Card Catcher with Genesis?

[369WIERDO369]

I ordered a Tototek Mark3/SMS -> Genesis adapter, and I was wondering...
It seems that the SG-1000 Card Catcher goes through the cartridge port...Since the Tototek converter is compatible with SG-1000 carts, would it work with the Card Catcher, allowing my Genesis to play SMS card games?

[ApolloBoy]

Yes, the Card Catcher should work just fine. However, the Genesis is incompatible with all SG-1000 games so you're stuck with SMS/Mark III cards.

[theclaw]

Probably. But a whole Master System might be a better investment. I recently won an ebay SMS1 without cables for $30 shipped.

[369WIERDO369]

Yes, the Card Catcher should work just fine. However, the Genesis is incompatible with all SG-1000 games so you're stuck with SMS/Mark III cards.

Even with the converter?

[theclaw]

Yes. It's a hardware issue. Genesis entirely and completely axed the SG-1000 graphics mode. Those old games would get just sound, if anything.

[369WIERDO369]

Yes. It's a hardware issue. Genesis entirely and completely axed the SG-1000 graphics mode. Those old games would get just sound, if anything.

So basically, unless there were a few good SMS/Mark 3 games that were only released on cards and not on cartridges, a card catcher would be useless.

[theclaw]

More or less. While it should work on a western SMS, since the base system supports SG-1000 (Master Everdrive proved that), it'll take extra work. You'd have to custom order a cartridge adapter (SMS adapters for Japan games are not readily available) and disable the BIOS lockout.

As for SG-1000 keyboard games... From the pinout it's believed possible to make a converter to use that keyboard on SMS's rear expansion port. Though there hasn't been any known attempt of the idea.