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Is there any way to do this with SMS and Genesis?

Or do you NEED the converter? Isn't the converter mostly just for the Hu Cards?

>>1424673
Whoa slow down there you're asking a lot of questions at once.

SMS and Mark 3 are compatible but require a converter

Mega Drive and Genesis are directly interchangeable except for cart shape and some games are region locked. Game Genie works great for that

HUcards are region locked. You could get an adapter but a PC-Engine won't cost much more than the adapter.

Heh. Talk about a SHOESTRING BUDGET...

>>1424705
shit cost me $4

>>1424705

>>1424686
>>1424673
both of you are confusing too many things.

>>1424673
HuCards are for Turbografx, what you're thinking of are simply called "Sega cards" or "MyCards" in some instances. Though sega card was more common.

And the converter mushroom thing for the model 1 that you're probably thinking of is indeed just a pass through device if wikipedia is correct.

>As the cartridge slot is of a different shape, Sega released the Power Base Converter, a separate device that sits between a Master System cartridge and the Mega Drive's cartridge slot. The Power Base Converter does not contain any Master System components, instead functioning as a pass-through device, and consisting almost entirely of passive circuitry. The converter contains a top slot for cartridge-based games along with a front slot for card-based games, as well as the 3-D glasses adapter. When a Master System game is inserted, the system puts the Z80 in control, leaving the Mega Drive's main 68000 processor idle.

>>1424686
idk what this mark 3 thing is, cant comment there.
The bit on the MD/Genesis is correct though. Some of the later games are region locked though the software, but there are actually game genie codes you can use to get around this (lel).

The Hucards bit is also correct, but [probably] unrelated to what he was actually talking about.
though it usually holds up for the genesis/master system converter as well. The only converters I've seen have been about $60, which is what master systems go for.

On an related note, check out this auction.
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sega-Genesis-Power-Base-Converter-Black-Red-Model-1620-/141186935047?pt=US_Video_Game_Cables_Adapters&hash=item20df65a907

>>1424718
Mark 3 is a Nippon SMS

>>1424718
So theoretically, one SHOULD be able to do something more simple to play SMS games on Genny.

Why hasn't anyone made a SMS to Genesis Honeybee yet?

>>1424732
dunno, but I'd love to find out how, I'm too poor to buy a converter or master system.

>>1424718
>idk what this mark 3 thing is, cant comment there.

>>1424740
My SMS is broken. Thats why I want to find out.

>>1424732
>>1424740

>>1424749
Well there you have it.

...and the piece de resistance does both... unfortunately no longer available and probably held onto tightly by those who have them (markiii mode shown here)

I have this top tier stack pictured but my model 1 cd is a shit so I'd really like one of the slim power base converters for my X'Eye

>>1424774

sweet

>>1424765
So was it just a backwards compatible model or some shit?

>>1424749
I half suspect that those things only work on PAL consoles. Can anybody confirm if they work on NTSC consoles with no issue?

>>1425419
Seems like if you modify your console to use Megadrive carts, they would work fine.

>>1424705
PEDRO!!

>>1425417
Yes, backward compatibility was a basic property of Sega consoles before Saturn, but for Western gamers the only thing that really matters is Genesis (and Game Gear) are backward compatible with Master System.

>>1425419
Don't know about that particular model but other thins I've tried work fine on NTSC consoles 1 and 2

>>1425606
PAL & NTSC are functions of the console and the cartridge. These are just pin converters.

>>1424705
RODRIGO

>>1425618
>just pin converters
No, it clearly has a shell. While it looks like it would fit into a Genesis based on the picture it would be foolish to say an obscure version of a 3rd party device would do something it doesn't claim to without more information.

>>1425419
NTSC consoles have SMS support, at least. I've got a PBC and a Mega EverDrive with SMS ROMs and both work just fine.

In the worst case, you'll need to dremel out the case.

Just buy a Famicom, and stop fucking around.

>>1426897
While I'm not really one to talk since I did exactly this, Wouldn't it be much easier and cheaper to do what he's already done, modify your NES for expansion sound, and import games as necessary?

The only real advantages you get from a Famicom are the use of NSF player cartridges and the the add-ons, which are expensive as fuck and mostly useless anyway with the exception of the FDS, and mine failed after just a month.

>>1426863
see
>>1424765

Also, shells come of.

>>1426897
I have a famicom.
My TV doesn't tune to 95 and I don't want to put a VCR on my entertainment center wasting space. I already have 8 systems.

Besides, this also cuts down the fami, and works just as easy as sticking carts in the NES

>>1427031
AV mod it, anon. It's not that difficult and it's totally worth it. At least it'll get some use afterward.

>>1427135
But again, it takes up space that this saves. I still have the fami on display, but this is much easier and lets me use one console for the work of 2

>>1427165
For me it's the opposite, I hardly use my NES because of the 72-60 converter I got. These really are wonderful machines.

>>1424656
>Ghetto rigging general?
Well, so I don't shit up the thread with things I own there's this thing I did to the adapter. Lets me have expansion sound from NES flash carts and repros.

>>1427360
Nice-desu.

>>1427371
I don't know why they relocated the cartridge slot though since now the mastergear converter won't fit.

>>1427024
Someone else posted a picture of a different device in a Mega Drive. What that has to do with a different device fitting in a genesis remains a mystery.
>Also, shells come of.
Also PCBs etch and solder attaches connectors to them. All kinds of amazing stuff happens when you make it happen.

>>1427382
I didn't even know there was a revised GG

>>1427532
There isn't. That was a homebrew project

>>1427415
See, you don't have to have a shell on a pcb for it to go in a cartridge slot. Any idiot can remove a shell or use a Game Genie as a riser.

>>1427360
wh... where is the screen

>>1428016
On their TV

>>1427846
Dude nothing you have said has anything to do with where the megadrive adapter the guy asked about will plug into a Genesis. Is this a shitty troll or are you really that retarded?

>>1428683
Okay.... Let me really spell this out for you... The only difference in a "Master System to Mega Drive" adapter and a"Master System to Genesis" adapter is the shape of the cartridge shell. The PCB design, pin licationsetc are all exactly the same so you plug it into a Genesis the same way you plug it into a Mega Drive, in the cartridge slot. To make it fit you can do any number of extremely simple things:
>Remove the PCB from the shell completely and just plug the naked PCB in
>Cut away the plastic on the cartridge shell that keeps it from fitting in the slot
>Cut away the plastic on the slot that keeps the cartridge from fitting
>Swap shells with a worthless Genesis game and cut a hole in the top for the master system slot to stick out of
>Use a riser like a Mega Drive to Genesis adapter or a Game Genie
Do you understand how simple this is yet?

The hassle is actually finding one for sale.

>>1429319
You don't have to spell anything out for me. You seem intent on arguing a point that no one is arguing. Let me spell it out for you.
Some guy speculated that an adapter that said it was for a mega drive might not not work on a Genesis and asked for advice.
I told him most like it do but couldn't comment on that particular one as I hadn't use it.
You decided to claim that it would even though you never used one before and didn't know whether that device actually worked or was even a real thing. When called on that you went into aspie mode and tried to argue about something no one was arguing about.

If you've used that device before and can say from experience it works then come out and say so. If not, stop the elitist lectures about adapters I was building while you were in diapers and go share your autim with someone else.

>>1429446
You're theone who doesn't know what the fuck you're talking about. Go ahead and post some pics of your home made master system to mega drive adapter and then go ahead and explain to us how it would be possible to build one that would be region locked or why anyone would want to do such a thing.

This is AN ADAPTER. It has no software, no bios, no nothing. None of them do, it would be beyond retarded for them to but whatever. The fewer people who want to buy them the cheaper they'll be. I feel no obligation to convince people to listen to good advice.

>>1429701
Don't argue with him, his father might be electronics.

>>1425419
there' no region locking on the console itself, only on some carts. If it's for the pal market it will probably work in any region.

The only issue would be if it's made for a Japanese console, in which case you may need to modify the port of your genesis to get it to fit, or plug it into a game genie.

>>1429714
Oh yeah.. You're right. I forgot they were made with CDROM technology the laser could data but he doesn't remember how but he did it.

>>1429727
Console merging wizard he may be, but he'll never surpass the original.

>We've been getting the story wrong this whole time

>>1429743
fuck I miss trolling the shit out of that retard

>>1429714
>>1429727
>>1429743
Stay classy /vr/.

His first thread was fucking golden:https://archive.foolz.us/vr/thread/831170

>>1429747
>fuck I miss trolling the shit out of that retard

Protip: You weren't doing the trolling.

>>1429770
I'm legitimately convinced he was completely serious. There's no possible way he was trying to elicit a response from us for fun.

>>1429790
That one at least had some basis in reality.

>>1429792
I kind of wish he were here now. He'd have loved the thread topic.

>>1429701
>region locked
You're the only one who's said that. Why do you insist on trying to argue against things no one said? All I said is that a Mega Drive adapter might not fit in a Genesis. If you'd stop making up things to argue against you'd probably be a lot less butthurt.

>>1429803
Adapters are typically sold without shells. There will very likely be no problems getting it to fit because it'll just be a board.

Why not pick up a flash cart for your md/genesis? My edmd v3 also plays sms games. And it's not too expensive when you consider nit having to buy the games...

>>1429803
...okay I'm done. I've explained many ways an adapter in a megadrive shell could be made to fit into a genesis and vice versa I've explained how adapters will not be region locked there's nothing left to explain.