Ask general Genesis/MD/Sega CD/32X questions here (for new members)

[evildragon]

you have a glitch in your diagram.. do NOT take Genesis sound and THEN tie that to the 32X audio output.. That's going to cause an overload, and I highly recommend NOT doing that.

Other than that one bit, how you hooked it up is how the SEGA manual shows it, which still has sucky Composite video..

RGB or Component is still the best route, as your bypassing any PAL/NTSC encoding all together, and keeping the colors pretty much seperate...

[evildragon]

Hi there

I have another query, can you run a Sega CD game on a Mega CD without moding the system or using a boot cartidge, can you (for example) copy the ISO onto the computer using Nero or other programs and alter it to run on the Mega CD, as I have 1 Sega CD game i wish to transfer?

what you want is called ConvSCD..

http://www.retrodev.com/convscd.html

[JUNKER]

Alright, I gotta problem. When I turn the system on, and hit reset to open the CD tray to change the disc, and hit start to close it, the CD tray spits back out! So I close it AGAIN, and it spits out AGAIN! And I keep doing the SAME process until the disc finally reads. How do you fix this crap????

[evildragon]

the internal switch is broken, this tells the system that the door is "CLOSED", just like another switch tells the system is "OPEN"...

[JUNKER]

the internal switch is broken, this tells the system that the door is "CLOSED", just like another switch tells the system is "OPEN"...

So is there a way to fix this?

[evildragon]

So is there a way to fix this?

very carefully.. sadly the Sega CD model 1 is a little hard to take apart.. here's an article that has someone look at the switches (though not the same problem as you), but you could get some ideas from it..

http://www.spritesmind.net/_GenDev/mcdn.htm

[JUNKER]

very carefully.. sadly the Sega CD model 1 is a little hard to take apart.. here's an article that has someone look at the switches (though not the same problem as you), but you could get some ideas from it..

http://www.spritesmind.net/_GenDev/mcdn.htm

Boy, that guide was really confusing, and he didn't even circle any of the things he mentioned in the pictures, and he didn't even say he fixed it.

[evildragon]

there's really no official guide to this... you'll have to take it apart and look for two black things in this golden sided clear plastic piece.. it's a switch.. it's hard to explain.

that's the only site i've seen that actually has pictures of inside the CD1..

[cheetah235]

ok i bought a sega genesis at a garage sale a while ago for 1$. (Canadian)

problem 1: resolved

edit: problem 2: i fixed genesis but when i play games i have 2 large dark lines going across the tv (although it could be the tv itself) ill take a picture later to show everyone



also i bought a megadrive for the same price (came with one cord which i had no use for [probably did not go with master system], power adapter (broken but i bought a new one for 50 cents, around 7 games [including shinobi], no controllers got an rf cord from my friend)
i share the rf cord/power adapter with my genesis1 and master system
anyway none of that stuff about master system is important

problem 3: what is important is that when i turn the master system on (with a game in it) i just get a blank screen)
EDIT: master system is fucked i tried to clean it with a dry cloth and nothing happened

[Elusive]

Hey i have a sega genesis and is there a way to save games on the system, it has been a very long time and i dont remember how... Please help.... Thank you

You can't save games on the Genesis like you can when playing them on a PC with an emulator. Some games, like Sonic 3, use a special type of memory that they use to save games, though.

I can't send you a PM, so I hope you read this

[lilmul123]

I just bought a segaCD from my local thrift store. I hooked it up to my model 2 genesis, and found that there are some audio outs on the back of the segaCD plus a mixing port. I suppose that's how one connects the stereo audio from the genesis to the segaCD but my model 2 doesnt have that output. I only have an RF switch for AV output, but will order a stereo AV cable if my theory is right. For the model 2 genesis, does the segaCD already mix its stereo sound with the genesis stereo sound? Like...will an AV cable hooked into the genesis output stereo sound from both the genesis AND the segaCD?

[Joe Redifer]

Your AV cable coming from the Genesis should carry both the Genesis sound and the Sega CD sound. You don't say if it is a model 1 or 2 Sega CD. If it is a model 1, the RCA jacks (audio out jacks) will only output CD sound and you won't hear any sound made by the Genesis. If it is a model 2 CD then the RCA jacks will carry out the mixed sound. Ignore the mixing jack, it's only for the model 1 Genesis, which rules.

[lilmul123]

Okay, I have a model 2 SegaCD.

Thanks for your help!

[RageCage]

I have just recently played a CD32x on a big television with my CDx. The screen had a reddish tinge and when I was done I connected it to my normal tv and the graphics are all shaded blue This includes the text and the sprites, but when I tested my 32x on my Genesis models 1 and 2 it displayed properly. The CDx also plays the Genesis and CD games fine. the only problem is when I try to play my 32x on my CDx. Does anyone know if something needs to be corrected or replaced? I appreciate your help.

[evildragon]

From what I understand, some CDx models have piss poor RGB output, and the 32X only uses the RGB signals from the Genesis, for Genesis graphics...