This SEGA megadrive is fake or legit?

[Guillegringo]

Hi,

I need some help to spot if this megadrive is fake








Seems to be a clone but i am no expert

[Niku-Sama]

seems ok to me from the pics but i am not a big sega fan.

is the cheap feeling plastic shell throwing you off?
because thats normal, all the ones i have are made of crap ABS

[Spleeze]

That looks like a clone to me...

I've never seen a model 2 with that writing on it.
The model 2 genny has pushbutton power and reset, not switches like that.
The expansion port looks like no expansion port I've ever seen. I don't think this unit will work at all with a Sega CD.

[JakeM]

Could be a Chinese knock off. The expansion port is a big problem. Besides that it looks like someone was trying to make their own Mega Drive plastic body.

[turntablist1210]

definitely fake, its in a NTSC-J MD2 Shell but the colours are all wrong, and that edge connector doesnt look like it will connect to a mcd

[Satoshi_Matrix]

Please, open that thing up and take some photos! If that is a clone, then I want to see its motherboard! Genesis clones could be made using off the shelf components so looking at what they did would be extremely interesting, and we'd also be able to tell you more specific details about that thing.

[dendawg]

I'm thinking clone, because don't legit Megadrive 2's have orange buttons and no slider switch?

[theclaw]

This one has Genesis 2 all-black color. But the logo and power switch type used for Megadrive 2 in most of Asia (excluding Korea).
Not to mention FCC is a US organization. That sticker wouldn't be there normally.

I doubt Sega CD will ever work. Its connector has longer pins with like twice as many.

Also check the back. Legit megadrive uses a din to allow RGB video that 32X needs.

[Gameguy]

Based on the model number ending in 07, it should be a Thailand Mega Drive. Of course it appears to be a bootleg as the expansion connector is wrong and the colours are off. The FCC sticker is another problem. I'll post a link to a legit one below.

http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthr...l=1#post580778

[ApolloBoy]

That's without a doubt a clone.

[Guillegringo]

That's without a doubt a clone.

Yes seems to be a clone, tks all for the feedback.


Sorry i dont has the hardware with me to take the motherboard pictures.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

when you do, please take some photos. Though most of us are sure its a clone, the motherboard pics will confirm it and also be geek porn for us techheads.

[Gameguy]

I've seen pics of various Mega Drive clones and while they look like Mega Drives they usually have different unique names, like Magic Drive for example. This system actually calls itself a Sega Mega Drive 2 so it's more of a bootleg system than a clone.

[MaxWar]

Somehow I recall reading another thread somewhere featuring that thing but that maybe only "deja-vu"

In any case, YES, MOTHERBOARD PICTURES!!!

[zakthedodo]

It's the same version of the Japanese Mega Drive 2 with a 1 button and 1 switch.
Those were colored with the power switch gray and the reset button blue.
Also the cart slot had red doors.


Japan



Europe


Korea ( Super Aladdin Boy?)

and of course the Model 2 Genesis.
Here's the link to pretty good Sega Retro site.
http://segaretro.org/Sega_Mega_Drive

[theclaw]

It's the same version of the Japanese Mega Drive 2 with a 1 button and 1 switch.
Those were colored with the power switch gray and the reset button blue.
Also the cart slot had red doors.


Japan



Europe


Korea ( Super Aladdin Boy?)

and of course the Model 2 Genesis.
Here's the link to pretty good Sega Retro site.
http://segaretro.org/Sega_Mega_Drive

Yeah but this one the power button, reset switch, and cart doors are black.
As in North America. Not Japan.

[Gameguy]

It's the same version of the Japanese Mega Drive 2 with a 1 button and 1 switch.

I posted the version it's supposed to be based on the model number, based on that number it's an asian version which is supposed to be PAL instead of NTSC, not Japanese.

[theclaw]

I posted the version it's supposed to be based on the model number, based on that number it's an asian version which is supposed to be PAL instead of NTSC, not Japanese.

Well the specific console in the topic you linked to was using Japanese at 60hz.
Only mode where Soleil doesn't work, and Bare Knuckle loads up as Bare Knuckle (rather than Streets of Rage).

[Gameguy]

Well the specific console in the topic you linked to was using Japanese at 60hz.
Only mode where Soleil doesn't work, and Bare Knuckle loads up as Bare Knuckle (rather than Streets of Rage).

I read through the entire thread, by the last page it seemed to be a PAL system that was somehow modded to 60hz by Sega with an extra wire soldered to the board. It's a bit unclear with the posts but it's supposed to be a PAL system. Why it was altered I'm not sure.

[theclaw]

I read through the entire thread, by the last page it seemed to be a PAL system that was somehow modded to 60hz by Sega with an extra wire soldered to the board. It's a bit unclear with the posts but it's supposed to be a PAL system. Why it was altered I'm not sure.

Hmm. Then what about its Japanese language mode? I thought no systems officially used Japanese with either 50hz or PAL color.