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Virtua Racer was the only game with an extra chip for 3D. Everything else on that system is running straight off a ROM.
by pbj1968 2y ago
Virtua Racer was the only game with an extra chip for 3D. Everything else on that system is running straight off a ROM.
- hnlmorg 2y agoFor some reason I thought Sega had released other games with the SVP but you’re right Virtua Racing was the only one. I think maybe I got my wires crossed with Virtua Fighter 2, which did see a Mega Drive release but as a 2D fighter (the VSP port being cancelled - presumably because of the cost of the VSP).
- pbj1968 2y agoI went down some Covid quest of lunacy where I made literally hundreds of genesis cartridges. Yes, I’m aware of and own everdrives and multicarts, too. Got very intimately familiar with those pcbs by the end of it.
- hnlmorg 2y agoThat sounds interesting. Why did you create so many? What were they used for?
- pbj1968 2y agoJust to have a pile of them to run my fingers down while picking one to play. I started with a small list and then recreated my childhood. Then it was all those “always wanted to play that” games and the finally modern homebrew.