custom firmware for sega flashback 2018

[WD_GASTER2]

are you using a straight up hdmi cable? using a converter is known to cause issues with this device.

 

[Metaka75]

HDMI it came with, not sure why something that sends the picture would make an error message appear regarding the loading state of a game though?

All very puzzling as everyone else seems to have no issues at this stage, I have watched a couple of YouTube videos on this as well all explained and followed to perfection with no joy :/

 

[DoctorEvil8]

HDMI it came with, not sure why something that sends the picture would make an error message appear regarding the loading state of a game though?

All very puzzling as everyone else seems to have no issues at this stage, I have watched a couple of YouTube videos on this as well all explained and followed to perfection with no joy :/

Are you using official firmware or custom firmware? If you have chosen the custom firmware route, I highly suggest using the Game Manager from here... https://gbatemp.net/threads/genesis-flashback-hd-2018-game-manager.529624/

This method integrates your games into the main User Interface. It will also tweak the filenames into an acceptable format for you.

 

[Metaka75]

I have tried both methods but not the game manager so will give it a go and let you know . Cheers.

 

[Metaka75]

Update!

Ok the game manager did in deed solve what the issue was! turns out when I found that none of my roms would load into it that its because they are.bin versions not .md which I have found on another site, I just asumed that if I was getting the roms they were all the same (apparently not)

Thanks for you help it defenitely got me there in the end and Kudos to DCUK7 for an amazing bit of programming!

Now time to waste my life away downloading and playing all the classics lol

 

[Metaka75]

Something I have learnt on doing this now is that with .bin files not being recognised by this Game Manager app where do I find a decent list of the .md roms as the only site I found that seems to have them has allot of the classics im after missing or is there a convertion tool?

 

[DoctorEvil8]

Something I have learnt on doing this now is that with .bin files not being recognised by this Game Manager app where do I find a decent list of the .md roms as the only site I found that seems to have them has allot of the classics im after missing or is there a convertion tool?

That seems odd to me. All my files are .bin and they all seem to work. That said, I haven't paid attention to how the Game Manager deals with them. I just pop them into the Game Manager and they work on the system.

 

[DoctorEvil8]

There is a conversion tool. At the moment, I cannot recall the name of it. I am wondering if your .bin files are proper files or were they a different format but renamed (not converted) to .bin.

 

[WD_GASTER2]

HDMI it came with, not sure why something that sends the picture would make an error message appear regarding the loading state of a game though?

All very puzzling as everyone else seems to have no issues at this stage, I have watched a couple of YouTube videos on this as well all explained and followed to perfection with no joy :/

glad you figured out what was causing the issue. there have been cases where people have connected their devices to non-hdcp compliant monitors and the games dont start for some odd reason. Micronut99 had this issue a few months back if i recall.

 

[rrifonas]

.bin and .md are the same thing, you can just rename all files using command-prompt:
ren *.md *.bin

 

[DoctorEvil8]

.bin and .md are the same thing, you can just rename all files using command-prompt:
ren *.md *.bin

Really? I have read different interpretations on the internet that Sega Genesis file renaming will work, and others state file renaming will not work. Either way, I have always used SBWin if I need to change a file. https://www.zophar.net/utilities/segautil/sbwin.html It's so quick to use, I just use it instead of renaming.

 

[WD_GASTER2]

creating a batch and renaming works pretty great atleast on my end

 

[Pruts3r]

Hi there everybody! Something weird from the Netherlands: I got the megadrive version, bought in the UK and it came without ‘about’ tab but managed to get it the official update via this german site retro-spielkonsolen.de

Weird stuff now: when putting games on the SD card i got them to work no trouble but some het really messed up sound like aladdin and tiny toons, batman, Zool, toy story and more. Went on google and came acrosse this site and read about pal and ntsc so last night i figured what the hell, lest give that a go, so downloaded the troubled games from other site in both EU and USA version and guess what, the USA version have NO sound issues. Also my TV says 720p/60 when i boot the megadrive...

Does anyone else have this problem? I mean, EU version megadrive (not genesis) but non the less 60hz and only working with USA roms?

Also some games i really love seem to be only availible as EU rom (spirou, tintin au tibit, toy story and more). Is there a way to fix that or tranfer them to ntsc?

Any help much appriciated!

 

[WD_GASTER2]

its a known issue at this point and it has been mentioned earlier in the thread. I would suggest you read a few pages of comments to catch up to speed/

 

[Pruts3r]

its a known issue at this point and it has been mentioned earlier in the thread. I would suggest you read a few pages of comments to catch up to speed/

Done! Read the whole 19 pages. Okay, if i understand correctly then i have a EU/UK megadrive but it is essentially a US device and therefor PAL games have messed up sound and run crazy quick. Notthing to fix that right?

About the firmware, i am not about hacking or anything. Just want my device to run megadrive games from SD without trouble (NTSC and PAL). I got the firmware from retro-spielenkonsolen.de / downloads / This firmware only activated SD usage. Your update link in #171 is newer (or the newest) official update and kinda makes PAL games less troublesome. Right?

Is the firmware on #171 official or selfmade? If selfmade, can i get an official latest update somewere or is this firmware the best option?

Games like spirou and tintin au tibet only were sold in europa. No ntsc versions of those. Any ideas to fix this sound issue on those games?

(I have no experience. Just had an MD 2 in my childhood and want to recapture my memories)

Thnx for al the knowledge shared here! Great help!

* UPDATE * gave your EU GX firmware link from #171 a go. Have an about menu now (?) and sound isnt horribly distorted anymore BUT now it is way slow. Engaged overdrive feature allready and switched of background music. Didnt help....

 

[WD_GASTER2]

there is 4 different ones in post 171 which one did you use. Also that is rrifonas work on some of those and on some the official firmware.

 

[Pruts3r]

there is 4 different ones in post 171 which one did you use. Also that is rrifonas work on some of those and on some the official firmware.

I used the 3rd one. Megadrive plus GX. Not pico

 

[rrifonas]

Firmware on post #171 is custom, atgames never updated the EU version, so it's the US update merged with the EU theme. The games work better but it doesn't fix the sound and some speed issues with PAL games.

 

[ranja81]

Hi. I've read a good chunk of this thread and been to the firmware page. I downloaded a custom firmware a while ago that could play 32x but not mega cd, is there now one that can do both and what's the quality like? I also tried star wars 32x but couldn't get it to work, is this a known issue or could it just be the rom I'm using? I really like this console and with the game manager it looks really good. Thanks

 

[HollywoodGravy]

Hi, I'm using the picodrive firmware and the sound on 32X virtua fighter is very crackly. Is this the same for everyone or do I have a bad rom?I

I am also getting an error using the game manager on some but not all 32X games. Pathway restricted. This could be an error in my pc. But all genesis and Sega CD games work fine.

Anyway thank you to everyone involved. It's a great little machine now.