Everybody on my feed is talking about PS5 or 6 or whatever, and Xbox X Series X Box Xbox (?)...
And here I am, genuinely super happy to finally have got my hands on the original Sega System, a friggin’ SEGA SG-1000!!!
My life’s quest is complete. I can now safely disappear from this world... *disappears in Star Wars ghost fashion*
(SG as in “Sega
Games. Yes, the name of the system is the Sega Sega Games-1000. And Sega
means “Service games”, so that means it’s the “Service Games’ Service
games Games-1000″).
I actually recently won an ebay auction for a
complete set of a japanese SG-1000 mark II. I know “collector nerds”
would say the original SG-1000 is the most valuable version of the
console... but I actually enjoy my retro consoles for actually gaming,
not just to put behind a glass and not use them :P
I actually wanted
the mark II for the proper pads (you couldn’t unplug them on the mark
I), and easier mods to plug it and use it nowadays.
(The original SG-1000 got a revision, called the SG-1000 mark II. Think PS4->PS4pro or PS2->PS2slim or PSX->PSOne.)
The
SG-1000 was a 1st gen system, think Atari, Odyssey, etc. So of course
it doesn’t look anything as good like a NES. Following the SG-1000
failure in the market, they would come up with a proper follow-up, the
Sega Mark III aka the Master System.
(And the Sega Mark III/Master System was an actual follow-up to the SG-1000/mark II. Think Xbox 360->Xbox One or PS2->PS3)
ANYWAYS - I haven’t blogged about retro-gaming in a reaaaal long time, sorry for rambling a bit here.
Today I just received my new console! Or is it old console? AND I’m suuuuper happy about it!
Here’s some pics:
A
little set, with the card reader, a bunch of games including the
original Flicky, and 2 pads. Everything’s in relatively great state,
considering its age!
And being this good takes AGES. SEGA.
Here
is the SG-1000 in a shot featuring the other Sega systems (and
others!). The Mega Drive/Genesis can be found top left, mounted with the
Sega CD and 32x:
BUT I can’t try it just yet.. I’m waiting for a spare NES antenna cable (compatible with it) and a custom power supply (ordered online from here).
And I wouldn’t have it without YOU all and YOUR COMMISSIONS these last few months! So thank you everyone!
Hi there, you 4 or 5 still reading my blog actually :P Here's a new feature, I wanted to make a feature about mascots at some point, but in the mean time, having a look back at SEGA mascots, because a) I'm a SegaNerd and b) much people in the USA may not be that familiar with some of them (mostly because they've almost all grown up with Nintendo there unlike South America, Europe, Japan..)
