Clone Console - Mega Drive X - Russian Import - Fake SEGA Genesis Mk3 - Mini Review

[@TorutheRedFox]

Fun fact: This clone uses the same CPU (The TCT-6801 chip) as the RetroN 3.

[@JohnVmc2]

I heard that these chip can run Virtua Racing.

[@bangerbangerbro]

CPU or SoC?

[@bangerbangerbro]

@@JohnVmc2 So it is a hardware clone?

[@TorutheRedFox]

@@bangerbangerbro SoCs aren't hardware clones hardware clones clone the original PCB and use either the same, or cloned, components

[@bangerbangerbro]

@@TorutheRedFox A generic SoC running an emulator isn't a hardware clone but a SoC implementation of real hardware is.

[@einherrjar]

i tried this thing with the Power Base Converter, and to my surprise it actually works! maybe it is even possible to get rgb out of it. either the 50/60hz switch and the language switch on mine are broken, or they're just there for show, i've never got them to do anything sofar. but it works very well overall i think, a lot better than the licensed clones by Atgames/Blaze/HB depending on where you live, that Firecore based garbage is incredibly bad, weird sound pitch, slowdown and incompatibility issues seem to be inherent to this series of systems.

[@einherrjar]

it even works with the Segascope 3D system.

[@TorutheRedFox]

+Glitter Jugend Try Sonic 1 and then try the switch. On the 50hz setting everything is slloooowwwweeerrrrrr.....

[@initialvat4226]

LBPPlayer7 does it have transilation for the manuals ?

[@RetroGameTech]

Thanks for that link! I just watched it. Really interesting and very funny documentary. Now I'm on a mission to find myself an original Dendy for the collection! :) Thanks for watching!

[@JMFSpike]

Nothing says facepalm like putting Pokemon on the box of a Genesis/Megadrive clone.

[@DanilSay]

JMFSpike what about Pokemon Blue hack on NES? I found it in store in my city.

[@user-9sidfgsxgj]

You are welcome, mate! Glad you liked it! Btw, I can see "Dendy Classic 2" at my local internet auction for a humble price of 200 USD. xD Good luck with that mission.

[@RetroGameTech]

Thanks, I appreciate the offer. I love finding these weird clone consoles. :)

[@Beefkr10z]

Thanks for doing this review! I've been looking at the console on ebay, but was holding off, as I was unsure if it was a MDOAC- now I know, I'll pass. Those new boxed Megadrives from Thailand are looking mighty tempting, now...

[@RetroGameTech]

Thanks, dude. Good to see you're still active here on KZbin :)

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

I have been playing mine for a month or 2 now, I like it so much I got a spare and haven't had the real Megadrives out since! I teamed it up with the original V1 Mega Everdrive flash cart. It really is just like a real Megadrive and plays like the real thing with as long as you don't mind composite video and mono audio so a little step up from the original RF adaptor if that's what your used to. It has the advantage of 60Hz and master system too. Forget the stupid ATGames one this doesn't have bad sound like that clone. Only noticable difference is the top and bottom border colour remains black. If you glitch and crash a game it crashes like a real machine not like an emulator :D

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

8 months on still loving my Megadrive X! No problems so far!

[@RetroGameTech]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! :) I see quite a few Russian sellers on eBay selling funny Genesis ROM hack bootlegs. Mario and Angry Birds are a couple that I've been tempted to import, haha.

[@RetroGameTech]

Thanks! I've been wanting to make vids but just haven't had the time. Appreciate the support :)

[@DaveSimonH]

lol at the bit at the end. Surprising that even in 2010 they were/are still producing Megadrive clones.

[@andrewrunagall]

Funnily enough, I got one of those Mega Drive X consoles recently, and I had been meaning to do a review, it certainly beats the AtGames/Blaze Mega Drive I uses to use.

[@fireaza]

Oh. That's a little better than expected.

[@BITPLAKIS]

Great video!^^,) In 1993 most Lithuanian gamers was never seen a original console. Now I collecting all these stuff.

[@RetroGameTech]

Haha, thanks! It's very cool that they can reduce the console's circuitry down to that size. I just wish they'd invest a little more on getting the emulation to run closer to the original.

[@RetroGameTech]

Thank you! Glad you like them. Hello from Scotland :)

[@evoGage]

Always interesting to see clones.

[@nathanallan1]

Funny, there are Nintendo clones all over the place here, but I never see Sega clones. When I would browse mercado livre in Brazil there are many for sale there, and they are all called Mega Drive. Very interesting hardware for sale there. Great review, love seeing the insides of odd electronics.

[@RetroGameTech]

That sucks but it's also really interesting to me. I love seeing all the weird clone variations people came up with.

[@ThunderSqueak]

That end bit where ya put the sega channel and 32x into it made me laugh :)

[@Cptalbertweskerful]

Hahah so glad I finished watching right to the end, perfect comedy moment, great to see another clone console, gosh the board in it was compact!

[@RetroGameTech]

I've been keeping an eye open for one of those things. They're very rare nowadays and pretty expensive when they show up on ebay. Cool thing to have though!

[@ZeroTradeinValueProductions]

Loved the ending , I wonder what else can fit on that clone machine .

[@RetroGameTech]

I might take some photos and add them to the description for anyone who'd like to read or translate the box and manual. Thanks for watching!

[@sistaledaren]

Never seen this white one before! Very cool!

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

I did wonder about this clone, glad you investigated before I did!!

[@GadgetUK164]

LOL @ it tipping over with the weight of those adds ons =D

[@bcsuda]

Ha ha! Loved the falling tower at the very end!

[@thekillersnake94]

Wow, what a compact circuit board.

[@LiquidFrostStudios]

Love the Pokemon on the back.

[@projectzip]

Can you imagine if the original mega drive was that small on release, it would have blown minds.

[@RetroGameTech]

I'd agree. It's a little better than the AtGames handheld I use to have. At least when it comes to sound emulation.

[@RetroGameTech]

The wireless pads were from eBay a few months back. Got them cheap/faulty and repaired them. They seem to work with everything :)

[@RetroGameTech]

Thanks for watching and supporting the channel! :)

[@RaiZdbyDINGOES]

You get some awesome Megadrive stuff :D

[@NintendoManChannel]

Yeah,it's Russian text. These letters on the top of the box says "Televizionnaya igrovaya pristavka" or "Tv game console"

[@GoldenGrenadier]

that board would make a great portable geneses. I hope Ben heck gets ahold of one.

[@Dimsyz]

Yap, its Russian)

[@RetroGameTech]

Nice idea!

[@datto240z]

green LED makes it cooler in my book then genesis 3

[@RetroGameTech]

I'd just use the original Genesis. They're very common, built to last and easy to fix if they ever go wrong. :)

[@RetroGameTech]

No to both. No expansion bay for the Mega CD and no RGB support for the 32X. And it's a console on a chip clone so even if there was it wouldn't work anyway.

[@RetroGameTech]

I didn't know that, thanks. :)

[@TheSynrgy1987]

gotta love the pokemon on the box, random!

[@Zapp3012]

I picked one of these up myself a while ago. I only bought it for my clone collection. And mine came with an Atari Jaguar PSU lol. I suspect under that Telegames stickers, yours is a Jag unit too.

[@tripdefect87]

My only main issue with it is that the cartridge slot doors are bright red. Other than that, it looks pretty nice. Been considering getting a Model 3 because of the sleekness of it and the built in region mods are an excellent touch

[@31Deimos]

Hello, I am from Chile and I enjoy a lot your videos, bye!

[@dannyofthededd]

i saw those with the mod switch etc on ebay. i got a snes jnr clone called a "super players" from the same bloke for £30. it plays everything fine and dandy so far, means i can play full screen,multi region without trying to mod my actual snes'. been trying to find anybody else whose bought one and wanted to check this one out too

[@Dolphination]

Always interesting!

[@crazyivan030983]

Thank You :) greets from Poland :)

[@agarmash_]

This is that we really had in Russia. We also had a terrible clone of NES or Famicom called Dendy. Games were "great" - most of them were Japanese, copyrights were cut out, some games were copied unproperly, which made them impossible to complete.

[@Zapp3012]

I got one of those. It looks genuine. Has official Sega logos and the details of the Thai importer on it. I don't think it's a MDOAC. I can see inside via the expansion port, it's a full size board with at least 3 large ASIC's on it.

[@RetroGameTech]

I've made a few videos on various clones and normally there's lots of comments from people in Eastern Europe, Russia and South America.They seem to have been very common in these places during the mid 90's onwards.

[@RetroGameTech]

I don't always have the time to make videos. Other times I just don't feel like it or prefer to spend my free time doing other hobbies. Making vids isn't as easy as you might think :P

[@RetroGameTech]

I know it's weird. There must be a big market for them somewhere in the world. I'd like to visit one of the stores that still sells all those crazy bootleg carts with bizarre ROM hacks.

[@RetroGameTech]

I can remember the title off the top of my head but it's from one of the first stages in Streets Of Rage.

[@RetroGameTech]

Haha, I'll have to take your word for it :P

[@BITPLAKIS]

Yes, I have collection of clones. The video about NES clones is in montage now. A short teaser about it is in my channel;)

[@xgrove]

Aww, hoped you'd play something on it at the ending.

[@RetroGameTech]

I don't know why that is. It might be because Sega never officially released or distributed the console in your region? Piracy and bootlegs seem to be most common in countries where the official product is hard to find or overpriced.

[@RetroGameTech]

It plays everything :)

[@woooweee]

You should try to get some of those "game doctor" type floppy disc console addons, those were some crazy Asian import tech. I remember one where you could load 1-4 floppies in to play snes games. Also a legit one from Nintendo too.

[@JuanHerrero]

You can use the Google Translate app on your smartphone to translate text from a picture on the fly. Sometimes the translation is even correct.

[@RetroGameTech]

I knew it was only a matter of time before someone made that joke :P

[@RetroGameTech]

It had to be done! :P

[@RetroGameTech]

You could probably make a homemade Nomad out of an old GameGear and a cheap LCD screen :)

[@RetroGameTech]

You have a collection of clones? That's pretty cool. Do you have a collection video?

[@shenmeowzo]

i like the look of those things.. v cool. shame its not a true chip set clone.. that would be sweet.. with built in multi region etc

[@RetroGameTech]

Yeah, the AtGames consoles are notoriously bad for getting the sound wrong.

[@SwissArmyTin]

With all the recent horrible KZbin updates, I can reassuringly say that it isn't a bug anymore, Larry. They've gone and screwed everything up again, like usual.

[@Metalik4ever]

Yes, it's Russian. I had one Mega Drive clone that looked like Fat PS1, but it worked like charm.

[@JustAnotherUnnecessaryGuy]

I feel so ashamed, when I see those clones selling in my country. I never saw an original Mega Drive, only hundreds of such clones.. T_T

[@RetroGameTech]

I'm pretty sure KZbinr Thomas3120 built his own Neptune a while back :)

[@RetroGameTech]

From what I understand even the "official" Genesis Mk3 isn't actually made by Sega and isn't really a true Mega Drive console. I remember reading it wasn't compatible with some games. I think it's was manufactured by Majesco or something.

[@spinballpac-man]

I've got one of those. It's really cool cause of the region switch.

[@Cade_The_Squirrel]

thought so just wasnt sure as ITS SO DAMNED CLOSE! she's breathing on me... *shivers*

[@johnking8875]

Sweet russian sega system clone. That does not look to bad.iv seen some crapy sega clones before. Were did u get that wireless sega contorler at?

[@ilastactionhero]

Hi. I am from Russia. In Russia Retro Gaming (Nes and SEGA stuff) are popular now. Saw this Sega. Sold in almost every thematic stores. Low quality, but there are worse)))

[@MikeDBloke]

So does this work with the 32X? The idea of a all in one 32X seems fun

[@PaperBanjo64]

Being that it's based on a model 3 I'd reckon probably not.

[@RetroGameTech]

Cheers :)

[@RetroGameTech]

soldered then hot glued to secure them.

[@initialvat4226]

5:55 it transforms into a spaceship !

[@monkeycrow84]

i like the look of the console, if i could id put a real mega drive inside the shell with a switchless region mod. be like a mega drive version of the white saturn.

[@afriend9428]

*Too bad the RGB was disabled or you would have yourself a little gem here!*

[@LeoA2600]

Why not actually turn it on for a bit?

[@deathaxe]

Would love to see someone attempt to clone a 32x, or even make a Neptune.

[@Bylga]

How is the sound? More videos?

[@olegkhat5242]

Подскажите пожалуйста характеристики блока питания, напряжение, ток, полярность на штекера где "+" и "-"

[@JustAnotherUnnecessaryGuy]

Well, we actually had an original PAL Mega Drive 2, but I highly doubt that this was an official distribution, Russia just were recovering from Iron Curtain.. maybe some resellers..or else

[@FlintG]

Wow never seen that before. I currently use the retron 3 clone system it works really well. My genesis games play the same as they should and it sounds really close to the real thing. I use this rather then my real genesis so I can preserve the genesis so it wont wear out from use. Of course I use the original 3 button controllers rather then the crap wireless ones.

[@TheFlyingScotsman]

Yay another Scottish techie KZbinr

[@enkidux88]

i like the colors

[@SinisterSally]

did the mk. 3 have scart capability? I thought it was removed to cut down on cost.

[@SkellerART]

I actually like the Color Scheme

[@byron4901]

any chance we'll see a video of you refurbishing some 3ds/3ds xl trigger buttons

[@Skyk0rn]

yea, it's russian, the ac adaptor is definitely some 3rd party UK thing though as it's not how a russian power plug looks like.

[@ilastactionhero]

By the way thanks for your video. very interesting

[@jonnygotz2343]

I love SEGA!

[@AcornElectron]

Still big in south america in places like brazil, also in asia, excluding Japan and parts of Korea and China.. All the games are bootlegs of course. PS1 also popular in those regions.