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    Exclamation Phantasy Star 2 Sega MD Japanese - does not work on sega md2 and nomad?

    Maybe you know what's up with this game. I was always curious.

    Well the problem is that it does not work on sega megadrive model 2 (both ntsc and pal consoles with any converters) and nomad (with a converter).

    The amazing thing that from my whole collection of games it's the ONLY one which behave like this. It shows "Produced under license blah blah" and then just black screen.
    But that's not the end of the story. When i had desparate thoughts that the cart is simply dead i took it to my friend who had a pirated chinese sega md2 (i always used originals somehow). And it booted ok! WTF? How is it possible that it does not work on original console but does on some ulgy clone?

    This game is old, 1989... Maybe it was only compaitible with the first genesis models somehow?

    I have a converter called Mega Key 2 wich allows to play ANY sega genesis/md games on ANY sega genesis/md systems. But this one does not work.. heh...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark_Sol View Post
    Maybe you know what's up with this game. I was always curious.

    Well the problem is that it does not work on sega megadrive model 2 (both ntsc and pal consoles with any converters) and nomad (with a converter).

    The amazing thing that from my whole collection of games it's the ONLY one which behave like this. It shows "Produced under license blah blah" and then just black screen.
    But that's not the end of the story. When i had desparate thoughts that the cart is simply dead i took it to my friend who had a pirated chinese sega md2 (i always used originals somehow). And it booted ok! WTF? How is it possible that it does not work on original console but does on some ulgy clone?

    This game is old, 1989... Maybe it was only compaitible with the first genesis models somehow?

    I have a converter called Mega Key 2 wich allows to play ANY sega genesis/md games on ANY sega genesis/md systems. But this one does not work.. heh...
    try it without the converter? phantasy star 2 was made before they really started using region protection
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    I need jap sega md for it. I don't have any at the moment
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    No, plug it into the NOMAD without a converter. It likely doesn't have a region-lockout chip in place the way the older ones do.
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    my copy of it works fine on my genesis model 1 (very first version) if I have some time later i'll try and see if it works on my later models.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blitzwing256 View Post
    my copy of it works fine on my genesis model 1 (very first version) if I have some time later i'll try and see if it works on my later models.
    Ok try it on later models.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mobiusclimber View Post
    No, plug it into the NOMAD without a converter. It likely doesn't have a region-lockout chip in place the way the older ones do.
    It won't fit in nomad. Different shape.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark_Sol View Post
    It won't fit in nomad. Different shape.
    Have you tried? You might need to wiggle the cart a little to get it in (because of the weird ridges along the sides of MD games), but I had no trouble popping in Dragon Slayer I to the Nomad I used to have, only to confirm that it was, in fact, region locked.
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