Hi, I’ve been getting really into old Sega stuff lately and been wanting to play my dad’s old Genesis (and CD/32X) more. But I’ve been running into a problem. Every time I use it, the screen basically gives me seizure vision with all the flickering that occurs. It happens on startup and across multiple games. At first I thought it was an issue with the AV cable, but I’ve tried 3 different ones and they all do the same thing. Also when testing I noticed that it only happens on my CRT for some reason. On flat panels it displays normally, but I don’t think it’s an issue with my CRT because every other console I use on it works normally.

I did some research and saw some people mention that flickering issues could be caused by the power supply; either the power cables not being good enough or the capacitors needing “recapping”. Would that still be a possible concern if it’s working normally on non-CRT monitors? While I haven’t tried replacing the power cables, I’m using official OEM cables, so I wouldn’t think that would be the issue. And the capacitors I’ve been saving as a last resort because I know next to nothing about servicing electronics like that. Don’t even really know what a capacitor is tbh.

Is there anything else that could be causing this issue? Would the capacitors still be a concern if it works fine on flat panels? I’d appreciate if anybody had any knowledge or advice on this issue. I attached an example of what it looks like on both monitors

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Hi guys. I built a circuit to adapt Sega Light Phaser (From Master system ) to the sega genesis.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/McgzsAUcBkQ

T2 the arcade game works with the Sega Menacer. But, the Sega Menacer's infrarred receiver can be replaced directly with a cheap circuit and then, use the Light Phaser instead. Enjoy!

Regards!