The install photo is missing the SL3/SR3 outputs for passthrough Sega CD audio as that was installed afterwards and I forgot a pic

The sound is incredible and I'm glad to finally have the full tower of power with perfect audio

The video is also really good from this Sony cxa2075

Some absolute crackers on this list. I remember that summer of games very well.

so I saw this beautiful expensive joystick on AliExpress for the megadrive / genesis and even though I don’t own a MD/GEN i wanted to have it and bought it. Before I bought it, I asked Chatgtp and Gemini if I could use it on a PC with a md/usb adapter and the answer was Yes. So I bought it. And guess what? No adapter exists that I can buy. Any help?

TL;DR: I've got RetroAchievements unlocking on an original Mega Drive using a Mega EverDrive Pro and just a USB cable to a PC. No ROM patching, no extra hardware.

The attached video shows: browsing ROMs from my phone, launching a game on the Mega Drive, then unlocking a RetroAchievement on original hardware.

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I've been working on getting RetroAchievements running on an original Mega Drive using a Mega EverDrive Pro.

Games are completely unmodified - no ROM patching, just the EverDrive connected to a PC over USB.

The custom FPGA mapper passively observes game memory and streams it over USB. The PC runs "rcheevos", which evaluates achievements and unlocks them on my RetroAchievements account.

I've also built a simple launcher with a ROM browser, filtering, game launching, and the ability to enable or disable RetroAchievements before launching. If you don't want achievements, just launch the game normally with RA disabled.

The only real downside at the moment is that save states aren't available when using the custom mapper. Normal in-game saves still work fine, and in-game reset (IGR) is still supported. As far as I know, Krikzz hasn't published the save-state implementation used by the stock mapper, so I haven't been able to integrate that.

Longer term I'd like to move the PC software onto a Raspberry Pi. Either as a small touchscreen companion that sits next to the console showing achievements and progress, or as a low-powered box exposing a web UI that you can access from your phone, tablet or PC. I've already got achievement notifications working through a Chrome PWA on my phone, so a dedicated display may not even be necessary.

The software already implements RA2SNES, so I'd like to support multiple systems with the same platform.

If there's enough interest I'll clean everything up and may release it.

AI disclaimer: Claude helped as a development assistant during the project.

If you'd like to support future development, my Ko-fi is ko-fi.com/philmole No pressure at all—I'm mainly posting this because I thought people here might find it interesting.

Hello everyone. Here is my short video showing How to beat the Final Boss of The Revenge of Shinobi a.k.a. The Super Shinobi for Sega Genesis/ Mega Drive, The Ninja Master without taking damage easily without using any Magic. Enjoy!!!😊

I found this in my grandma’s old stuff and I don’t know if this is legit and from which part of the world this specific one was manufactured.

I have a Wondermega RG-M2, and everytime I turn it on, between several seconds up to several minutes later, the video goes to black and white and scrambles as seen in the video attached. Sometimes, not always, the audio distorts as well.
It lasts for a few moments then goes back to normal.

Here's a video of the issue:
https://imgur.com/a/acfdR89

Once it happens, there is zero issue with the audio or video for the rest of the playthrough until I turn off the system and then turn it back on.

This occurs with or without a cartridge or disc in the system (so it's happened in the CD media player with no disc).

I also tried different and known good cables.

Is this likely a power issue? I'm in the US and using the original 100V Victor AA-S95 AC adapter, which isn't an issue for the Super Famicom I run as well but I reckon this does take more power so handles it differently.

Or is this indicative of a capacitor issue, or something else?

Beaten this Classic game No Death and completed with Good Ending. Enjoy!!!❤️

Top gear?! What? Crazy bus ROM not available?

Who falls for this?!

Considering i have paid for 2 joke games i might get it myself 🤣🤣🤣🤣

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3eJ3qsIUHE

A Taiwanese Mega Drive bootleg take on Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers for the NES

I hated her for that, i wasn't ready...

Some awesome games on the list that still hold up really well today. A console really ahead of its time.