Mega Drive 2 Cartridge Slot Modification for Japanese Games

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 18:10:39 +0000

Widening a European or US Mega Drive 2 cartridge slot so Japanese cartridges fit without changing the console’s electronics.

Sega Megadrive 2 overclock

Sun, 28 Nov 2021 20:48:32 +0000

Overclocking a Sega Mega Drive 2 from its original CPU speed to reduce slowdown in games that stress the Motorola 68000.

Sega Megadrive : switchless region mod

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 20:32:38 +0000

The Sega Megadrive for PAL regions, like other consoles from the 90’, suffered from slow games because of 50hz TV, thus 50 fps max versus 60Hz, thus 60 fps max in NTSC regions. Some later games had been “optimized” for 50HZ and in this case, you must take the japanese or US version to play in 60 fps (e.g : Sonic 3, Street of rage 2 and 3). However, a lot of games work out of the box in 60Hz even if they have been tagged “PAL”. This is the purpose of the switchless mod : changeing the region code and the TV output standard of a PAL console. If you are used to solder, this mod is simple, cheap (around 10 euros), and it’s a real game changer for the PAL Megadrive, allowing to play all US and Japanenes games as well as most PAL games in 60Hz.

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Mega Drive 2 Cartridge Slot Modification for Japanese Games

Sega Megadrive 2 overclock

Sega Megadrive : switchless region mod