So, what's a GN Twin?  Imagine an FC Twin, but take away the Super Nintendo slot and replace it with a Genesis cartridge slot.  And there you have it.  A Nintendo/Genesis hybrid.  Not sure what an FC Twin is?  Well, that'd be a system that plays SNES and NES game, with the GN Twin playing Genesis and NES games.

 So, how does it play?  Well, for those of you familiar with the FC Twin, you'll know that it plays nearly every SNES and NES game with a few little differences.  The same applies here.  First thing that stood out to us was how nice the system looks.  It's available in 2 different black/silver combinations, and both of them are very striking.  The obvious big upside is that these are essentially brand new Genesis systems, somewhere between the size of a GEN2 and a GEN3.  Each system comes with 2 6-button controllers identical to the ones that game with the GEN3 and so far they rock.  Our biggest complaint about the FC Twin here was that the D-pad and buttons were a little tight, not a big deal but it does take a little getting used to.  This is not an issue with the GN's, the packed in controller is lose without feeling cheap, responsive and fast.  Like all Genesis controllers, the D-pad is a single circle of plastic with the cross being raised up, compared to the SNES and NES pads that have just a cross.  Some people perfer this set up, other dislike it.  The good news is that the GN take all Genesis controllers, so if you've got an arcade stick or any other controller from back in the day it'll work on this.

 Another big up is that games play exactly as they should.  At least with the games we've tested, all ran at the right speeds without slowdown, and with the correct colors.  If anybody has played NES games on an FC Twin you might have noticed some of the colors being not quite right.  So far we haven't noticed anything like this with the GN, looks like graphically the games are reproduced perfectly.  Those are the high points.

 Unfortunately not everything is perfect this time out.  Where the FC didn't quite reproduce colors correctly, the GN doesn't quite reproduce sound correctly.  How much of a problem this is will vary from person to person.  NES games sound fine, but you have to crank the volume to hear them properly, other than that the sounds are accurate.  Genesis games on the other hand sound fine for the low end, but any higher pitched sounds come out crackly and louder.  Sonic's spin dash is a good example of this, as it sound considerably louder than the other sound effects.  Toe Jam & Earl sounds suitably funky, but without an actual genesis to compare it to, it's difficult to say how accurate it is.  Again, how much of a problem this is up to your personal preferences.  At the end of the day it's still  a reliable way to play Genesis games along with NES games as a nice bonus.