Sega Neptune Build

city41

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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.
 

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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

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

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

Ralfakick

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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.
 

neo_mao

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

kernow

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

The Chief

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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.
 

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kernow

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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
 

The Chief

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

terry.330

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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

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

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I've seen this in many places but it basically sounds like pie in the sky vaporware from an unproven company in a country that is not well known for its technology products. I'll believe it when I start seeing news of people receiving them.
 
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