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JerryGreenwood
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Populous on the Genesis
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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.
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tactical_nuke
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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???
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Shadow Kisuragi
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Re: Populous on the Genesis
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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.c...um/index.php?topic=8987.0
Also, please note whether or not your Genesis is TMSS or not.
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Duke.Togo
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Quote from: Shadow Kisuragi on June 07, 2016, 06:19:19 PM
Also, please note whether or not your Genesis is TMSS or not.
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JerryGreenwood
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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.
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Shadow Kisuragi
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Thanks. I'll add that information to the Game Info pages.
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