TECTOY MegaDrive III Review (PICS Inside)

What's with that big red "fuse" thing on the bottom of the Master System III?

Seeing the Master System Super Compact makes me want to add a screen and battery compartment to it. Man, why didn't TecToy do that in the first place?

Hot damn! Now I want a pirated MegaDrive! Though TmEE mentioned it had a crappy YM2612 clone. What chip on the board is the YM2612 clone? If I find one of those pirated MegaDrives, I'd swap it out for a real YM2612 pulled off a dead Genesis Model 1.

I'm especially curious about that 16-in-1 pirate cart. What are the real names of the games on it?

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Originally Posted by Ace

What's with that big red "fuse" thing on the bottom of the Master System III?

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That Master System 3 comes with and internal power source, thats why theres a fuse there.

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Seeing the Master System Super Compact makes me want to add a screen and battery compartment to it. Man, why didn't TecToy do that in the first place?

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Why add a screen to SMS super compact when you already have the Gamegear? with the SMS to GG cart adapter you can play all the SMS games on the Gamegear.

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Hot damn! Now I want a pirated MegaDrive! Though TmEE mentioned it had a crappy YM2612 clone. What chip on the board is the YM2612 clone? If I find one of those pirated MegaDrives, I'd swap it out for a real YM2612 pulled off a dead Genesis Model 1.

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I dont have a clue, maybe the YM2612 clone is one of those "SE" chips.

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I'm especially curious about that 16-in-1 pirate cart. What are the real names of the games on it?

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Thats a weird pirate cartridge since the games included are all Master System games: Teddy Boy, Super Futebol, Spy vs Spy, Arrow Flash, Hang on,Action Fighter, Ashura, Wonder Boy , Astro Warrior and Pit Pot etc.

Great Pics Chinitosoccer!....Although my Master System III has a different motherboard revision, I'll post pics later....

Does your Sega Master Super Compact has A/V out?.....I know there is some sort of Wireless RF connection, but I can clearly see the MB3514 Fijitsu video encoder.... you can tap composite video and s-video from there, maybe there is enough room to add the connector ports ;) .....
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Originally Posted by ooXxXoo

Does your Sega Master Super Compact has A/V out?.....I know there is some sort of Wireless RF connection, but I can clearly see the MB3514 Fijitsu video encoder.... you can tap composite video and s-video from there, maybe there is enough room to add the connector ports ;) .....
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The SMS super compact has and RF/AV swicth, so you can choose how to connect it to the tv, using the wireles RF anthena or an rf cable, and composite for better quality, you can also play with AA batteries or using an AC adaptor instead

A quick question about regarding your SMS III, Is the system 110/220V 50/60Hz compatible.....And if you could be so kind to take a pic of the complete SMS III motherboard and inside near the fuse, mine doesn't have it...
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I 've only tried at 220v 60hz, so i dont know if its 110v 50hz compatible, what i need to look in order to check the 110v/50hz compatiblity?
Ill post pictures of the motherboard soon as i get a better camera.

I think the power rating is mentioned on the bottom of the system.

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Originally Posted by Ace

I think the power rating is mentioned on the bottom of the system.

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not in this one, only the system specs and manufacture date.

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I think the power rating is mentioned on the bottom of the system.

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Yes, it should . But thats probably a diffence between Brazil & Uruguay....Brazil is a 110 & 220V land.....

You need to replace the DIN5 connector with DIN8 if you want RGB from it. The 3 missing pins are the ones that carry the RGB signals.

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Originally Posted by ooXxXoo

This Mega Drive III is revision 7.1, I don't really know if earlier revisions did have it at all...And in case that they did, I wonder what was the approach from tectoy to the consumers to explain them that at some point it was going to be removed....Anyone knows?...
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I have a tectoy MD3 hooked on my sega cd.

What's a brazilian sega cd look like?

Wiiiise fwum your gwave..

This thread wasn't all the way dead. Just mostly dead.