Hello everyone,

Recently I modded my Megadrive model 2 with a region free switch + DFO mod. The megadrive was originally PAL UK.

I think I did everything correctly, but the colours are off when playing games in NTSC. More specifically it seems the red colour is gone. In these pictures you can see Sonic 3 playing in NTSC and PAL. Everything other than the colours is fine (aspect ration, speed, etc.)

https://imgur.com/a/1RzU8Lx

The megadrive is connected to a PAL CRT over composite. I don't have this problem when using an RGB SCART. I've also tried to connect the Megadrive to a modern flat tv over composite, same issue.

This is the mod I installed (I'm not affiliated): https://www.retroupgrades.co.uk/product/sega-md-genesis-region-dfo/

Is the lack of red expected? I don't have this problem when playing in 60hz with my other consoles with the same CRT over composite (PS1, PS2 and a Jap Snes).

EDIT: Minor thing, but this issue happens also over RF

I know I am mega late to this type of stuff, but me and my 2 friends wanted to play a game of Sonic Classic Heroes. We have the latest Kega Fusion build, and the latest download of the ROM hack. I looked up tutorials and ways to have my friends play the game. But so far only 2 people can control their characters and the 3rd becomes an AI. We all activated the TeamPort and nothing changed. Any steps or tips that we missed? Would be gladly appreciated.

I bought a Sega Mega Drive model 1 in Korea and confirmed that it is a Japanese NTSC 60hz model (not Asian/PAL model). It does not have "Samsung" or any Korean language on it anywhere. I live in the USA and I bought a 110-220v step-up converter to power it and it works. I tried plugging in a 110v cable to it and it would not power on.

Does this confirm that the PSU of this Japanese Sega Mega Drive was swapped out for a Korean PSU at some point?

Becoming rare these days. A nice clean example.

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I have a faint memory of a game I rented twice as a child. You played as a dark creature with a scythe, resembling "Death." It was an isometric game set in dungeons with light brown walls, where you fought monsters.

The store owner mentioned it was banned in several countries, which intrigued me to rent it. It had a similar vibe to Splatterhouse but wasn't side-scrolling.

I've been curious about this game for years. Can anyone help identify it?

Edit: solved. It’s called “The Immortal” Thanks everyone

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Wanna play?

I'm thinking about modding my mega drive and I've been looking at some options and found this one. But I'm not sure if it's a good one? I'm in the UK so need something here

I'm just curious about if it's a good one because it looks like it just feeds the image back into the stock rgb ? Is it just to make composite better? Does it improve rgb at all because that's what I want to use it for?

Isn't the amp on the mod board better than the default one? Anyone have comparison photos?

What would happen if I just used the rgb output off the board and didn't put it back to the default one like this pic? Wouldn't it be the wrong voltage or something?

So, if wanted to make a repro of Sonic 2 or 3 using krikk and dragon drive flash kit, Will they work with Sonic & Knuckles?

On the outside, it's an American Genesis. And that's what it was created as and sold as.

However, I performed a mod on it years ago with almost zero knowledge, using a style which I like to refer to as "being a big dumb doofy-doo" in the words of Markiplier.

I didn't have any soldering equipment, but I did have Gorilla Glue, 10 second quick drying edition.

Yes, I am by no means an experienced modder. If this offense you, feel free to downvote me to oblivion. Even though that's not the focal point of this post, I still openly acknowledge my mistakes.

So.

Take a gander at this here permanently modified JAPANESE MEGA DRIVE BECAUSE I ACCIDENTALLY FUSED TWO OF THE TRACES TOGETHER.

I noticed that, after this, there was a rather delightful change however.

When playing games (such as Raiden Trad) that work on both the American and Japanese models but change the language, it now plays in Japanese.

When playing a Japanese multi cart where some of the games previously wouldn't start because of region locking, now ALL those games would run on this thing.

So, I have a question: which, for a default region-free experience, is the BEST region to set it to? I don't mean to glorify my own stupidity, but I think I actually unintentionally did that. As far as I can tell, while Google did say there are some American games that won't work on a Japanese Mega Drive, it appears to me that the Japanese Mega Drive, in total, can play more games out of the entire English-Japanese library than the American Genesis can.

In other words, am I correct that a Japanese Mega Drive region locks less American carts than an American Genesis locks Japanese carts?

No need to tell me about PAL games, I'm already aware those won't run on either of these without a converter or game genie. And I also know that my console needs a shell swap to physically insert Japanese carts into this thing, or if I don't care about appearances, I can just either rip off the top left and right corners of the slot. Or just take the whole top of the shell off whenever I want to play one.

Tries to make the cover, tell me your feedback in the comments!

Hey, I'm new here, I just picked up a Sega megadrive for relatively cheap, the only issue with it is that the pins for controller port one at all bent, and I was wondering if I could just use controller port 2 for just single player, would this work do yals think, or can someone find out for me, because I could find any info on Google anywhere if this would work or not

can’t really see much about it on here but I’m very excited to play a few games with it! It has a real classic arcade feel to it with the stick and the button sizes

Does my art look Retro? ❤️

I've got a Nomad that I've done a number of mods on. When I got it it was stock and the screen was very dead. I replaced it with an LCDDRV kit, did the mods to get Sega CD games to work -- audio and another line I ran to the cartridge port -- and made a new battery for it that's ran off of two 18650's.

This worked fine for about 3 months before the system started intermittently glitching and crashing. Things like jump pads would be missing in levels in Sonic CD and it'd always just freeze hard after a couple levels. It did weird stuff like this in most games. It corrupted my Phantasy Star save.

I finally got around to recapping it today, that went without issue and the system is running, but I'm still getting freezes in Sonic CD. All the other games I've tested seem fine now, so the recap seems to have fixed something.

I know the Nomad isn't officially compatible with this but is there a known incompatibility I'm hitting?

The mega everdrive pro works fine in a Model 2 Genesis.

I'm using two 18650's with a low voltage protection board in a 3D printed battery for power.

What else should I look at at the system?