I recently bought a Genesis model 1 with some games, both American and JP carts. I clipped the tabs, and the Genesis plays JP imports no problem...yesterday I purchased the EU version of Alien Soldier for the MegaDrive...will I need to make further modifications to my Genesis to play this title (perhaps a conversion cart?), or will it play normally? Thanks in advance for any words of wisdom.
You'll need a 50/60Hz switch since AS won't boot up in 60Hz.
To my memory, after the game has booted in 50Hz you can switch to 60Hz with no problems apart from a messed up weapon select screen (I think I played up to the 10th stage).
if you do the 50/60 mod and want to leave it on 50 you wont get colour unless you play via rgb. to play composite on a non native frequency theres an additional mod involved and your tv has to support it.
i say cope with a messed weapon select screen, oh and a 16.7% faster game;)
Thanks for the info, much appreciated. This will be my first time tinkering with the internals of a Genesis. I'll poke around for some faq's with pics on how to do the deed. This is exciting, as I am a noob with this type of mod. Plus, if I screw something up, I'm only $20 in the hole. If anyone knows of a good walkthrough, please post a link. Thanks again.
Well, I got it done last night. Nice clean solder work all around. Alot easier than I expected, so. Drilled a hole for a SPDT switch after testing it. Now the moment of truth awaits...Alien Soldier.