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Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Cart Dumping via Parallel (Part 3)

Nix McRetro // 2nd December 2013 // Categories: Hacks, Sega, YouTube

The final test, dumping Sonic the Hedgehog through controller port 2 on a Mega Drive / Genesis, with the Mega-CD running the transfer software. Incredible, right? Remember that rather questionable cable I made in the first video? Well, I became suspicious of the wiring when the transfers kept failing, so... Continue reading

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Cart Dumping via Parallel (Part 2)

Nix McRetro // 2nd December 2013 // Categories: Hacks, Programming, Sega

Dumping carts through controller port 2 on the Mega Drive / Genesis, with the Mega-CD running the transfer software. Incredible, right? Aaaaand with success! This time I managed to dump my PAL copy of Fatal Fury 2. Everything appeared to be working nicely, although the resulting ROM turned out to... Continue reading

Sega Mega Drive / Genesis Cart Dumping via Parallel (Part 1)

Nix McRetro // 2nd December 2013 // Categories: Hacks, Sega, YouTube

Dumping Mega Drive / Genesis cartridges through controller port 2, with a Mega-CD providing the boot environment. Incredible, right? I’ve been looking into the Sega CD Transfer Suite from Mask of Destiny at RetroDev, which makes it possible to read cartridge data without removing any of the ROM chips. I’ve... Continue reading

Water-Damaged Sony PS one Repair Attempt

Nix McRetro // 1st December 2013 // Categories: Repairs, Sony, YouTube

Water-damaged consoles are the worst of the bunch. Unpredictable and filthy… and then there’s the rust! This little PS one, serial T213259, would power on, but it wouldn’t recognise any discs. There was corrosion around the controller ports, near the power jack, and even underneath the metal shielding. Some of... Continue reading

Sony PlayStation Junk CD Decks - Partial Solution (Part 2)

Nix McRetro // 1st December 2013 // Categories: Repairs, Sony, YouTube

Back again with those rather questionable replacement PlayStation CD mechanisms! I’ve been experimenting with the spindle assemblies to see whether I can salvage anything useful from them. After all, I’ve got a collection of PlayStations that need good disc-retaining hubs, and it seems a shame to waste all these parts.... Continue reading