sixteen-bit
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Yeah for sure. I'm having mad trouble finding a working CDROM2 for my PCE :/
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Sega Genesis/MegaDrive Appreciation Thread: Alien Storm > Golden Axe
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Yeah for sure. I'm having mad trouble finding a working CDROM2 for my PCE :/
Genesis Knight
Member
I run my PCE-CD games off a modded oXbox. When I'm lazy I run MegaCD games off it, too, because I can't be bothered to pull out my MegaCart v1 to run JP CDs on my US SegaCD.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Can't you just rip a JP game, change the region code, burn it to CD-R and toss it in the console?
Genesis Knight
Member
Yeah, but that's totally less cool. If I play Heavy Nova MegaCD I want to see that damn label art going in, man.
A Black Falcon
Member
Just buy a broken one and have someone at PCEFX fix it. That's what I did for the CD drive for my TG16 CD.
I know we have a (not too long) thread now, and I know the SNES won that in a dominating victory, but even so, Genesis prices have DEFINITELY gone up in recent years. Locally at least, I'm probably paying (or seeing stickers for) twice as much for plenty of Genesis games, versus what I paid for them back in '06-'07, after I first got the system....
I'm starting to get into RGB in a big way so I decided I'm going to mod my Mega Drive so I can play other region games (I have a few already) and in 60Hz with no silly borders.
Now I got the cover off okay, and now I've got all the screws off the motherboard shield just fine too except for one, argh! It's the raised one and it had all this weird green glue around it (that had crystallised) and no matter how much of it I scrape off I can't get this screw undone (and I don't want to strip the thread by trying too much either). Is there anything that will dissolve that glue?
Now I got the cover off okay, and now I've got all the screws off the motherboard shield just fine too except for one, argh! It's the raised one and it had all this weird green glue around it (that had crystallised) and no matter how much of it I scrape off I can't get this screw undone (and I don't want to strip the thread by trying too much either). Is there anything that will dissolve that glue?
Armoured Priest
Member
Well, you can't do the usual trick of importing the "cheaper Japanese version" so often because there weren't printruns for games in the same way they were done for SFamicom (or other systems). The "big" print runs tended to be the North American print runs.
I'm seeing similar things (excluding EA/Sega Sports yearly sports games, of course).
A Black Falcon
Member
You're right, for Genesis games the Japanese versions are often even more expensive... and Genesis games have definitely seen a significant price increase. I'm not sure why people haven't noticed this as much, have people not been collecting for the Genesis for long or something? When I started buying classic consoles in '05-'06 the Genesis was much cheaper to buy for than the SNES, and while that is still true, I think the gap might have actually closed somewhat; SNES prices are up, but so are Genesis prices.
So yeah, I don't think I'll be finding any more copies of Splatterhouse 2 for like $7 or something, as I did back then.
Posted this in the other thread, but seeing as there's more fans of the console here, I'll repost.
Just brought a console (itself, no wires or pads) for £20 on ebay with free shipping. It's 50/60hz modded, JP Model 1, and region free. Here's the ebay photo:
Does that look alright? Did I get a good deal? According to the description it's got the better sound hardware, whatever that means.
Just brought a console (itself, no wires or pads) for £20 on ebay with free shipping. It's 50/60hz modded, JP Model 1, and region free. Here's the ebay photo:
Does that look alright? Did I get a good deal? According to the description it's got the better sound hardware, whatever that means.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Yeah the prices of Genesis games have definitely gone up.
The collection I put together several years ago would cost about four times as much today.
Take this game for example. Awhile back I bought it with 10+ other games all with boxes & manuals for ...$20? Probably less.
EDIT: FML!!!!
Pulseman is going for $200+ now. I shoulda never sold my copy.
The collection I put together several years ago would cost about four times as much today.
Take this game for example. Awhile back I bought it with 10+ other games all with boxes & manuals for ...$20? Probably less.
EDIT: FML!!!!
Pulseman is going for $200+ now. I shoulda never sold my copy.
Shadow Hog
Member
Sounds to me like you're fine, honestly. "Better sound hardware" means it doesn't have the somewhat muffled-sounding audio output that late Model 1s/non-late Model 2s have; if you had bought an NTSC-U Genesis, it'd be the ones saying "HIGH DEFINITION GRAPHICS" on the upper part of the circle surrounding the cartridge slot.
Japanese Mega Drive cartridges are weird; they're larger, have special grips on the edges, and also have little notches on the left side to allow for a cartridge locking mechanism (once the power's on, the cartridges are held into place by a little arm on that side). As such (mostly as a result of the first detail), they don't fit into Western Geneses and Mega Drives without the use of a Game Genie or such. The opposite, however (US Genesis/EU Mega Drive games in Japanese Mega Drive slot), works fine, although I'm not sure if the locking arm gets in the way any (I don't have a Japanese Mega Drive to try, nor do I have room for one).
AVGN reviewed it. Presumably that bumped recognition of it up.
Yeah it's part of the reason I almost exclusively buy loose carts rather than boxed copies. If I had the money, sure I'd get them all boxed but yikes some of them get really pricey. That and just being able to keep a ton of games hanging around in an old shoebox saves SO much space.
sixteen-bit
Member
Gamefreak fans going in, lol.
Game is definitely not worth it though. Kinda average tbh.
edit: Also available on VC if you want to try it.
goddamn, i bought a copy of this complete and NM in Japan for like $30 dollars a few years ago. lmao
anyone got any good suggestions for relatively inexpensive, fun Japanese Mega Drive games? I'm trying to rebuild some of my collection.
sixteen-bit
Member
Puyo Puyo Tsuu is super fun and cheap as fuck.
Went to this local retro game store I've been hearing about earlier. Oh man, some seriously good stuff there, majority of it complete and boxed. Was tempted to buy a Donkey Kong Game and Watch, but resisted the temptation.
Picked up these two for cheaper than they would have been on ebay:
Both are absolutely mint. Game has all the manuals inside. Now, just to wait for my console + rgb cable (with stereo jack) and power adapter. hooray
Also, as a kid who grew up with the SNES and only played SEGA at a mates house, I now understand why only three SNES games were boxed in the store, whereas ALL of the SEGA games were complete and boxed, not a single one loose. these cases are awesome. Why didn't Nintendo have them?! Cheap fucks.
Picked up these two for cheaper than they would have been on ebay:
Both are absolutely mint. Game has all the manuals inside. Now, just to wait for my console + rgb cable (with stereo jack) and power adapter. hooray
Also, as a kid who grew up with the SNES and only played SEGA at a mates house, I now understand why only three SNES games were boxed in the store, whereas ALL of the SEGA games were complete and boxed, not a single one loose. these cases are awesome. Why didn't Nintendo have them?! Cheap fucks.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Yeah that was my thought as well. The price started to surge shortly after the AVGN video came out.
it's a pretty fun licensed game if memory serves though.
compile developed it, right?
Genesis Knight
Member
I wish we would just move on from this constant rehashing of rising retro prices. I guess it's always a new topic to somebody.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
its not just a few things tho its everything across all consoles now
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
Yes and sorta yes.
Some compile devs are listed in the credits, but Compile themselves didn't take credit.
i thought i remembered reading that before. thanks for the clarification.
Fox Mulder
Member
well some genesis games came in cardboard too at some point.
sixteen-bit
Member
I hated that shit
The clamshells were so much better.
did the Japanese Mega Drive titles ever have them? I sort of recall seeing one or two but then again I have some later gen Mega Drive (Dynamite Headdy) titles and they are plastic.
sixteen-bit
Member
Yeah, my '94 and '95 JP MD releases still use the clamshells. I don't have anything later than that though.
My JP Sonic and Knuckles is cardboard, but so is my PAL one.
Fox Mulder
Member
how are sega cd's doing today? I've been interested in buying one, but don't really want to spend lots of money on a cd drive from that long ago. There's a bookstore near me that has the genesis-cd model two combo for $70, but I already have a genesis.
I should probably just go ahead anyways and buy that given the prices on ebay.
I should probably just go ahead anyways and buy that given the prices on ebay.
I'd still kill for a MegaCD 1. Still think those things look boss as fuck. I remember seeing one in my local video game store (it was a fairly hardcore one that imported consoles as well, this is around the mid-90s) and thinking it looked like the shit.
They easy enough to come by these days?
They easy enough to come by these days?
Well I just bent the shield up instead and worked on it that way, now I have region free MD1, yay!
Genesis Knight
Member
Go for an M2 if you want it to last.
IrishNinja
Member
yeah model 1's are less problematic and in my experience, way more expensive. i super lucked out with a local craigslist for my latest one, but ive seen even broken ones go $150+ on ebay, it's crazy.
sixteen-bit
Member
I want a Model 1 JP Mega CD so bad.
IrishNinja
Member
2 things i can't seem to find cheap enough:
1) complete sega menacer & boxed game...well, i guess box don't matter, i could replace that. i just want all 3 parts & the game onna cheap!
2) a sega channel adapter like i had. they rarely seem to show up on ebay & fetch way too much for dead tech, i just thought it'd be cool to have again!
nah....this is what you want
1) complete sega menacer & boxed game...well, i guess box don't matter, i could replace that. i just want all 3 parts & the game onna cheap!
2) a sega channel adapter like i had. they rarely seem to show up on ebay & fetch way too much for dead tech, i just thought it'd be cool to have again!
nah....this is what you want
Much difference between that and a PAL or US one?
I still love the MegaCD (and I guess SegaCD?) music:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdwmU2gsfUg
Does anyone have a direct BIOS (or whatever) rip of that audio? I love it.
The fuck? Dev kit?nah....this is what you want
IrishNinja
Member
sixteen-bit
Member
Old CD-based consoles have the whackest looking dev kits. Since CD burning wasn't really an option, the builds were saved over several hard drives linked together since the storage capacity of a CD was much higher than a single hard drive in the late 80's / early 90s, lol. The PCE/Turbo CD dev kit is fucking massive.
I've played it this very way before (before I got my Mega Drive).
Holy shit, the guy was selling it for only 1,200 pounds? That seems like a goddamn steal, especially considering what it contains!
Have to guess that it came from a UK dev that just never got rid of it... likely one that closed down not long prior. Possibly Bizarre (who developed Wiz 'n' Liz under the name Raising Hell)?
I hated that shit
The clamshells were so much better.
I agree with all of these statements.
Pluseman is so bizzare to me. I love Sonic, Mega Man, and Pokémon, but this game just doesn't do it for me.
The_Afroman
Member
Does anyone know a place/seller/someone that can do a svideo mod on my 32x? I have my model 1 done, but obviously i can't play my 32x that way..
No. The video out of the Genesis plugs into a video in on the 32x, and then the 32x has it's own video out.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
finally found a complete bimini run a lot of them seem to be loose 
IrishNinja
Member
couldn't say, but then i have no frame of reference for these things so initially, i thought the price was quite high...the more i looked at just how complete it was, the less i thought this!
never did play that one but i imagine it wasn't super memorable?
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
like to get weird sports titles