Mega-Tech theme for Sega based builds

ruckage

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Hi, I made this a while back for my Sega Megadrive build and hadn't gotten around to posting about it. Would this be a theme others would be interested in?

It's inspired by the Sega Mega-Tech arcade system which was essentially multigame arcade version of the Megadrive/Genesis and Master system - basically Sega's answer to the Nintendo playchoice-10.

Here's a video demonstrating a Mega-tech machine :

And here's my theme:

lilbud

Nice to see ya Ruckage. Missed you here.

Stuart2773

@ruckage said in Mega-Tech theme for Sega based builds:

Would this be a theme others would be interested in?

Defintatley yes.

ruckage

@lilbud said in Mega-Tech theme for Sega based builds:

Nice to see ya Ruckage. Missed you here.

Thanks @lilbud 😊. I have been been lurking I just haven't been posting much. Were having a really unusually good summer here so I have to make the most of it - we're lucky to get a few weeks of sun most years. I have been doing some retropie stuff though, I've done a bit work on my PC engine build which is coming along nicely and I should be getting some vinyl dye soon so I can restore my Famicom to it's original white colour. I also really want to get started on my bartop arcade build while the weather is still good so lots to do.

@stuart2773 said in Mega-Tech theme for Sega based builds:

Defintatley yes.

Okay, I'll see about getting it on github. It does only work on widescreen displays at the moment but that covers most users I think.

PokeEngineer

@ruckage

Nice. I pretty interested by this.

Stuart2773

@ruckage

thanks, i built a complete set of megadrive/genesis, master system, game gear , 32x & sega cd library a few months ago and never decided on a theme for it, this is perfect for what i need,

cheers :)

Kleenax

This is really nice looking, great work.

Ranma

@ruckage said in Mega-Tech theme for Sega based builds:

Would this be a theme others would be interested in?

If I say "definitely yes" this would be a massive understatement! I am currently using your beautiful SNES theme and have done for many months, but I'm buying a new Pi3B+ soon and am absolutely desperate for a SEGA themed setup. This would be PERFECT! Please do it!!

jrochagouveia

Nice sega theme. @ruckage as always awesome work. +1 interested on it.

DarishZone

I've made a Sega image only, so i'm very interested on this! I love your Nintendo theme also, i'm curious to test it.

LinuxArcadeGuy

@ruckage Please include a 5:4/4:3 version of the theme

ruckage

Thanks for the replies. I need to make a couple of small modifications before I can release but will do so soon.

@linuxarcadeguy said in Mega-Tech theme for Sega based builds:

@ruckage Please include a 5:4/4:3 version of the theme

Not a simple task unfortunately, the theme is just not well suited to a 4:3 or 5:4 version so I would have to redesign pretty much the whole theme to fit those aspect ratios which is a lot of work and I'm not convinced it's worth the effort for the small number of people who would use them. If there is a lot of interest then maybe but certainly not when it's first released.

LinuxArcadeGuy

i know i would faithfully use it in an arcade build

omegafeggy

This looks phenomenal, easily on par with the rest of your superb themes. Been planning on putting a Pi inside an old megadrive II as a hobby, and this theme would go wonderfully with it. Looking forward to the release :-D

ruckage

@omegafeggy
Thank, I'll get it released soon. It is a much simpler theme in many ways than my other themes but it works well and is ideal for a Megadrive build. The Megadrive II works great as a pi case as that's what I'm using with this theme. There is topic on the old retropie forums showimg my build if you're interested, it was using a PI 2 at the time so adding the ethernet port wouldn't be necessary with a PI 3. https://blog.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/megadrive-project/.

omegafeggy

@ruckage
Thank you so much! that'll take out a lot of the guess work I was worried about having lol I Can't wait to have a megadrive in the living room again haha

felleg

I need this in my life!

Rion

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Rion

@ruckage

Retro-Emulation sells mod kits for the Megadrive/Genesis consoles with 3D printed parts for a variety of models complete with all the parts needed. This way you don't have to slaughter a Megadrive/Genesis console.

There are options for a USB-version and a DSUB-version so you can use your original controllers to!

Check out the video

ruckage

@rion
Thanks for the link - looks pretty good. It only seems to be compatible with the original megadrive though and isn't very cost effective. You can pick up a used Megadrive for as little as £10 - that kit costs over £60 (not including shipping). The Megadrive isn't rare (30.75 million sold worldwide, 6.9 million in Europe) so I don't feel particularly guilty about sacrificing one. I do prefer to make any changes in my mods reversible and if I was doing a Megadrive mod again I have some ideas for how I could do it differently but that was my first build and as it's not a rare console I'm not worried.