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I got a Mega Drive II in 1994
My first game for it was the Lion King
I had two controllers for it

Today I just use my desktop PC to emulate Mega Drive games
I have a controller adapter to usb, so I can use the Mega Drive controller I already own with my PC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2MijKfI9Z4

I had dreams about making my own games for the Mega Drive/Genesis
In 2016 I got onto the spritesmind forum and started using SGDK (Sega Genesis Development Kit) to make simple programs and also started working on a platformer game
I got as far as a proof of concept demo
One can use the C programming language with SGDK to make games

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH854r3aY8o

There are a lot of interesting projects related to the Mega Drive/Genesis on hackaday
https://hackaday.com/blog/?s=genesis

Deflemask and Furnace Tracker are the main two music programs that are used to make Mega Drive/Genesis music today, in cas anyone is interested

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzJMHci0H_A

>>1949
My family had a model 2 Genesis back in the '90s for a while. In the 2000s we got both a model 2 and a model 1. I don't know what happened to them, but I ended up acquiring both types again. I have a flash cart but usually just play my MiSTer when I'm in that kind of mood.
>>1954
I played around with Furnace a while ago, and it's really nice.  I was considering learning Renoise for more general-purpose use, but I much preferred the more spartan Furnace interface. It just makes me wish there was a forked offshoot that aimed to be a full-blown DAW.

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Monster World IV is such a technically outstanding game, you'd be hard pressed to believe it's not an indie game made today aping the successes of the past. I seriously cannot exhaust how impressive this game is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4pak8xukNk

I just found my Mega Drive II again, last time I used it was in 2016 and the screen showed a lot of lines and such at the time, so it must need replacement of some electrolytic capacitors
I'm glad I still have it, the adapter is here and everything as far as I can tell, it has Sonic and Knuckles still in the slot

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Last night I placed an order for 2 controllers like this
I still have at least 1 controller from the 90's, but who knows how long it will last?
So I decided to get 2 new controllers with good buttons so I could potentially play games with a friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrG1s8gxtfU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjYsqx2JDEo

>>1960
I have some of these too but don't even remember if I've opened them up or not. The are where my CRT TV is is too cluttered, so it's not fit for any of my old game systems to be set up there. I got some USB ones for my MiSTer though. Using a SNES-style controller just doesn't cut it for games made with the six-button Genesis controller in mind.

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>>1959
Here's what it looks like (photo taken on 8th of November 2025)

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I just bought a SCART to HDMI adapter
The idea is to be able to connect the mega drive to more recent screens, hopefully it works..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aD95SxjkzAU

Apparently I needed another thing before I could properly test my Mega Drive with more recent screens
And that is a cable to connect the Mega Drive itself, without using the old RF module

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In 2014 I had the idea to 3d print Mega Drive/Genesis cartridges
First I had to model them in a 3d modeling program, I only had sketchup at the time but I managed to make pretty accurate models of cartridges
I had issues with 3d printing them though (the sketchup models may have been too "leaky" to print properly)
Making such models in blender would work a lot better and make them much better for 3d printing. As of this posting I haven't attempted to make such models in blender, but I'm interested and might make new models soon

>>1972
Apparently there seems to be a fairly good model of a cartridge on thingiverse, ready to print:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:6809325

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>>1973
Neat! Good luck with this cool project, OP. Cheers.

>>1973
If these look good enough perhaps I wont have to make new cartridge models
But maybe I'll make a model for a case (which the cartridge can be stored in)
I have seen a case that was in two parts, I'd like to make some experiments to see if I can 3d print a 1 part case

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I had dreams about making my own games for the Mega Drive, both while awake and while sleeping but I didn't really know how to go about it for a long time until in 2016 when I found out about SGDK.
I had been working with others on a PC fan game project but that project seemed to have fizzled out. So I decided I wished to work on my own thing, to make a game for the Mega Drive. At first I thought of a platformer with a character having a gun and a tail, exploring environments inside large domes on alien planets. But that idea changed. I had been working on making a 3d printed super soaker like squirtgun in 2014 (It ended up not working as the trigger mechanism failed) so I got the idea of the character having a super soaker like squirtgun.
Pic related inspired the game I wished to make, It was to be a tropical vacationy leasure with girls having animal ears and tails. The protagonist would be a catgirl.

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>>1976
The playable character's name is Lora, she's a typical catgirl who likes squirtguns and being active outdoors. The setting is the subtropical twin tail peninsula, in the year 2112 AD. The story is called Catgirl Waterpark (yet to be fully written as of this posting). The game is called Catgirl (Waterpark) Pool Party. The gameplay has yet to be fully developed as of this posting but has been inspired by various other Mega Drive/Genesis games and also inspired by the Takeshi's Castle and Wipeout (US) TV shows. After starting work on the game in 2016, I ran into some limits and issues I didn't know how to work with at the time. This lead me to eventually switch over to Godot for a time, but eventually I didn't like the direction the Godot version was taking so I put the game project on the shelf so to speak. Now I've with renewed interest decided to work on the Mega Drive/Genesis version again but with help. I have already found a good musician who is properly familiar with YM2612 and related music stuff. I may require some help with the coding, I'm fairly good with the graphics but open to help with that too. Some design elements are in question but I'm sure it'll work out.

>>1977
Here's the project page on itch.io:
https://hik.itch.io/catgirl-pool-party

There are also project pages on spritesmind forum here:
https://gendev.spritesmind.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2518
and here:
https://gendev.spritesmind.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2944

It is possible the game will be put up for sale when it gets properly finished, but unfinished versions accessible on the itch.io site will be free to play up until a certain point of development. That's what it looks like now at least, I haven't fully decided on everything as of yet
It has been a while since I worked on the project, so it'll take a bit of a while to get back into it properly. First I'm building up a bit of a hype to get work done on it and getting some additional help so the project may get finished within a reasonable amount of time

>>1978
Here's a sample of the music which may potentially be included in the game:
https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=XZ0xRg5ZmHshckmacWSG77zouVPHDJUl7Gqy

(I tried to upload the file directly to this site but it wouldn't let me, so I'll just link to it on pcloud instead)

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>>1979
Hey, I remember this. You posted about itt on /kind/ a long time ago, right? Good luck with the project.

>>1971
I got the cable for outputting the video signals from the Mega Drive II and tested it. Turns out the console runs fine and it outputs an image to the screen. However the colors are messed up so it needs something like CleanRGB. The controller worked fine. I have yet to receive the new controllers as of this posting.

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>>1981
The new controllers (I ordered on Amazon) have arrived
I opened one up and like the look and feel of it

>>1982
Today I was prompted to rate the seller and experience of the product so far
I plugged the Retro-bit Sega  controller into the usb adapter and connected the usb to the PC. Apparently the adapter does not work with my current setup (I'm running Windows 10)
I unplugged it from the adapter and connected it to the Mega Drive II console after setting it up again. Upon powering on and entering game, the controller worked well, I could control the character in the game
So I rated this controller product well
I'm disappointed in the usb adapter though (Its an older mayflash adapter from probably around 10 years ago)

>>1983
Hopefully you can get it all sorted, and work out your development dream. Good luck, Anon!