Sega Saturn mod question

[Tetsu]

Just read te how-to guide on modding a Saturn to play backups. Unfortunately, I have a model 2, 21 pin system. Is there any way I can make the mod chip work with this system? I don't want to do the swap trick and burn out my Saturn's motor. I have a 4-1 Action Replay Plus 4MB cart...will that let me play backups? Any help you guys offer is greatly appreciated.

[Raedon]

a system 2 21 pin ribbon works if you have the 32 pin IC chip on the cd-rom board.

[Tetsu]

curses! foiled again. Just took it apart: I have a 64 pin IC on mine. Is there any hope for me?

[Raedon]

:cry:

All I can say is you might be able to find someone to swap out Saturns. If you don't meet the criteria outlined in my How to at http://www.nullunit.com/dpforum/viewtopic.php?t=2255 your SOL for playing backups on your Saturn.

[Tetsu]

Thanks for your help, Raedon. I really appreciate it.

[WiseSalesman]

Yo, Tetsu! First of all, your avatar rocks!

Second, I reccomend the following site:
http://www.gamesx.com/importmod/saturncon.htm

Gamesx is a video game technical website. Using this guide, I was able to mod my saturn without a chip, and it works perfectly (I just put a slider switch in the top of the case). If you decide to use this method, go ahead and PM me or reply here if you need any help. I just did it a couple months ago, so it's all still pretty fresh in my mind.

[Raedon]

He has a 4 in 1 which defeats the country code which is what that modification does. He is looking for a way to play CD-R backups. Cool inexpensive no-regions Modification though.

[WiseSalesman]

Ahhhh......thanks Raedon. Now I'm going to go pound my damn head into the wall for not reading the whole post.

[BenT]

/me poops on Saturn pir... err, "backups". :P

[Captain Wrong]

Hmm...the Saturn region switch looks similar to the Genesis one. Anyone know if this is possible for the Dreamcast?

[BenT]

If it is, no one's figured it out yet. Mod chip or boot disc are the ways to go for DC imports.

[Captain Wrong]

Yeah, the boot disc is kind of a drag when you switch games a lot or are playing VGA. Ahh well.

[Tetsu]

Thanks for the help, WiseSalesman. (and I love my new avatar too!) I am familiar with Gamesx (awesome site) and performed this mod a couple of years ago. the difficulty is in defeating the bios chip, which checks to see that a game isn't a cdr.

[CrazyImpmon]

I should fle this one under the subject "Now what?" as my Saturn has 64 pin chip and the mainboard doesn't match any pictured on Gamesx site.

I don't have any import so it's probably moot point but still I'd like to see if I can hack my Saturn in case I run across a few Japanese games.

[Raedon]

I don't have any import so it's probably moot point but still I'd like to see if I can hack my Saturn in case I run across a few Japanese games.

You only need a $10 cart to play imports on a Saturn. a 4 in 1 or 5 in 1 or some of the import carts.