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Thirty Three and a Sega CD

Today’s throwback goes back thirty three years to 1975 and fifteen years to 1993. Today is the thirty third anniversary of the day I was born, a.k.a. my birthday.

To celebrate my loving wife bought be a bottle of Knob Creek Burboun and a Sega CD. Ok… I bought the Sega CD, but it sounds rude to say I bought myself a birthday present… even though I did.

During college I was addicted to my Sega Genesis and tempted to purchase a SNES. Instead of being a traitor to my beloved Genesis the clerk at the local gaming store convinced me to purchase a Sega CD add-on along with this new game titled: Lunar – The Silver Star Story.

I have to admit I was blown away when I watched the introduction animation. So blown away that before that game I loathed the slow paced RPG genre. The intro animation and the cut scenes, which were never heard of before and rare at that time, and helped me cross over from action games to the story driven role playing games.

Soon after finishing Lunar I purchased and spent hours on other Sega CD games, focusing mainly on the following RPGs: Vay, Popful Mail (Action RPG), and Shining Force CD.

With the release of the Sony Playstation and Final Fantasy VII, my Sega CD began to collect dust for I found a new fix to satisfy my RPG need. I don’t remember when exactly or for what game but after the release of the PS1 I traded in my Sega Genesis and Sega CD.

Since then I have been feenin to relive my Sega CD days, and to finally beat some games that I never finished the first time around but the price of a working Sega CD is higher than what I wanted to spend… until I did some research on the internet.

Researching on the net I found that the Sega CD has a fuse that is known to go bad rendering the unit useless, but anyone with a little soldering skill can repair the unit for less than $5. So I found a used Genesis, broken Sega CD, and some games on ebay for $20+shipping. I also found a copy of Shining Force CD to go along with Lunar, Lunar2, Popful Mail, and Vay (which I luckily keep feeling that one day the would be collectors items) so I was set.

So, for my 33rd birthday I will celebrate it with a glass, or two, of bourbon and play some Popful Mail and Vay!

Posted by Fred on September 18, 2008 @ 6:27 PM Under: Other, Throwback
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