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0 pointsjsheard2y ago0 comments

It's not a game but I'll take any opportunity to plug Overdrive 2 for the Mega Drive:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWVmPtr9O0g

That system has no business producing any kind of 3D graphics but they did it anyway.

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Yeah seen that before. It’s definitely impressive but it’s worth noting that there are a few 3D games for the Mega Drive. Albeit games like Virtua Racing did have additional chips in the cartridge (I have a boxed copy of that cart sat behind me).

The Master System had stereoscopic 3D games too. As did the Famicom. I have both of their respective 3D addons too. Missile Defence in 3D is pretty cool. Hard to believe it’s 30+ year old tech.

pbj19682y ago

Virtua Racer was the only game with an extra chip for 3D. Everything else on that system is running straight off a ROM.

hnlmorg2y ago

For some reason I thought Sega had released other games with the SVP but you’re right Virtua Racing was the only one.

I think maybe I got my wires crossed with Virtua Fighter 2, which did see a Mega Drive release but as a 2D fighter (the VSP port being cancelled - presumably because of the cost of the VSP).

pbj19682y ago

I went down some Covid quest of lunacy where I made literally hundreds of genesis cartridges. Yes, I’m aware of and own everdrives and multicarts, too. Got very intimately familiar with those pcbs by the end of it.

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hnlmorg2y ago

The Master System had stereoscopic 3D games too. As did the Famicom. I have both of their respective 3D addons too. Missile Defence in 3D is pretty cool. Hard to believe it’s 30+ year old tech.

pbj19682y ago

Virtua Racer was the only game with an extra chip for 3D. Everything else on that system is running straight off a ROM.

hnlmorg2y ago

For some reason I thought Sega had released other games with the SVP but you’re right Virtua Racing was the only one.

I think maybe I got my wires crossed with Virtua Fighter 2, which did see a Mega Drive release but as a 2D fighter (the VSP port being cancelled - presumably because of the cost of the VSP).

pbj19682y ago

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