Megacart, the ultimate utility cart for your segacd/megacd

[Melf]

Complain about a crime? Sega doesnt even care about people using roms...when was the last time a romsite was taken down by sega? hmm lemme remember...NEVER.

Wrong.

Sega vs. MAPHIA (1993)

Not only did Sega take them down, but it set a precedent for illegal ROM distribution that is still used today.

[Suppafly]

Wrong.

Sega vs. MAPHIA (1993)

Not only did Sega take them down, but it set a precedent for illegal ROM distribution that is still used today.

that took case still when the genesis was marketed....13 years ago btw...the megacart was released in 2006

[TheGZeus]

You said never, dude..

[Melf]

that took case still when the genesis was marketed....13 years ago btw...the megacart was released in 2006

You asked when did Sega ever take down a ROM site. MAPHIA did exactly what ROM sites do, back before there were such a thing. Back then, people accessed electronic bulletin boards to download ROMs. Sega took them (and others afterward) to court and took them down.

When it occurred does mean anything, the action taken is exactly the same. In fact, the action companies take today comes DIRECTLY from Sega vs. MAPHIA, because it was the first legal action against illegal ROM distribution in history.

[Suppafly]

You asked when did Sega ever take down a ROM site. MAPHIA did exactly what ROM sites do, back before there were such a thing. Back then, people accessed electronic bulletin boards to download ROMs. Sega took them (and others afterward) to court and took them down.

When it occurred does mean anything, the action taken is exactly the same. In fact, the action companies take today comes DIRECTLY from Sega vs. MAPHIA, because it was the first legal action against illegal ROM distribution in history.

And does that mean that tototek has ever been threatened by sega....? No....

[TheGZeus]

That's not the substance of your post, dude.

[Melf]

And does that mean that tototek has ever been threatened by sega....? No....

No, Tototek has never had a problem with Sega so far, but that's not what you said. You said:

Complain about a crime? Sega doesnt even care about people using roms...when was the last time a romsite was taken down by sega? hmm lemme remember...NEVER.

...and I answered, in reference to that. That's all.

[retrosega]

Hi Fonzie, just a few more questions about the mega cart....

I just realised that I ordered a Megacart for EUR region (as I have a pal Australian Megadrive (1 & 2) and megacd (1 & 2). I only managed to aquire the Japanese Megadrive 1 after I ordered the Megacart. However I have been able to use the Megacart (EUR) with the Jap Megadrive and Aus MegaCD no problems.

So...what was the reason to specify region when ordering? Is it just the utility disc that is different? or does the Megacart have a different bios depending on what region we ordered?

Is the Megacart menu running in NTSC or PAL?

Also is it possible to add a language override in the Mega Cart settings? I was trying to play Ghostbusters on the Jap Megadrive (because I wanted to play in NTSC...) and the text was all in Japanese. I didn't want to play it on the pal system (for obvious reasons) and I dont have a Genesis.

With the Megacart Adaptor Driver V1.3 there seems to be stability problems if I switch to a different window (such as to internet explorer) when flashing the cartridge. When I click back on megacart in the taskbar in XP, the progress bar does not update or tell me it has completed. It is stuck at the progress point from when I switched app. I then have to close and reload the utility.

Can you add option to clear roms and backups in the Adaptor Driver?

Is this the main forum for megacart? The tototek forum is hardly used.

oh...I also tried the utility disc in my megacd 1 and it read the disc fine. No jamming or anything.

[Fonzie]

"So...what was the reason to specify region when ordering? Is it just the utility disc that is different? or does the Megacart have a different bios depending on what region we ordered?"
It is just the utility disc that is different. No worries. To boot utility disc, just hold Start. Or if the utility disc have a different region than your segacd, just hold Start+A or Start+B or Start+C...

"Is the Megacart menu running in NTSC or PAL?"
Its running in both PAL and NTSC... no compatibility problem, now worries.

"Also is it possible to add a language override in the Mega Cart settings? "
Umm, some games may check your megadrive model directly... The best way would be to mod your megadrive region... Modding region from megacart MAY be a "upcomming feature" but it is unsure for now if we can implement it.

"Can you add option to clear roms and backups in the Adaptor Driver?"
You can clear rom/backup from megacart menu (just dont hold anything at boot, then go misc>clear software or misc>clear backups).

"Is this the main forum for megacart? The tototek forum is hardly used."
Héhé, there isn't any board for megacart...because the product is stable, we didn't mind to create a specific troubleshooting board .... However Tototek board would be the most official one. And you are right, even if megacart is stable, it remain quite complex at some points

"With the Megacart Adaptor Driver V1.3 there seems to be stability problems if I switch to a different window (such as to internet explorer) when flashing the cartridge."
I see... I don't have any printer port to check myself... Do you mean megacart tool hang or close flashing task? You know, its my first windows app, i'll take a look

Thx for your reports. Exept that, i hope everything is working perfect

[retrosega]

It would be good if you can implement a language/region setting. I dont want to mod the mega drive.

With the clear roms option, I meant if you could put that in the Megacart Adaptor Driver V1.3 software.

The software crashes, it doesn't close. The progress bar does not move any further if I switch between applications whilst it is flashing.

Otherwise all is good! Great work!

[Fonzie]

"It would be good if you can implement a language/region setting. I dont want to mod the mega drive."
Haha, no problem But this is upcomming...

"With the clear roms option, I meant if you could put that in the Megacart Adaptor Driver V1.3 software."
I don't get the reason why you want it from Megacart Adaptator Driver but its in the Todo list now. I just want to tell you that you can overwrite roms without any problem, no need to clear... The best trick to avoid "fake uncomplete games" is to always overwrite at start of an existing game.

I'll take a look at the flashing task... Thx.

[retrosega]

Hi Fonzie, another thing I just realised.

Im using my Jap Megadrive to play NTSC games. When I load a game like Turtles Hyperstone Heist, the game locks due to the wrong region i guess. I thought the Mega Cart would bypass the region checks on any roms loaded on it.

So I have to end up plugging the megacart onto my Pro Action Replay 2 and use that to set the cartridge to USA type, then the game loads through the megacart.

Is there anyway you can make the megacart have an option to set the zone too?

[Fonzie]

When you flash from segacd, you can chose rom region (keep, set to JAP, USA, EUR).

When you flash from computer, It assumes you already prepared your rom using a rom tool or something like that
Anyway, since each game react differenty to region bypass, the best idea is to dowload and flash a rom that is same region as your megadrive/genesis.

"I thought the Mega Cart would bypass the region checks on any roms loaded on it."
Umm, when flashing from segacd, probably

I'll add an option to convert before flashing game region, ok?

[David J.]

Now, I know you can change the country region in an emulator, but can you use these tools to change country code the rom, so you can test it in an emulator first?

[retrosega]

Cool