Comments on: Sega 3D Glasses (AVGN DVD Bonus feature)

By: Daniel Souza

Daniel Souza — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:57:56 +0000

Here in Brazil Sega Master System was very popular. I remember when I used this glasses for the first time, it was a great experience. You could use the glass with Light Phaser Pistol at the same time on determined games like Missile Defender 3D. Awesome!

By: stasher

stasher — Sat, 05 May 2012 05:14:07 +0000

@Adrastia The Sega glasses are front heavy! It’d be nice if they had a back strap to them, like on goggles, so they wouldn’t keep slipping down the nose. Here’s an example of what I had to do as a kid: Big prescription glasses secured to my face with thick glass straps. 3D glasses secured to my prescription glasses with rubber bands.

By: stasher

stasher — Sat, 05 May 2012 04:59:59 +0000

I was about 7 or so when I got the 3D glasses. I played Zaxxon 3D but the glasses didn’t help. It DID display in 3D, but the perspective in the channel and layout of enemies made it difficult to see what you were getting close to and if a projectile was about to hit you or not. The black starry background didn’t help because it emphasized the double vision that one may get.

Space Harrier 3D on the other hand was the MOST AWESOME TRIP!!! The glasses really helped me to see which enemies were closer and what was about to hit me.

It is true that you have to sit closer to the screen to see better and for it to be more effective. How the 3D works is how current battery-operated 3D glasses work. When your eye is supposed to see the right side of an object, the left eye sight gets blacked out. When you see the left, the right gets blacked out. (This causes a flicker, noticeable at lower frame rates.) Instead of seeing both sides at the same time, there is a fraction of a second difference, but it’s so fast our brains see the two images as one. If you tilt your head the illusion stops working.

The Sega glasses used polarized LCD technology to block your vision. (Think LCD screen calculators) Since the blockage wasn’t 100% opaque- the vision is darkened but not completely blocked- you can see a ghosting/ double images.

By: Adrastia

Adrastia — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:13:51 +0000

I’ve never actually seen these in action before. I wear glasses and I can’t see the TV screen without them unless I’m really close. I’ve heard people say that the movie theatre 3D glasses are uncomfortable over prescription glasses. So I can’t imagine how weird the Master System glasses must feel.

By: kenethre1

kenethre1 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:03:47 +0000

In reply to Jargas. @Jargas i tough so, it will be better if it's longer

By: kenethre1

kenethre1 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:02:42 +0000

i actually have them, but i can’t play anymore because my master system don’t work anymore, i remember that after playing a while you get a bit of headache.

By: toyman1982

toyman1982 — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:33:50 +0000

that Happily Divorced Commercial blocking out a quarter of my AVGN screen is eating at my Fucking SOUL!

By: Kaleidoscopic God

Kaleidoscopic God — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:56:46 +0000

In reply to Trojan_Reggae. @Trojan_Reggae @BillCosby Ah, I'm not that much of a grammar nazi! "Sporadically" had a lot of emphasis on it there. ;D

By: Kaleidoscopic God

Kaleidoscopic God — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:54:56 +0000

In reply to BillCosby. @BillCosby That's an awesome story. :D

By: Kaleidoscopic God

Kaleidoscopic God — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:54:45 +0000

In reply to BillCosby.

@BillCosby Ah, keyword was “sporadically”. While I don’t recommend it, I accept the usage of “u” instead of “you”. It’s just that you switched between the two! Besides that, I was pulling your leg.