Hello I am new to sega cd and wanted to pick up a few games... I keep seeing games which appear to have cd burn rings are these copies or legit?

Any pointers on what I need to look out for when buying.

Hello. I just got a Sega CD and I’m having issues with the set up. I have a model 1 Genesis and a model 2 Sega CD. I’ve tried two different setups and in both cases, there is audio when playing Sega CD stuff, but nothing when playing a Genesis cart.

Here’s my setup.

Both items are plugged in, obviously. For the Genesis AV out, I’ve tried both component cables to my TV and composite cables to my TV. In both cases, I only used video, never audio. Then, I plugged the red/white RCA cables from the Sega CD into the TV.

I get video no matter what, and I get audio with CD games. What am I doing wrong?

Second question, is it possible to still use the FM sound from the Genesis, or is that something you sacrifice when adding Sega CD?

Well, it's here, not just episode THREE FIFTY, but also finally closing the door on the Make My Video series. Good riddance.

I’ve been repairing/restoring even more model 1’s! Some of these have been the absolute worst repair jobs I’ve ever done on model 1’s. I’ve had to go behind other people’s shoddy work etc. I have recapped all systems and calibrated the lasers as well as swapping out some IC’s to get things working again. I’ve also had to rebuild traces, make silicon molds of good parts to fix broken plastic parts etc. So far I’ve gotten 8 more units back to working condition!

i was repairing my sega cd because of a grinding noise and these fell out and i don’t know where they go to

I am wondering, given all the advancements in AI recently, is there some way of using AI to create a circuit that could emulate the Sega CD's disc drive? I mean, if AI could develop a drive emulator using a Raspberry Pi Zero W, to store and load the games, via a wireless browser, and figure out the basic interface between the logic board and drive, this could be of good use for those who have an otherwise workable system, but have problems with the drive itself.

I myself tried to use AI to model a circuit for a Sega Mega CD model 1, using ChatGPT, but if anyone can further help develop a circuit to do the above, that would be great too.

Hey, I want to play Sonic CD in a web based html, sort of like this tool called Emulatrix. Any ways I could play it in a html?

You might know about the unreleased Sega CD prototype of Johnny Mnemonic (Mar 13, 1995). The game was never finished, though. There are big holes in the video, and plenty of scenes just have nothing there. So I decided to finish it using the PC release, which has the full game.

How much was missing?About a quarter of the footage. About 20 minutes footage was missing from the sega cd prototype version in comparison to the PC version.

What's been done:

Tested: I've played it through in Ares and on a real US Model 2 Sega CD with burned discs.

How to patch: You'll need the two prototype disc images Johnny Mnemonic (Mar 13, 1995 prototype) . Apply the xdelta patches to them, burn, and play. I have also included a fan made Cover art and Disc art that I have put together using the pc version as a template. https://www.mediafire.com/file/varbazrn1ic2kim/Johnny_Share.zip/file

I must state it was AI assisted, matching 140 scenes picture by picture would have taken me a lot of time. This is the 12th version i have burnt off to play through working through errors each time.

I want to get one but Am Running low on money. Would Anyone Want to Trade games I have for one?

It can read CDs just fine, but inserting a game causes the access light to flash and nothing else - the green ready light never turns on at all. The bios loads fine, music is there and the sprites. The one time I got a game to load it got stuck on the sega logo. Cleaned the edge connectors and tried different power supplies, didn't fix it though. After cleaning the connectors it then took a few tries for the system to turn on at all. the mega drive works fine.

Was working fine since I got it a few months ago. Has already been recapped. Any help would be appreciated.

How’s it going chat? So I use to have a shit load of websites to download a bunch of iso files when it came to disked games. Can anyone point me to the right direction to download some games? Also can someone tell me which program is good to use to burn them on to cd. And also is there anymore hacked games like for example sonic 1 mega mix for the sega cd? Thanks..

I'm working on repairing a Sega CD Model 2 (Funai board) at the moment. There are some capacitor issues, as the thing takes a few minutes to warm up. Once it does, I am greeted with this lovely EDM display and incomplete audio! On top of it all, the CD drive has sheared gears.

I'm in the process of recapping the board, as it obviously has power issues, and I am having replacement gears 3d printed... but does anyone have any experience with this lovely visual and audio display issue? I heard it could be the BIOS chip needing to be resoldered.

Incidentally, it does play CDs... when it wants to. That threw me for a loop.

Check out my new GRAPHICS SHOWCASE of the Sega/Mega CDs best 2.5D games! I love how that specialized sprite scaling and rotation ASIC gave the Genesis a boost and took these classic games into the next dimension. Batman Returns, Sonic CD, Soul Star, AH-3 Thunderstrike and more!

Who need polygons when this system pushes the pixels so damn well? These games still look (and play) great today. See for yourself 😍

Testing with a US Sonic CD in a EUR Case lol

It’s a Optima 6 drive, laser swapped with a Saturn laser. It wouldn’t even spin the disc!

I have fixed quite a few of the model 1 Sega cd's now. I have a few of them that dont like to read burned disc very well and thinking they might just need calibrated. I dont want to just start turning the potentiometers and cause more harm then good. I want to do it right with a scope. Does anyone know and could share this procedure for the JVC and Sony drives? Thanks!

These two games never got released in PAL regions but have now been converted and tested on real hardware -

Fahrenheit with the No CD Key hack - https://archive.org/details/fahrenheit-32x-cd-pal

Surgical Strike - https://archive.org/details/surgical-strike-sega-cd-32-x-pal

Muy buenas a todos!!

Os comparto un trocito de otro juego que llevo un tiempo traduciendo al castellano,, espero que os guste y me deis vuestro feedback

Actualizacion 13/10/2026

Esta ya completo al 100% Busco alguien que le apetezca probarlo para darme feedback del juego .
Dejo video nuevo ya se ha corregido los textos, accentos, etc

https://youtu.be/8um5SxW7mDg

🎮 Shining Force CD (Mega CD) ya se puede jugar en español.

En este vídeo, 15 minutos de gameplay con la traducción al español que hemos hecho en Bytechip. Es la versión europea del juego, que reúne los dos escenarios de Shining Force Gaiden: la guerra entre Gardiana y Cypress, y la historia de la Espada de Hajya.

✅ QUÉ ESTÁ TRADUCIDO
• Todos los diálogos y mensajes del juego (más de 2.000 textos distintos), con tildes, ñ, ¿ y ¡
• Narración de la intro y de los finales
• Menús y etiquetas
• Nombres de objetos
• La pantalla de título

📌 QUÉ SIGUE EN INGLÉS
Hechizos, nombres de personajes y de enemigos, y créditos.

🛠 UN POCO DE TÉCNICA
El texto del juego va comprimido con un sistema propio, así que hubo que estudiar cómo funciona, regenerarlo para el español y añadir a la fuente los signos que no existían: á é í ó ú ñ ¿ ¡. Todo se ha verificado ejecutando el propio código original del juego.

📥 CÓMO JUGARLO
Se distribuye solo como parche, sin el juego. Necesitas tu propia copia legal del disco "Shining Force CD (Europe)". Instrucciones en el archivo LEEME incluido.
👉 Descarga del parche: Pendiente de revision completa

⚠ AVISO
Proyecto de aficionados, sin ánimo de lucro y sin relación con SEGA ni Sonic Co. Shining Force es marca de sus propietarios. No se distribuye el juego ni la BIOS, y no se resuelven peticiones de ROMs.

🙋 ¿Has visto algo mal traducido o un texto cortado? Cuéntalo en los comentarios y lo corregimos en la próxima versión.

Ya teneis disponible el parche de shining force MEGACD probado hasta el final : https://bytechip.es/traduccionescastellano/

( he de decir que es de los que nunca me pase y al final no me ha hecho tanta gracia como el 1 y el 2... )