Polymega And Sega

Polymega adapts?

There’s so much to say about the Polymega, and little of it is good. Perhaps that’s a bit unfair; there’s little good to be said about the company behind it, Playmaji, since they’ve failed, spectacularly, to be anything other than disappointing.

I’ll make the introduction quick if you’re unfamiliar with the Polymega: it’s an emulation console, one that takes real physical carts and CDs and copies the games from them so you can enjoy your collection in a simple, straightforward manner. Each cartridge based console that the Polymega emulates has its own dedicated module (basically a connector to interface with the machine), and that’s about it. A really cool idea right? Well yes, until you have to deal with Polymega makers Playmaji. So what have they done? A lot, a lot wrong. There’s been about as many delays surrounding the Polymega as there has been to my lottery win (fingers crossed). Faulty hardware, bad emulation and worse customer service. I suspect eunuchs are more forthcoming than Playmaji at this point. But let me leave the complaints for my Polymega review (it’s on the way, I promise), this story is about something that might, against all my better judgement, be good news for the beleaguered black bricks.

Playmaji has announced that they are releasing a collection of cart adaptors to allow you to connect your Sega Master System, Game Gear and Mark III games to the Polymega. That’s right, Playmaji are doing something that fans of the Polymega asked for. On top of that, a recent reply on X from the official Polymega account said that we would be seeing ‘tons’ of improvements to emulation on the system in the next update. That would be great, if true but I won’t hold my breath, I’d like to remain conscious. I’d also like to be proven wrong, maybe Playmaji will do that this time–this feels like deja vu.

Playing videogames, writing about videogames, considering videogames—that about sums it up. Videogames are the one hobby that I’ve kept since I was only little, zapping ducks on the NES or knocking out MR. X. And when I’m not enjoying classics from the bit generation of games or checking out those earliest of polygons, I’m probably playing something from today’s age of modern gaming: if I’m not complaining about it. Something I’m doing at the moment? Getting to grips with the Evecade Nexus.