Analogue Mega Sg

mcdermotx · 11 Apr 2019 at 22:06

Sounds like you may not have updated the firmware beyond the initial ship revision.
Saw a vid with some Youtuber giving out about how none of his Master System games were working, until it was pointed out to him that he never updated his firmware (was missing Ultracore on his main screen as well).

Latest official is 4.3
https://support.analogue.co/hc/en-us/articles/360024836892-Mega-Sg-Firmware-Update-v4-3

Though I think the Jailbreak one is up to that rev as well.

mattf · 12 Apr 2019 at 09:58

mcdermotx said:
Sounds like you may not have updated the firmware beyond the initial ship revision.
Saw a vid with some Youtuber giving out about how none of his Master System games were working, until it was pointed out to him that he never updated his firmware (was missing Ultracore on his main screen as well).

Latest official is 4.3
https://support.analogue.co/hc/en-us/articles/360024836892-Mega-Sg-Firmware-Update-v4-3

Though I think the Jailbreak one is up to that rev as well.

Thanks have to get an SD card now!

kinger8938 · 12 Apr 2019 at 10:54

So jealous

. How long would you say delivery took from point of ordering to the knock at your doors?

£240ish seems a lot just to replay lion king on a modern TV

Theres much more I'd play, joking aside.

mattf · 13 Apr 2019 at 15:23

it took about 3-4 days to arrive. My Master system adapter seems broken. I installed the new firmware from smokemonster, that works nicely.

kinger8938 · 13 Apr 2019 at 15:26

mattf said:
it took about 3-4 days to arrive. My Master system adapter seems broken. I installed the new firmware from smokemonster, that works nicely.

Wow that's an impressive turn around imo. Hope you sort the master system issue

superbuff84 · 13 Apr 2019 at 21:55

Sorry guys, quick question.

I also live in the UK, and was wondering does every model work over here, straight out the box? or do I need a converter for the plug socket? Couldn't find anything on their website.

mcdermotx · 13 Apr 2019 at 23:52

mattf said:
it took about 3-4 days to arrive. My Master system adapter seems broken. I installed the new firmware from smokemonster, that works nicely.

Unfortunate mate. Definitely worth getting onto them about that. They may just post another out to you.
I assume Ultracore showed up on the menu in the end after the update ?

superbuff84 said:
Sorry guys, quick question.

I also live in the UK, and was wondering does every model work over here, straight out the box? or do I need a converter for the plug socket? Couldn't find anything on their website.

You'll just need a USB power adapter or run it off a 5v USB socket on a power strip. Not in front of me right now, but just a standard one as they come with a US style adapter by default. At this point, everyone has them lying about the house !
US, Euro, JAP styles are just colour differences.

superbuff84 · 14 Apr 2019 at 10:08

Excellent, thank you my friend. Gonna bite the bullet and order one today.

mattf · 14 Apr 2019 at 11:16

mcdermotx said:
Unfortunate mate. Definitely worth getting onto them about that. They may just post another out to you.
I assume Ultracore showed up on the menu in the end after the update ?

Everything else works bar the mastwrsytwn adapter. Mega drive carts etc

Ultracore also works fine

kinger8938 · 14 Apr 2019 at 13:46

superbuff84 said:
Excellent, thank you my friend. Gonna bite the bullet and order one today.

Thanks for asking, these were questions I had too!

What style are you going for? The Japanese colours look most appealing to me I think

superbuff84 · 14 Apr 2019 at 16:14

Japanese for sure. Not feeling it with the white model, just doesn't seem right? Each to their own I guess.

Delivery says 2-3 weeks, was hoping to get it in time for my Birthday next week.

mattf · 15 Apr 2019 at 11:16

Got the adapter to work, finally.

mattf · 15 Apr 2019 at 11:17

superbuff84 said:
Japanese for sure. Not feeling it with the white model, just doesn't seem right? Each to their own I guess.

Delivery says 2-3 weeks, was hoping to get it in time for my Birthday next week.

Mine arrived super quick so good luck. Well pleased with Japanese look

Tutan · 30 Apr 2019 at 13:44

Did all of you guys have to pay custom charges on top of the price too?

Been waiting for the Mega SG release, but it’s already very expensive with 50 USD shipping and the custom charge would make the cost just unfair.

makes me wonder if that FPGA aspect is really worth it in real life, as high quality clone consoles such as Hyperkin Mega Retron run games pretty much flawlessly and the upcoming Mega Drive Mini sounds very promising since it’s being done and tweaked by Sega Ages M2 team so high quality emulation is expected.

The Analogue Mega SG works out more expensive than a PS4..I wonder if this price is really justified for us UK buyers.

gamefreakblog · 30 Apr 2019 at 17:58

Hi there. First time post specifically for this issue. Just got an SG and I'm wondering about the power. Could I plug the USB lead into a USB plug adaptor, such as an iPhone plug, or a travel plug, and have this work? I just don't want to blow the thing. I have a 5V 1A iPhone plug handy, and a travel plug that has 250V 13A rating on it, so the US plug can go into this and then this plug into the mains.

I just want to play, but scared of blowing it....lol

andshrew · 30 Apr 2019 at 19:11

gamefreakblog said:
Hi there. First time post specifically for this issue. Just got an SG and I'm wondering about the power. Could I plug the USB lead into a USB plug adaptor, such as an iPhone plug, or a travel plug, and have this work? I just don't want to blow the thing. I have a 5V 1A iPhone plug handy, and a travel plug that has 250V 13A rating on it, so the US plug can go into this and then this plug into the mains.

I just want to play, but scared of blowing it....lol

You need to use a 5V 2A USB charger.

maddog · 1 May 2019 at 18:45

Got mine this morning.
Nothing about the import fees yet. Fingers crossed.

mcdermotx · 2 May 2019 at 12:35

FWIW......still nothing customs-wise here, almost a month and a half later.
Starring to think I might get away with it, or FedEx staff work very slowly.

mcdermotx · 2 May 2019 at 12:37

mattf said:
Got the adapter to work, finally.

Excellent. What was the story ? Dirty contacts ?

dowie · 3 May 2019 at 07:35

Tutan said:
makes me wonder if that FPGA aspect is really worth it in real life, as high quality clone consoles such as Hyperkin Mega Retron run games pretty much flawlessly and the upcoming Mega Drive Mini sounds very promising since it’s being done and tweaked by Sega Ages M2 team so high quality emulation is expected.

The Analogue Mega SG works out more expensive than a PS4..I wonder if this price is really justified for us UK buyers.

I'm wondering the same thing, throw in the fact that I had a mega drive as a kid when I was completely unaware of the PAL vs NTSC thing.... so my game collection is all PAL, unless I'm going to replace the lot with NTSC carts then I might well be better off with a Mega Drive Mini and (hopefully) proper NTSC versions of the games than with decent FPGA hardware albeit running my childhood collection of crippled PAL games.