Do not see these very often.

Warren3 · 09-01-2011 8:12pm #1

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Darxide-Sega-Megadrive-32x-PAL-Extremely-Rare-/160529996129?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item2560555961#ht_500wt_1054

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/T-Mek-Sega-Megadrive-32x-PAL-Extremely-Rare-/160529994870?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item2560555476#ht_500wt_1054

Wish I was richer!!!!

pdbhp · 09-01-2011 8:13pm

Should have put a warning for o1s1n in the title;)

amacachi · 09-01-2011 8:17pm

He doesn't seem to deliver to Ireland.

CiDeRmAn · 09-01-2011 8:46pm

Nope, no way, no 32X game is worth that sort of money, I mean if thats how it goes any old crap in a Sega box will be valuable, once there's only a few of them around.

Warren3 · 09-01-2011 8:47pm

I saw a boxed T-Mek go for £1000

Retr0gamer · 09-01-2011 9:41pm

I hope one of the big three brings out a barely prototyped console add-on of monumental failure, something like a 360 add on that runs games off 3.5 inch floppies. I'll buy every game released for it and then retire on the sale of them on ebay 10 years down the line.

Warren3 · 09-01-2011 9:47pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

I hope one of the big three brings out a barely prototyped console add-on of monumental failure, something like a 360 add on that runs games off 3.5 inch floppies. I'll buy every game released for it and then retire on the sale of them on ebay 10 years down the line.

Like the HD DVD drive.

ghostchant · 09-01-2011 9:50pm

Warren3 wrote: »

Like the HD DVD drive.

Beat me to it

Greenmachine · 09-01-2011 9:56pm

what the hell was the sega 32x. and what era was it from are we talking commodre CD 32.

Warren3 · 09-01-2011 9:59pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_32X

o1s1n · 09-01-2011 10:18pm

Greenmachine wrote: »

what the hell was the sega 32x. and what era was it from are we talking commodre CD 32.

:eek:

Jack burton · 09-01-2011 10:29pm

Greenmachine wrote: »

what the hell was the sega 32x. and what era was it from are we talking commodre CD 32.

Pyongyang · 10-01-2011 7:50am

Greenmachine wrote: »

what the hell was the sega 32x. and what era was it from are we talking commodre CD 32.

My God I feel old! I remember the 32X launch!

I remember Virtua Racer was a great port on it. Back then friends and I thought the arcade version was truly next gen.

That and Cruisin' USA.

o1s1n · 10-01-2011 9:00am

The Virtua Racing port on the 32X is brilliant alright. Same with the 32X version of Virtua Fighter. It's worth owning the console for those two games alone.

I didn't have a 32X on release but a friend did. He got it with Doom. Was extremely dissapointed and got his dad to bring it back to the shop soon after.

LoGiE · 10-01-2011 10:47am

Pyongyang wrote: »

That and Cruisin' USA.

Yikes!

For that kind of money I'd be buying a T-Mek Cab... Loved that game and was horrified by the 32x version! Rare or not, it's rubbish!

Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter and Star wars arcade were the only half decent conversions. I know somones going to mention Knuckles' Chaotix but it did nothing for me.

o1s1n · 10-01-2011 11:11am

You're also forgetting Mortal Kombat 2, AfterBurner Complete and Space Harrier. They're all great ports.

Kolibri is a good game too. Not worth the asking price either though. I foolishly let a cart only copy of that in Germany slip me by a few years ago for about €30.

LoGiE · 10-01-2011 11:58am

Afterburner and Space Harrier were emulated on the 32x so were 'arcade perfect' and unbutchered by a development team. MKII on the other hand was a lazy port of the megadrive version that could have been so much more had they bothered to push the 32x to it's limits. It's not as bad as the saturn version mind you!

Retr0gamer · 10-01-2011 2:05pm

Kolibri is far and away the greatest hummingbird based scrolling shooter available on the 32X. No hyperbole.

Dr Bob · 10-01-2011 3:34pm

it has won awards after all...

Pyongyang · 10-01-2011 3:49pm

LoGiE wrote: »

Yikes!

Hah! I'm not sure if that's a sign of age or that you hated the game!

I remember the game being a big deal in the arcades. It was round the time Rare had the big N64 thing going on and this was supposed to be the next big driving game (I agree, it was trousers).

Rare did have the wonderful Killer Instinct out at the same time though so our coins went towards that, Revolution X and Rave Racer.

Ah school days!

Retr0gamer · 10-01-2011 4:02pm

Cruis'n USA was the first game to use the nintendo 64 hardware but not actually use it

On the attract screen it said it was using N64 hardware when it wasn't at all just like Killer Instinct

It was the first one to do so so generated quite a buzz.

Pyongyang · 10-01-2011 4:05pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Cruis'n USA was the first game to use the nintendo 64 hardware but not actually use it

On the attract screen it said it was using N64 hardware when it wasn't at all just like Killer Instinct It was the first one to do so so generated quite a buzz.

That's what I was trying to get at, I fell for the hype too haha!

LoGiE · 10-01-2011 9:52pm

Back when it was the 'Ultra 64'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRDb5OKsPZk

Despite all the haters in this forum, I still love and play Killer Instinct to this day. I'm going to add an original cabinet to my collection when one turns up in Ireland! Crusin 'USA was not very good when you compare it to other racers of the day. I did play it quite a bit when it was in the airport.

Greenmachine · 10-01-2011 11:42pm

Okay looked it up and I remember in now. Well seeing it in shops at least. Don't know anyone who actually bought the upgrade though. Prolly why it bombed.

pdbhp · 11-01-2011 10:09am

LoGiE wrote: »

Back when it was the 'Ultra 64'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRDb5OKsPZk

Despite all the haters in this forum, I still love and play Killer Instinct to this day. I'm going to add an original cabinet to my collection when one turns up in Ireland! Crusin 'USA was not very good when you compare it to other racers of the day. I did play it quite a bit when it was in the airport.

Killer Instinct is an awesome game it came just at the right time to revive the arcade fighting game scene with its frenetic gameplay and amazing combos it was a breath of fresh air for me. ULTRA COMBO!!!!!!!!!:D

Retr0gamer · 11-01-2011 12:08pm

Killer Instinct didn't revive any arcade fighting scene. It came out during a time when fighting games were ruling the arcades and was a bit of a cash in on the scene at the time.

pdbhp · 11-01-2011 12:21pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Killer Instinct didn't revive any arcade fighting scene. It came out during a time when fighting games were ruling the arcades and was a bit of a cash in on the scene at the time.

Well maybe the crazy arcades up in Balbriggan were flush with fighting games but in the real world where I come from it came at just the right time to revive a flagging scene which was awash with mediocre titles. It was a breath of fresh air to the scene with quick, fun gameplay and excellent graphics

Retr0gamer · 11-01-2011 3:24pm

Well as far as I can remember it the arcades at the time were flush with NeoGeo, CPS2 and Namco and Sega 3D fighters.

pdbhp · 11-01-2011 3:27pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well as far as I can remember it the arcades at the time were flush with NeoGeo, CPS2 and Namco and Sega 3D fighters.

In the arcades I went to there was mainly SFII and Virtua Fighter cabs so KI was a great addition to it, after a while there were some art of fighting and other SNK / NeoGeo fighters which were also good.

o1s1n · 11-01-2011 3:42pm

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Well as far as I can remember it the arcades at the time were flush with NeoGeo, CPS2 and Namco and Sega 3D fighters.

We really were spoiled back then weren't we? Shame we didn't really know it at the time.

CiDeRmAn · 11-01-2011 5:52pm

Mid 90's arcades?
I seem to remember lots of fighting games, Capcoms Vs series, Namco with the Tekken games, Sega with the VF games and Fighting Vipers, they were all out in those days.
I don't remember KI being great at anything in particular, it never tempted me in the arcade at all.
Crusin USA a played a bit of though, not that it was any good mind you, but it was easy to make your few bob last on it. Nowhere near Sega or Namco though

o1s1n · 11-01-2011 6:05pm

The arcades I was in during the early to mid 90s on Bray seafront still had a lot of great late 80s machines left too. Dawsons was hanging on to things like their sit down Super Thunder Blade/After Burner etc.

It seemed like they were all culled suddenly with the takeover of 3D gaming. If I was to go back now you'd wet yourself!

Hah! I just googled that sit down Super Thunder Blade. It's hilarious, my memory is of the seat being really high up in the air. I must have been tiny at the time. Maybe they only had it up until 90/91.

Retr0gamer · 11-01-2011 6:15pm

I never realised that all the backgrounds and characters were prerenders in Killer Instinct when I was younger. Thought it was the amazing power of the Ultra 64 that was generating all those polygons. Looking at the game now you can see the hardware can barely do 3D and it's got some horrible textrue warping problems.

yrwhu8jxtni06a · 11-01-2011 8:00pm

The end was nigh for arcade machines in the 90s,home computers became more powerful and cheaper,we where promised arcade perfect ports and some cases we got close to them,along with cost of maintain arcade machine and parts obsolete,it was going to end.

Lets look at galaxy force 2 with its cab

Years later the game was ported to the saturn on sega ages release,jap release,fantastic scaling -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd38gTmBZOE

pdbhp · 12-01-2011 10:42am

o1s1n wrote: »

Hah! I just googled that sit down Super Thunder Blade. It's hilarious, my memory is of the seat being really high up in the air. I must have been tiny at the time. Maybe they only had it up until 90/91.

I used to love going to Bray and playing Super Thunder Blade, I just thought the cab was the best thing ever. I was crap at it though and could only ever get to the second level:(

LoGiE · 12-01-2011 8:01pm

The most popular fighting games in my local arcade were VF2, MK2 and Killer Instinct. They were all released in 94 and SF2 CE / SSF2 had been around about a year or two so this was pretty much a new wave of games. Tekken never really got a look in but I put plenty of coin in when i was in Dublin.... Soul Edge was better anyway:)

I didn't get into fatal fury/SSD et al till much later. The less said about taito fighters the better....

Do not see these very often.

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