Quote Originally Posted by Gameguy View Post
There are flash carts that can play Sega CD games on actual Sega Genesis hardware, I don't think they count as emulation but I'm not sure exactly how they run Sega CD games on standard Genesis hardware. I'll post a link that describes the differences between some of them, it was one of the first links I could find that described the hardware in detail. I never purchased from this online store personally.

https://stoneagegamer.com/sega/genes.../plus-sega-cd/
It would have to be emulation (or FPGA, which I guess can somehow not be emulation even though it isn't the original chips). I'd love to play with one since by the time I got a used Sega CD, it couldn't read discs (though I presume the hardware was otherwise working, it could still boot up the BIOS.) I lack the technical skill to fix that problem currently. But the prices on the capable flash carts are beyond my budget.