Poke'G Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Really? The highest I remember were games like Chrono Trigger, which hit 32. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatar of Justice Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Why are these guys bothering to release on the Genesis? Why not release on a more profitable platform that is still cheap to develop for (PC)? I don't know what the quality of the games are, but this strikes me as highly gimmicky. If they are trying to make money, they are hurting themselves, and if they want as many people to see their art as possible, they are still hurting themselves. I'm all for retro gaming, but you didn't see Capcom release Mega Man 9 on the NES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 Why are these guys bothering to release on the Genesis? Why not release on a more profitable platform that is still cheap to develop for (PC)? I don't know what the quality of the games are, but this strikes me as highly gimmicky. If they are trying to make money, they are hurting themselves, and if they want as many people to see their art as possible, they are still hurting themselves. I'm all for retro gaming, but you didn't see Capcom release Mega Man 9 on the NES. Because they like the Genesis. It's also a known fact that people really like a physical copy in their hands, and getting a "new" Genesis game, box, cart and all, is a great selling point. The fact that BP has sold a lot of it's copies (the last number I saw was 1200+ of 1500), shows this. They're appealing to the people who still have and love their Genesis systems. It may be gimmicky, but the fact that people are interested in this, and have bought/preordered it, shows there's a market for this kind of thing. Perhaps someday when all the physical copies of BP, LoW and SP are gone, we'll see them show up as a ROM somewhere. But for now, they're all focused on giving a physical object to the people who want it. And it's pretty obvious, that people want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drack Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Time to grab a blueprint and start splicing.64Mbit carts? I thought Genesis was 16-bit? I'm somewhat lost. WRONG BITS. 16-Bit is the "word size" for the processor. For example, it can natively handle 16-bit integer math. It has *ABSOLUTELY NOTHING* to do with how large the ROM stored on the cartridge can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Penwald Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Really?The highest I remember were games like Chrono Trigger' date=' which hit 32.[/quote'] Wrong system, honey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strike911 Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 This is very cool! I still have my original Sega Genesis plugged into my TV to this day, havent' played it in ages though. This might be a good reason to turn it on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLyGeN Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Does that help? Indeed it does. Cheers, and to the rest of you who replied as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaywardSon Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 *digs it up* In case anyone still cares, the game is finally out! http://www.piersolar.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EC2151 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I always thought you had to have some sort of company-licensed cartridge for games to work on a system, but then again, I grew up with nintendo. Anyhoo I'm glad it's finally out. I remember reading about it years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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