Radica Sega TV Game

I know I'm really behind on this, but I got one of those Radica Sega Genesis TV games, with the intention of hacking it to play Genesis carts. Otherwise I wouldn't bother, I don't think. The controller is cute, seems to be good quality and a good match for the original controller, but I have only owned 3rd-prty Genesis controllers since 1994. One of them seems to have finally stopped working. Ah yeah, the controller is only 3 buttons, Sega games were best with six, although none of the games you get on this one support it.

It's fun, and certainly if you don't own a Genesis, it may be worth it but it hardly seems worth it with Sega releasing Sonic collections for every console, as well as selling PC versions of old games online and yes I know they hardly have shit online right now. Sonic plays fine on the Radica game but there are issues, like the BGM is way too loud and the "Sonic Got a Chaos Emerald" screen at the end of the bonus stage is glitchy. One would have thought they would have tested the unit to ensure 100% compatibility with Sega's most famous 16-bit game (and the one people I'd assume would buy this unit for) but no. The rest of the games get a big fat "meh" from me. Altered Beast is as shitty as it always was on the Genesis (this was the original pack-in game?! wtf?!11!!). Kid Chameleon is probably pretty OK, but I don't care to look at its second-rate 16-bit platformer graphics for too long when the gameplay is still meh. (It's probably better than Toki Ape Spit, however.) Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine or whatever it's called, it's Puyo Puyo and it's loads of fun, although it barely disguises its Puyo origins. Those are still DragonQuest slimes, not beans! Golden Axe is fun, although it's probably not as good as the arcade and the Genny could do (and did) better. Which leaves Flicky, which I am not sure why is on here, looks like a Master System game if even. The manual says the game dates to 1984. It's basically a Mappy clone, except instead of being a mouse cop saving valuables from cats, you're a bird (who can barely fly) saving baby birds from cats and there aren't any trampolines or any fun, really. Maybe it was big in Japan, but Sega probably wants to keep its best stuff off of these TV games anyway, they could have at least included Shinobi let alone Streets of Rage.

Anyay, that's not why I bought it. Did I mention the power unit is cute? Shaped like a tiny 2nd-gen Genesis. (1st-gen would be better.)It takes 4AA batteries or a 6v AC adaptor, neither is included. Will post about it again once I hack it. Or fail trying.