Megadrive/Genisis switchless mods???

[hl718]

all that work to avoid reaching down and toggling a switch....

Laziness is the mother of invention. :)

-hl718

[segaloco]

Heh, I still prefer switches, no matter how "inventive" switchless is. It also helps with hardware debugging and such, if I were to ever test a rom on a real system, I would love to be able to play with region switches, make sure that 50/60Hz doesnt mess with anything I put in. (I doubt it would, but still.)

[gorgyrip]

i have a mega drive 2 could someone help me would help me then i can do the same switchless mod for mega cd 2

you can connect RESET on pin 20 of the 68k (it's in the right upper corner of the board).

to bad you can't change modes without reseting the system.

[nanoseq]

Wouldn't it be cool to make the bi/tri-color LEDs replace the model 2 Megadrive power light? I might try this.

[_SD_]

This chap has done it with a Saturn.

[Emperor Udan]

I think you must be aware of this but I don't find it anywhere on the forum:

Megadrive switchless by DForce3000:
http://dforce3000.de/index.php?p=news&t=mod

I do it on my Jap Megadrive and it works like a charm.
But the Led size is too large for the original megadrive led hole.




Have you tried this mod and if so, what did you do?

[Bad_Ad84]

You could sand the led to make it smaller.

[Emperor Udan]

I finally finished it and it works perfectly. :Rock:

I used dremel to bring the led as close as possible to the hole from inside.
Looking at the megadrive from outside is now like the original.

Thanks DForce3000. :clap:

[defor]

So - a thought...
(I'm not sure much about PAL games as I have none)
JP Megadrive games appear to have a notch partway down the side...
US Genesis games do not...

How about an optical sensor for region auto-switch?