Sega CD/Mega CD Power Supply Question

[xelement5x]

MegaDrive 1/Genesis 1/All Sega CDs/All Mega CDs all use the same power plug: Center negative barrel
AND
MegaDrive 2/Genesis 2/Game Gear all use the same plug: Center positive (normally with a yellow tip)

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Game Gear all use the same plug: Center positive (normally with a yellow tip)

Just to confuse you, game gear can be either, from what i have seen what you say is true of consoles sold in America. Pal & Jpn units use same as master system etc.

[xelement5x]

Just to confuse you, game gear can be either, from what i have seen what you say is true of consoles sold in America. Pal & Jpn units use same as master system etc.

Did not know that! I'll have to check my JP GG at home, I swear I used a regular US adapter on it without any issues, but I could have just pulled it off my current hookups and pressed whatever fit in without paying attention.

[lumclaw]

Yeah the power rating most people call a Genesis 2 adapter, is some two years older than that name implies. US GG released 1991. Genesis 2 was 1993.

[nieds16]

My comment was about the centers being positive versus negative. How does a model 1 fit in a gg if the model 2 does? They aren't even the same size.

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That's because there are 2 sizes.

When I get time (Thursday=late night shopping) I *believe I still have both types of power boards at home. My JPN blue (that has TMSS) definately has the 5.5 x 2.1 socket (ie SMS/MD1) and I have quiet a few other Game Gears as well as loose power supplies.

This was on SMSPower a while ago

http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewt...293&highlight=

http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewt...841&highlight=

Game Gear power supplies, incase American MD2/Gen 2 power supply, loose power supply Euro, Aus, JPN SMS, MD2 size.