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Even the bravest retro gamer fears Sega Genesis' final form (lemmynsfw.com)

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The Sega Genesis (or Mega Drive) had expansions that were meant to improve the capability of the system and extend its lifespan, but ultimately they weren't super popular because it didn't make sense to make games for such a small subset of Sega's market share.

This is the 32x add-on that allowed for 32bit processing, and someone has just stacked a bunch of them on top of each other to be funny.

(Pictured here is the base system in the center, with the 32x add-on on top and the CD player below)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The idea of a plug-in processor is wild. Isn't that most of the console functionality right there?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

everything in most cartridge based consoles is on a bus. CPU, SPU, RAM, ROM, whatever, it's all on the same communication channel. the SNES didn't have 3D capabilities but some games like Starfox had a GPU in the cartridge. there are modern mods for the NES that add a raspberry pi on the bus which allows it to do full motion video.