The Gamestar, an unknown mega drive clone
EDIT, 2023 10 30, i decided to dump 2 multicarts, this being one of them, enjoy!
EDIT, 2024 02 26, sad to announce that my system barely works and needs repair... the issues that used to be there a year ago my were fault for being dumb, i now have a PAL MD2!
one time at december 27 from last year, i got this interesting box
contains images of the jurassic park movie, claims to have street fighter (which is never), and capitan tsubasa
this was tested in the store it was in, so its used, the box was full of stickers because i had shipped it from another city
the box contains the manual, the unit, 2 controllers (one being used and unwrapped),an ac adapter, an rf cable and a switch box
the console is an asian pal clone, running in japan PAL, mentions of sega were removed there, along with the CH and EXT port
the build date is unknown from this serial number, but i had found someone from france that seems to have found the model it was based on (HAA-2510)
/www.gamopat-forum.com/t69034-megadrive-ou-pas
it almost took me an hour to set up the tv and i was met with a multicart menu, 20 on each page and 7 pages will be 140 in 1
NOTE: this video was recorded months after the first time because i didnt have an easycap and av cable
list of games:
- Jurassic Park (pirated)
- temco cup football (pirated), supposedly related to the capitan tsubasa art on the box, alot of graphics are corrupted probably because of the pirating process, and sound is disabled
- street smart (pirated), this was the last game to contain a title screen, as most games included start up at a level
- osomatsu-kun- hachamecha gekijou (pirated),the first game included to contain japanese text
- rambo 3(pirated), mission screen is disabled, with it being heard for a split second
- shove it (pirated), title is disabled, but you can almost hear it for a split second
- alex kidd: the enchanted castle (pirated), was hacked to have infinite lives, the pause screen claims it as 9, getting an extra life and losing a life will cause a game over and return to the same level on the repeat youre playing
were done with that, time to open it ;)
identical...
seems to be a VA5 clone, with 2 genuine chips i can find being used (6800 and Z80), a yamaha ym2612 clone is included
but at least we do get a look at that pesky lying multicart!
update: wrote up details about the board, im sure this will interest a few!
now well let it rest for a few months and
i have an everdrive clone! (2 months before making this page)
the games work as youd expect, same with sms games!
now lets talk about accessories!
the mega CD and 32x, well known accesories, does it support it, yes kind of
i have none of them at the time of making this
it supports them both so whats wrong, well youll hear it...
THE SHELL IS MISSING THE MEGA CD CONNECTOR PEICE AND COVERS IT SO YOU CANT EVEN PLAY CD GAMES AT ALL (Unless you can find a shell, taking the sticker out and removing mentions of sega from the new shell is optional or even own the mega sd flash cartridge)
now the part of this page that dosent relate to this clone at all, but only related to other clones
if YOU own a md clone, i do have a guide for you!
so heres how you could know what type of clones yours are
TYPES OF CLONES
there are two types of clones, one being full clones from the mid 1990s & all of the 2000s, and a mega drive on a chip, probably from mid 2010s
FLAWS WITH THE MDOAC
the weight wasnt like the original, sound emulation was terrible, wont support big games
first way you can tell already is the weight, old consoles would be a bit heavy and not light, if it felt light then you have a MDOAC
secondly, Look under the console, you should see green stuff inside (the board itself), if you cant see any(and even find a light from the slot) then you have a MDOAC
Lastly, try it, you know it right away when you hear, the audio... If its terrible as nails on a chalkboard, you put it back in the box and throw it into THE BIN!
thats all, bye!