Unusual Sega Megadrive / Genesis System ??

[chaoticjelly]

Does anyone know what the hell this is?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8156678809

It has a Scorpion logo on the front, and a different case...

Seller says it plays Sonic on Megadrive???

[MegaDrive20XX]

it's got to be a clone

[chaoticjelly]

I never heard of a clone that would play original games??

[MegaDrive20XX]

Well I would assume it's like a Fami-clone, plays the Famicom carts, but it's not a legit system. Which is something I would think along those lines when I see this Sega Mega Drive XV1

Given the time frame 1988-1989....it could have been possible someone made a spin off

and just looking at the picture again, it has a PAL PSU 220Volt...so it could be from Hong Kong (Since some parts of Asia use PAL and others use NTSC)

[chaoticjelly]

Sounds interesting.. I was thinking of bidding, but I guess its worthless really just a curio...

[MegaDrive20XX]

Well the price isn't that bad at the moment, it wouldn't hurt, plus once we get a second opinion on what this could be, then it could be worth something

[Famidrive-16]

The scorpion might be a sticker.

[Push Upstairs]

'Tis a clone.

I've seen one on the net before.

[CosmicMonkey]

Thought I'd dig this up as I've just found a clip of the Scorpion on the UK TV show 'Bad Influence'. I remember seeing this episode when it was on TV, so this brings back some memories. I did actually see the Scorpion for sale in our local Beatties too.

So, anyone have one?

Watch Me (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg-E2jXVx5k&search=genesis%20sega)

http://segaclone.emucamp.com/clones/scorpionxvi/scorpionunit.jpg

More info, and pic stolen from here (http://segaclone.emucamp.com/clones/scorpionxvi/scorpionxvi.htm).

So I assume that as there's no 32X love, there's be no playing Virtua Racing or using a MS converter? Not sure if the Mega CD will work either? None on Ebay, but now I have a strange urge to find one.

[anagrama]

Yeah, seen a few of 'em before, probably on Mercado Libre. There's a few odd-looking MD clones I've seen on there. I've got pics saved sommwhere I think...

[CosmicMonkey]

Yeah, if you could post pics, it'd be great. I've seen many , many Famiclones but not so many Segaclones. The stranger or more completely random the better.

[Synergy]

That's interesting. I've never even heard of a Scorpion or any other Genesis clones before. Then again, I've never gone out of my way to look for one.

[Emuaust]

LINKY (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8289088777&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1)

These are on ebay here pretty often and are great as
there come region modded which is cool for us Pal Gamers

[chrisbid]

i have a PAL genniclone, it looks like a mega drive 2, but is lighter, and has very bad controllers. the system does work, but since it is pal, i cant do much with it

[anagrama]

Here's a couple of others I've seen:

MegaBrasil 3
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4816/bootlegbvrazilianmdgenesis37px.jpg

Dynacom Megavision
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/9920/dynacommegavisionbrazboot2sz.jpg
http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/1666/wierdbrazilianpirate24uy.jpg

[chaoticjelly]

Cool! someone dug up one of my posts!

Thats pretty good detective work CosmicMonkey, makes me wish id bought it now (I never did actually bid if your curious..!)

I wonder if it would be possible to add a 9 pin AV port to it, obviously tapping signals inside. I bet it would be a hard job though!