Got a md2 yesterday, it had issues

1. Sometimes the reset button would barely work

Usually happens when console is on for a while 2. Controllers have "turbo" behavior (Start and C does it fast when held, rarely happens with A and B) I tried two different aftermarket controllers and both had issues, which didnt happen on my old md1 clone Might be my aftermarket power cable https://youtu.be/qtGknBL7sHE

Needing a replacement psu at some point to replace the old one

I'm thinking of buying a PAL copy of Streets of Rage 3 for the purposes of both playing and displaying since I think I might've found a good deal finally, but I don't see the point if there's no way to fix the music through a patch or code of some sort. SOR3 is one of the particularly infamous instances, it'd be tolerable if at least the music was consistent or something.

Hi there,

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I wonder if anyone can assist me,

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I had a regular megadrive 1 connected via pack a punch RGB cable to OSSC and had jailbars. i went onto ebay and i have purchase one that has the jailbar fix (as well as an overclock mod and region changer). When i hooked it up I saw the jail bars are still there? I contacted the seller and he assured me the mod was done correctly (told me how he did it) and that it was more than likely settings on my OSSC?

He also noted that of course he tested it (he doesn't have a OSSC) and there was no jailbars which is why i guess its an issue my end.

Is he right? if so what settings would i need to change to remove them? I did go through the settings but every change I made didn't do anything to the jailbars?

Before I look to return I just thought id check its nothing in my setup / settings that casuign them.

Cheers guys

Matt

hey I'm 14yrs old and I want to play this game called shaq fu because it looks silly. however I can't get an authentic PAL region cart and I looked at my other EA carts and it says "for use on a Sega genesis" . This makes me think EA carts are multi region and I can get a American game

please confirm

I have a Japanese Arcade Power Stick (3 button with micro switches). Works great, but does produce a friction sound. I hope that I can lubricate with some silicon grease.

However, it looks like the joystick's ball mechanism will be difficult to access. Anyone ever try this?

I was just going through my Mega Drive games to get rid of a few that I never play and found this Genesis game from when we were young! Seems weird to think that it found it's way to the UK thirty years ago and has just sat unplayed for all that time...

Asked the same for the Super Nintendo in /r/SNES - I'm wondering if one exists at all for either console, or at least something like it. Putting a paper together for school discussing the Console Wars and how advertising correlated to Nintendo and Sega's performance at that time. Thanks in advance!

I am looking for dumps of those and here is one of the carts in looking for a dump for (in the image below)

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Just bought my first Mega Drive! But no power... Opened it up to have a look (although my skills don't go beyond cleaning) and the only thing that looked off to me was this. Is that normal? And would it affect power? Thanks in advance!

Just something fun for whoever enjoys this, I set up a tiermaker event with a full set of PAL releases for you guys to vote on. I'm curious to see what Reddit thinks are the best and worst of the bunch.

CAST YOUR VOTES HERE

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I’m currently testing all my consoles, and I noticed my Mega Drive has basically a darker image than my SNES for instance.

Of course, I can adjust brightness and contrast on my CRT to have the same picture, but I’m wondering if Mega Drive's image was basically darker than the SNES one ?

Thanks !

Megadrive 2 Japanese no power

I need help please. I've got a sega Megadrive 2 Japanese edition. It doesn't want to pick up at all tuning in the tv. I've tested the power port and reflowed it. I've noticed on the pcs 8492 chip it looks like some of those tiny pins are slightly bridged. Could that cause a problem with it not tuning in or turning on? The other thing is it doesn't have a power led as they don't come with it. So not sure when it's on or off.

Hey guys I'm a proud owner of a TecToy Megadrive 3.

I've been wanting to know how you guys put rom hacks into the cartridges so I can make my own and play with them if I want to.

Also custom games like if I want to play lisa the first (Which is rpgmaker 2000) and want to make sure if i could run other games on the megadrive.

So if anyone knows or have any guide it would be appreciated thank you!

Just finished making this for one my favourite games. May end up annoying my wife with my whistling of the first stage when I see it but.. It's the small things :D

https://preview.redd.it/1zlgy01n25qc1.jpg?width=4624&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0f486828dadd8662b80959604bac385277eaac70