iiotenki

The Tony Hawk of Tokimeki Memorial

A most of the time Japanese>English game translator and writer and all the time dating sim wonk.



Took a chance on a Model 1 Mega Drive for sale on Mercari for about 4000 yen as a junk unit (generally Japanese parlance for untested/sold as-is), partly because I've always liked the look of it as someone who grew up on a Model 2 (Genesis, mind, so no fun power/reset button colors) and also because a copy of Gunstar Heroes I managed to buy fairly cheap a few months back wouldn't play on said Genesis no matter what region unlocking Game Genie codes I threw at it. The headphone volume slider is stuck and it can be finnicky booting stuff in a way that suggests to me it probably needs a cleaning on the inside, which I'll do, but by god, like a lot of junk consoles/games sold here, it still works! Still need to get dedicated RGB cabling for it since unfortunately the Model 2 cables I already have aren't directly compatible without adapters, but definitely looking forward to having it in my regular rotation soon enough. The audio difference is already pretty stark with some games, which that alone makes it money well spent. 😌


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