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Well, some of you might have already figured it out. You're probably wondering what format those games are in that you download? I'll give you a hint ... they are .BIN files. Now the smart person is thinking - hmmm... doesn't Sega Genesis emulators on the computer use .BIN files? You are correct. Finally, what would happen if you put Sega Genesis ROM files (in .BIN format) on the SD card ... would they work??
OMG ... they TOTALLY WORK!
That's right, boys .. What we have here is a Sega Genesis - complete with two wireless controllers AND you can play roms RIGHT OFF AN SD CARD!! And you can do it for $25 - on a piece of hardware you don't have to mail order from Hong Kong (and wait 6-12 weeks to get) - available at your corner drug store (Fry's Electronics carries them too .. but for $10 more). That's 250+ average sized Sega Genesis games on one card...
How is the emulation? DAMN GOOD. I took it for a spin with a wide varity of ROMs - different sizes, different publishers. I tested it out with: Altered Beast (Sega), Ms. Pac-Man (Tengen), Aladdin (Disney) and even took a mad fat ROM, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 and tried THAT out. All worked ... I pretty much stood there with my mouth hanging open. Here was what we always wanted - an SD card based Genesis - and here it is for $25. No hacking, no soldering, no patching roms ... NOTHING ... works RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX. I personally can't believe Sega let them do this. Piracy at Walgreens ...
There are a couple of caveats I noticed to using the SD card. First, it doesn't seem to like high capacity SD cards. When I used the 4GB card I had handy, it locked up the game after just a few moments of play. Changing to my Wii's 2GB standard SD card did the trick. Also, the list of SD card games are cached so the SD card is not parsed every time. The cache file is named _TEMP on the root of the card. If you add/remove/change any of the rom files in the GAME folder, delete that _TEMP file so it recaches it next time you boot the game system up.
So just to be sure I understand, everyone is fine with this kind of piracy because they are selling a device that enables it at Walgreen's? I wouldn't want anyone to be confused and be a hypocrite this close to Santa finishing his list.What is the difference between this and giving somebody a DS card with a loaded SD for Christmas?
So just to be sure I understand, everyone is fine with this kind of piracy because they are selling a device that enables it at Walgreen's? I wouldn't want anyone to be confused and be a hypocrite this close to Santa finishing his list.What is the difference between this and giving somebody a DS card with a loaded SD for Christmas?
I just picked up two of them at Walgreeen's. Only $19.99
Yeah.. I'm one of those guys who hates piracy... but I picked one up anyway. I'm the kind of guy with a modded PSP because I don't want to cary all my games around with me... and I'll do the same with this.
You sure you want to open up that can of worms for this thread, though?
So you're an anti-piracy advocate that is a pirate? lol awesome. sic' em nicfala!! SIC EM!