Sega Mega Drive Game Decoder ???? [Archive]

pimpbot1976

07-31-2003, 04:12 AM

Does anybody have any info on this strange little thing? I have no friggin' clue what it is used for? It is a little black box about the size of a Genesis cart and it has three sections of tiny little switches on the back of it. On the back there is also a place to plug a Megadrive cart into it.

HELP :-D

Mr-Monday

07-31-2003, 07:57 AM

I've never heard of this. Any pics?

maxlords

07-31-2003, 08:02 AM

Does anybody have any info on this strange little thing? I have no friggin' clue what it is used for? It is a little black box about the size of a Genesis cart and it has three sections of tiny little switches on the back of it. On the back there is also a place to plug a Megadrive cart into it.

HELP :-D

Sounds like a convertor to me, but with a port for something on it.

pimpbot1976

07-31-2003, 03:10 PM

I don't have my digi cam right now but when I get it back I will put up some pix of it.

rbudrick

07-31-2003, 03:23 PM

I believe it is for playing any region's game on any region's system

-Rob

pimpbot1976

08-08-2003, 06:48 PM

I finally got some pics of this thing:

http://www.pbase.com/richie_rich/vidgames&page=3

Ixiah

08-08-2003, 09:43 PM

looks like a region decoder, definitely 3rd party.

Edit, ok I looked for some info on it and dug up this document (http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=Sega+Mega+Drive+Game+Decoder)

Bratwurst

08-08-2003, 09:50 PM

looks like a region decoder, definitely 3rd party.

NO OBVIOUSLY IT IS FIRST PARTY GOOD SIR

Ixiah

08-08-2003, 10:01 PM

looks like a region decoder, definitely 3rd party.

NO OBVIOUSLY IT IS FIRST PARTY GOOD SIR

Why are you shouting? :roll:

pimpbot1976

08-09-2003, 04:32 AM

So any more info on it??

Thanks folks.

pimpbot1976

10-24-2003, 08:07 AM

http://www.pbase.com/image/20141416

http://www.pbase.com/image/20141429

I am thinking about selling this little thing on ebay but I have no info on it really.

What should I give as a description and what should I be asking for it?

Thanks :) [/url]

anagrama

10-24-2003, 08:23 AM

Hmm, that's a strange one. Unlike the SNES, there's no need to piggy-back a cart in a converter to get round region-locked games on a MD/Genesis.
Perhaps it's also a Japanese Game Genie-style device? or has a Master System converter built in? Just guessing, mind.

pimpbot1976

10-26-2003, 03:15 AM

It only cost me like $3. So whatever it might be it was cheap.