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Originally posted by Annorax: Temporal Refugee:
Pardon me for being ignorant of classic Sega systems... but there was a Genesis III? I was always a Nintendo fan-kiddie, right up until I was about 16 and grew a brain for the first time...
[ March 10, 2004: Message edited by: Annorax: Temporal Refugee ]
There were several add-on modules for the genesis including the Sega CD and the 32X. The Sega CD was a really nice add-on. Not only did it have the CD drive, but it added a second CPU (not sure if it was true SMP, but it did make a noticable boost in processing power). It also increased the RAM available and contained some battery powered RAM for storage of game data (think the playstation memory cards permanently integrated into the console).
There were 3 models of the genesis console. The second was designed to be more compact and noticably lacks the headphone jack and headphone jack volume slider. The third model was called the CDX. It was pretty sweet, consisting of a Sega Genesis and Sega CD in an integrated, portable package (didn't work with the 32X module though).
The Sega Nomad system might also be considered the fourth version of the Genesis. It was a handheld unit that played genesis catridges and had a small color LCD screen.