If I were to get.....

[dragos240]

Either a sega genesis (mega drive), or a palm pre, what should I get. I really can't decide!

[The Toxic Mite]

I would go for the Mega Drive ;)

[dragos240]

Yeah, I think I'm really leaning towards the genesis. I just love sega.

[Techsnap]

Go for the Sega Megadrive! Get a second hand one though (preferably model 1, it has superior hardware), not that blaze branded crap.

[pwnst*r]

How can you even be undecided? It's SEGA ffs!

[RiceMonster]

Get the Megadrive then buy streets of rage.

[The Toxic Mite]

Get the Megadrive then buy Sonic the Hedgehog.

Fixed it for ya ;)

[pwnst*r]

Fixed it for ya ;)

No, you broke it.

[blueshiftoverwatch]

What's the point in buying an old console like that when you get the emulators for free?

Get the Palm Pre.

[dragos240]

How can you even be undecided? It's SEGA ffs!

Well, I wasn't sure because I love sega, and the pre runs linux. Although, I think I'm going with the megadrive (genesis here).

[dragos240]

What's the point in buying an old console like that when you get the emulators for free?

Get the Palm Pre.

There are so many reasons to get the real deal.

[5nak3]

Out of curiosity how can you compare the two items? What I mean to say is that on a purely financial outlay basis the Pre (over here at least) is well in excess of $500. The sega, I can probably pop into town and pick one up for about $50.

Is there a reason why your choice is either one or the other?

[pwnst*r]

lol@ emulators. It's nice to have the actual hardware.

[blueshiftoverwatch]

lol@ emulators. It's nice to have the actual hardware.
Why? If your really hardcore, just buy a Genesis/Mega Drive controller and make it PC compatible by making the plug USB or parallel port compatible.

[The Toxic Mite]

Why? If your really hardcore, just buy a Genesis/Mega Drive controller and make it PC compatible by making the plug USB or parallel port compatible.

The Mega Drive/Genesis pads use a serial connection; they can be plugged into a serial port on your PC ;)

[blueshiftoverwatch]

The Mega Drive/Genesis pads use a serial connection; they can be plugged into a serial port on your PC ;)
Well, even better.

[Techsnap]

What's the point in buying an old console like that when you get the emulators for free?

None of the MD emulators are 100% accurate, the closest is Kega Fusion and its Linux port is new and is not yet x64. Emulation sucks.

[Icehuck]

The Mega Drive/Genesis pads use a serial connection; they can be plugged into a serial port on your PC ;)

Do machines even come with serial ports anymore?

[dragos240]

Do machines even come with serial ports anymore?

All my computers still have serial ports.

[Techsnap]

The Mega Drive/Genesis pads use a serial connection; they can be plugged into a serial port on your PC

Nope it can't, it's wired differently, you have to modify it.

[dragos240]

Anyways, I have a 64 bit pc, so emulators won't work. Gens cannot compile on a 64 bit machine for some reason. Other ones can't eather. I've tried many.

[SmittyJensen]

Anyways, I have a 64 bit pc, so emulators won't work. Gens cannot compile on a 64 bit machine for some reason. Other ones can't eather. I've tried many.
er, can't you just install ia32-libs?

[blueshiftoverwatch]

er, can't you just install ia32-libs?
My Ubuntu installation isn't currently functioning or I'd try it out right now. But I recall trying to use the dpkg command that would force 32 bit apps to install and they wouldn't. Also, most of the websites where the emulators I want to use are on only had the source code, not precompiled RPM or Deb binaries.