Anthony1
06-30-2003, 12:56 AM
I was thinking the other day that I've acquired 6, retro or pseudo retro gaming systems. I got the Turbo Grafx, Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn and Nintendo 64. Three of these systems have CD attatchments that you can get. The Turbo Grafx CD player, the Sega CD and the Jaguar CD. Right now, I don't have any of these CD attachments.
So I was thinking to myself, if I get these 3 CD attachments for these systems, am I adding 3 more systems to my list for a total of 9 retro/pseudo retro systems? Or am I just completeing 3 of my 6 systems by adding the CD Drive? And then of course, not having a 32X, I'm not really even completing the whole Genesis/Sega CD/32-X Holy Trinity. And then there is the issue of all the System 2.0 and 3.0 and whatnot HU cards for the Turbo CD.
Oh well, what am I getting myself into.
I guess the real question, is do you consider add on CD attachments to almost be systems by themselves, or because they can't standalone, and they require something else (the core console) to actually work, they are simply accessories, and they don't actually qualify as a system.
It's just hard for me to not consider the Sega CD a system. I know that it needs a Sega Genesis to work, but there is a large library of Sega CD games, that can only be played if you have a Sega CD. So to me, if something has a large library of games, and you need it to be able to play those games, then I almost think of it as a seperate entity.
Ah, who cares? I guess I just have way too much time on my hands to be thinking about stuff like this.
So I was thinking to myself, if I get these 3 CD attachments for these systems, am I adding 3 more systems to my list for a total of 9 retro/pseudo retro systems? Or am I just completeing 3 of my 6 systems by adding the CD Drive? And then of course, not having a 32X, I'm not really even completing the whole Genesis/Sega CD/32-X Holy Trinity. And then there is the issue of all the System 2.0 and 3.0 and whatnot HU cards for the Turbo CD.
Oh well, what am I getting myself into.
I guess the real question, is do you consider add on CD attachments to almost be systems by themselves, or because they can't standalone, and they require something else (the core console) to actually work, they are simply accessories, and they don't actually qualify as a system.
It's just hard for me to not consider the Sega CD a system. I know that it needs a Sega Genesis to work, but there is a large library of Sega CD games, that can only be played if you have a Sega CD. So to me, if something has a large library of games, and you need it to be able to play those games, then I almost think of it as a seperate entity.
Ah, who cares? I guess I just have way too much time on my hands to be thinking about stuff like this.