New Megadrive thingy on Play-Asia

[Soundwave]

Anyone else seen these???

http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-6z-49-en-70-2sf4.html

Seriosuly tempted to pick one up.

Nice & cheap, 20 games built in & plays all my old classics as well.
Would be a nice compact replacement for my now ageing original PAL unit which I can then retire to the shrine in the loft lol

Anyone else tempted or is it only me??

Neil

[k0pp0]

Looks pretty cool, but WHY do they always include Altered Beast? It were sh!te..

[moonwhistle]

It looks like it ony comes a ****ty av cable, if you couldn't use an RGB cable it's not worth bothering with imo. Otherwise it may be half decent although you can pick up an original Megadrive for a few quid.

[Kubrick]

Is composite the only AV-out option?

[Howiee]

It does look tempting. I'm on the verge of picking one up actually. The only query would be the power supply - they claim it's multi-voltage, but I just wonder how that works given the the two prong one shown.

The handheld one looks great too (same built in games) but I wonder if it has a decent screen, i.e backlit etc.

[egparadigm]

It's an awesome little package. The problem being the video quality. Also, if I were going to the trouble of buying a Mega Drive, I'd want an aesthetically pleasing original model. Great price, though.

[Oldgamingfart]

Has official Sega branding on it as well. Yeah, shame about the video output, and non-standard cartridge slot Maybe there's a way to mod it to output RGB .

[ninjabearhug]

Other than the video it's not a bad little machine. A friend of mine bought one to play his import games on, it has a PAL/NTSC switch on the back. Plus they are releasing some more multi carts for it, hopefully you will be able to buy them separately so i can use them on a real MD

[Soundwave]

I didnt actually notice the crappy AV output until after I posted the thread.

Seems like such a shame that it will be spoilt by sub standard output.

Reckon I'll just stick with my current Megadrive & try to find one of those tiny US Mark 3 ones when I can afford one.

[MattyD]

Has official Sega branding on it as well. Yeah, shame about the video output, and non-standard cartridge slot Maybe there's a way to mod it to output RGB .

Sega have licensed their old stuff to a lot of companies. Majesco were still selling licensed Master System and Game Gear games up until recently, and doing a roaring trade in Brazil by all accounts. Some of their Game Gear games turned up in a lot of your pound shop type places a year or two back, mostly Disney related games. They also make the Mark 3 clones Soundwave mentioned, which are proper sweet.

[Howiee]

Well, I just bought one. Couldn't resist. Is the A/V output such a bad thing? It's not my area of expertise.

[ShadowDancer]

Your probably wouldn't of noticed it back in the day. But if you've been spoiling yourself with a HD picture of even to a lesser extent, RGB,..it'll take some adjusting to get used to it.

[Yakumo]

I wouldn't buy one. you know it's just a Mega Drive on a chip which will mean many problems with games and the sound is probably emulated so the likes of Thunder Force IV won't sound right.

Yakumo

[Howiee]

Hmmm

Well, it'll make a decent birthday present for my 5 year old nephew then.

I wouldn't buy one. you know it's just a Mega Drive on a chip which will mean many problems with games and the sound is probably emulated so the likes of Thunder Force IV won't sound right.

Yakumo

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