Sega HAA-2600, Mega Adapter

Hi I recently got a new in box Sega Mega Adapter HAA-2600 it looks like the Japanese or chinese version.

It looks almost exactly the same as the power base converter, I can only presume that the unit is intended to play japanese sms games, but it would appear that the cartridge slot is a lot narrower than the pal games I own,the edge connector appears the correct size though, is there any way to use this unit with pal games, if I widen the slot maybe?


Edit: AS you can tell I have no SMS outside of what we got here in South Africa

 

Only difference between the japanese power base converter, and a usa/pal one, is the top cartridge slot shape. You need an adapter to make pal games fit.

All power base converters have the same front card slot, use the base console's region mode, and lack any software region lock of their own. So usa and pal power base converters function identical due to a shared cartridge shape.

 

Thanks for the responce , do you know who still sells those adapters?

Is it a pass trough adapter as in 1:1 pin connections or is it different?

I read a lot of conflicting reports online, some say it will only work with Sega Mark III games and no adapter exist from mark III to SMS , only the reverse.

 

you have 2 options if you wanna save money
take off the cover to the converter to play your SMS games

or you can remove the shells to the games and fit them in naked

 

I think tototek has something of that sort. They just reroute pin connectors to match the different connector.

Apparently the reason mark III to SMS adapters are so rare, is due to the western SMS bios not accepting japanese games. That particular issue was left out of megadrive/genesis.

 

SMS-Power made a batch of Mark III -> SMS adapters not too long ago using the FM expansion slot. Really it is a gender adapter.

Bought one myself but I've never had the opportunity to use it.

 

Isn't that adapter for playing SMS games on a Mark III? I meant the opposite.

 

That looks like it could work, its jsut a bit long

PS Are these adapters rare or in demand, might just swap mine with some one that will use it a bit more or that that might allready have a Mark III games collection...

 

Not really. Japan ones are naturally much less common with how SMS failed there, but few in the west care about playing Mark III / JPN SMS games.