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MEGA-CD MEMORIES
The team revisit Sega’s attempt to embrace CD-ROM technology
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DARRAN JONES
NICK THORPE
ANDY SALTER
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Seeing that the justannounced Mega Drive Mini 2 will feature Mega-CD games, the team has decided to share their memories of the divisive piece of hardware. Tim never owned one when he was younger, so Darran and Nick have been joined by Andy, who did have one back in the day. Let’s begin.
DARRAN So what’s your first memory of the original Mega-CD?
NICK My dad got a promotional video for it, filled with footage of games like Night Trap, Sewer Shark and Batman Returns. There was a weird clay-animation bit too. I’d watch it over and over, but didn’t actually get to play the system until years later.
ANDY For me it’s the anime-style intros and cutscenes from games like Vay, Lunar: The Silver Star and Sol-Feace.
DARRAN You’ve mentioned the Mega-CD a few times in the past, which has always stuck with me as you love the PC. How did you end up getting one, Andy?