Greatest console boot-up sequence?

[Jeremy]

sggg, I think the Sonic thing is in the Sega CD as well. I seem to remember seeing it the last time I played the system.

[soundwave]

Originally posted by gamevet
I have'nt owned a Sega CD since 1995. I can't even remember the boot up screen, but I remember having a blast playing games like Dark Wizard, Snatcher and Lunar on the little CD that could.

The original Sega CD startup is different from the Flip-Top one. I don't think the Flip-Top had the earth as a background and the logo and CD player were different. All in all I liked it but I think Saturn boot up was best but I prefer the Neo Geo startup tone.

Originally posted by Jeremy
sggg, I think the Sonic thing is in the Sega CD as well. I seem to remember seeing it the last time I played the system.

Yeah it starts with SOnic shaking his finger and sparkles comes out on the SEGA logo when a game is loaded.

[Jeremy]

Yup, that's the one. Then it goes into the non-vocal SE-GA thing with just musical notes instead of a voice saying it.

[sggg]

Ahhh cool, I've recently been reunited with my copy of Sega CD (which I have not played in aaaages) so I'll have to check it out!

[Shooting Love]

The SegaCDModelOne System boot-up is the block SEGA font flipfloping spiraling/scalling around in space leaving a sorta-stamped trail that built-up over while the earth sat in the bg. The game boot-up is sonic standing next to the logo like soundwave said. I think some games had modified versions ..like EarthwormJim

[gamevet]

I had the model 2 unit. Maybe this is why the bootup screen was not that rememberable?

[Jeremy]

I also have the Model 2 one. My boot-up (before the Sonic thing) is a BG of the moon with the Sega CD logo overlapping it with rotating colors.

[Punky Skunk]

Genesis - Games like Sonic and Pulseman, with the theme of the game interlaced into the boot-up.

Nintendo 64 - Similar to the Genesis, the games that worked in the theme, like Ogre Battle 64 chiselling out the 3D N logo with the little soldiers.

[negitoro]

Originally posted by sggg
Indeed.. this is true.... Also, when I want to play CDs on a console (no stereo in the living room) I still pick Saturn. It has by far and away the best music CD playing interface.

Definitely. The controller gave you complete control over the CD playback, with buttons for all the FF/Rew, repeat and play/pause etc. You had that nifty spaceship screensaver. You had the pulsating cubes. You even had allowances for A->B repeat and fun things like pitch changing and track programming.

It was like a funky stereo unit. Add in the MPEG card and the Saturn became a console/entertainment unit. My Saturn was indispensible in college. CD/VCD/Game player all-in-one.

Originally posted by BenT
PS2's is ass. So is Xbox's. Hell, while I'm at it, the Xbox dashboard is a triumph of suck.

Xbox startup is definitely ass. Loud, obnoxious and just takes too long (since it loads only after all that noise is finished with).

But I like the Xbox dash and front end. It's got stylisitc elements so it's kind of interesting to look at, it's got plenty of options and settings to tweak, it's got a decent audio playback with a screensaver and IMO it's got a far superior memory manager to PS2.

[NeoZeedeater]

The Mega CD Sonic I was talking about is not the Sonic that appears beside the Sega logo that shoots sparks out of his hand. It's a much larger one on the screen.

Sggg, I don't know about the Euro Mega CD. I have a Japanese Mega CD 2, which has this Sonic.