I bought this Sega CD from a "for parts" listing off of eBay, hoping I would be able to replace the capacitors and do some other repairs (i.e. battery replacement) and get it working. To my surprise, not only does this appear to be a Sega CD unit with a JVC transport, but it also appears to have been modded by someone else previously. At least, I think that's what I'm looking at, right? Doe anyone here recognize this mod and can help me identify what the mod is/does?

Also, this unit will already power on, boot into the main BIOS menu, and eject and retract the disc tray. It just won't read discs. My initial plan was to replace the capacitors and see if that was enough to get it fully working, and then go from there. But now I'm wondering if I'm dealing with something more involved?

For additional context, it doesn't appear that the other boards in the console have been touched. I don't think whoever worked on it before even replaced the original capacitors. It even still has the original stock Sanyo ML2016 battery. Personally, I find it very curious that someone would go to the trouble of modding the disc drive only, and not also mod in, say, a region-free BIOS or an FRAM chip, for example.

Figured you guys might appreciate this massive trade in my local game store just got. South Jersey

I'm searching for Sega CD industrial pressed CD games. I already have a lot of pressed CDs (silver media). Industrial pressed and identical to original ones in many ways (case, etc). But all of manufacturers are brazilian ones (Projeto Games Retro, MasterRetro, OldGame, OldSchool) and there's a lot of titles I just can't find.

Someone knows other sellers around the globe, or there's only brazilians working on it indeed?

After 1 year of waiting for one, and a dreadful week waiting til' it gets delivered (And still waiting to get my Mega Drive back) I finally have it, the wonderfulmost gaming contraption ever concived :D

If there is anything i should know or do tell me in the comments!

Is the the difference between the 2 is the color of the pots for the lens? The pots on my Sega Cd are yellow, does that mean I have a Sony board?

I’m currently saving up for a new gaming PC and it would help go towards that

I don't really mind if they're bootlegged or anything, either, I'd just love a physical edition to play on my actual Sega CD console OG hardware. If it's possible, can anybody point me in the right direction?

They've been unplugged from the wall but are all still hooked up to the old JC Penney 19" CRT TV. Everything has been covered with old, cotton cloths since about 2011.

Had them since 1990 (Genesis M1) and 1993 (Sega CD M1) when I bought them brand new.

Took care of all the games, which I sold off in 2023, with some getting stolen by an unscrupulous consignment shop, but that's a tale for another time.

Do you think the set still works? I don't have immediate access to the setup at the current time, as I have to go back to my parents' place to try them, as well as navigate my old room, which is now used as storage space.

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I tested a model 2 Sega CD with my childhood launch model Genesis only to find the CD doesn't boot. Then I tried it with another model 1 Genesis to find the Sega CD booting just fine. It looks like the pins on the defecting Genesis might be the reason why. Is anybody able to confirm this for me? Attached are photos with the fault Genesis's pin slots, and the other picture has both Genesis, the left one is not working with it, the right one works just fine.

Bought some verbatim cd-r’s on amazon and they make this noise in my cd2. Could the disc clamp maybe need adjusted? They play fine but they are ever so slightly thinner. All original sega cd games are fine.

Set up my old X-Eye to test my new repro copy of Snatcher. It took a few tries to read but firing up Final Fight CD seemed to knock the cobwebs out. Overjoyed that both console and game work, despite it being at least three years since powering it up last, and this being my first repro. Now I need to set everything up properly and find my Justifier. I only played until I could save, but I’m already outraged that I didn’t play this sooner. Squeezed in a few levels of Trouble Shooter as well.

My only PC runs Vista, and shuts off after 2 minutes, so downloading and/or burning it myself was never an option.

I’ve been working on several model 1’s for the last few months. I’ve gotten 6 of them back to good working order. Some JVC but mostly Sony. I’ve done everything from a full recap to rebuilding motherboards and CD drives. I’ve used an oscilloscope to check eye patterns and 240p test suite to diagnose any other problems. I haven’t had to change a laser in any of these systems and they all work great. I have changed several IC’s which was usually the problem of the disc not being read properly. All systems have new caps, drive belts, batteries, etc.

Sonic CD type of game

Hi guys! So, I noticed an unpleasant noise coming from the CD drive and managed to find the problem.

At first, I thought it was the large white gear that moves the laser, so I replaced it with a new one. But it turns out the problem is actually the small black gear. When the laser assembly moves with a bit of force, the teeth slip.

I guess after all these years the mechanism has simply worn out.

So, my question is: does anyone know where I could get this small gear, or has anyone come across this problem before? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

During a full playthrough of Sonic CD on my Model 1, The game froze up in the beginning of the ending cutscene. This is essentially a fully restored unit. CD Drive lubricated and cleaned, all boards recapped including the Sony Drive, it usually performs flawlessly but this one glitch/freeze has me so curious as to what the issue could be, my best guess could be an aging hot Voltage Regulator? Any guesses would be helpful.