Sega genesis games work

It goes hand in hand with Saturn collecting. You really could have just googled both questions. Not worth making a thread out of. Originally Posted by A Black Falcon. Bloodlines is the problem, not me. Both of those are outstanding games, among the best platformers of the generation.

In comparison Bloodlines is third or fourth tier. No, it's unbiased analysis. In fairness, when you put together all the possibilities with TMSS vs. Take Soleil, the Euro version of Crusader of Centy: you can get a Game Genie code to bypass the region lockout, but what good will that do if you can't save through a Game Genie?

The only option there is to region-mod the console. Another weird one is Super Daisenryaku. Sega screwed up the implementation of TMSS on that cart, so even though it's first-party, it won't work on the Model 2 et al.

And then there are pirate carts that only work when the console's region is set to Japan, but no one knows exactly why or at least that was the case when last I checked , since it doesn't seem to be regular region lockout.

That's in addition to the bizarre TMSS behavior on those carts, which has been discussed elsewhere. Anyway, there are Game Genie codes for most games that don't use save memory and many that do , so region lockout can almost always be defeated.

I already know about the Saturn Action Replay cartridges but I was wondering if there was a type of like Swap Magic disc to play import games. I actually read the big mega drive import thread but wasnt satisfied with the answers. So European Mega Drive games will work on a Genesis console with no problem or will there be some issues as the speed of the games and what not. It's only the older model 4 in 1s that have the thick PCB. I ordered my action replay 4 in 1 auto plus from play-asia and it actually has a smaller PCB than the official RAM cart.

I definitely recommend it since it plays the majority of imports and even supports RAM games like the awesome Vampire Savior. Music plays at the correct speed in both games, though the gameplay speed may be too fast on Psycho Pinball. It's hard to tell since the PC Psycho Pinball, which doesn't have speed differences between regions, seems to run closer to the speed of the game on a US Genesis.

Last edited by BrianC; at PM. Originally Posted by zetastrike. An alternative root that you can use is to import a cheap Mega Drive only the console, dirt cheap on ebay and hook it up with your cables, controller and PSU that you use for your Genesis. The basics can be simplified down to one fact: Bypassing a game's lockout does not change the console's region. Quick Navigation Genesis Does! Genesis Does! Then you can choose between p p resolutions. This is a really handy little device, and it is a little device.

A tiny this guy is it's it's pretty nice looking. Next, let's talk about controls, and there's no cooler way to do that than one of these.

So recently, Retro-Bit acquired the the ability to make officially licensed Sega Genesis controllers, and this right here is they're officially licensed eight-button arcade pad. This is basically, we did a whole video on these relatively recently, so I'm not going to go into the full details here, but they're molded after the original Sega Genesis controllers like the six button pads.

This is a wireless one that we also carry a wired version and they come in a couple of different colors. These are very, very nice. There's a lot of great options now. You want something a little more modern. This will help you out. This is a super converter from Brooke Accessories. What this does is it plugs into your Sega Genesis system, and then you can use your S3 or PS4 controllers on your mega drive or PC engine. If you if if that's the direction you want to go.

But yes, these are really cool things. These super converters. Brook actually makes a whole bunch of different flavors for all manner of different systems to use all kinds of different controllers on different systems.

We also did a more detailed breakdown of these in another video, which I will link to description, but this is another great way to use your existing controllers on your second genesis if you are lacking for Genesis controllers. These controllers are super nice and if you wanted to use something like this on your genesis, you can thanks to this little doodad.

This is a retro receiver. They make these for a couple of different platforms, including the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive. And this will plug right into your Genesis controller port and allow you to use other wireless 8BitDo controllers.

Whichever ones make you happy on your Sega Genesis, they just pair right up. They're pretty straightforward and they'll get the job done. Next up, let's talk a little bit about maintenance. There are a couple of different ways that you want to protect your games, keep them clean and all that kind of stuff, and the most important thing is getting some sort of case. So let's start with this one right here. This is from retro a bit. This is the cartridge case compatible with Genesis.

This is exactly what it looks like. This is a replica of the original Sega Genesis game cases. It's the same size. It's got the same exact feel like the same kind of plastic feel and cartridges fit in as normal and go grab this one out of here and plop it right in there.

Look, that fits like a dream. You've got all your stuff, your instruction manuals. And there you have it the retro bit cartridge case compatible with Sega Genesis. Deluxe, we have our own cases. These are bitboxes. Again, we've done another whole video on these guys in the past, but these are the ones that we make exclusively at Stone Age Gamer. They're kind of like the old Disney VHS tape cases. And what's cool about these is that you can fit a variety of game cartridges inside of them, so you can see the toe diameter all fits right in there like that.

But this will also fit your EA Sports games. It'll fit 32X games and then the cases line up on your shelf. They're all the same size, unlike the original Genesis ones that come in all kinds of funky sizes.

So you got a couple of different options for keeping your games protected in fancy looking cases. Isn't that something special? I want to show you right here, this is your OldSkool cartridge cleaner. It's pretty straightforward. You just kind of, you know, put a couple of drops of rubbing alcohol onto the wet side of the cleaner and you just kind of it's got a wet side and a dry side.

You take it out of the plastic bag, you rub it on your contacts on the inside there. Get your cartridge all nice and clean. These are security bits that'll attach to pretty much any screwdriver you got. Plug this sucker in and let me see if I can get it out of this bag here without too much hassle. I am terrible with tiny plastic bags. It's just never been my forte where we go, and you can see that the Sega Genesis cartridges have these security screws in the back and the screwdriver bit will latch right on and you can unscrew your games.

You can open them up and do whatever you want on the inside of there. Do you want to put like small troll dolls inside your Genesis cartridges?