Sega CD information, please

[BoringSupreez]

I just got a SCD off ebay, and I would like some info. First I'd like to know is what is a good review site for SCD, if anybody knows of one. Gamefaqs doesn't have very many reviews for most of the games, and I don't know of anywere else to look.

Also, since the SCD was untested, therefore as-is, could someone reccomend me a good troubleshooting or repair site? I've never had one of these before, and I don't know which repair guides are actually any good.

Any help is appreciated, and sorry if this topic has been posted before. If it has, feel free to direct me to the old thread.

[BLAST PROCESSOR]

Have you tried Sega-16.com for game reviews? They have a section in their forums dedicated to reviews. Not sure how many Sega CD reviews there are, but it's worth a shot!

[Curlypaul]

Yeah there are plenty of reviews for SegaCD games at sega-16, http://www.videogamecritic.net/ has quite a few as well although the reviews are a bit short.

Is it a model 1 or model 2? model 2 is more reliable but model 1 looks so much better

I love my MegaCD

[dsheinem]

Have you tried Sega-16.com for game reviews? They have a section in their forums dedicated to reviews. Not sure how many Sega CD reviews there are, but it's worth a shot!

the reviews are here, not on the forums - http://www.sega-16.com/reviews.php?sys=Sega%20CD

Also, these recent threads should help:

http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... =1&t=28033

http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... =1&t=27505

[Zerodash]

Also, since the SCD was untested, therefore as-is, could someone reccomend me a good troubleshooting or repair site? I've never had one of these before, and I don't know which repair guides are actually any good.

One thing I would do first is clean all of the Genesis-to-SCD contacts. My Sega CD stopped booting awhile back and I solved it via a thorough cleaning.

[BLAST PROCESSOR]

Have you tried Sega-16.com for game reviews? They have a section in their forums dedicated to reviews. Not sure how many Sega CD reviews there are, but it's worth a shot!

the reviews are here, not on the forums - http://www.sega-16.com/reviews.php?sys=Sega%20CD

My bad, thanks for the correction.

[BoringSupreez]

All right, I'll try Sega-16, and read through the two recommended threads.

Is it a model 1 or model 2? model 2 is more reliable but model 1 looks so much better

It's a model two. I would have preferred a model 1 myself, but it wasn't an option.

[Curlypaul]

Well at least you'll have no issues with the delicate cd tray, which is a major problem with the model 1s

[Opa Opa]

Everybody was really helpful in my troubles with my model 2. Link:
http://www.racketboy.com/forum/viewtopi ... &sk=t&sd=a
and there's another link within that thread to another scd thread if I remember correctly.

If you have problems you should be able to find general answers to your questions within those links. And I'm sure everyone'll be glad to help with any issues that you may run into. Enjoy some Sega CD!

[Jamisonia]

I tinkered around with a model 1 once, they are a PITA. Most of them don't work from what I understand.

In addition to cleaning the contacts, I would be sure to clean the laser lens with wither a CD laser lens cleaner, if it will read discs out of the box, or a q-tip and alcohol very gently if its unable to read discs out of the box. Unfortunately, if its untested from eBay that probably means it doesn't work, and they actually did test it. If you look on eBay you'll notice that most Sega CDs are listed at either working or untested, and the ones that are untested command a higher price than the ones than are listed specifically as broken. I know of two eBay sellers in particular that sell a lot of retro stuff on eBay that specifically list broken Sega CDs as untested.