Anyone remember the Sega Mega Drive

mr_vampy

Hi,
I recently bought a Sega Mega Drive 1 from a car boot sale. It's a UK PAL model. It came with Sonic the Hedgehog. My friend has a lot of Japanese game cartridges which are of a different shape. I was wondering would I be able to play those cartridges if I widen the cartridge slot?
Any info and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance

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mr_vampy wrote: »

I was wondering would I be able to play those cartridges if I widen the cartridge slot?

Even though you bought this machine at a car boot sale, I wouldn't be attempting any such radical alteration if you want to be able to continue using it with official games.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=sega+mega+drive+games&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&ei=YImEUdXlDu3L0AXH5oHIAQ

stef73

Looking at a video on youtube the mega drive 2 just needs the top taking off. Dont know about the mega drive 1 but its got to be worth taking off the top before trying to widen the slot.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

brings back memories, i had a sega master system 2! actually still have a pair of em up in my mothers loft.

Gunstar

Nice! You can't play the Jap games in the PAL megadrive without a mod or converter.

Easy solution is something like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sega-Mega-Drive-Japanese-Cartridge-Adaptor-Converter-Japanese-ToeJam-Earl-/261200336208?pt=UK_Video_Games_Cables_and_Adaptors&hash=item3cd0c0d550

I'm a retro game collector myself

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stef73 wrote: »

Dont know about the mega drive 1 but its got to be worth taking off the top before trying to widen the slot.

Best not to attempt any such physical modifications and to read up on the difference between PAL and NTSC.
As Gunstar said, converters are easily available, the only problem is they probably cost far more than the OP paid for console in the first place.

Justicia

mr_vampy wrote: »

Anyone remember the Sega Mega Drive

Yep - have one in my bottom drawer in front of me!

Did some sorting and moving around recently, and couldn't resist a game (or two, three....) of Desert Strike!

malkie76

PC emulators are available - they aren't illegal, but downloading ROMs would be.
There's a collection of Megadrive games on a single PS3 disk - not sure about XBox.

Personally I'd buy a raspberry pi and mod it to run an emulator.

bod1467

I've still got my MegaDrive in the bottom of my wardrobe.

Sonic The Hedgehog, Echo The Dolphin and PGA Tour Golf.

mttylad

Zombies was my favourite game.

Lum

This dude will so the job for £25, no idea if he's any good

http://www.consolepassion.co.uk/modification-sega-megadrive

Apparently there is a little more to it than just widening the slot, because of the 50Hz/60Hz thing.