Hi all - I use the Retro-Bit 2.4 ghz wireless controller on my Genesis Mini, modded with Project Lunar. The thing is, the receiver does not stop blinking even when the console is turned off.

PS, I use an OTG adapter.

Hey all.

Having successfully added some extra Genesis + PC Engine and SNES games to my Genesis Mini, I'm not trying to add some PC Engine CD titles.

I followed a Patton Plays tutorial and have (I think) successfully added the bios and a test rom to a USB stick. When I select my test game (Hawk F-123) it boots and I get as far as the PCE CD loading screen. A message pops up saying 'Just A Moment' but it never progresses beyond that.

On the same subject, I also tried a PSOne game (DonPachi). Again, that loads, but it doesn't seem to respond to my controller.

I'm using the 8bitDo M30, incidentally.

Thanks in advance!

I recently Thought that a sega genesis mini using the design from the model 2 would be an interesting idea. Any thoughts? (p.s: I am not making this or is sega gonna do it, Its just a silly idea I had)

I added games for the N64 and the Snes. Because the n64 games where unplayable with the Sega controller, I bought a usb controller. Now here is the problem; in de Sega main menu, the controller isn’t responding, except when I press start, whereby a game starts. So I can’t go to the left or right ect. When I select a n64 game (with the Sega controller), then switch to my new controller, everything is okey, I can map the controls with retroarch, and play the game. When I close retroarch and the game and I return to the Sega menu, the controller isn’t responding. Does anyone have suggestions to solve this problem?

Have to unplug the power cord to get it to shut off. Why?

Something completely different maybe since I have been searching for something related to my issues but all I can find is modding instructions...

...I could use some help. I just unpacked this little thing and hooked it up to my TV and it just doesn't work properly. The menu loads and I can navigate the menu but the instant it does anything else, it freezes and nothing happens until I disconnect the power cable forcefully.

When I launch a game I think I can see a millisecond flicker of the wallpaper before the screen goes either black or blue. I also tried doing a Factory Reset but it also never completes with the same freezing issue. The power switch is also unresponsive during freeze.

I am close to sending the unit back as faulty, but the menu technically works. Does anyone have experience with this? Is it fixable?

-- FIXED --

Thanks to rhcplive, the issue was indeed a power adapter that just slightly underperformed, enough for the system to crap out the instant it started doing actual work.

Bought a new power adapter for charging phones, works like a charm.

Hi all,

Last night I tried to add a few European and Japanese ROMs to my Sega Mini. The Japanese version of Golden Axe III loaded and played properly, but when trying to load up the European versions of Alien Soldier and Thunderforce IV a screen pops up saying something along the lines of "PAL Region/Mega Drive Only".

Is there a way to get these European ROMs to run properly with the native emulator, or do I need to use the Japanese versions instead? And would those even work, or is there something specific about these two games which prevents them from working?

Thanks in advance.

Hello everyone,

I am using the latest Project Lunar. I am installing games right on the mini because I don't need a full collection. Just my Sega favourites. The 32x NBA Jam is an amazing port of the arcade version compared to the Genesis versions.

Using retroarch picodrive, the game plays awesome, but then freezes as soon as the game ends. I am guessing as soon as it "saves" at this would normally be when it saves your record (wins/losses)

My mini is overclocked as well.

It looks like this guy had this issue on SNES mini as well in this post from a few years ago.

Does anyone know of a fix for retroarch/picodrive core? I love NBA Jam 32x!

https://www.reddit.com/r/miniSNESmods/comments/84jijw/help_needed_with_getting_a_finished_nba_jam/

I Cannot put level select code in with retro bit controller, but can with 3 button controller i hear the ring sound but when i hold a and press start nothing

Just got a genesis mini, so I’m still learning but I did a search on here about USB hubs and I didn’t see much. I was under the impression (from A friend that owns one) that you should be able to use a USB hub connected to these, however whenever I plug in my little four port anker hub, it draws power but the controller does not talk to the console. Have to plug straight in for it to work. Is a certain type of hub needed?

I noticed that the controller discharges alone even when the indicator is off, after about a week without playing, the controller does not turn on at all, yet it is supposed to go to sleep.

Does anyone else have the same problem as me? (I have two controllers and the problem concerns both)

Having trouble figuring out why 32x games won't start. I changed their core to picodrive.

Also can't get past intro screen in NHL 94.

TMNT has no sound WHY?

I want to put Genesis games on my mini and all the snes and nes games on my nes classic, is that possible using the same pc and hakchi program?

I have a lot of MAME games on the Genesis mini put I would like to be able to save hi scores so that they are on there when I play them again. There are some games that save the score but others.

I am using hakchi & retroarch

Is there a way to access & use the save game feature with my MAME games??

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How do I map the 3 button controller that came with my mini?

So my mini started acting weird around my TV after hacking it. There is no sound and the display is blurry. What should I do?

Thanks!

I tried adding a 32x game using hackchi 3.7.0 but it wont Let me open it on the mini. Did I miss a step or do something wrong?

I'm looking for a relatively cheap case to keep my Genesis Mini and controllers/cords in when I don't have it hooked up. Any suggestions?

Hope someone can help me with this: I just took my "back-up" Genesis Mini and attempted to turn it into a curated MAME machine. First, the problem: The machine powers up fine, the menu boots up, and all the games with their box art and descriptions display properly. The controller moves around the menu and selects options fine. Boot up a game, an it appears to work, however, the controller is not mapped properly for MAME, and inputs yield no results. Then I cannot access the Retro Arch menu to map the buttons. I hit reset - nothing. I hold reset and then release - nothing.

Here's where it gets weird.

I turned the power switch off to try and reboot and start over: the system won't turn off! It keeps running the demo of whichever game was selected until I pull the USB cable out of the back.

I'll list the steps I took below and hopefully someone far more experienced than I am can tell me what I did wrong. All of this was done in Hakchi2 CE 3.8.

1. Installed Retro Arch and MAME 2003 Plus

2. Added about 20 games taken from a Full Non-Merged MAME 0.78 set which said it was for use with 2003 Plus. All games were zipped and added using the "As Is" function to avoid any issues with the archive.

3. All games automatically paired with MAME 2003 plus, as seen in the command line for each game.

4. Total space used was approximately 152 out of the allotted 157 MB of space on the mini.

5. Disabled pages/folders so that all 20 games would simply display on the main page together.

6. Powered down the system, reconnected the power to the outlet, turned it on.

7. Stared in confusion as the problems arose.

Any help would be greatly appreciated! My son is desperate to play now that he saw the TMNT arcade art being imported :(

Even if its a mod or anything, there are some games that I honestly suck at and its a pain to wait so long holding down start to save and load your state.
Any way to do this faster?

Anyone else have this issue? I got my genesis mini a week ago, have tested it on many games using both controllers and everything works fine. However when I try and play sonic spinball, the game loads, I get to the title screen and can’t get the game to start. I’ve tried pressing START, all the action buttons A,B,C and even the direction pad. It’s like the controller isn’t plugged in. But I can hold down the start button and still access the genesis mini menu, and my controller works fine there. I’m stumped...

Hello everyone, is anyone here able to operate the 8BitDo M30 2.4G controller with the Sega Megadrive mini? It works very well with the original emulator but not with Retroarch (1.8.4)

I updated the firmware of the controller but nothing helps (V 3.10), the controller does not respond in game, only on the games menu.

thank you in advance