Paprium: The Official Thread Mk 2

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Originally Posted by majinga

Done. And nothing. The game freeze just after i remove the MCD.
By the way the game freeze at the first stage even with the MCD. Don't seem just an issue with the pin impedance.
The missing reset is strange. The game try to do something that completely freeze the system.

With my other systems it seem to work well. I played it a bit, up to the stage with the singing golden guy. I don't know what level was that, i was not paying attention.
I'm using PAL MD, I only have PAL MDs.

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Are you using 8bitdo pads?

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Originally Posted by matteus

Are you using 8bitdo pads?

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Nope

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Originally Posted by majinga

Nope

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Okay just sounded very much like 108stars issue. Not sure what else to suggest at this point.

I finished to remove the gunk from the PCB.
There is some funny silkscreen under there. It's a shame he covered them with epoxy.
The main ram is an ISSI IC42S16100SOMETHING
The ICs on the bottom right are buffers: ON semi LCX245
The ones on the top left are multiplexer: ON semi LCX257

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Originally Posted by SEGA-Jorge

Ug, the Genesis needs a proper arcade stick bad. I think the Grand Stick III looks pretty good, and I'd be willing to grab one of those, if the reviews are good. Not digging the curved plate build, but if it's solid, that's all that matters.

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I use the Brook adapter w/ any of my numerous PS4 / PC arcade sticks. You can get it numerous places since Arcade Shock was a ripoff since they have the North American exclusivity. I got mine instead from Ebay,

https://arcadeshock.com/products/bro...-nec-pc-engine

Looks like they finally dropped the price to $39.95. Used to be something like $55 which was ludicrous.

Also works with PC Engine so it's a double win for me. I use Brook converters w/ several consoles since I play a lot of fighters.

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Originally Posted by Joe Redifer

Go tmy copies today. Apparently I had ordered two. Maybe one of them is Dave's? I have no idea. Got one investor copy and one plastic clamshell copy.

Anyway on January 3rd my review will be up on Game Sack. It will have clean capture and stereo sound, of course. Already have an hour and a half of capture (second time playing) and I'll capture more in the coming days. The news about it not working on 1601 model 1s is a pretty good troll. Actually got me pretty good when I turned it on the first time. Spoiler: It works fine.

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So the startup minigame only happens on certain models and it does in fact work on all Genesis consoles and it was just a troll? Does the minigame only occur in non-TMSS systems?

We've had our first wondermega which doesn't work with the game.

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Originally Posted by majinga

I finished to remove the gunk from the PCB.
There is some funny silkscreen under there. It's a shame he covered them with epoxy.
The main ram is an ISSI IC42S16100SOMETHING
The ICs on the bottom right are buffers: ON semi LCX245
The ones on the top left are multiplexer: ON semi LCX257

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Good work, this is a big smack to Jesus 2's obsession with gunking
electronics.

Both the LCX245 buffers and LCX257 multiplexers provide a means of level shifting.
Unless I've completely forgotten how to read datasheets.

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Originally Posted by matteus

We've had our first wondermega which doesn't work with the game.

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I wonder (pun intended) if people will run into issues using the JVC X'Eye and the Sega CDX as well. See edits, issue seems to be related to Wondermega RG-M1 BIOS.
That again could raise questions about the expansion slot, or lack thereof, and its role into all this.

Now the curveball: find someone with a WonderMega but the one equipped with the rare modified mold that fits a 32X and who also owns a working 32X and a copy of Paprium to plug on top of it to tell us if by plugging the 32X it fixes the issue.

EDIT: OK, checked on Twitter, the guy owns a Victor Wondermega RG-M1:
https://segaretro.org/images/e/ee/Wondermega_rgm1.jpg

EDIT2: The same guy (@blast68k) confirmed it freezes at the copyright screen as well. So it's likely the same issue, I just don't know if a 32X would save him.

EDIT3: Very old somewhat related comments by Fonzie!
http://www.tototek.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1423

Also: https://www.sega-16.com/2007/03/sega...tek-mega-cart/

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Originally Posted by Gadispalembang

Good work, this is a big smack to Jesus 2's obsession with gunking
electronics.

Both the LCX245 buffers and LCX257 multiplexers provide a means of level shifting.
Unless I've completely forgotten how to read datasheets.

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I briefly read the datasheets, but seems yes.

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Originally Posted by nihilblack

Not by me, but there's an scan of the map in this thread for sure. Don't know the page number tho 😅

EDIT: Found it! It was posted by Devil N.

https://imgur.com/gd2R1qk

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Thanks Nihilblack! And thank you Devil N. for providing the link to the Map!

I've finished testing on all the systems I have. All are 60Hz and all are North American models except for the MD1 VA0 and Teradrive.

MD1 VA0: Works fine
MD1 VA3: works fine
MD1 VA6 serial B10003955: works fine
MD1 VA6 rial 059013401 (uncertain if that first digit is a zero or O): freezes on the not licensed by Sega screen. This unit is a refurb (has a sticker stating it was reconditioned) which explains the 1995 serial number
MD2 VA1 (3 different units): works fine
MD2 VA2/2.3 (unsure which): works fine, had some weird audio glitching in a room or two, but I had never been in that area of the game before so unclear if it was a model-specific issue or not
MD2 VA4: Sounded kind of crappy, but played fine
MD3 VA2 (2 different units): Sounded even worse than the VA4, but played fine
Teradrive: Freezes on black screen after the Teradrive's version of TMSS
LaserActive: works fine, Sega CD functionality enabled, specifically identified as a LaserActive in the logo sequence with a MegaLD/LaserDrive logo

With the exception of the MD2 VA4, MD3s, the extra MD2 VA1s, the LaserActive and the consoles it doesn't work with, I played through a more or less complete "path" on each of these (sometimes ending in a game over on the last level) with no obvious issues. I haven't yet had a chance to try attaching a Sega CD or 32X to the non-working VA6.

Well, I've been trying since my last post to capture this. I can capture the system and game play at the same time using two camera, that isn't the issue. The issue is that I haven't been able to replicate the situation where I've seen the SegaCD being accessed for a second or two during the game for now reason. I literally just played through two complete arcade sessions and two games on original and haven't seen it do it once! So I don't know if that was some odd glitch that was happening prior and since I've now removed the Genesis and plugged it back etc. if something has changed but I can't get that to occure again. The ONLY time I can get the light to appear briefly is if I press the MODE button as that triggers the player 2 start sequence but as soon as I let off the mode button the light goes off. So for all I know maybe I was just controller fumbling trying to figure out the moves on my first day of playing and was hitting the mode button by accident and not putting two and two together. So I guess scratch that off for now as being a thing.

If it does it again and I know it isn't something I'm doing, then I will be sure to try and capture it and post about it here.

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Originally Posted by nihilblack

Not by me, but there's an scan of the map in this thread for sure. Don't know the page number tho 😅

EDIT: Found it! It was posted by Devil N.

https://imgur.com/gd2R1qk

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Thanks! Not sure why I thought it was you, maybe the black on Devil N.'s duck avatar? Devil/Nihil? :fail:

Sorry to clog the thread up with posts about shipping but has anyone from the las Vegas shipment and is also overseas received their order? Anyone in Australia specifically?