It's a Genesis 1 with a 32X with Sonic & Knuckles in the cartridge slot. That game had a flip-top with a cartridge slot under it so other games (specifically Sonic 3) could be plugged into it for additional functionality. The Genesis 1 also had a connector on the side which was used to connect to the Sega CD unit (notably missing from this picture). It's a 30-pin connector so it fits into the 32-pin cartridge slot. And then plugged into the top Genesis is a copy of Bubsy, one of the worst games released for the system.
As to whether it "works", at best you would get Sonic & Knuckles booting as long as the Genesis plugged into it doesn't connect to or short any pins in the cartridge's slot.
a copy of Bubsy, one of the worst games released for the system.
Leave Bubsy alone, please!
Leave Bubsy alone right now! I mean it.
Anyone that has a problem with him, you deal with me, because he is not well right now.
Leave him alone.
I was working at Babbage's when Bubsy was released for the SNES and Genesis. Accolade (the publisher) had somehow convinced upper management that it was going to be a huge hit so they shipped us three or four cases of the game for each system. We rarely got cases, usually half-a-dozen loose copies. So we crammed them into our tiny back room and they sat there for months. I'm not going to say we didn't sell any, but I certainly don't remember it flying off the shelves. At one point a guy claiming to be an Accolade exec came into my store asking how it was selling. Again, I don't remember exactly what I said to him but he wouldn't have been happy. Finally, after a year or so we got orders from HQ to box them up and send them back.
The Sonic & Knuckles "adapter" was made to have Sonic 2 and 3 cartridges plug into it. It allowed adding knuckles to 2 and created an expanded version of 3 which completed the story. The 32X is an adapter that upgraded the 16 bit console to play 32 bit games. The side of the Sega console had a slot where a Sega CD (cd-rom drive) could plug in. Apparently the Sonic & Knuckles cartridge fits into it, or at least appears to.
You could also plug any other cart into it and it would work as a seed to generate a blue sphere bonus stage unique to that game (I think). I remember going through my game collection the first time I rented S&K to check out what the different games' stages were like.
30 Comments
rem26_art@fedia.io · 48 pts · 84d
Bubsy & Knuckles, a true favorite of mine
sundray@lemmus.org · 13 pts · 84d
Bnuckles
X@piefed.world · 12 pts · 84d
Knubsy
DonGirses@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 83d
Buckles
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 84d
What could pawssibly go wrong?
EpicMuch@sh.itjust.works · 33 pts · 84d
I need a fuckin explainer here, bud. Can that work?? Please & thank you
Aeao@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 84d
Me as well. There no way it works but I want labels of what the adapters are.
Davel23@fedia.io · 55 pts · 84d
It's a Genesis 1 with a 32X with Sonic & Knuckles in the cartridge slot. That game had a flip-top with a cartridge slot under it so other games (specifically Sonic 3) could be plugged into it for additional functionality. The Genesis 1 also had a connector on the side which was used to connect to the Sega CD unit (notably missing from this picture). It's a 30-pin connector so it fits into the 32-pin cartridge slot. And then plugged into the top Genesis is a copy of Bubsy, one of the worst games released for the system.
As to whether it "works", at best you would get Sonic & Knuckles booting as long as the Genesis plugged into it doesn't connect to or short any pins in the cartridge's slot.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 31 pts · 84d
Leave Bubsy alone, please!
Leave Bubsy alone right now! I mean it.
Anyone that has a problem with him, you deal with me, because he is not well right now.
Leave him alone.
Davel23@fedia.io · 8 pts · 83d
I was working at Babbage's when Bubsy was released for the SNES and Genesis. Accolade (the publisher) had somehow convinced upper management that it was going to be a huge hit so they shipped us three or four cases of the game for each system. We rarely got cases, usually half-a-dozen loose copies. So we crammed them into our tiny back room and they sat there for months. I'm not going to say we didn't sell any, but I certainly don't remember it flying off the shelves. At one point a guy claiming to be an Accolade exec came into my store asking how it was selling. Again, I don't remember exactly what I said to him but he wouldn't have been happy. Finally, after a year or so we got orders from HQ to box them up and send them back.
QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 84d
this guy adapts
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 84d
The hero we need, but don't deserve! Thank you!!
blargh513@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 84d
I feel dumb, I don't remember a side slot on my genesis 1. It was quite a while ago, but still.
Tahl_eN@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 84d
It was under a removable panel. If you didn't have a Sega CD, you probably didn't have a good reason to go looking for it.
Davel23@fedia.io · 4 pts · 83d
It was concealed by a plastic cover which blended in to the rest of the console. It was easy to overlook unless you went looking for it.
ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 84d
The Sonic & Knuckles "adapter" was made to have Sonic 2 and 3 cartridges plug into it. It allowed adding knuckles to 2 and created an expanded version of 3 which completed the story. The 32X is an adapter that upgraded the 16 bit console to play 32 bit games. The side of the Sega console had a slot where a Sega CD (cd-rom drive) could plug in. Apparently the Sonic & Knuckles cartridge fits into it, or at least appears to.
SuperApples@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 84d
You could also plug any other cart into it and it would work as a seed to generate a blue sphere bonus stage unique to that game (I think). I remember going through my game collection the first time I rented S&K to check out what the different games' stages were like.
thekidxp@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 84d
Cypher@aussie.zone · 22 pts · 84d
Sega does what Nintendon’t
sundray@lemmus.org · 16 pts · 84d
This will either save us or it will become our tombstone.
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 84d
Yes. Only Death will save us now.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 10 pts · 84d
Two Genesises for twice the blast processing power!
RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 84d
It's Genesi, thank you very much. /s
Tower@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 84d
"Pssh... I've been side-loading since '96."
rmuk@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 84d
Obviously this wouldn't work without a Mega CD.
LetchLemon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 84d
Hey.... i have that game on sega
WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 84d
"SAAYYY-GAAHHH!"
LetchLemon@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 84d
Remeber rock and roll racing?
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 84d
The cat in the cube and the gas fireplace are essential components
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 84d
Never stopped to ask if we should.
mondomon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 84d
I just want to fire up Polterguy on there.