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Sega CD FAQ 1.5
February 1997
Barry W. Cantin (BCantin@aol.com)
Note: This document may be FREELY distributed in its original form. No
changes or modifications are to be made without the author's permission.
Note 2: I would like to include a list of recommended titles! Also, a
list of stinkers. I'd like the next version to have a list of
recommended and non-recommended titles, based on inputs from FAQ
readers. So, send your lists to BCantin@aol.com and I'll incorporate
them into final lists of the most and least popular titles for the
Sega CD! (Thanks in advance, btw)
Contents
O. Introduction
I. Description
II. History
III. System Specs
IV. The Sega CD line of machines
V. Software
VI. Conversion - US/Japanese/Europe
VII. Leftovers
O. Introduction
Why?
This project began some months ago when I simply wanted to compile a
list of Sega CDs. I got my Sega CD unit (the original one) as part of a
trade in May 1995 and very quickly began collecting the games. They
had been heavily discounted nearly everywhere as places were rushing to
unload their Sega CD stock. Various titles have been sold for as low as
$2 apiece, new.
The collector bug bit me and I started to amass these things. %^) So I
decided to make a list to track my collection. That list then grew to
include a few imports I acquired in a trade, then some info from
magazines looked good, then I dug up some old Japanese magazines for
info, and so on... before I knew it, I had enough information for a
bona-fide FAQ!
The information here is not exactly presented in FAQ form - true, there
ARE a few FAQs inside this document - but it's more like a GUIDE. My
goal here is to answer the questions before they're asked.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions not
answered here, or ANY comments in general related to the Sega CD. I
will be updating this FAQ/guide periodically, and I'm only too happy to
give credit where credit is due. (Write to me at BCantin@aol.com)
Version 1.5 of the FAQ has some errors corrected, updated information,
and in general the sort of things one normally sees in an update. %^)
This FAQ was written primarily for the North American Sega CD unit,
although much of the information included is applicable to the Japanese
and European Mega CD machines as well. I've tried to accomodate
everyone in this FAQ, but please bear in mind that since I live in the
U.S. my information on foreign systems is very limited.
I received TONS of information from several friends on the Internet for
the version 1.0 release back in June 1996. Without this help, the FAQ
would have merely been a list of titles. After the FAQ was released,
I received a great deal of input for an updated version, which you see
here. %^) Thanks so much to all who have helped:
Clint Dyer (cdyer@best.com)
Thien Tran (darkflt@cyberg8t.com)
Steve Wargo (swargo@phoenixat.com)
Nathan Stehle (stehle@aries.scs.uiuc.edu)
Larry Brackney (zeiram@mail.hsonline.net)
Andy Wei Wu (awwu@webtv.com)
John Sherwood (sher5613@weather.com)
John Olson (jolsontg16@hotmail.com)
Patrick Brennan (pbrenn1@wpo.it.luc.edu)
Rich Harper (harperr@pilot.msu.edu)
tim101@primenet.com
Charles Coffin (ccoffin@slate.Mines.EDU)
Brian Trester (TRESTEB3423@uni.edu)
Matthew Stanton (mstantn@ix.netcom.com)
B.T. Garner (bt@cpac.washington.edu)
Dennis Warren (dwarren@cycor.ca)
Juan Gonzalez (gonzalez@lainet.com)
Joe Miller
Jon Folkers
Vic Ireland and the rest of the Working Designs staff
And to all the folks who frequent rgv.sega, as well as the Sega-List who
still discuss and play their Sega CD systems... thanks!
Please address any comments, corrections, requests, etc. to me at
BCantin@aol.com.
I. Description
The Sega CD is an add-on peripheral for the Sega Genesis which allows the
use of CD-ROM games specially written for the Sega CD system. It can
also be used as a regular CD player - the sound comes through the
television - and has CD+G capability.
The Genesis is connected to the Sega CD unit via the interfacLola with
indexes. More at www.eoline.com - !lola_i 1
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