Team Player
From Sega Retro
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| Team Player/Multiplayer/Sega Tap |
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| Manufacturer: Sega |
The Team Player, known as the Multiplayer in Europe and Sega Tap in Japan, is a peripheral released by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive, allowing for up to four players to plug Mega Drive controllers into the unit for use in four-player video games. It is one of several solutions to combat the lack of controller ports, with the 4 Way Play and J-Cart attempting to acheive similar results.
The Team Player contains two connector cables which must be plugged into the Mega Drive's controller ports (though earlier models only use one). This puts it at an advantage over the 4 Way Play as it does not assume both controller ports are the same distance apart in all Mega Drive compatible consoles (thus meaning it will work with the CDX and X'eye). It also contains a switch, which can specify which controller is mapped to the Mega Drive's first controller port.
Initially the peripheral was incompatible with games developed by Electronic Arts which were designed to use the 4 Way Play. This was fixed in a later release of the Team Player adapter. Earlier models can be identified with the codename MK-1654, with newer versions using MK-1847. The newer models also contain an extra setting, marked "EXTRA" which maps the first two ports (A and B) to the Mega Drive's first and second controller port.
Compatible Games
- ATP Tour Championship Tennis (1994)
- Barkley: Shut Up and Jam 2 (1995)
- Bill Walsh College Football 95 (1994)
- College Football's National Championship (1994)
- College Football USA 96 (1995)
- College Slam (1996)
- Dino Dini's Soccer (1994)
- Double Dribble: The Playoff Edition (1994)
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
- Dungeon Explorer (1995)
- ESPN National Hockey Night (1994)
- FIFA Soccer 95 (1994)
- Gauntlet IV (1993)
- Golf Magazine presents 36 Great Holes starring Fred Couples (1994)
- Head-On Soccer (1995)
- International Superstar Soccer Deluxe (1995)
- The Lost Vikings (1992)
- Madden NFL 98 (1997)
- NBA Action '94 (1994)
- NBA Action '95 starring David Robinson (1995)
- NBA Jam (1994)
- NBA Jam Tournament Edition (1994)
- NCAA Final Four Basketball (1994)
- Mega Bomberman (1994)
- NFL '95 (1994)
- NFL 98 (1997)
- NFL Quarterback Club (1994)
- NFL Quarterback Club 96 (1995)
- MLBPA Baseball (1994)
- Prime Time NFL Football starring Deion Sanders (1996)
- Pro Striker (1993)
- Pro Striker 2 (1994)
- Pro Striker: Final Stage (1995)
- Pro Striker Perfect (1993)
- Street Racer (1994)
- Tiny Toon Adventures: Acme All-Stars (1994)
- Triple Play 96 (1995)
- Ultimate Soccer (1993)
- Unnecessary Roughness '95 (1994)
- Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars (1995)
- Wimbledon Championship Tennis (1993)
- World Championship Soccer II (1994)
- Worms (1995)
- WWF Raw (1994)
- Yū Yū Hakusho: Makyō Tōitsusen (1994)
Gallery
MK-1654 US unit (front)
MK-1654 US unit (back)
Physical Scans
MK-1654 US box (front)
- TeamPlayer2 US Box Front.jpg
MK-1847 US box (front)
MK-1847 EU box (front)
MK-1654 JP box (front)
MK-1654 JP box (back)
External Links