Megacart, the ultimate utility cart for your segacd/megacd

"I couldn't believe it was some amateur's work "
Topgear2 is a real game, used in factory QC :P It isn't amateur :) Its even my dump from my pirate game i bought at singapore when i was a kid :P Haha, its certainely the best arcade racing game for genesis, like 60 tracks and uber fast action (when you put all to the max)...
I asked to erase it, nobody should never see it again, sorry.

About the utility disc, you must be using megacart.exe utilitydisc building functions, right?
Put all your roms on the utility_disc/disc_content folder, be sure to not exeed 255 files in this folder and no more than 400MB (megacd cannot read data with good accurency over 440MB).
Also get sure to have all your roms in .bin / .32x format :)

Ha, yes, a last thing, when you'll boot your fresh utility disc, just hold Start (not A,B or C), else you wont be able to flash anything.

Then enjoy :) If you have any problem, just tell me.

New firmware and tool update comming soon...
I just wanted to know if someone found a DISC game that was incompatible with megacart?

The first 25 units run got out of stock. A big investment was done few days ago to manufacturate a discontinued part to allow a second run. All should go back to normal in a few days.

Thx for your support and see you soon :)

I'm playing Japanese Final Fight CD on my Euro Mega CD II and the cart in a Genesis 32X, everything works great!

This thing is awesome. Definitely worth the money.

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Originally Posted by Fonzie

The first 25 units run got out of stock. A big investment was done few days ago to manufacturate a discontinued part to allow a second run. All should go back to normal in a few days.

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I finally got the money together and just placed an order (I didn't see it was out of stock :(). How long until the new run is ready to go?

I really hope I didn't miss out on this!

I hope you didn't too. I bought it thinking I'd need it to play the Japanese version of Final Fight CD. Then after ordering it but before receiving it, I figured out how to change the bios of my Japanese Final Fight CD disc and re-burn it. So after that happened, I thought maybe I'd sell my MegaCart after receiving it. But after I got it and I fully learned of everything it can do, NO FREAKIN' WAY I'M SELLING IT NOW. This thing kicks ass.

Thank you for your comments Haggar, I really appreciate.
I used to convert my isos too... but this is incredibly boring and a bit harmful for megacd to read CDRs in some cases.

"How long until the new run is ready to go?"
A week or two, probably. I'll ask if there are some megacart left.

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Originally Posted by Fonzie

A week or two, probably. I'll ask if there are some megacart left.

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Well it looks like I didn't have anything to worry about. I just got a confirmation email from Tototek that my order shipped today. :D

Using Megacart is a hell of a lot easier than having stacks of burnt & reburnt CD-Rs everywhere. CD-Rs that are easily lost and won't last as long as the real deal :)

The megacart works great. It has allowed me to use my NTSC Japanese Megadrive 1 with a PAL Australian MegaCD. The American SegaCD games run in NTSC mode too (not pal), which is great, as all the dialogue is in sync! I tried running Lunar on a PAL megadrive 1 and the pal megacd and the dialogue was all out.

This brings me to the conclusion that the MegaCD/SegaCD is capable of outputting both NTSC and PAL, and all it does is check what frequency the megadrive/genesis is running at. Of course, without the megacart I get a message saying that the MegaCD will not work with the NTSC Megadrive.

I thought the megacart was going to be like the pro action replay, where you could plug the cartridge on the top to be able to bypass the check. This has probably been covered somewhere on this forum but how do I copy one of the genesis games (from cartridge) to the megacart? Or can I only get a game on the megacart by downloading the rom from the net?

Hi,
Yeah, megacart also allow you to connect any segacd to any megadrive region :) Thx for noticing this (i forgot to told about that).

"This brings me to the conclusion that the MegaCD/SegaCD is capable of outputting both NTSC and PAL"
Yeah, of course, all megacd are same hardware. That is why megacart is very great and safe to use (it is not hyjacking the system like ProCDX).


"I thought the megacart was going to be like the pro action replay, where you could plug the cartridge on the top to be able to bypass the check."
Nope, unfortunately... or fortunately , depends ;)

To transfer a rom on the megacart, you must download it on the internet (this is legal if you have the original cartridge) and use megacart adaptator or burn an utility disc :)

See ya and good luck :)
Don't hesitate to do a review :D one day...

How do I use this "SMD2BIN" program? I drag and drop smd.-files into it, but it just closes itself. Does it work with the translated Monster World IV ROM? Can't you make a "MEGA CART FOR DUMMIES" were everything needed to know is explained?

Hi,

If you drop a smd file on it, it will close, yeah :P but it had created a .bin copy of your file (in same folder, msdos name).

In fact, i made a FAQ at megacart webpage that explain almost all :)
I'll add the smd question/answer soon.


Good luck :)

No file is created in the folder. The program says:

"16-bit MS-DOS-undersystem

C:\ [...] utils\SMD2BIN.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\AUTOEXEC.NT. The system file is not good to run DOS- and Microsoft Windows-program. Choose Close to shut down the program.

Close Ignore"

I guess the error is in my comp hardware. How do I fix it?

umm sorry if this old tool isn't compatible, by searching on google smd2bin, there are other tools available :)
http://www.programmersheaven.com/dow.../download.aspx

I never checked this one... to know if it works, just load the rom on emulator after conversion.

good luck and thx for the notifying