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Overclocked + Fully Modded Mega Drive - Comparing Mods Enabled/Disabled - SEGA Genesis

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In this video I show my overclocked and fully modified PAL Sega Mega Drive. It has been overclocked to have the option of running at 10Mhz instead of the standard factory 7Mhz. As well as being overclocked it has also been region modded to play games at either 50/60Hz - PAL/NTSC and language modded to play in either English or Japanese. I have also added extra video and stereo outputs to the rear of the console.
I give a brief description of what all the mods do then I show some comparison footage of games running with and without the mods enabled.
My Mega Drive is hooked up to a 1080p Sony Bravia HDTV via RGB Scart. The picture quality I get from it is stunning. The colours are vibrant and the image is extremely clear/sharp. I've taken some stills to compare the difference between RGB Scart and Composite.
RGB Scart images,
Sonic - tinyurl.com/3ka...
Streets Of Rage 2 - tinyurl.com/3pq...
Composite images,
Sonic - tinyurl.com/4yl...
Streets Of Rage 2 - tinyurl.com/3vz...
The tutorial I followed to overclock the console was by thedamomonster.
Check out his channel here for a ton of great vids..
/ thedamomonster
Thanks for watching!

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@FMYM2612 11 лет назад

The reason alot of users on this thread are confused and commenting that their copy of Sonic 2 never played the music that slow is simply because it didn't, Sonic 2 was optimised for PAL regions, and also you booted your copy of Sonic 2 in 60Hz and then switched it over to 50Hz resulting in the strange slower music. Maybe next time try booting it in 50Hz first so people can see how the game really looks and sounds in PAL territories.

@wakkowarner123 11 лет назад

Get Mickey Mania (Japanese version) for The mega drive, and use some mod like this. Turn on the console while on English. The game will start and say: 'For use only on Sega Mega Drive'. If you switch the game to Japanese while this screen appears, It will say 'Oh... This system has apparently changed to a Sega Mega Drive', and the game will start. You can also do this on an emulator. Pretty funny if you ask me.

@Felstaff 11 лет назад

5:53 - the unmistakable music of Streets of Rage kicks in, and all your hard work is suddenly justified as a highly noble endeavour.

@madkvideo 12 лет назад

Wow, you can change the language on the fly! Awesome!

@RetroGameTech 12 лет назад

Under most circumstances you don't see slowdown in that animation. But notice the example used in the video is a very particular section of the game where the console is being pushed to it's limits (sonic 2, 2 player split screen, multiple sprites/animations occurring simultaneously). Your Mega Drive will also show slowdown at this section unless modified.

@techstore 11 лет назад

one day I'll find on youtube a guy who installed linux on Sega genesis.

@Remo-media 11 лет назад

I used to play sonic in the UK on Pal and it was not that slow at all.

@SproutyPottedPlant 11 лет назад

Aaah a fantastic modification! I got me a nice HD graphics non TMSS Megadrive. I would love to mod it but I don't think I will be able to see the small parts or use a soldering iron but I am still happy with it, I have the Game Genie too and action replay so I can have everlasting presents in Toejam & Earl :D Don't worry about Sonic 2, it was slow probably because the MD was booted in 60Hz. Sonic 1 truely will rumn slow at 50 Hz but Sonic 2 was adapted.

@RetroGameTech 13 лет назад

@paulspydar The region mod is very easy and only requires very basic soldering. the Overclock is a bit harder but nothing to complex. Check out thedamomonster's channel (link in the description). He has easy to follow tutorials on all of this stuff :)

@andrewhowie6563 11 лет назад

Most games do not use the composite video blending effect. But besides that small detail, Sonic still looks soooo much better in RGB through SCART. You have to really try it in person to believe it.

@tomlee80 12 лет назад

Nice mods. You've kept your Mega Drive well looked after too! I was a SNES player back in the day and ended up selling my UK SNES to purchase an import US model. Thanks to Super Play for educating me about the 50hz 60hz issue. I believe the Sega Dreamcast was the first PAL console released with the ability of switching between 50 & 60Hz out of the box.

@StellawasaBicycle 11 лет назад

Enjoyed the video, had no idea about the pal vs ntsc difference. Old School for life!

@TheDamoMonster 13 лет назад

Hey mate.. Excellent vid as always dude, and thanks SO much for the shout - I was wondering why my sub count was flying up so fast ha ha! Cheers mate, stay awesome!!

@Neoklis128 13 лет назад

Great looking mods man! the led addition is awesome! i have the overclock on mine though i use a processor freeze switch for hot overclocking!

@BWG33 12 лет назад

I've never been interested in Modding any of my Genesis consoles (only 2) but after watching your video, I'm starting to reconsider! That just sounds cool in any Retro collection...a modded Sega Genesis.

@RetroGameTech 13 лет назад

@keearun First measured and marked out the areas to cut with a pencil. Then I used a very small drill bit to cut a pilot hole. Then I used a set of precision files to cut a rectangular hole for the switches to fit through.

@00Resev 12 лет назад

I'm from Portugal. The contest was televised trough a very popular PT games show. SONY always had a strong love affair with my country due to the PT gamers being some 80% SONY centric, with the remaining 20% spread trough the remaining platforms (excluding PCs, which were omnipresent but never a threat). The contest was sponsored by Toyota. Every contestant had to use the same car on the same track in arcade mode. The car was the Toyota Supra, and the track was Trial Mountain. To be continued...

@andrewhowie6563 11 лет назад

Yeah, for some reason the Mega Drive has particularly bad composite video, but especially excellent RGB video compared to other consoles I've tried. SNES has much better video through composite, but the video through RGB seems to be a little less sharp and colorful than the Mega Drive.

@yandman26 11 лет назад

This is really cool and a really neat job , if I actually thought I was up to the wiring ib be afraid of notching the case , looks really professional

@VideosbySteve 12 лет назад

Cool video. I always liked the slowdown when all of Sonic's rings would scatter. I thought it was for effect though.

@00Resev 12 лет назад

Continued from my previous post, here's a little story. In my country, back in 98 there was a Nation-wide Gran Turismo 2 contest. I didn't have the PAL version of the game, i had a J-NTSC copy burrowed from a friend, along with an imported Japanese console, and that's what i used to train, as my friend wasn't interested in the contest (he's a J-RPG kind of guy). I didn't know about the whole 60Hz issue at the time, but coming from the J-game, i was shocked when i got my hands in the PAL version.

@WumboWarrior 12 лет назад

RGB SCART looks BEAUTIFUL

@00Resev 12 лет назад

And it wans't just on the 8 and 16bit consoles either. The PSX also suffered from PAL conversions. The PS2 did as well, but a lot of games had the option to change between 50 and 60Hz. The console handled the conversion, so as long as the TV supported 60Hz, we'd be golden. However, most TVs had limited support for 60Hz (if at all), in which they did display the image, but not the color, so we'd end up with a B&W picture. This is where the "magic" RGB cable made it's debut and fixed that problem.

@PC509 11 лет назад

Have to say I am amazed at how clean the mod is. Those switches look very clean and almost stock. Great work. I love my Genesis. I may have to pick up some RGB cables soon!

@m22rdy 12 лет назад

I remember playing this game back in the 90's and there was definitely a slow down during an epic ring loss. Well done for this!

@gratsoy 11 лет назад

Really well done, looks very factory! I love it when a mod looks like it it was there when the console was sold!

@Quimbyrbg 13 лет назад

Back in the day, my PAL MD seemed pretty spiffy and I often wondered what everyone was bitching about... now its blatantly obvious what a crappy deal we got. 17% is a big speed loss and it makes the Sonic 2 tunes really pop when they are played at their intended speed :) Thanks for showing this off.

@svcxac 11 лет назад

Adding that 10MHz mod would make Thunder Force IV a lot more enjoyable. That game has a lot of slowdown on bosses (especially when switched to 60Hz).

@TheNexusJim 11 лет назад

That's a really cool video, thanks for sharing that. Makes me want to pull out some of my old consoles and see what mods can be done.

@ZILOGz80VIDEOS 12 лет назад

you did a really good job with the mod, you didn't butcher the looks of the console in adding the features.

@RetroGameTech 11 лет назад

Many Japanese versions contain extra levels, playable characters, options, alternative artwork and even have English menus. So for you to dismiss the feature as "useless" is incorrect, not to mention a little negative.

@SpiralPegasus 12 лет назад

I gotta say I was impressed with the language-switch-on-the-fly mod.

@dreamtheaterz28 12 лет назад

Very cool! Its good to see people modifying Sega gear, I mostly see Nintendo consoles being modified.

@jadedrakerider 12 лет назад

That over clock mod is awesome!!!

@JazdaBham 11 лет назад

Loved the video and mods. Ive always had a Pal megadrive and it was never as slow as your 50hz. :S strange

@mambatabac 11 лет назад

I have a MegaDrive that is also modded like this one, but I managed to get hold of a case from a broken Japanese console and swapped it round, so don't have to use a passthrough. Its amazing the difference between PAL/NTSC - can't believe I played such a slow version of Sonic 1 for so long...

@Isaius35 11 лет назад

Wow, The 10 Mhz Overclock mod is actually Pretty sweet. I mean i'm used to NTSC. But i'd still get a lag back when i played it with my brother when i was younger with sonic.

@TheSegaStoner 12 лет назад

Very cool mods, and I didn't know that some games had both versions on them.

@pandnh4 12 лет назад

Great work man! This is the best total mod I have ever heard of.

@ThatOneSeong 12 лет назад

Wily, robotnik, Mario, Sega, and the universe disliked this for reasons being this is Sega and its modded with unofficial awesomeness!

@RetroGameTech 13 лет назад

@MutilatedMinge Thanks! :) . I always try my best to keep these mods looking as clean and stock as possible.

@Ub3rGoob3r 11 лет назад

By the way, that RGB SCART vs Composite image comparison is like night and day. I wanna mod my Genesis to do this. It would breathe new life into my gaming :)

@cookiekeik 12 лет назад

Outrun coast2coast 2000 "Risky Ride (Guitar Mix)" is rather fantastic BGM for mod clip :D

@DarthJevil 11 лет назад

ah, a fellow scot with a megadrive still ;D there are some ntsc games that work on the pal console if i remember right. I'm sure i got truxton and judge dredd for "Genesis" back in the day but worked fine. That overclock switch must be brill for the games. No slowdown in some games would certainly keep the immersion up.

@Jacobprogammer 11 лет назад

So its does do Blast Proccessing?

@AudioAndroid 12 лет назад

Dude thats absolutely beautiful fantastic job

@borobengal 11 лет назад

I once had a Genesis console with Genesis games. Best set up.

@RetroGameTech 13 лет назад

@SonikkuHedgehog Hmmm, at that point the console is running stock so It's probably just the acoustics of the room and way the camera's mic picked it up. The built-in mic tends to pick up higher frequencies better than lower.

@MarsHock 12 лет назад

Great video, I had no idea that us Americans were missing out on such great image quality from that Scart hookup. Is there some mod I can perform on a Genesis (as opposed to a MD) that would let me achieve that look on a modern TV?

@RetroGameTech 11 лет назад

Sorry but composite simply looks terrible compared to RGB Scart. It's washed out, blurry and technically inferior. There's really no argument to it. I used composite cables for years before upgrading to proper RGB Scart. The difference is night and day. No way I'd ever go back.

@RetroGameTech 12 лет назад

The Mega Drive natively outputs RGB through it's AV port. Just hook up the correct RGB Scart cable and you're all set.

@creatorTWin 11 лет назад

notice a huge difference with the overclock, good job man!

@WorldwideWyatt 12 лет назад

Great vid! Long live Default Genesis/Mega Drive!

@bl1gh7y 12 лет назад

I found that many of the megadrives people have problems with overclocking are the best ones to overclock, for example people cut the trace going to b15 and solder thier clock wire to it, for near perfect results un solder pin b15 from the board and bend it up away from the board and then solder your clock wire to it. Thumbs up if this works for you.

@3of19 11 лет назад

Actually, for some import games, especially later titles, the language mod is needed as well if you want to play Japanese games on a PAL Mega Drive pr US Genesis. Some games use it as a region lock-out, so to play a Japanese game, you need to boot up the system in 60Hz and the Jp language setting, Genesis 60&Eng, PAL 50&Eng.

@RetroGameTech 12 лет назад

I linked to the RU-vidrs tutorial I followed in the description :).

@skillzflux 12 лет назад

Neat lil video... My genesis is NTSC so the one useful mod is not useful... however the ring drop animation lag always got on my nerves so the overclocking, I find, is the most appealing mod.

@Jingleboy14 12 лет назад

Good ol' Mega drive. I now that Sonic 1 on my PAL console is really slow compared to NTSC, but I'm guessing the optimization of Sonic 2 and 3 is true, as all seems fine with them. Nice mods, though! I like the green light, neat touch. Also moan the scots!

@crumplezone1 11 лет назад

Great Mods mate just been modding my Amiga A1200 its awesome fun dude,respect!

@3dmarth 12 лет назад

Flicker is a combination of hardware limitations (only so many sprites can be displayed on any given scanline) and programming tricks (so instead of making some objects disappear entirely, it just makes all of them partially visible). So nothing can be done about that, as far as I know. Overclocking will, however, make the system less prone to slowdown, as you saw in this video. (Too many sprites will still cause flicker, but the system will be able to process them at full speed.)

@millgiass 11 лет назад

I think the overclocked mod is the best part about this. But then again I have an American Sega Genesis so I don't have to worry about the slow crappy PAL thing in the first place.

@BLANZ2023 11 лет назад

this vid alone is worth a sub nice one mate

@kimcosmic 12 лет назад

Im not a fan of mega drive, I dont even had one, but you are a genius for the modification, overclock, etc, and the video.

@Dazza2292 12 лет назад

geezo didnt even know half this stuff could be done lol, old megadrives still giving it some mods

@MaddenSpain 12 лет назад

Very useful info shown in a very smart and comprehensive way. Thanks man!

@MaaZeus 12 лет назад

@Grobda You are correct. It seems like the Sonic 2 used in the vid was US version, because if that would have been PAL Sonic 2 it would have gone into chipmunk mode at 60hz. :) Sonic 2 PAL version was speed adjusted to compensate PALs about 17% slower speed. Sonic 1 (and several other games) was unfortunately very crappily ported and really needs that 60hz switch to play correctly here in PAL. :/

@JonasRosenven 11 лет назад

People usually only play COD for one year. Then they get the new version and never play the old one again. People have been playing sonic for 20 years because the gameplay holds up to this day an doesn't rely on other people being online for it to be intertaining. So no: Overall COD is not better than Sonic. I'm glad you enjoy COD. I played it too at one point. What ever rocks your boat. For the record: having technical skills and being able to repair things is not sad or out dated.

@segajcharrua 13 лет назад

awesome vid mate , yeah on the example on sonic that is kinda odd because on 50hz the music doesnt sound like that, as far as i know the music is optimized on the pal version, did you start the game in 60hz and the switch to 50hz? because if you start the game right on 50hz the music sound like the ntsc version though =)

@TheBladeJunker 13 лет назад

Very cool, I never knew the speed difference between NTSC and PAL was so wide. Does the overclocking make it run any hotter? Man the RGB output looks very crisp, I've got to do this myself. Great stuff.

@MaximumRD 13 лет назад

Beautiful modifications!

@GAG4IT 12 лет назад

VERY cool MOdz! I want my megadrive back now lol

@wingnut4427 12 лет назад

awesome mods man ! I really enjoy seeing these :D

@RetroGameTech 13 лет назад

@jbmaru I believe RGB Scart is slightly superior to S-video for picture quality. Generally speaking the order of quality goes like this - Component>RGB Scart> S-Video>Composite.

@00Resev 12 лет назад

Continued. The Hz deal had to do with the PAL standard which covers the entirety of Europe. Region locking was something else, but it ended being associated with the PAL/NTSC deal. Even if you used a GEN cartridge with an MD card (the game card inside both cartridges are virtually the same) it wouldn't run due to the region locking. HOWEVER, there were adapters that circumvented the reg-lock so there WAS a way to play MD games on a GEN, and vice-versa. I saw one once but don't remember where.

@TTULangGenius 11 лет назад

I really love your channel. I plan to start a retro gaming setup next year and your channel has inspired me. I would like to mod my consoles like you do. Can you recommend any good sites where I can get an idea of what I have to do? I know how to solder but I don't even know where to begin.

@DA_Garden 13 лет назад

Everything about this Megadrive of yours looks awesome, apart from an obvious oddity with the sound. When Chemical Plant Zone's music kicked in properly (and the horn in the background of Mystic Cave), the output was far from correct. I don't know whether that would be the TV you are using or the Megadrive, but it didn't sound correct. Just thought you should know.

@lockjawlarrythememeteam 12 лет назад

Everyone knows to TRULY kick ass, you gotta have SEGA SWAGGGG!!!!

@Darkest_Soul_187 12 лет назад

God stuff mate, oldschool rulezz!

@shawncaron7411 11 лет назад

I'm from Canada. I've heard that Sonic 2 music 1000 times, so to hear it running so slowly in 50 Hz is very jarring. It's unbelievable. Is that just how all games are? Did the SNES run slower too?

@InvokeSoul 12 лет назад

Omg, the colors look really nice, why? O-o

@00Resev 12 лет назад

Continued from previous post. The PAL GT2 was much slower than what i was already used to in the J-NTSC game. The result is that all of a sudden the game was too easy for me as i had a lot more time to correct trajectories while racing. The contest begins and i start winning non-stop until i'm at the finals. (over 5000 participants) At the finals i make the most absurd mistake and spin my car in the last turn. I finished the contest in 3rd place because of that. 60Hz training made the difference

@RetroGameTech 13 лет назад

@SonikkuHedgehog Strange. Sounds fine to me. Same sound as on my other Mega Drive and Nomad. Maybe the camera mic didn't pick it up like you are used to?

@riKringkast 12 лет назад

Norwegian gamer here. Curse you for showing me the difference between 50 and 60 Hz gameplay; now I'll never be able to play my European Chugga Drive ever again :(...

@SproutyPottedPlant 11 лет назад

Hehe RGB is great isn't it! I can see the individual Lemmings if I look close and no more dark bars down the screen, the dark bars are quite bad on dark blue backgrounds and appear alot on my 3 Megadrive 1s but not on my Megadrive 2 but that has poorer sound!

@celiasarron 12 лет назад

wow! what seamless design! amazing

@RetroGameTech 12 лет назад

I explained why this might be the case in annotations at 5:28 ;-) . Some games were optimised.

@LuwiigiMaster 12 лет назад

I never thought I'd live to see the day when the Genesis experiences slow down. Now the SNES on the other hand...I suppose that shit can't be overclocked without serious speed/timing problems.

@rufus566 12 лет назад

I never realized as a kid that European gamers had slower versions of the games I was playing in the states.

@sanseg 12 лет назад

this is the ultimate mega drive.

@RetroGameTech 13 лет назад

@the1980gamer If anything you really need to do the 60Hz mod. It such a massive difference! All those years I was playing the Mega Drive totally unaware of what I was missing out on :P

@Vodhr 12 лет назад

There is a cable to follows with the console. If you already have the console but lsot the wire, it shouldn't be to hard to find someone who sells theirs. :)

@urdnal 12 лет назад

Nice work. I was always bothered by the slowdown in Strider, especially the Jungle stage robot boss. I wonder if this would be enough to fix that. I also wonder if I should bust out my old Genesis and get soldering or buy another one and save mine...

@djklink20009 12 лет назад

usually PAL modes slowed gameplay to 50Hz giving a better picture where as NTSC gave smoother gameplay with less quality but 60fps .

@benjaminshinobi 12 лет назад

did you dremel/tool the shell yourself? really well done.

@GRUSSNewton 13 лет назад

Excellent video, I never realised the true difference between 50 and 60hz before. How much for a megadrive with all the mods done?

@segajcharrua 12 лет назад

i would wanted to know what was you process to make thoses holes for the switches , because the look very clean and square =) good work man!

@lockjawlarrythememeteam 12 лет назад

Swag is... this is different... this is SEGA SWAGGGGGG!!!!!

@dualshock3 11 лет назад

ahh... the good old times where pal games run on 50hz while the US and japanese versions were running on 60hz. This was VERY noticable when I played videogames on the PSX.. ("Goddamn its slow)... Especially fighting games like Tekken 2.. Still played the hell out of it though :-)