ColecoGamer Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) I’ve been meaning to post this for a while. A few years ago, I purchased a Model 1 Sega Genesis for $1 at a Flea market. The seller said it functioned, but had trouble staying powered on. Fast-forward a year or two later. I decided to investigate what the Genny’s issue was, and it ended up being a simple fix. The power plug’s solder joints were badly corroded, so I removed the bad joints and re-soldered them. I now have a fully functioning, Model 1 Sega Genesis. I’m not sure how the console was initially stored, but something corroded the solder joints on the power plug board. Edited February 20, 2022 by ColecoGamer 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jeremiahjt Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 A $1 Sega Genesis, not bad. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5008539 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 1 hour ago, jeremiahjt said: A $1 Sega Genesis, not bad. Considering the price and how it was a simple problem to fix, I feel very satisfied with the money I spent. 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5008606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
RetroSonicHero Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 If we're talking prices, it doesn't get much better than that. Cleaning it might not be a bad idea, however.. 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5008733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomaios Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 4 hours ago, RetroSonicHero said: If we're talking prices, it doesn't get much better than that. Cleaning it might not be a bad idea, however.. Seconded on both counts. Congrats on the new Genny. What role does this new console play in your collection? 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5008857 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 (edited) Thank you everyone! Here’s a photo of it running Outrun on the Power Base Convertor. (Oh yes, I plan on giving it a deep clean!) Edited February 21, 2022 by ColecoGamer 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5009326 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 17 hours ago, Rhomaios said: Seconded on both counts. Congrats on the new Genny. What role does this new console play in your collection? It’ll be used with my Master System Power Base Convertor. Otherwise, I would have to modify the case on my Genny 2 to make my Master System Power Base Convertor fit, and I’m not up to butchering that console. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5009328 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 So, where's the Genesis port of Magician Master? ~_^ https://www.sbasic.net/ 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5009338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, Gemintronic said: So, where's the Genesis port of Magician Master? ~_^ https://www.sbasic.net/ I searched for some starter tutorials on the above SDK using Google, and found very little on it. ? Edit: If so little information exists, how are people attempting to create their first game on the Genny? Are they using publicly available source code from current Genesis games, to get their projects up and running? I ask because I know nothing about SBasic Studio. Edited February 22, 2022 by ColecoGamer Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5009558 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 @Gemintronic Am I looking in the wrong place? Can you point me somewhere, so I can read more about SBasic? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5009562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted February 22, 2022 Author Share Posted February 22, 2022 Anyone? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5009801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 Literally the only documentation I know is that Geocities-looking page on the Second Dimension website. The examples in this thread (which you posted in) are the only known code samples I'm aware of. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5010080 Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 OTOH if you're interested in C programming, there are some decent tutorials for SGDK: https://www.ohsat.com/tutorial/ 1 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5010082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted February 23, 2022 Share Posted February 23, 2022 @ColecoGamer Sorry. Was a physical therapy day for me when you had questions. Always pretty busy then. Feel free to message me if you need help - or at least a direction to point to. Not many people advocate for BASIC compilers so advice towards going that route is scarce. Came up with more links than I thought I would. Made it into a seperate topic! 3 Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5010176 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 (edited) I might consider using Game Maker to develop Magician Master. It will allow me to port it to the Atari VCS. As for programming a game for the Genesis - I would love to. I know Basic programming and some C+, but not enough to write my own games. Before losing my brother a month ago, I was focused on learning Python too. Right now my attention span and passion has been limited. Edited for mistakes Edited March 9, 2022 by ColecoGamer Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5018110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColecoGamer Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 I don’t believe in saying ‘never’, so me developing games on the Genesis could become a possibility. Thank to those who posted content/links for SBasic. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/331547-restored-and-repaired-a-model-1-genesis/#findComment-5018115 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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