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As I’ve gotten into the SEGA side of things more and more and more over the last many months, I find myself constantly dreaming of what my ultimate goal is for my collection of SEGA stuff. And I’ve come very far! Especially on a college student’s budget which clashes so heavily with current retro game prices. I recently looked at my collection and said “I’m happy”. Not “I’m done” but “I’m happy where I am and I feel like I filled many of the holes in my collection so far.”
Which of course means I need to make more holes. I mean, come on. Why be satisfied and a functional human being when you can be an absolute trash gremlin hoarding old junk that only smelly people care about anymore? And, to unleash the smells, I will publish for all to see: my list of dreams.
I am STILL Master System-less. This has to change. All I know is these few things: I want this model. I want it to be region free (free the funny gaming nugget!). And I want it to AT LEAST have Shinobi, Phantasy Star 1, and 8-bit Sonic. There are other games, other things, other stuff that I want to see from it, but it needs to be in my home and have these key things before anything else. No special frills with this beast. No special version I want or anything (though, the recent TecToy one that’s all Sonic themed has me looking with great interest). I just want this Nugget in my home as my 8-bit console of choice. Because I’m a total freak who thinks this is more interesting than getting a NES (even though I want one of those too, but that’s more down the line because I’d want to make sure it lasts. U.S. region systems are FREAKY with trying to die on you.)
Gaze upon it. Isn’t it BEAUTIFUL? I want the tower. The whole tower of power. And I have the central component already: the SEGA Gene-Drive itself. Best bit: my console is a U.S. LAUNCH system. It’s from 1989. First batch that made it to shelves. I feel HONORED to have such a beautiful beast in my possession. I’ve cleaned her, taken such good care of her, maybe got a little over zealous with sticker application on it and put them on before giving it’s components a bath that they really need because they’re covered in decades of dust and human guff but oh well. She runs BEAUTIFULLY. And sounds amazing. But, like any father, I have unrealistic expectations from my children. In my case, I need a 32X (shouldn’t be hard. It’s expensive, but not over $300, so expect to see me get one by the end of the year), and I need a model 1 SEGA CD. This is, by all means, a horrible idea. Old disc drives are known for performing the march of sadness as they age, and so I’d have to ensure the one I get is pre-fixed up before it goes to me. I can clean things, but I am no good at fixing old disc drive issues. Especially one as notoriously fussy as the SEGA CD. I also would need to have it pre-modded to remove all the region coding and nastiness. It needs to be able to play burned games, it needs to be able to play repros, and it needs to be alive for me to play at a moment’s notice. And, the last major thing, I’ll need to send my sweet sweet Genny away to a modded (or do it myself but I’m an absolute chimp who doesn’t know what he’s doing) to mod it for RGB and stereo output. I want to still be able to plug headphones into it if I want to, but the console should absolutely connect to a television and output stereo goodness. This is A LOT, and it’s not even discussing the kinds of GAMES I’d want for all of it. But that’s okay. I know what games I want, and I also need to explore the library even more. And, if available, I’ll try to get an Everdrive or flash cart of some kind for the ultimate experience. The Mega Drive is a passion system for me, and I love my Genesis already. I pray that, as I get older, this thing will slowly evolve into a proud beast in my house where people will come over and ask “mate, what the eff is that?”
And I’ll be very proud to say “that’s a cumulative $2000 over the course of about a decade.”
SEGA Saturn. My console has been an absolute DREAM UNIT for me. The white and pink, the stickers I detailed it with, the FRAM mod, de-yellowed, all that. It’s actually been magical, and it’s been worth every single penny I’ve put into it. Been playing it basically as often as I can: no joke. But, it’s a Japanese unit! And I still LIKE the black color of the western unit. So, for my collecting goal, I want to perform dark sorcery. I want a U.S. model 1, all the launch games, and the box for the launch bundle with Virtua Fighter. That way, I can have both a Japanese Saturn and a U.S. Saturn, and they can both hold metaphorical hands in being awesome.
Also, I’d like a VCD card for my current system. It would be sick :)
Other than that, very few notes other than getting more games. Which is hard: Saturn be the big expense. But I’m so proud of where I am so far and I’m so hungry for more delicious Saturn goodness. This thing has been an amazing dream. Absolutely fantastic gaming nug.
Dreamcast and me have a contentious relationship. It’s tried to die on me many times. I hate its controller with a firey passion. But I love many of its games. And the whole aesthetic of it makes me forget all the bad things I was just saying (until the screaming of the disc drive reminds me again). On top of investing in two arcade sticks (my wallet burns from the thought) and getting it VGA’d and hooked up to the magical interwebs, I have decided that I need the Hello Kitty console. I need it. It’s so cute. It’s unimaginable how cute it is. And I want everything it came with. The horror of it would be that, after getting it, it would need to be region modded. But after that is done, the function will be that it will become my main unit for playing discs. What about my current console? Well, once the kitty has taken its place, it will be reborn… as an ODE having device. I proper HATE the disc drive on Dreamcast, real talk. But I love physical games. So, the dream is to have my cake and eat it too.
We don’t talk about how much such dreams will cost. Or how long this will take. I’ll probably be a proper father by the time the Dreamcast is in the state I laid out here.
Of course, on top of all this, there’s still some things left standing. I MAY want a Game Gear? Maybe. But that’s so much work, since I’d want the original screen GONE and replaced with one that actually looks good. And, aside from Shinobi GG and Sonic Triple Trouble, there isn’t much there to justify the investment in that platform. Honest: I have more games I want to play on the 32X than the Game Gear at the moment. I’m sure there’s great stuff on there, but it’s just not in my dreams right now.
No, I don’t want an SG-1000, 2000, or any other variant that thereof. No, I don’t want a Nomad. No, I don’t want any other freak variant of these consoles. These are my current SEGA dreams, and they’re big enough already.
Thoughts?
Which of course means I need to make more holes. I mean, come on. Why be satisfied and a functional human being when you can be an absolute trash gremlin hoarding old junk that only smelly people care about anymore? And, to unleash the smells, I will publish for all to see: my list of dreams.
I am STILL Master System-less. This has to change. All I know is these few things: I want this model. I want it to be region free (free the funny gaming nugget!). And I want it to AT LEAST have Shinobi, Phantasy Star 1, and 8-bit Sonic. There are other games, other things, other stuff that I want to see from it, but it needs to be in my home and have these key things before anything else. No special frills with this beast. No special version I want or anything (though, the recent TecToy one that’s all Sonic themed has me looking with great interest). I just want this Nugget in my home as my 8-bit console of choice. Because I’m a total freak who thinks this is more interesting than getting a NES (even though I want one of those too, but that’s more down the line because I’d want to make sure it lasts. U.S. region systems are FREAKY with trying to die on you.)
Gaze upon it. Isn’t it BEAUTIFUL? I want the tower. The whole tower of power. And I have the central component already: the SEGA Gene-Drive itself. Best bit: my console is a U.S. LAUNCH system. It’s from 1989. First batch that made it to shelves. I feel HONORED to have such a beautiful beast in my possession. I’ve cleaned her, taken such good care of her, maybe got a little over zealous with sticker application on it and put them on before giving it’s components a bath that they really need because they’re covered in decades of dust and human guff but oh well. She runs BEAUTIFULLY. And sounds amazing. But, like any father, I have unrealistic expectations from my children. In my case, I need a 32X (shouldn’t be hard. It’s expensive, but not over $300, so expect to see me get one by the end of the year), and I need a model 1 SEGA CD. This is, by all means, a horrible idea. Old disc drives are known for performing the march of sadness as they age, and so I’d have to ensure the one I get is pre-fixed up before it goes to me. I can clean things, but I am no good at fixing old disc drive issues. Especially one as notoriously fussy as the SEGA CD. I also would need to have it pre-modded to remove all the region coding and nastiness. It needs to be able to play burned games, it needs to be able to play repros, and it needs to be alive for me to play at a moment’s notice. And, the last major thing, I’ll need to send my sweet sweet Genny away to a modded (or do it myself but I’m an absolute chimp who doesn’t know what he’s doing) to mod it for RGB and stereo output. I want to still be able to plug headphones into it if I want to, but the console should absolutely connect to a television and output stereo goodness. This is A LOT, and it’s not even discussing the kinds of GAMES I’d want for all of it. But that’s okay. I know what games I want, and I also need to explore the library even more. And, if available, I’ll try to get an Everdrive or flash cart of some kind for the ultimate experience. The Mega Drive is a passion system for me, and I love my Genesis already. I pray that, as I get older, this thing will slowly evolve into a proud beast in my house where people will come over and ask “mate, what the eff is that?”
And I’ll be very proud to say “that’s a cumulative $2000 over the course of about a decade.”
SEGA Saturn. My console has been an absolute DREAM UNIT for me. The white and pink, the stickers I detailed it with, the FRAM mod, de-yellowed, all that. It’s actually been magical, and it’s been worth every single penny I’ve put into it. Been playing it basically as often as I can: no joke. But, it’s a Japanese unit! And I still LIKE the black color of the western unit. So, for my collecting goal, I want to perform dark sorcery. I want a U.S. model 1, all the launch games, and the box for the launch bundle with Virtua Fighter. That way, I can have both a Japanese Saturn and a U.S. Saturn, and they can both hold metaphorical hands in being awesome.
Also, I’d like a VCD card for my current system. It would be sick :)
Other than that, very few notes other than getting more games. Which is hard: Saturn be the big expense. But I’m so proud of where I am so far and I’m so hungry for more delicious Saturn goodness. This thing has been an amazing dream. Absolutely fantastic gaming nug.
Dreamcast and me have a contentious relationship. It’s tried to die on me many times. I hate its controller with a firey passion. But I love many of its games. And the whole aesthetic of it makes me forget all the bad things I was just saying (until the screaming of the disc drive reminds me again). On top of investing in two arcade sticks (my wallet burns from the thought) and getting it VGA’d and hooked up to the magical interwebs, I have decided that I need the Hello Kitty console. I need it. It’s so cute. It’s unimaginable how cute it is. And I want everything it came with. The horror of it would be that, after getting it, it would need to be region modded. But after that is done, the function will be that it will become my main unit for playing discs. What about my current console? Well, once the kitty has taken its place, it will be reborn… as an ODE having device. I proper HATE the disc drive on Dreamcast, real talk. But I love physical games. So, the dream is to have my cake and eat it too.
We don’t talk about how much such dreams will cost. Or how long this will take. I’ll probably be a proper father by the time the Dreamcast is in the state I laid out here.
Of course, on top of all this, there’s still some things left standing. I MAY want a Game Gear? Maybe. But that’s so much work, since I’d want the original screen GONE and replaced with one that actually looks good. And, aside from Shinobi GG and Sonic Triple Trouble, there isn’t much there to justify the investment in that platform. Honest: I have more games I want to play on the 32X than the Game Gear at the moment. I’m sure there’s great stuff on there, but it’s just not in my dreams right now.
No, I don’t want an SG-1000, 2000, or any other variant that thereof. No, I don’t want a Nomad. No, I don’t want any other freak variant of these consoles. These are my current SEGA dreams, and they’re big enough already.
Thoughts?
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