I was thinking about sticking a Mega Drive & Mega CD 2 system inside the casing of a Saturn. How easy do you think this mod would be? Bare in mind that I'm not electronics wizard. Yakumo
Shouldnt be to hard. I have a sega cd that the spindle dropped a bit on and I had to pull the metal housing off the laser and now it works great. Its a simple setup (at least the sega cd 2 is) so all you would really need to do is wire up the connection between the 2 units as they couldnt set side by side. The pins on the connector are hugh so soldering to them should be easy. I would go with a mega cd2 and mega drive 2 and then make your own support system. The only things are going to get you are the controllers and hookups. Power switch should be simple though. Getting the spindle to sit just right would be the toughtest part.
Wouldn't a CDX be a better donor for this operation? First off it runs off a single power supply unlike the two required for the Megadrive 2 and Mega CD 2 so that's one big problem out of the way. The CD drive and cartridge slot are in roughly the same position so you won't have to deal with too many hassles in that area. Not to mention it's small enough that it any unforeseen problems fitting it in the Saturn case are unlikely. Just a better overall choice for an easier mod in my opinion.
Yeah, a CDX would be better but they are very expensive in Japan. I could buy 5 Mega Drive 2s 5 Mega CD 2s and 5 Saturns for the price on 1 CDX The main problem I see are the two power supplies. That's where I may need a bit of help since I was thinking of fusing both to one PSU. The controller ports and AV posts shouldn't be a problem since I can just run extended connections from the main board to the back of the Saturn (I can get the parts quite easily). Yakumo
He no doubt wants to play a stack of NTSC-J games. A CDX is no good for this. It's the hardest to play imports on. The Multi Mega (CDX that plays JPN games) is prohibitively expensive. You can get a years worth of blowjobs for the price of one.
A YEARS WORTH OF BLOW JOBS !!! Sod that then! Looks like I'm back to the Mega CD 2 and Mega Drive 2 idea :lol: Yakumo
Well, it's the cheapest way to go (as you pointed out). But you'll have trouble putting everything inside the saturn case. It's a nice idea, and i hope you accept the challenge. GaijinPunch: Just pointed out that putting a CDX inside a saturn case would be the easiest way to do it (of course, because of the size of that thing). But that doesn't mean it's the cheapest or best way to do it.
Shit... roughly how much are we talking here in dollars? I passed one up last month at a local flea market. The guy wanted $100 for it and I said no as I already have a CDX...
I'm not sure that you would need to do that. If you had organized the parts so that there was a large amount of free space (which I should think you would be able to do, since the Saturn is significantly larger) then you could just stick the power cords for both machines inside the case and connect them both to a splitter. Even better than that, you could simply wire them together manually and then connect them both the to power outlet in the back of a Saturn. Then it would look semi-professional. Besides a CDX you could also use a Wondermega. I wouldn't want to ruin a perfectly good Wondermega, though. Really cool idea, by the way. Good luck with it.
I was thinking something like that but the power input would be all wrong wouldn't it? 110volts in going to two PSU's each looking for 110volts each. It would probably weigh a lot as well. Fitting the Mega CD2 and Meag Drive 2 in to a Saturn case (hoping for a white one) should be easy I think since both have small boards or boards that can be chopped down. Yakumo
I assume you're referring to the machine, and not the blowjobs. MultiMega usually runs in the neighborhood of 60,000 yen. I've not been watching YJ for one in a while. They could be cheaper ( but I don't think so).
Heh. I guess I'll be making a trip to the local flea market this weekend just in case he still has that MultiMega laying around. Is that the Quaker oatmeal guy in your avatar???
Not sure. I know almost nothing about circuits, but I know that they make power splitters that you connect any two devices to regardless of their power input. These things are usually plastic and bulky, but I believe you could make one yourself with wires (you could even cut off the original AC plugs) and it would take up a lot less space. Also, what do you mean by fusing the PSUs together? How would you do that? Another idea is that you could entirely scrap the original PSUs and buy a new DC to AC adapter that would power the DC inputs of both machines.
Why two PSUs? You have two devices that both need (IIRC) 9V DC at about 1A. Therefore, you can use ONE PSU that'll give out 9V and enough power for both units, e.g. 2A. It may not even need to be quite that - but too much power is fine. You may well be able to use the Saturn PSU - I'd have to look through the manuals to find the output ratings... unless they're marked. Alignment of the slot and spindle would be your biggest worry, yes.
I know the Mega Drive runs off 5v - it has a 7805 regulator on board so it can handle fluctuating wall warts. I'm pretty sure the CD add-on is the same as well. If the Saturn PSU has an output anywhere from 8-15v, you can wire both units to it in parallel.
May I make a suggestion? Try the JVC X'Eye/Wondermega. The CD portion and the cartridge portions are on seperate boards connected via ribbon (if memory serves). I could see stacking the hardware on top of each other to use the Saturn cartirdge port and the existing cd whatchamacallit that already exists.
Thatks for the ideas guys. The JVC XEYE sounds the way to go but didn't they only have inferred controllers? Yakumo
So? How are you going to get the controller ports to fit in the totally different-sized Saturn port holes, anyway? IR controllers would be a blessing one less thing to worry about!!!
