Memory lane.
When the first official images of the Saturn appeared around 1994, one aspect of the console’s design caught the attention of some people: the cartridge slot. It led some to assume that the machine would be backwards compatible with the Mega Drive, or that it would support both CDs and cartridge-based Saturn software.
The reality was somewhat more mundane – the port was initially used for a back-up memory cart which expanded the console’s amount of save data storage – but that didn’t stop it from briefly triggering some excitement amongst Sega fans, and it would (eventually) be used for something a little more interesting.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
Memory lane.
When the first official images of the Saturn appeared around 1994, one aspect of the console’s design caught the attention of some people: the cartridge slot. It led some to assume that the machine would be backwards compatible with the Mega Drive, or that it would support both CDs and cartridge-based Saturn software.
The reality was somewhat more mundane – the port was initially used for a back-up memory cart which expanded the console’s amount of save data storage – but that didn’t stop it from briefly triggering some excitement amongst Sega fans, and it would (eventually) be used for something a little more interesting.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
