

[JVC X'Eye]

The JVC X'Eye is an all-in-one unit, as it contains a Genesis-compatible
and a Sega CD-compatible in one housing.  The X'Eye includes the
pack-in titles "Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia" and "Prize Fighter",
both in cardboard sleeves.  A Karaoke CD was also included; the X'Eye
is capable of playing Karaoke-CDs as well.

In Japan, the X'Eye is known as the "Wondermega".  There were two
versions:

   * Original
     - Larger than the current model (Approx. size of SCD2 and SG2 in
       width)
     - Capable of handling oversized CDs (> 5"), which was the original
       concept behind CD movies in Japan... the format was NOT adopted
     - MIDI connection (music keyboard compatible)
     - Specialized MIDI/Keyboard development kit/program available in
       Japan ONLY.
   * Current version
     - Same as US X'Eye
     - Slimmer than Wondermega I
     - Lack extra features of the original

All Wondermegas were built by JVC Musical Industries of Japan.

[Sega CDX]

The Sega CDX is similar to the X'Eye in that it plays standard Genesis
carts as well as most Sega CDs.  Its advantage is the size -- about the
size of a portable CD player.  This unit is portable (Sega even made a
carrying case for it) but still requires a television or monitor to
play.  There were three CDs included as pack-ins: Sega Classics V
(Streets of Rage, Shinobi, Golden Axe, Columns, and Super Monaco GP),
Sonic CD, and Ecco the Dolphin CD.

There are a few Sega-CD titles that are not compatible with the CDX:

   Jurassic Park
   Radical Rex
   Terminator
   Who Shot Johnny Rock?

   Q:  Can I use my Sega CDX with the Sega Channel?
   A:  Yes - they are compatible.  Of course, only for cart-based
       games.

   Q:  Can I use a 32X add-on with my CDX?
   A:  Yes.  Although it's not officially endorsed by Sega, it *is*
       possible.  There may be a problem with spacing the 32X device
       over the unit, though.

[LaserActive]

The LaserActive system by Pioneer was a noble attempt at an all-in-one
unit.  It is essentially a Laser Disc player with available add-on
"modules" for Sega CD/Genesis and TurboGrafx-16/CD/PC Engine games.  The
machine also has its own library of LaserActive game titles.  The
LaserActive was expensive ($800?) and each add-on module cost nearly
as much as the machine it was emulating (~$200 to $300), so cost was a
prohibitive factor in large volume sales of the unit.


V.  Software

This list of Sega CD titles was the very first part of the FAQ.  Once I
completed it I had amassed enough information for an entire FAQ, and it
just kept growing, and growing, and growing...

Numbers in parentheses () refer to notes at the bottom.

Guide to nomenclature:

   1st person shooter - a non-overhead, non-side-scrolling shooting game
      which takes place from the point of view of the player's
      ship/character/etc.  These games usually take advantage of the
      Sega CD's additional hardware and have much better effects than a
      comparable Genesis shooter.
   Action - arcade action, includes flying, and games with multiple
      elements (driving, shooting, platform, etc.)
   FMV - "Full Motion Video".  This is a type of game which uses
      digitized video or digitized animation for its graphics and
      gameplay is usually limited to pressing buttons at certain times.
      "Dragon's Lair" in the arcade is probably the earliest example
      of this, in which you had to time the main character's actions
      precisely - or else he was toast.
   Platform - Run and jump type of game, side-scrolling, in which the
      character can explore a landscape while running, jumping, and
      attacking with various types of weapons.  The word platform comes
      from early platform titles (e.g. Super Mario Brothers) in which
      the character actually jumped on various platforms.
   RPG - "Role Playing Game".  The first person RPGs refer to those
      games in which your view is a 3-D character's view of the dungeon,
      and you "see what your characters see".  General RPGs don't give
      the first-person perspective, but instead a general overhead or
      "3/4 overhead" perspective on your character(s).  The purpose is
      generally some large quest, and your characters gain strength,
      better weapons, and improved attributes along the way.

There are 147 titles available in the U.S.

Name                                            Type
------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Adventures of Batman and Robin              Driving
   (different from cart)
Afterburner 3                                   Action
AH-3 Thunderstrike                              Flying sim
Amazing Spiderman vs. Kingpin                   Action/Platform
Android Assault                                 Shooter
The Animals! (San Diego Zoo)                    Educational/Reference
AX-101                                          FMV Shooter (1st person)

B.C. Racers                                     Driving
Batman Returns                                  Action (driving)
Battlecorps                                     Shooter (1st person)
Bill Walsh College Football                     Sports
Black Hole Assault                              Fighting
Bouncers                                        Action/sports-like
Brutal - Paws of Fury                           Fighting

Cadillacs and Dinosaurs                         Driving/shooting
Championship Soccer '94                         Sports
Chuck Rock                                      Platform
Chuck Rock II - Son of Chuck                    Platform
Cliffhanger                                     Action/platform
Cobra Command                                   FMV shooter
Colors of Modern Rock (8)                       Music Video
Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia (4)          Educational/Reference
Corpse Killer                                   FMV shooter (6)
Crime Patrol                                    FMV shooter (uses gun,6)

Dark Wizard                                     RPG/strategy
Demolition Man                                  Platform
Double Switch                                   FMV action
Dracula                                         Action (minor FMV parts)
Dracula Unleashed (2CDs)                        FMV action
Dragon's Lair                                   FMV action
Dune                                            Interactive/FMV
Dungeon Explorer                                RPG/arcade
Dungeon Master 2: Skullkeep                     RPG/1st person

Earthworm Jim CD (Special Edition)              Platform
Ecco the Dolphin CD                             Action/platform
Echo the Dolphin 2: The Tides of Time CD        Action/platform
ESPN Baseball Tonight                           Sports
ESPN National Hockey Night                      Sports
ESPN NBA Hangtime '95                           Sports
ESPN Sunday Night NFL                           Sports
Eternal Champions CD                            Fighting
Eye of the Beholder                             RPG/1st person

Fahrenheit (packaged with 32X version)          FMV action
Fatal Fury Special                              Fighting
FIFA Soccer                                     Sports
Final Fight                                     Fighting
Flashback CD                                    Platform
Flink                                           Platform
Formula 1 World Championship                    Driving
Frankenstein/Dracula (combo)                    FMV action/FMV action

Ground Zero Texas (2 CDs)                       FMV shooter

Heart of the Alien                              Platform
Heimdall                                        Puzzle/RPG
Hook                                            Platform

INXS: Make My Video                             FMV music
Iron Helix                                      action/puzzle/sci-fi

Jaguar XJ220                                    Driving
Jeopardy                                        Quiz
Joe Montana NFL Football                        Sports
Jurassic Park (5)                               Action/1st Person/Puzzle

Keio's Flying Squadron                          Shooter (side-scrolling)
Kids on Site                                    FMV educational
Kris Kross                                      FMV music

Lawnmower Man                                   1st person action/puzzle
Lethal Enforcers (with gun)                     Shooting (uses gun) (6)
Lethal Enforcers 2: Gunfighters                 Shooting (uses gun) (6)
Links: The Challenge of Golf                    Sports
Loadstar                                        FMV action
Lords of Thunder                                Shooter (side scrolling)
Lunar: The Silver Star                          RPG
Lunar: Eternal Blue                             RPG

Mad Dog McCree                                  Shooting (uses gun) (6)
Mad Dog McCree 2: The Lost Gold                  Shooting (uses gun) (6)
Mansion of Hidden Souls                         Action/puzzle
Marky Mark                                      FMV music
Masked Rider (Kamen Rider ZO)                   FMV action
Mega Race                                       1st person action
Mickey Mania                                    Platform
Microcosm                                       1st person action
Midnight Raiders                                FMV action/shooter
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers                    FMV action
Mortal Kombat CD                                Fighting
My Paint                                        Educational

NBA Jam CD                                      Sports
NFL Trivia                                      Quiz/sports
NFL Greatest Teams                              Sports Trivia
NHL '94                                         Sports
Night Trap (2CDs) (see note (1) below)          FMV action
Nova Storm                                      1st person shooter

Panic!                                          puzzle/humor
Pitfall CD                                      Platform
Popful Mail                                     Platform/RPG
Power Factory                                   FMV music
Power Monger                                    Strategy/sim
Prince of Persia                                Platform
Prize Fighter (Video Boxing) (2 CDs)  (4)       FMV action
Puggsy                                          Platform

Racing Aces                                     Flying sim/action
Radical Rex (5)                                 Platform
RDF Global Conflict                             1st person shooter
Revenge of the Ninja                            Fighting
Revengers of Vengeance                          Fighting
Rise of the Dragon (See note 2 below)           Mystery
Road Avenger                                    FMV action
Road Rash                                       Driving
Robo Aleste                                     Shooter (side scrolling)

Samurai Shodown CD                              Fighting
Secret of Monkey Island                         Mystery/puzzle
Sega Classics Arcade Collection (4-in-1) (1)    Misc. arcade/puzzle
Sega Classics Arcade Collection (5-in-1) (3)    Misc.
arcade/puzzle/driving
Sewer Shark (2)                                 FMV action
Shadow of the Beast II                          Platform
Sherlock Holmes (1)                             Mystery/puzzle
Sherlock Holmes II                              Mystery/puzzle
Shining Force CD                                RPG/strategy
Silpheed                                        1st person shooter
Slam City with Scottie Pippen (4 CDs)           FMV action
Snatcher                                        Mystery/gun (6)
Sol Feace (1)                                   Shooter (side-scrolling)
Sonic CD                                        Platform
Soulstar                                        1st person shooter
Space Ace                                       FMV action
Space Adventure                                 Mystery/Digital Comic Book
Starblade                                       1st person shooter
Star Wars Chess                                 strategy
Star Wars Rebel Assault                         FMV action
Stellar Fire                                    1st person shooter
Supreme Warrior (2 CDs)                         FMV action (fighting)
Surgical Strike (9)                             FMV action (shooter)

3 Ninjas/ Hook (2 CDs)                          Platform/platform
Terminator (5)                                  Platform
Third World War                                 Strategy/sim
Time Gal                                        FMV action
Tomcat Alley                                    FMV action
Trivial Pursuit                                 Quiz

Ultraverse Prime/Microcosm                      Platform/1st person
shooter

Vay                                             RPG

Wheel of Fortune                                Quiz
Who Shot Johnny Rock (5)                        Shooting (uses gun) (6)
Wild Woody                                      Platform
Willy Beamish                                   Action/adventure
Wing Commander                                  Action
Wirehead                                        FMV action
Wolfchild                                       Platform
Wonderdog                                       Platform
World Cup USA 94                                Sports
WWF Rage in the Cage                            Sports

32X versions of the following CDs were also released:

   Corpse Killer     (Digital Pictures)
   Fahrenheit        (Sega)  (Sega CD and 32X versions packaged together)
   Night Trap        (Digital Pictures)
   Slam City         (Digital Pictures)
   Supreme Warrior   (Digital Pictures)


Notes:
(1)    Sega CD 1 pack-in item.  Complete Pack-ins for Sega CD 1 (5 items):
          Sega Classics 4-in-1 CD (Shinobi, Streets of Rage, Columns,
             Golden Axe)
          Sherlock Holmes
          Sol Feace CD
          CD+G Sampler
          R&R Music sampler
(2)    Sega CD 2 Pack-in item.  (no box included, as well as smaller
       manual)
(3)    Sega CDX Pack-in item.  Contains Same four games as 4-in-1 plus
       Super Monaco GP.
(4)    JVC X'eye Pack-in item.  Compton's and Prize Fighter are in
       cardboard boxes/sleeves.
(5)    Does not work with Sega CDX system and may give trouble on a
       Sega CD Model II unit.
(6)    There were two types of light guns produced for Sega CD games.
       The first is the "Justifier", by Konami, which is included with
       Lethal Enforcers.  It can be used to play these titles: "Lethal
       Enforcers", "Lethal Enforcers 2", and "Snatcher".  The other
       light gun is by American Laser Games.  It wasn't included with any
       of their Sega CD titles, but had to be purchased separately.  A
       second gun (for player 2) was also made but is currently
       hard-to-find.  (Note: The Sega "Menacer" can also be used for
       these games, but unlike the American Laser Games guns, the
       Menacer requires batteries.)  These guns can be used with the
       following games:  "Crime Patrol", "Mad Dog McCree", "Mad Dog
       McCree II: The Lost Gold", and "Who Shot Johnny Rock".  Also,
       "Corpse Killer" (Digital Pictures) can be used with the Menacer.
(7)    All American Laser Games are FMV shooters.
       All Digital Pictures games are FMV-based.
(8)    "Colors of Modern Rock" is a promo-only CD by Sega and Digital
       Pictures.  It's a CD with six music videos produced in
       conjunction with Warner Custom Music.  You can play the videos as
       in a normal VCR tape.  The screen is approximately 1/3,
       combination of color and black-and-white.  It allows for play,
       stop, search, skip, freeze, and storage of 9 frames (based on
       available backup RAM space).  (c) 1993 Sega, product code:
       WCM-9302-00 (in case anyone's interested).
       Featured bands (and song titles):
          Too Much Joy         Donna Everywhere
          T-Ride               Back Door Romeo
          The Belltower        Outshine the Sun
          Xtra Large           Hooker
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