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    Default Easiest Way To Play Import MegaCD Games On US System?

    I just got an X'Eye off of Ebay with a couple of Mega CD games. You know the drill.

    Is there a boot program or something I can burn myself to make my MegaCD games playable?

    THanks in advance!

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    MagicKey III

    good luck finding one though...

    otherwsie you will need to mod your console...
    and if you are going to do mod I'd check with D-Lite first whether this's possible with your console...

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    Is it possible to rip the games to a CD and modify their region settings? I know you can with saturn games.

    But if you did that then a Sega CD can play the burns unmodified.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daria
    Is it possible to rip the games to a CD and modify their region settings? I know you can with saturn games.

    But if you did that then a Sega CD can play the burns unmodified.
    This can be done reasonably easily with Euro MCD games, but Jap ones are finicky (something about the boot code being smaller) last I looked into it. I believe the tool used is called SCDconv, but don't quote me on that...

    If you want to play the originals, you're either going to need to get a foreign system, or do a BIOS mod.

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    or MagicKey III like I said...

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    Quote Originally Posted by dj898
    or MagicKey III like I said...
    really? Dang it. I've had that thing for a while, and never knew that! Gonna have to go get me some Mega Cd games now...

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    now hang on...
    Now I read it again I think I may given wrong information.
    i know MagicKey lets you play different region carts but not sure whether it does the same with MegaCD... probably not...

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    can anybody confirm/deny this?

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    Some PC emulators let you play games directly off the CD. The emulation quality varies wildly, of course.

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    Quote Originally Posted by SamuraiSmurfette
    can anybody confirm/deny this?
    I will get back to you on this tonight! I have the Magic Key III at the ready, although i gotta go to college now!

    Back @ 6pm GMT!

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    well it seems the Mega Key III doesnt allow Mega CD imports, Just cartridge imports

    However, i tried swaping the region with my custom switches and the Mega CD dectects its on a different console and wont allow it, a blue screen comes up saying PAL only orwhatever...

    The only thing left it to perform a Bios Mod...

    Here is a link to one, but to be honest, they dont look too easy!

    http://www.eidolons-inn.net/tiki-ind...gaCD+MultiBIOS

    Good luck!

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