It's literally been ages since we've held a piece of Sega hardware in our hands -- even our trusty old GameGear finally made the trip to gadget heaven -- but we'll never forger the first time we picked up a Genesis controller and were floored by the future of gaming. Its name? Altered Beast. Well as we all know, Sega ended up getting lost in the shuffle during the 20th century console wars, and all that's left today is a steady stream of new games and some classics that have found their way onto the Virtual Console. Isn't it appropriate, then, to get into the Sega spirit by playing these retro titles with genuine Sega controllers? Well you ain't gonna find them on shelves anymore, but if you've got an old gamepad lying around like Daniel Hearn did, its not all that difficult to roll your own wireless pad. All the parts you need -- save for the controller body itself -- can be found at the Sparkfuns and and RadioShacks of the world, and the linked guide gives you all the programming / construction resources you'll need. Big ups to the first reader who combines this project with the
Mega Drive controller MP3 mod, creating a DAP whose functionality even the iPod can't touch.
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posted Apr 4th 2007 9:02AM
I like the AGES comment AGES = SEGA god i miss the old days
I've been a Sega fanboy since as long as I can remember. Had the Genesis, had the Saturn, had the Dreamcast, and loved them all dearly. Still do. Since the DC went belly-up it's been a sad and slow demise and I'm not even interested in Sega's games these days. It was the strangest thing to "change sides" over to Nintendo, but I've done it... funny how at one point it was the enemy, and now is the only remaining bastion of the glory days of gaming. I could care less about Sony or MS. Give me classic.
I was never a Sega Fanboy cause it always seemed that the Nintendo products were better.
When Genesis came out, I got it almost immediately. Problem was the games looked better than NES but there was a lack of good games to get (that I was interested in). When SNES was released, I almost stopped playing my Genesis completely. Games like Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter ran so much better on the SNES (though they moved faster on Genesis).
Even my gameboy had a wider range of titles to play than my Game GEar did. There was no disputing that GAme GEar was the better piece of technology. BEsides playing backlit games in color, you could add the TV-TUNER to it. My uncles saw mine and they all rushed out to get one since they worked in the MTA as token booth clerks (before joining the NYPD) and needed the nightime entertainment.
What I do remember was that when compared to my friends love of Sega's Sports games, I became a Nintendo fanboy. I told them SNES was better, they digressed claiming Genesis was better.
The only thing that broke me completely out of Nintendo products was Sony Playstation.
Now I have a PS3 and a 360 and though all I play is 360, I'm neutral to then fanboy attitude. Mostly cause I'm pissed off Microsoft is just out to sell addons while PS3 came out the box more complete.
those were the most durable controllers ever.
My little brother has the scar on his forehead to prove it.
NOBODY tries to snatch the controller during sonic, there's no save!
So the power of the Nintendo Wii is in its ability to play older Gamecube games, and re-releases of SEGA games in the form of emulators?
I had alot of Genesis games but the only ones I loved were Sonic 1 & 2 and Revenge of Shinobi. Everything else dissapointed me compared to my SNES. (I wasn't into sports games).
Its nice to see Sega games being brough back, but I'd rather see Wii revive ALL of the original Nintendo games - or better yet, design a piece of hardware that lets you connect NES carts to the WII - this way at the next flea market I could clean out their NES boxes. I would actually buy a WII just to play NES games on it.
My young cousins have a Wii (while I have a 360 and a PS3). They always ask why I don't get one to which I reply, "its a system designed for children and the elderly". What's funny is their parents only allow them games rated below {TEEN} so besides the fact they don't have a 360/PS3 they'll never be able to play all the smash hits like Gears of War, Halo 3 and Rainbow 6.
I used to play my Genesis for something like four hours a day, every day...
SEGA, we miss you.
why a 3 button controller? What's he going to do when 6 button games are available?