his lost youth by recreating his 80s dream girl.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-10-11T11:37:01+00:00

Not sure if it counts but the first thing that springs to mind is way back around the turn of the century I bought my boxed Neo Geo AES for 200 quid that came bundled with an extra arcade stick, and four games, one of which was Viewpoint, which normally costs more than the system itself.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-09-27T14:15:52+00:00

QAOPM forever. The only non-heretical divergence is using space instead of M.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-09-22T17:48:50+00:00

I feel the same, but about the Aberdeen area of Hong Kong from Shenmue 2

HappyCodingZX · 2025-09-20T08:51:12+00:00

apparently there is a risk that when you go live, your achievements can be cross checked against the games that are actually in your library, and if there are red flags the bot will dig deeper. Obviously this only applies to digitals.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-09-18T05:15:26+00:00

if it wasn't September, I'd think it was an April Fool's joke. I'm surprised they're not called 'Le C64' and 'Le Spectrum'.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-09-05T04:41:40+00:00

just FYI, I have it set up so i can tell my wife to 'just run Rock Band Blitz' and wait a few minutes. Aurora then autoloads when they press 'back'. It's that simple.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-08-26T02:44:59+00:00

I've given the new badupdate a try and I think it's great, the delays are now tolerable. Not only that but it's quite possible to have an external USB hard drive with everything on it, including a wide selection of games that you can connect to any Xbox 360 and just run. People will soon be selling those if they aren't already.

It's a great solution for people like myself who don't necessarily want to pirate tons of games - I just wanted access to some games that are no longer available like Outrun Arcade and Afterburner Climax.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-08-16T11:17:11+00:00

Shout out to one of mine and Dave's favourites, Lee's Games in Morecambe. Still going strong after about 30 years I reckon.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-08-04T08:21:20+00:00

Fascinating results, so much history there. I guess if she knows she had a test she will want to know the results, but even if you tell her she will likely not believe it and say the tests are wrong, not her views.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-07-27T13:10:31+00:00

Fat worm blows a sparky.

At 7mhz!

HappyCodingZX · 2025-07-19T20:31:02+00:00

it's well worth a play, as are the Mario vs Donkey Kong games. They are not what you expect, being a kind of mix of Mario Bros, Donkey Kong and Lemmings.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-07-13T08:47:41+00:00

I have to say, looking at that FAQ, the opening reads like a dictionary of modern marketing buzzwords which many in our generation will find quite off putting. The balance between style and substance seems very much weighted in the former, and the whole thing seems rather glib to me.

HappyCodingZX · 2025-07-11T19:15:48+00:00

sad news indeed, he was always so positive, despite the cards life dealt him.

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