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Voltage Drop on a Sega Mega Drive 2

Nix McRetro // 27th September 2013 // Categories: Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Winding the voltage down via a variable DC-DC step-down converter. It’s interesting to see what happens, as the Aiwa Mega-CD once showed similar symptoms on the Mega Drive side when early testing was underway. With Pac-Panic running on the Mega Drive 2, I gradually reduced the supplied voltage to see... Continue reading

Circuit Bending VRAM on a Sega Mega Drive 2

Nix McRetro // 27th September 2013 // Categories: Hacks, Sega, YouTube

A few people have been asking about circuit bending, so I thought I’d give it a go on one of my Sega Mega Drive 2 consoles. The idea is to interfere with the video RAM signals and see what sort of strange graphical effects we can produce. Completely unnecessary, of... Continue reading

Let's Sing Karaoke: Pac-Panic (1993)

Nix McRetro // 27th September 2013 // Categories: Sega, YouTube

Oh yes, it’s Karaoke Friday alright. Enjoy this tune brought to you by Jason and YouTube mixed in with some voice-overs and gameplay. It’s really hard to be a songwriter! Continue reading

Sega Mega Drive 2 Video Distortion (Serial 440005313)

Nix McRetro // 27th September 2013 // Categories: Repairs, Sega, YouTube

Some footage of me playing around with Sega Mega Drive 2 serial 440005313 a while back. The DC input has already been repaired, but this particular console still has some rather spectacular video problems. Pac-Panic is doing things that I’m fairly certain it wasn’t designed to do! At first, I... Continue reading

Sony PlayStation 1 Modchip Installation Failure on SCPH-9002

Nix McRetro // 25th September 2013 // Categories: Hacks, Sony, YouTube

Oh geez! Another video of a guide I was attempting to make, only to have everything go horribly wrong. Rather than throw the recording away, I thought I might as well let the internet enjoy my suffering. Perhaps somebody will learn what not to do! After the unsuccessful attempt to... Continue reading