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I have been fortunate enough to collect two amazing bits of rare, unusual and near-mint #Sega #MegaDrive / #MegaCD hardware this week. The first is the "Team Player", which let you use up to four controllers on a single system.

Of the six positions on that slide switch, A B C and D picked which of the four controllers would be passed through to the console, so you could flip seamlessly between a 3- or 6-button controller, or a mouse.

Mouse? Yeah, hang on - I'll get to that. 🧵

Back in 1995 I had no chance owning Sega Saturn :blobcatgamer: Most folks I knew, who owned gaming consoles, pretty much jumped from :sega: Mega Drive (Genesis) to Sony PlayStation 1 :ps1: - there hasn't been many (if any) :segasaturn: units around in Lithuania back then :blobcatnerd:

Yet Sega Saturn is awesome console with CD tray (for game discs) and cartridge slot (mainly used to extend memory). Joystics still feels top: inheriting shape and layout from Mega Drive :blobcatthumbsup:

Can you spot 10 differences in this photo? :blobcatcheer:

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Sonic & Knuckles has a lock-on feature that allows players to open the hatch on top of the cartridge and insert a second one. ⬇️

When Sonic 3 is inserted, the player can play through both games as one, the originally intended Sonic 3 & Knuckles. ☑️
This features several changes to the games, such as slightly altered level layouts and the ability to play through both titles as Knuckles or Tails. 🦔

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🗡️ Disney's Aladdin (Mega Drive/Genesis)

🗓️ Release: 1993
🧑‍💻 Developer: Virgin Games
🏢 Publisher: Sega
📈 Units sold: 4 million (4th best-selling Mega Drive/Genesis game)

🪔 Disney's Aladdin (SNES)

🗓️ Release: 1993
🧑‍💻 Developer: Capcom
🏢 Publisher: Capcom
📈 Units sold: 1.75 million (26th best-selling SNES game)

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Which of these two 16 bit versions of Disney's Aladdin do you consider the better one? ⚖️
The Mega Drive/Genesis or SNES game? 🤔

More details about the games and gameplay to revive your memories in the first reply to this poll. 📺

Also added my opinion in the replies.
Feel free to share your thoughts on the decision you made. 🗨️

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