JVC X eye

[Dbeau]

Found one at a local market. Whats this thing worth so I dont get ripped off ?
Plays regular sega cd games right ?

[neomatrix]

I have 1 and yeah jvc play sega cd and megadrive cart

[madhatter256]

I paid $30 for mine and included hookups. Bought it at a flea market where they also had a NEOGEO AES but wanted $600 for it, just the system too, no controller or cables.

[RyanGamerGoneGrazy]

dbeau...what did you pay and if you dont mind sharing what flea market?

[ASSEMbler]

$30 loose.

[RyanGamerGoneGrazy]

wowzers.....hehe no one around here knows what a sega cd is...let alone a 32x..poor poor people....

[Qjimbo]

I thought the WonderMega was the megadrive one and the X Eye was something else? I could be wrong though.

[Yakumo]

X-Eye is the cheep cut down version of the Wondermega. It plays Mega Cd / Sega CD games as well as Mega Drive games.

Yakumo

[dj898]

actually it's based on Wondermega 2 from memory...

[Yakumo]

actually it's based on Wondermega 2 from memory...
yes, that's what I meant :p

Yakumo

[Qjimbo]

Ah cool, learn something new everyday :)

[Taemos]

Pick it up. If you don't want to keep it, sell it - there are people paying stuipd amounts for these things on eBay.

I won't link to any particular auction, but I'm seeing $51 + shipping and handling, plus a few "Buy it now" auctions at $125.

[Dbeau]

Sounds good to me, I'll go pick it up this weekend when it opens up. He only wants $35 CAD so if the average is 30-50 USD then I guess its a good deal. Quick question though as I didnt see any sega cd games, nor do I have any yet. Will it play burnt cdr games so I can atleast test to see if it works ?

I noticed this guy has a crap load of old systems that seem to have been there forever. Maby I can get a deal from him if I pick up 2 or 3 of them as I'm probably the only one in ages to even inquire about them. Lets hope. I want the dreamcast he has for $35 as well, good backup to have incase mine dies.

[the_steadster]

I *think* that there is no copy protection on the sega/mega cd as it was developed when Cd copying was prohibitely expensive. Don't quote me on that though

[Baseley09]

I *think* that there is no copy protection on the sega/mega cd as it was developed when Cd copying was prohibitely expensive. Don't quote me on that though

This is true, there is region lock out tho.

[ASSEMbler]

You can change region easy, just dump it to an iso and change a few bits, a text file I believe?

[madhatter256]

You can change region easy, just dump it to an iso and change a few bits, a text file I believe?

Theres a program that patches it for you automatically I believe.

[Taemos]

Theres a program that patches it for you automatically I believe.

Here's one: http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~mrp29/convscd.html

[Dbeau]

sweat, thanks guys.. cant wait till this weekend to try out a whole world of gaming I have yet to experence....no high hopes though, this is just a sega cd. On that note any must haves or sudgestions I go hunting for in the way of sega cd ? I allready have a boat load of cartriges I can try.

[the_steadster]

Silpheed is supposedly good, and Sonic Cd is fantabulous.

[dj898]

region patching is only for MegaCD/ SegaCD.
You still need to bypass the cart lockout - not sure whether it's necessary unless you have JPN/PAL carts that you have to play

[madhatter256]

Silpheed is supposedly good, and Sonic Cd is fantabulous.

Silpheed is great but gets harder as you progress.

[KuKzz]

Pick it up. If you don't want to keep it, sell it - there are people paying stuipd amounts for these things on eBay.
People are paying 300+$ for Wondermega 2, which is basically the same thing.


You can change region easy, just dump it to an iso and change a few bits, a text file I believe?
Not that easy, it won't work for all games (you have to change the bootcode, not just a few letters).