Just found my old Sega Mega Drive 2...

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Mum did some digging in my old room and found the whole console and controllers, cables, connectors, collection of games AND a floppy drive converter that plugs in ontop. She also so happened to find a box full of floppy disk games for said console! I have no idea how it all works though nor can i remember how it all works.

Is it even possible to connect everything up to a modern 4k tv?




 
Maundie said:
I think it would connect through the normal aerial socket, wasted many hours on Jungle Strike and also it's predecessor Desert Strike
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I'm having a nostalgia moment cos i remember every part of that game having done the same as you lol!

Spent so many hours on Cyborg Justice as well, i loved ripping limbs off and attaching them to yourself to upgrade :cry:.
 
Can mods move this to retro section, didn't realise we had one!

Thanks
 
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pingwing said:
A few reviews out there suggest they're not too bad!

True retro players get an upscale (OSSC or retrotink) for the job :cool:

Even more out there dusting off a CRT...
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If he only has the MD2 though, either upscaler and a good RGB scart is a massive set back. Though I do agree as a 5x pro and framemeister owner :).
 
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Not had chance to test anything yet still, a little busy last night but planning on getting it all connected tonight and testing.

GeX said:
You won't be able to tune it via the RF socket. Modern TVs don't have analogue tuners.

I wonder if https://www.retrorgb.com/genesistriplebypass.html + https://www.retrogamingcables.co.uk/RAD2X-CABLES/Mega Drive-2-RAD2X/SEGA-MEGA-DRIVE-2-GENESIS-2-32X-HD-RAD2X-HDMI-480P-CABLE would give the best quality for you.

Let's see more about this FDD adatper though!
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This seems like a hell of a lot of work, maybe something i'll try.

I'll post some pics of it tonight, from what i remember it was a plug and play unit. Can't remember if it needed a power connector though.
 
Cyber-Mav said:
get pics up of the floppy drive system, it would be good to see it in action too if you can set it up and make video.
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Last day of work today! So i got free time tonight and tomorrow to tinker! Gonna be fun! Sorry keep delaying messing with this.
 
Love it... fwiw after about two hours playing around in menu's and reading the manual I managed to tune my MD1 directly into my modern samsung smart TV - The terrestrial tuning is just buried deep in a settings menu. I also managed to tune in my SNES - For the MD/saturn though I can't recommend these things enough...





This is the saturn specific one buy they do one that covers all the Sega consoles!
 
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