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Definitely. Cartridges really were amazing; I think that's ultimately going to end up being the organic thesis of my web site. Something I discovered while res
by markchristian 8y ago
Definitely. Cartridges really were amazing; I think that's ultimately going to end up being the organic thesis of my web site.
Something I discovered while researching this post: Sega had their own Super FX-y thing with the Sega Virtua Processor. It was only used in one game (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtua_Racing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtua_Racing), but the thing I find most fascinating about it is that Sega contemplated releasing just the Virtua Processor itself—you guessed it, as a lock-on cartridge.
(Unfortunately, this fact didn't really fit in anywhere, so I'm just dropping it here.)
- eropple 8y agoNot a GPU, but that reminds me a bit of the Camerica Deck Enhancer. Talk about weird stuff...
- markchristian 8y agoYeah! That's on deck (no pun intended) for my April blog post. (I'm trying to do one of these each month for 2019.)
- pinewurst 8y agoDon’t forget Catapult Entertainment’s X-BAND - a lock-on modem cartridge for Genesis and (later) SNES that added remote multiplayer to games by patching them on-the-fly.
- toast0 8y agoSega did release the 32x which was basically a newer console that was inserted into an existing Genesis / Mega Drive. There were a handful of games released for it, including a better version of virtua racing. Also one or two games required the 32x and the CD attachment.
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