Sega Megadrive (Genesis) Flashback Mini HD with an USB on internal mother board

[Menzo1986]

I'm following the conversation here but what is the wiki?

 

[asper]

I'm following the conversation here but what is the wiki?

https://www.mdfbrew.org

 

[asper]

There are 2 different cables: one is for OTG support and the other one is for connecting the console to a PC: I had the same problem and I would like to investigate the exact needed pinout but I have more important things right now

Maybe tha answer is this: https://www.mdfbrew.org/info:ubs-mini-port

 

[Hekel]

Hey there! Im sorry i didnt find the time to make a video.. but got some pictures for you:

You may will not believe it but i didnt played any game since i have the flashback :-D but my goal is.. as far everything is running to make a pizza buy some cool drinks and chill with my son and play the whole evening :-D... lets hope its soon done!

 

[redunka]

Hello everyone, would you mind if I ask a question?
I see that you're adding Sega Pico roms, but how did you manage to setup controls for Magic Pen and Storyware cartridges?
Yes, Picodrive is the only emulator that has support for Pico inputs, but I've never seen them to actually work in Picodrive that runs through Retroarch.
Even though, I don't have a Sega Flashback myself, I'm curious if this can be achieved with Retroarch for other systems.
Good luck with your projects!

 

[Hekel]

Hello everyone, would you mind if I ask a question?
I see that you're adding Sega Pico roms, but how did you manage to setup controls for Magic Pen and Storyware cartridges?
Yes, Picodrive is the only emulator that has support for Pico inputs, but I've never seen them to actually work in Picodrive that runs through Retroarch.
Even though, I don't have a Sega Flashback myself, I'm curious if this can be achieved with Retroarch for other systems.
Good luck with your projects!

Its hard to say how i try to manage this, i guess most easy option would be with additional hardware and a new config. But as for now its more important that it is running. As far the programm is working i will start to mess around with retroarch itself. Till then i cant give any direct answer..

 

[redunka]

Its hard to say how i try to manage this, i guess most easy option would be with additional hardware and a new config. But as for now its more important that it is running. As far the programm is working i will start to mess around with retroarch itself. Till then i cant give any direct answer..

Well, it's actually not that hard to "run" Pico roms, literally any Megadrive emulator should be able do that, because of almost identical hardware.
They just won't be playable without Pico-specific controls emulation, which Picodrive supposed to have.
I hope you'll be able to make those controls work (perhaps a mouse could work for Magic Pen?), that would be awesome to play those little games!

 

[Hekel]

Here is a new Update: It shows some of the changes i made. And i introduce for the first time the MEGA CD/SEGA CD Support on the Mega Drive/Genesis Flashback HD!

 

[Menzo1986]

Hey there! Im sorry i didnt find the time to make a video.. but got some pictures for you:

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You may will not believe it but i didnt played any game since i have the flashback :-D but my goal is.. as far everything is running to make a pizza buy some cool drinks and chill with my son and play the whole evening :-D... lets hope its soon done!

Here is a new Update: It shows some of the changes i made. And i introduce for the first time the MEGA CD/SEGA CD Support on the Mega Drive/Genesis Flashback HD!

this is awesome. but when i dont add any pico games will it show up in the menu or will it be hidden?

 

[Hekel]

this is awesome. but when i dont add any pico games will it show up in the menu or will it be hidden?

It will be hidden.

 

[Hekel]

Basicly i wanted to show that original controllers works aswell on my dashboard xD.. but i forgot it.. but trust me its working!!

 

[fixingmytoys]

Hey there! Im sorry i didnt find the time to make a video.. but got some pictures for you:

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You may will not believe it but i didnt played any game since i have the flashback :-D but my goal is.. as far everything is running to make a pizza buy some cool drinks and chill with my son and play the whole evening :-D... lets hope its soon done!

Well @Hekel when that day comes i hope you and your son have lots of fun and stay up all night

 

[Hekel]

I startet now to configure the controllers thanks go @asper its a easy thing as we can map what ever we like. I saw that retroarch has a rewind function.. the question is if its working. If it doesnt i will check for another way to save the game

 

[Hekel]

Played around with the controls and im nearly done. All configs where working as they should. Start is working and if you press menu you get back into the retroshield select menü! But rewind doesnt works as it seems the core doesnt support it. Now my question what should i do with the rewind button? I could use it as select (doesnt exist on the actual console) but we could acess the retroarch menu by pressing rewind and start.. so is the possibility for save-load given.

Another idea is to use player 1 rewind button for save. And player 2 rewind button to load.

 

[Hekel]

Nevermind REWIND IS WORKING!!! :-) finally we have managed the controlls ;-)

 

[Hekel]

Maybe a bit silly but i increased the flashback cartridge support.. you can now pull in a 32x game and play it from retroshield xD.. funny addition :-P

*and no you dont need a 32x to do that xD

 

[asper]

Maybe a bit silly but i increased the flashback cartridge support.. you can now pull in a 32x game and play it from retroshield xD.. funny addition :-P

*and no you dont need a 32x to do that xD

You mean that an original 32x cartridge fits into Flashback cartridge slot ? It can be because jap cartridegs fit too...

 

[Hekel]

You mean that an original 32x cartridge fits into Flashback cartridge slot ? It can be because jap cartridegs fit too...

Not just fits :-) you can dump it and play it xD

 

[Hekel]

Im still playing around with the console im now able to completly run: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 1 and 2 and CD for android by christian whitehead. Which is pretty cool. Just that you know sonic the hedgehog 4 boots... but it looks like the system is a way to slow to handle it. After the sega/sonic logo the game crashes.

 

[fixingmytoys]

Im still playing around with the console im now able to completly run: SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 1 and 2 and CD for android by christian whitehead. Which is pretty cool. Just that you know sonic the hedgehog 4 boots... but it looks like the system is a way to slow to handle it. After the sega/sonic logo the game crashes.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 1 and 2 and CD for android ohh would like to play that