Metal Ghost Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Hi all. I just heard Scott mention this in his hardware flashback segment on the Retro Gaming Roundup podcast, but he didn't know the name, and I can't seem to find anything. Basically, he talks about a Sega Genesis cartridge that actually included in the cart two additional controller ports, in order to facilitate four player gaming. Anyone know what that game was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Leach Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 american ntsc check it out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koopa64 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 A few different Euro region Mega Drive carts also had this feature, most notably Micro Machines (can't remember which versions). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I remember that Sampras cart. Didn't Codemasters have a similar cart that was bundled with some cheesy games? Tennis and a racing game IIRC. Looking online, I see Micro Machines 2 and Super Skidmarks had a similar setup. Codemasters as well, but I still remember there being a multi-cart by them, but maybe it was never released? Swear I saw it in mags back in the day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-Cart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koopa64 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Well on the NES there's Quattro Sports by Code Masters / Camerica. Perhaps they made an MD port? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Well on the NES there's Quattro Sports by Code Masters / Camerica. Perhaps they made an MD port? Quattro sports... yeah, that's it. Must be getting my systems confused. <sigh> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lendorien Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 (edited) Odd. I know the Genesis had a multitap. I have one, though no games for it. I guess this is one way to allow 4 player gaming, but isn't that what the multitap is for? Besides, wouldn't using the cart for extra ports cause issues? Sometimes if a cart gets jostles in the port, a game fritzes out. Edited March 2, 2011 by Lendorien Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 It's a rad idea, but I would be afraid of jostling the cart like you said. I dunno how many high-level Columns games were ended by somebody walking too closely to the sega Local game store has one of those tennis J-Carts and I'm tempted to pick it up, even though most tennis games put me directly to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koopa64 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Odd. I know the Genesis had a multitap. I have one, though no games for it. I guess this is one way to allow 4 player gaming, but isn't that what the multitap is for? Besides, wouldn't using the cart for extra ports cause issues? Sometimes if a cart gets jostles in the port, a game fritzes out. Only if the cart and/or cart slot is dirty. Believe it or not, you CAN eliminate that ever so common problem of carts freezing, just by keeping everything CLEAN. I have even gotten my SNES clean enough to stop it from freezing when carts are moved, and everyone knows how finicky the SNES's cart slot is about that sort of thing. I should put some of this post in my sig. People need to stop being such slobs and actually clean the crap out of your systems and carts. There's no excuse for dirt when rubbing alcohol, q-tips and erasers are commonly available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Leach Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 this isnt the wii we are talking about...just tip that thing and it sucks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Ghost Posted March 2, 2011 Author Share Posted March 2, 2011 I think it's a cool idea. As far as the multitap, yea, that's a different means to the same ends. If person plans to buy, or a company plans to sell, many such 4-player enabled games, the multitap route makes more sense. BUT....having a J-Cart type solution ensures that such 4-player gaming is always possible, regardless of whether or not the buyer has an added peripheral. I like the 'all-in-one' -ness of it! Hmmm, I wonder if this type of cart is technically feasible on any other consoles??? Maybe that's hard to answer without knowing more about how these particular games enabled such functionality.....but any ideas out there about whether this type of thing would be possible on other consoles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Well... I think it could be done on the gameboy advance, probably, considering all the funky input add-ons that were included in carts at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koopa64 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Why would you put controller ports on a GBA cart? There's already an EXT. port for local networking. Besides, the GBA screen is too small for multiplayer on one system. Super Game Boy and GB Player don't count. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the.golden.ax Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 I've got four Mega Drive games with the J-Cart. Mostly racing. AX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Dart Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Why would you put controller ports on a GBA cart? There's already an EXT. port for local networking. Besides, the GBA screen is too small for multiplayer on one system. Super Game Boy and GB Player don't count. No idea, maybe for alternate controls? Single-cart multiplayer for games to large to share over the EXT port? I didn't say it was a great idea, I said it was maybe possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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