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SonSon
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 Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:58 pm Post subject: Will MD pro cart fit inside other cart cases? |
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I want to buy MD Pro cart but am curious if can fits in EA carts with the yellow tab?
Here is sample picture:
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Tomy
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| Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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| No, sorry |
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SonSon
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| Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Can you expand on why it would be incompatible?
And what are the dimensions of the card?
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RGB_Gamer
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| Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 12:10 am Post subject: |
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| That sucks that it won't fit in other cartridges. I was hoping to maybe put the MD-PRO in a 32x game cartridge case |
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Chilly Willy
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| Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:27 am Post subject: |
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| Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's designed for a "standard" Genesis/MegaDrive cart since those are easiest to find AND guarantees that you can plug it into either a Genesis/MD or 32X. If you made it fit those odd-sized EA carts (which I do have a few of), you'd be restricting people as there are nowhere near as many EA carts as there are of the "standard" variety. If you made them fit a 32X cart, you'd have to hack the Genesis to make it fit as the 32X carts were deliberately made not to fit in a regular Genesis/MD. |
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SonSon
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| Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah the yellow tab carts aren't exactly ubiquitous. Sober logic would concur that the EA carts are too arcane for the MD pro to be tailored for it.
But Chilly, if you (or anyone reading this) do have the the MD pro and a disposable EA cart - as most of them are - could you check if the MD pro would possibly fit? Even if it takes some modding to the cart case.
My purchase of the MD pro hinges on whether or not they are compatible.
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RGB_Gamer
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| Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2009 6:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Chilly Willy wrote: | | Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's designed for a "standard" Genesis/MegaDrive cart since those are easiest to find AND guarantees that you can plug it into either a Genesis/MD or 32X. If you made it fit those odd-sized EA carts (which I do have a few of), you'd be restricting people as there are nowhere near as many EA carts as there are of the "standard" variety. If you made them fit a 32X cart, you'd have to hack the Genesis to make it fit as the 32X carts were deliberately made not to fit in a regular Genesis/MD. |
I wasn't talking about Tomy/Tototek making MD-PRO that come in a 32X case, I was talking about my own MD-PRO(s) fit in a 32X case. I guess it won't fit so I am not worried about it. |
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Chilly Willy
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:54 am Post subject: |
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| SonSon wrote: | Yeah the yellow tab carts aren't exactly ubiquitous. Sober logic would concur that the EA carts are too arcane for the MD pro to be tailored for it.
But Chilly, if you (or anyone reading this) do have the the MD pro and a disposable EA cart - as most of them are - could you check if the MD pro would possibly fit? Even if it takes some modding to the cart case.
My purchase of the MD pro hinges on whether or not they are compatible.
Thanks again! |
I took apart my Bull & Blazers EA cart and while the holes don't match up, there's plenty of room for the MD-Pro. You should be able to mod it to fit and then hot-glue the shell closed or something similar. The hole are lower and farther apart than the MD-Pro, but the EA cart is nearly all empty space as their rom pcb is very short and wide.
@eastbayarb: It's almost the same issue with a 32X cart - the holes are farther apart than the MD-Pro wants, but it's not closer to the edge like the EA cart. |
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SonSon
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| Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2009 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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Much oblige chilly!
You should get commission from Tototek because I'm going to get one them there MD Pro's now.  |
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Chilly Willy
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| Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 4:16 am Post subject: |
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| They're a nice cart. It could be nicer, but I haven't really found anything to complain about. The most frequent thing you hear is people wishing for support for a parallel to usb adapter. I just got mine with the case they offer. It's a clean, plain Genesis case. I didn't want to use one of my old carts, and this way it's easy to tell from the rest: it has no label. |
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