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Title: Populous on the Genesis Post by: JerryGreenwood on June 07, 2016, 05:51:11 PM Clearly, I'm missing something....I can't get Populous on the Sega Genesis to work.
I bought a copy and tried to take it apart to clean it. It's an EA game with the yellow tab, so I assumed I broke something while trying to get at it. My fault. I bought another copy. This time, I didn't take it apart and I lightly cleaned it with the shell still on. No dice. Now I'm thinking that Brasso damages Populous carts, as crazy as that sounds. I bought a THIRD copy. Didn't do anything to it, just popped it in. Nope, this one doesn't work either. All 3 copies were in "working condition" according to the sellers. My Genesis works perfectly with every other game. Theories remaining: - A working Populous is actually the rarest game on earth. - I have bad luck. - There is something on the Populous PCB that is dead and needs to be replaced. I'd like to think that I didn't buy 3 "working" carts that didn't actually work. In my life, I've only bought 2 other video games that were claimed to work, but didn't...the odds that I got THAT unlucky with the 3 Populous carts are very slim. Can anyone shed some light on this? PS - I know this isn't the trading section, but if anyone has an extra working copy, please PM me before I end up in an institution muttering to myself. Title: Re: Populous on the Genesis Post by: tactical_nuke on June 07, 2016, 06:15:51 PM Which Genesis model are you using? I know Model 3 is unable to play Virtua Racer. Maybe it can't do Populous as well but nobody ever found out???
Title: Re: Populous on the Genesis Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on June 07, 2016, 06:19:19 PM Genesis Model please?
EDIT: Flee asked first. There are limitations with the Model 3, and we've been finding other limitations with other combinations. I suspect this is one of them. I think I documented NBA Jam TE's limitation... EDIT: Nope, we never "officially" signed off on the cause. Here's that thread: http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=8987.0 Also, please note whether or not your Genesis is TMSS or not. Title: Re: Populous on the Genesis Post by: Duke.Togo on June 08, 2016, 12:05:29 AM Also, please note whether or not your Genesis is TMSS or not. ^ This Title: Re: Populous on the Genesis Post by: JerryGreenwood on June 08, 2016, 09:32:01 AM Sorry, my Genesis is Model 1. How do I tell if it's TMSS?
EDIT - Nevermind, my Genesis displays the "Produced by or under license of Sega Enterprises Ltd." so I guess it's TMSS EDIT - Just found this in a post on AtariAge "The US-released games that don't work on TMSS models are Budokan, Ishido, Onslaught, Populous, and Zany Golf." So there you go. Damn. Thanks guys for the responses. Title: Re: Populous on the Genesis Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on June 08, 2016, 09:53:39 AM Thanks. I'll add that information to the Game Info pages.
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