Pictures of Model 2 Majesco Genesis MK-1451 Box, Console, Mobo

[Guntz]

Use Imageshack.

[ooXxXoo]

For those wondering how to region mod this rev., here's a great example:

[SonnyLXXXIX]

Use Imageshack.

I used a site just like imageshack..I don't know why they were displaying like that before. Either way I think you should be able to see them now. If not let me know and I'll re-upload with imageshack, although I don't think that will make a difference.

[SonnyLXXXIX]

This is about the last Genesis 2 revision manufactured around 1996... The links are bad for me too, if you need additional photos of this board for some reason let me know, I have 6 or 7 of them laying around ..


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Did you still have your Majesco model 2 and if you do, do you know what it originally came boxed with?

[cheaterdragon1]

Man I wish I could find one of these.

[Kogen]

Controller and AC adapter outsourced to China?

The C button will probably stick in after 3 minutes of use and the adapter will likely catch fire.

[Aarzak]

Thanks for the pics! According to the resident techies, Majesco's Model 2 has great audio/video so getting one would be your best bet when it comes to Model 2's.

I'm assuming that Sega stopped Genesis production in late 1996/early 1997, and handed over production of the remaining Model 2's to Majesco, after which they produced the Genny 3 for them.

Makes me wonder if Majesco was planning to re-release some of the games advertised in the back of the box.....some already were in process of being re-printed by Majesco, while others ("Phantasy Star II", WTF?) never were.

[SonnyLXXXIX]

Controller and AC adapter outsourced to China?

The C button will probably stick in after 3 minutes of use and the adapter will likely catch fire.

Have you actually heard of an instance where somebody's adapter from China caught fire while playing their Genesis or are you just referring to China's generally garbage quality of exported electronics? I have a feeling you are just kidding but you have me a little nervous haha

[xelement5x]

According to the resident techies, Majesco's Model 2 has great audio/video so getting one would be your best bet when it comes to Model 2's.

If only I'd known then what I know now! That the one I saw in the thrift near my house looked minty as hell and if I'd known that it was a superior Model 2 I never would have shrugged at needing yet another Genesis

[Cucollins12]

holy grail?

[chessage]

I don't think I took a picture of it, but I'm pretty sure I saw somewhere that this variation was manufactured in 1997. So actually, you would think Sega would have been throwing in everything plus the kitchen sink with this late a Genesis considering the PlayStation and Saturn had already been out for a couple years. A model 2 Genesis manufactured that late baffles me but I also think it's what makes this one awesome.

Check the fine-print on the back of the box. The copyright year is 1998. By that point, Sega was dead broke, required the aid of a third-party distributor, and needed to sell their hardware for as much profit as possible. Bundling a game and any additional accessories was out of the question.

Are these rare? There was one of these boxed at my local thrift for like $30 but I put off picking it up and it disappeared

holy grail?

150,000 of them were made.

This is about the last Genesis 2 revision manufactured around 1996...

I'm assuming that Sega stopped Genesis production in late 1996/early 1997

Majesco didn't start assembling the model 2 until the first quarter of 1998. The ICs used in these units were from mid-1997 to early 1998.

Makes me wonder if Majesco was planning to re-release some of the games advertised in the back of the box.....some already were in process of being re-printed by Majesco, while others ("Phantasy Star II", WTF?) never were.

But of course! Fifty different titles...

[ooXxXoo]

Majesco didn't start assembling the model 2 until the first quarter of 1998. The ICs used in these units were from mid-1997 to early 1998.

You can't believe everything you read ... Definitely manufactured since 1996.....




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[SonnyLXXXIX]

holy grail?

I like to think so!

[QUOTE=chessage;425135]Check the fine-print on the back of the box. The copyright year is 1998. By that point, Sega was dead broke, required the aid of a third-party distributor, and needed to sell their hardware for as much profit as possible. Bundling a game and any additional accessories was out of the question.

This makes sense. Although, the article suggested SOA was consumed with the production and distribution of the Dreamcast, so they basically handed over the Genesis operation to Majesco and basically said 'we're happy just taking royalites'. So even though the decision to market Genesis consoles with pack-ins was no longer in the hands of Sega, I wonder why Majesco would not have followed suit. To be honest, I'm glad Majesco, in collaboration with SOA, did not provide pack-ins with the final Model 2. It may sound weird, but I think that a cursory, superficial pack-in would have detracted from the final curtain call of the Genesis as I remember it. The Model 3 just doesn't provide the aesthetic nostalgia that the Model 1 and 2 do. So basically, for me, the Majesco-manufactured model 2 combined unparalleled audio/video quality with my aesthetic preference.


150,000 of them were made.


As much as I truly appreciate you providing that helpful source, I find the above statement really hard to believe. First of all, the article never explicitly stated that there were a verified 150,000 Majesco Model 2's produced. Instead, the article suggests that Majesco projected that it would sell 1.5 million Genesis's and that 10% of those projected sales would be the Model 2 shell. Again, I really appreciate the article, but it does not answer questions like: How many Majesco Model 2's were produced prior to 1998? How many were sold? Since it was so late in the life of the Genesis by1998, perhaps Majesco revisited its idea to produce 150,000 Model 2 shells and instead produced almost entirely model 3's? Also, because the article erroneously cited 1998 as the first year that Majesco began manufacturing the Genesis, I think it loses some credibility with its other stats, specifically its projections...I just cannot imagine that there are 150,000 of these in the wild. Since I stumbled upon mine I've searched relentlessly to find others like it. I have not found a single Majesco MK-1451 Model 2 since.

Directly from article ---[Because of lower hardware and software prices, MSI projects it will sell 1.5 million Genesis systems this year. First 150,000 will be original model while rest will be redesigned "smaller, sleeker" console. "It will look like a CD player," Sutton said]




[QUOTE=ooXxXoo;425155]You can't believe everything you read ... Definitely manufactured since 1996.....

Exactly, not all were manufactured in 1998. In fact, I think the majority of the Majesco Model 2's were between late 1996 and late 1997. Maybe the very last ones were manufactured in 1998. I wish I would have taken a picture of it when I had the chance, but I believe I saw 1997 printed on mine. I can't recall though. I'll have to wait til next time I'm home to find out for sure.

[chessage]

You can't believe everything you read ... Definitely manufactured since 1996.....




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Exactly, not all were manufactured in 1998. In fact, I think the majority of the Majesco Model 2's were between late 1996 and late 1997. Maybe the very last ones were manufactured in 1998. I wish I would have taken a picture of it when I had the chance, but I believe I saw 1997 printed on mine. I can't recall though. I'll have to wait til next time I'm home to find out for sure.

I'm not debating the fact that the VA4 model 2 was introduced in 1996. It was. I'm saying that all the Majesco model 2s were assembled in 1998. And by 'assembled' I mean they took fully completed circuit boards, made by Sega, and attached them to their RF-shielding & plastic encasements. In 1996 & 1997, the VA4 model 2s were assembled independently by Sega's usual factories.

So even though the decision to market Genesis consoles with pack-ins was no longer in the hands of Sega, I wonder why Majesco would not have followed suit.

Majesco never had full legal control of the software they reprinted. Sega could have very well told Majesco that they couldn't use any of their games as pack-ins.

As much as I truly appreciate you providing that helpful source, I find the above statement really hard to believe. First of all, the article never explicitly stated that there were a verified 150,000 Majesco Model 2's produced. Instead, the article suggests that Majesco projected that it would sell 1.5 million Genesis's and that 10% of those projected sales would be the Model 2 shell.

True, but considering that this was a product liquidation of sorts, Sega knew what they did and didn't have with regards to parts.

Again, I really appreciate the article, but it does not answer questions like: How many Majesco Model 2's were produced prior to 1998?

Zero. Their contract with Sega was signed in '98 as the article already pointed out.

Also, because the article erroneously cited 1998 as the first year that Majesco began manufacturing the Genesis, I think it loses some credibility with its other stats, specifically its projections...

How would interviewing the president of a company hurt a source's credibility?

I just cannot imagine that there are 150,000 of these in the wild. Since I stumbled upon mine I've searched relentlessly to find others like it. I have not found a single Majesco MK-1451 Model 2 since.

I don't think you realize how small of a number 150,000 is in terms of game consoles. There are far more 32X & Virtual Boy systems to go around than there are Majesco model 2s.

[SonnyLXXXIX]

Chessage:

Okay that makes sense then. So mine must have been assembled/distributed in 1998. Do you know anything about the box inserts of the Majesco model 2? I'm dying to find out if this variation had its own manual. Mine did not come with one but I am not the original owner so I don't know if it was removed at some point.