U.S. Genesis owners [4-Way Play Adapter]

[Niku-Sama]

do any of you have one of these?

http://webpages.charter.net/niku_sama/4way2.JPG

http://webpages.charter.net/niku_sama/4way1.jpg

the guide says a listing for europe only thing and that cant be right.

i got this at a back woods town near by i highly doubt they got it imported

[swlovinist]

4 player adaptor is actually common, I have a sealed one. This accessory was available during the EA Sports craze back in the day. Definately a US release, I remember several stores stocking it. I bought mine sealed from a used game store this year.

[Push Upstairs]

I remember there being a problem back when because both EA and Sega both released thier own 4-player.

Problem was that neither 4-player adaptor would work with the other ones games.


I remember Gamepro saying something about later Sega 4-player plugs being compatable with EA games.

It's possible all that was a line to get you to buy 4-player adaptors, but i don't have any games or adaptors to test this out.

[digitalpress]

Quite common in the US, EA's "Four Play" adapter. Looks like the online guide needs a new entry.

[Niku-Sama]

thats what i was wonderin, i didnt think it could be any thing special but i was pretty sure it wasnt a europe only thing

[Fighter17]

My Sega Teamplay multitap saids that it does support un-Sega Multitap games. For Sega multitap games, you just pulg in control wire 1 in control 1 port of the Genesis, but you don't plug in control wire 2 in the control 2 port. You only have to put in both control wires when you want to play a un-Sega Multitap game. This is most likely for the EA games, but I can't confirm it.

[Mr. Smashy]

I got one recently but haven't used it yet. It doesn't seem to fit into a model 1 Genesis properly when it's connected to a model 2 Sega CD.

[lordnikon]

I remember there being a problem back when because both EA and Sega both released thier own 4-player.

Problem was that neither 4-player adaptor would work with the other ones games.


I remember Gamepro saying something about later Sega 4-player plugs being compatable with EA games.

It's possible all that was a line to get you to buy 4-player adaptors, but i don't have any games or adaptors to test this out.
Yep there are games that are not compatible. I remember because that is why I originally bought both adaptors. For NBA Live 95, I hooked up my Sega 4-player adpator and it didn't work. I found out I needed to go buy the EA one for it to work. Sure enough it did. I am not sure if the compatibility issues were across the board, or just for early titles.

[ddh819]

This is more about the Sega adapter, but are there any games besides Columns III that could do more than 4 players at once?

[Cauterize]

This is more about the Sega adapter, but are there any games besides Columns III that could do more than 4 players at once?

General Chaos (I think!)

[Mr. Smashy]

This is more about the Sega adapter, but are there any games besides Columns III that could do more than 4 players at once?

Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition can have up to 8 players at once (not that I've verified it first-hand).

[donkeykong1]

I picked one of those up boxed at a used gamestore around a year ago.

[cyberfluxor]

I picked one up about 3yrs ago at a GameStop for $0.50 and it worked on a few games of mine, don't remember which ones though. I haven't played the Genny in awhile. :/