Suspicious Multi-Region Console...

[mick_aka]

You see plenty of region modded consoles floating about eBay, but this caught my attention:

cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290159974497

It has a region and 50/60hz switch INSIDE the cartridge port, and what is more the seller appears to be claiming this is an official SEGA modification?!

Anyone shed some light on this? Is this guy full of Sega Touring Car(shit)?

[marc]

Must be a lie, never heard of such a thing....ever. I even googled for quite some time just to be sure, no mention of this anywhere online. Surely we would have heard of this before now?

[northerngooner]

I second what Marc has said.
Never heard of this, heard about the newish internal mod that uses the pause button to change region & speed (I'm having this done :-), no more switches in the case) but I have never heard or seen anything about this mod.
Also as far as I am aware NO mod on any system has ever been authorised/endorsed by any company. Throughout systems being available all I can remember is Nintendo, Sega, Sony & Microsoft telling us if we have a system modded we lose any guarentee & threatening to take the makers of the mods or region carts to court.

[mick_aka]

northerngooner said:

internal mod that uses the pause button to change region & speed (I'm having this done :-)

Where? How Much? Who do I have to kill/give a blowjob/sell my soul to? ;D

[northerngooner]

admin said:

northerngooner said:

internal mod that uses the pause button to change region & speed (I'm having this done :-)

Where? How Much? Who do I have to kill/give a blowjob/sell my soul to? ;D

LMAO
No one just be nice to me & POST THAT BLOODY PICTURE ;D

Heres the blokes email addy :
Just mention that you got it from Lee (northern_gooner) & i'm sure you can sort something out.
[e-mail]
(this is available for anyone thats interested)
He lives about 15 mins away from me. So its handy. Hes doing my Saturn, dreamcast, mega drive & mega CD ;D ;D

No more carts

[termis]

Auction has been taken off, that's too bad. I wanted to see it.

But either way, I call bullshit too. Official region-switch mods? I don't think so.

Anyway, switchless mods have been around. This one below is for 2 country (US-JP) regions, but I guess with enough tinkering and with the right ICs, a 3 country region would be doable as well.


www.gamesx.com/importmod/sat_switchless.htm

[vamosartistes]

My friend has a UK Mk II Saturn with this mod. It is a switch with a revolving number wheel in it (not sure the name of that type of switch). Each time the switch is pressed the wheel revolves, displaying a new number. There is a number for each region. It's quite nice because there is no visible modification to the console, unlike mine which has three unsightly switches sticking out of the front. There is a 50/60 switch on the back sticking out of the cover over the modem slot. The internal switch doesn't affect the use of cartridges.