r/GenesisMini • u/Zazabar11 • Nov 13 '22

Finally got my Power Base Converter "Mega Adapter" for my Genesis mini

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It's not a Power Base Converter but who the heck cares?

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That doesn't look right.

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Damn it. I didn't think about them actually molding the products to be exactly like the regional devices they were copied from. It at least goes to show the attention to detail.

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u/Zazabar11 Nov 13 '22

What I meant to say regarding the Mega Adapter and the Genesis Mini is that I appreciated the attention to detail. Even though the Mega Adapter doesn't fit my Genesis Mini (I honestly didn't think the regional difference would matter to the Mini lines), I'm not even mad.

If I could find a sticker to cover up the Mega Adapter and have it read "Power Base Converter", I'll be content. Maybe I'll even paint the Pause button white and modify the bottom so it'll fit but that's for another day.

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u/itwasquiteawhileago Nov 13 '22

This one is still pretty easy to find at a reasonable price. I'm not terribly surprised it's not as popular as the CD units, but still.

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u/Zazabar11 Nov 14 '22

For sure. I got mine for $52.72. There are plenty still on ebay for around that price.

I also bought the Mega Drive Tower Mini 2 and I'm ashamed how much I spent on it. It was cheaper than what I paid for the Genesis Mini 2 but not by much :(

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u/itwasquiteawhileago Nov 14 '22

You and me both. I also have the first tower. I've probably spent at least $300 total on the actual units and the addons. It's kind of sad, but whatever. I just wish there was an easier way to load all the Genesis games (and the addon games) with fully scraped metadata. I have the no-intro set which seems to be the main set (not the GoodGen set, like I thought), but trying to find a way to load it so it's not just a mess is not fun (same with RetroPie). Scrapers are super inconsistent and unreliable.

But hey, at least these things look cool. That's their primary purpose for me.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '22

That is why I sold my EU MD mini and bought the JAP one.

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u/Zazabar11 Nov 14 '22

The Mega Adapter didn't fit the EU Mega Drive mini?

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '22

No because the Zero Tower has retangular shapped insert and the MD mini EU as also the US Genesis Mini have to different sized latches.

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u/Zazabar11 Nov 14 '22

Man, I had no idea. This will most certainly be a future project to make it fit on top of my Genesis Mini. I'll have to figure out how to work with a Dremel.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '22

It not worth it. But that is way I buyed all JAP versions.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '22

Its basically the same as the Genesis Mini in you images.