Sega Neptune Build

[Ralfakick]

My Mother wouldn’t let me buy a Saturn so I had a CD/32X combo until she caved.

I got plenty of mileage from Doom, NBA Jam TE, Star Wars, MK2 so I have fond memories of the system

 

[city41]

Just a heads up, this video is about him building his own Neptune, not finding a prototype or anything like that. Still pretty cool, I like the case a lot.

 

[sirlynxalot]

Pretty cool and looks nice. I heard about the project to make a printable shell in the past year. At the time it was something extremely high like 7 or 800 bucks to get all the necessary parts printed, which is kind of gatekeeping. Wonder if the cost for the shell has come down at all in the meantime.

 

[HellioN]

He said in the video that with all the options he chose the shell alone was over $300.

 

[GohanX]

I need that shell, but not for $300. I built a few Neptunes like a decade ago.

 

[kernow]

My Mother wouldn’t let me buy a Saturn so I had a CD/32X combo until she caved.

Well, she did her best to protect you from utter garbage but she failed in the end

 

[Ralfakick]

Well, she did her best to protect you from utter garbage but she failed in the end

Actually the game store convinced me to buy a PlayStation when I went to buy a used Saturn there. I ended up working at that store during college.

 

[kernow]

Hell yes game store

 

[neo_mao]

What is a Neptune? Just a fantasy console that’s pretending not to be a 32x?

 

[terry.330]

What is a Neptune? Just a fantasy console that’s pretending not to be a 32x?

Yeah, an all in one MD/CD/32x...

It would still be shit even it was real.

 

[kernow]

What on earth were sega doing in the nineties. I'm sure I could have made better decisions

 

[The Chief]

Sega had good ideas and cool hardware, problem was they released too many hardware variations/add-ons in a short amount of time and half ass supported them. This disillusioned customers who had just purchased a Sega CD, 32X and Saturn.

Back before I was working my parents weren’t about to buy me every new console that came out. I got one per generation and was happy to have that.

Unfortunately by the time the Dreamcast came around which was actually a quality machine the damage was done and with the impending launch of the PS2 with DVD support marked the end of an era for Sega.

 

[sirlynxalot]

 

[fake]

France is fucked up.

 

[Heinz]

France is fucked up.

 

[kernow]

What cool hardware?!
Everything between md and DC was a disaster. I'd have sacked the whole hardware team many times over, and management. They barely had a clue what they were doing and just threw anything out there.

I've never been a big sega fan though tbh. Meh

 

[Pinball]

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It's so big.

 

[The Chief]

I happen to like the CDX and Wonder Mega, but I suppose there was a lot of redundancy to get there.

 

[terry.330]

I happen to like the CDX and Wonder Mega, but I suppose there was a lot of redundancy to get there.

The Wondermega (RG-M1) is still one of the coolest looking consoles ever made. Looks like something right out of Blade Runner. But yeah completely redundant.

 

[Syn]

My Neptune stopped playing 32x carts, no problems with Genesis/MD. Eventually I'll get it fixed by someone.