We pump out some of the best the past had to offer. TIM.EXE and CCAVES.EXE. Dance along to the greatest hits of yesteryear!

After all that work replacing capacitors, it’s about time we actually ran a few things on the Sega TeraDrive Model 3. The hard drive has been recapped, the floppy drive has had its two capacitors replaced, and everything is looking reasonably promising.

We’re also running on an original TeraDrive power supply, although it’s actually the one from the Model 2. Don’t tell anyone! This was probably one of the last times I had the Model 3 running with an otherwise fairly native hardware setup before the power-supply troubles returned.

First up is The Incredible Machine, a game I remember playing back in primary school. I also remember copying it onto floppy disks so I could take it home. Ah, the good old days!

I’ve got the TeraDrive connected to a couple of displays, including a Sony PVM. Unfortunately, it isn’t particularly happy with all the video modes. Sometimes the picture disappears, sometimes it’s out of range, and switching between composite and RGB produces a few interesting results.

Fortunately, there’s still enough working to have a go at Crystal Caves. The picture isn’t exactly perfect on every display, but the game itself seems to be cooperating. More or less, anyway. I also poked around the hard drive to see what other games were hiding on there.

So there you have it, a little gaming session on the TeraDrive after all those hours of soldering and reassembly. Not bad for something that’s been giving me quite so many headaches!

We’ll return to the power-supply problems in a future video. For now, I think it’s time to take a break from the TeraDrive and see what other troublesome hardware is waiting around the corner.