Okay, so my old and reliable Sega CD model 1 that I've had since the early/mid 90's is now giving me problems.
I hooked the Genny 1/SCD1 combo up to my tv today when I found more room for it on my main tv center. They had been stored in a dry, safe place connected together in my main entertainment room.
The Genesis boots Shinboi III just fine. Awesome. I play it for 5-10 minutes, testing which of my pads were the most comfortable/responsive. I get the urge to toss in Popful Mail and jump around in it for a short bit. My Sega CD, however, will do nothing more than flash it's Green and Red LEDs at me for a brief moment. It does nothing more.
At this point I've tried the following:
1) Checked to make sure I only used the standard Genesis power supply for both.
2) Cleaned the connections between the two units with alcohol/q-tips. They did need this badly! 0_0
3) Yelled at small children who repeatedly came in the room, asking me when they could get a chance to play it.
4) Adjusting the Genny 1's connector to varying degrees of closeness with the Sega CD's connector.
I've got a model 2 Genny that I connected and I get the same results.
Ideas?