This is my original Genesis I bought in like '92(?) with one of my first paychecks from my first job at Chuck E. Cheese’s (yes I’m fucking old).

I thought I sold it years ago but found out it was sitting in one of my mom’s closets, so I bought a few cheap carts and hooked it up to a crt I keep around for just such occasions. It still works!

I am so goddamn happy, I just had to share and I figured you all might appreciate that.

  • @[email protected]
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    61 year ago

    I don’t think this is what you were referring to but I bet those old tvs had better speakers than modern flat panels.

    • LEXOP
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      61 year ago

      I didn’t know that, but I’m not surprised! Plenty more room.

      But yeah, I was referring the unique crunchy, farty quality of the Genesis sound chip. It’s meaty and delicious in a way emulators have a hard time reproducing.

    • @ScOULaris
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      41 year ago

      They absolutely did. So much more room for air/sound to flow through those speakers in CRTs. That’s why most people resort to sound bars at a minimum to get halfway decent sound for today’s flat panel televisions. You just can’t fit powerful speakers into them.