SEGA Wondermega compatibility

[arcadifvid]

I don't know. Software lockout pops up an error message from the game.

Japan's Mega Drive 1 however used its power switch as a "cartridge lock". It stopped unplugging a game while on, then later kept out most western games (exceptions include EA games, Sonic & Knuckles, or the 32X).

i happened to have a MD adapter for the SFC, and popped the ones not working in the wondermega to the SFC instead. it actually worked but i needed to change the region setting to 3 (i think that was PAL?) so confusing is that these all worked in a mega drive the original owner had. so perhaps the "not turning on" thing of the wondermega is some sort of region lock.

otherwise my wondermega might be just weirdly faulty.

[pierrot]

Was pretty sure that PAL MD cartridges had the same type of indentation on the side as JP MD cartridges, but check the lock-out trigger in the cartridge slot. If it's kept down, the console won't power on. It can be removed, but the Wondermega is not a fun console to go rooting around in.

It's also possible to modify the console to play cartridges of all regions, but I wouldn't recommend it. Much less expensive to screw around with a model 1 or 2 MD than mess up a Wondermega.

Here's a video of the mods, anyway:

[ApolloBoy]

Was pretty sure that PAL MD cartridges had the same type of indentation on the side as JP MD cartridges

They don't, they're the exact same shape as American carts.