Yes you read right you are travelling back again to 1992, it is not a typo, this is 1992 at heart. In 1992 Sega Mega CD was released in North America, whilst Europe had to wait until April 19 and the same with Australia in 1993. 6 million units were sold. This was the only CD-ROM add-on release for Sega Mega Drive, there was two versions of Sega Mega CD, the 1st and the 2nd release of Sega CD / Mega CD. However this system was a great way of playig Music CD's through Television speakers, not only that it is still Stereo sound, it was great listening to music through the system. I will mention this even though it is annoying, but I managed to play Sonic CD through the music player built into the Mega CD, problem is there is a warning on the sound track, saying that it may cause damage to the speakers, well I did not listen, and quiet rightly so, because the music soundtrack on the video game, was amazing, however you have to wait for the Sega Mega CD 2 1993 post, as the game was released in 1993.
Oh I must not forget to mention The Sega Aiwa compact hfi as mentioned in the Sega Mega Drive 1992 post, it can play Mega CD video games, as well as the cartridge.
Imagine the Mega-CD just being delivered to your door, you open the box, and find the console box, and says on the front Road Avenger, well you must be thinking wow what is this, you must feel like a big kid at Christmas opening a Christmas present, well it certainly does feel like it. So once all the console is unpacked and you find the console add-on Mega-CD, you take out the clip on the right hand side of the Sega Mega Drive 2 console, and remove the red plastic part as well, connect the add-on and plug the 2nd transformer into the wall, and of you go, turn the Mega Drive 2 on, load the game, oh don't forget the controllers and a refreshment drink, you going to need it. Road Avenger, what a release for 1992, I must admit the quality of the video intro on the game was grainy, but was such as lovely video, that I had to wait again to watch it over again and again 3 more times then I decided to give it a spin, and wow, it was not what I was expecting with the controls you need to watch and wait for the command on screen, don't think this is Gran Turismo, it is far different and in such a way too. Type Road Avenger (Sega CD) into youtube and watch the video, you see what I mean. It does bring back great memories, I do have the lyrics to the intro as well, I find it such a great song. So when you press start you get going and wait for the commands, ie right, left, turbo, brake, gas. You see it was and still a great game. Quick list of games for 1992, After Burner III, Aisle Lord, Chuck Rock, Cobre Command, Hot Hits, Kris Kross: Make My Video, Lunar: The Silver Star, Night Trap, Power Factory Featuring C&C Music Factory, Tenbu: Mega CD Special. There is a lot of where this game from.
However some say this was Sega's first mistake, but to be honest it was a games console that people did buy and did play and did remember. Comment to say what you remembered the most.
This is part 1, so please make sure you come back tomorrow to enjoy reading part 2 of Sega Mega CD 2 (years will be any games.) Next up is the Sega Saturn, then Sega Dreamcast, then Specifications of The Sega Consoles, then Emulation on PC. Retro Gamez UK does offer there customers a service providing emulation onto a DVD disc, don't forget I am currently making the Issue 1 of Retro Gamez UK Official Magazine. You see this is not just any ordinary blog, this is Retro Gamez UK Blog. Thank you for reading. Oh do not forget bookmark us or come back to http://adf.ly/987426/retro-games-uk and click skip ad, the advertising helps keeps Retro Gamez Uk going, so please click on the adf.ly link above, soon will be providing a better ad service, if you do want your ad's on our Blog, please email at john.wcp88@gmail.com and I will be happy to be of service.
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