Its a shame that SEGA fell apart so easily. Having SEGA Europe do their own thing back in the early 1990's seemed like a good idea because the idea of global branding didn't really exist; people just watched TV and read the newspaper (or teletext!) and the window to the world was very controlled.
Despite this Nintendo kept its image the same in every market and has continued to do so, even in the face of the sigh 'dark mature' days of the PS2/Xbox.
SEGA on the other hand had 2 separate teams working on the potential Saturn and didn't really know what to do with the Mega CD or the 32X. Each region was independent and in the face of Sony this proved their downfall.
I would keep a few core items for posterity, to share with your future kids.
I stopped hoarding games years ago but my one regret is selling my Mega Drive II+CD II with 20 games in 1996 for £60! When I was 13 this was a lot of money, but I wish I’d have kept it to show my kids.
The Virtual Console did a decent job for me, and I could just download some ROMs but the experience of cartridges, wires pads and a CRT is still missing. It’s like listening to an MP3 when you used to have it on vinyl.
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£60 with 10 games seems pretty reasonable to me, but it needs a collection with a solid RPG to back up all those quick-play arcade games.
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Its a shame that SEGA fell apart so easily. Having SEGA Europe do their own thing back in the early 1990's seemed like a good idea because the idea of global branding didn't really exist; people just watched TV and read the newspaper (or teletext!) and the window to the world was very controlled.
Despite this Nintendo kept its image the same in every market and has continued to do so, even in the face of the sigh 'dark mature' days of the PS2/Xbox.
SEGA on the other hand had 2 separate teams working on the potential Saturn and didn't really know what to do with the Mega CD or the 32X. Each region was independent and in the face of Sony this proved their downfall.
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I would keep a few core items for posterity, to share with your future kids.
I stopped hoarding games years ago but my one regret is selling my Mega Drive II+CD II with 20 games in 1996 for £60! When I was 13 this was a lot of money, but I wish I’d have kept it to show my kids.
The Virtual Console did a decent job for me, and I could just download some ROMs but the experience of cartridges, wires pads and a CRT is still missing. It’s like listening to an MP3 when you used to have it on vinyl.