Hi.
Long time no post.
I've been buying lots of Sega Consoles lately (and clones as well), and the last item that I've bought was a Master System II.
The clerk behind the counter already knows me for my addiction-to-old-consoles, and everyone that she gets, she keeps it for me, functional or not. She told me that this Master System (The only one I've got), was non-functional. I've bought it for 1⬠(yup, you've read right 1â¬) in it's box, as new. (Pad, manuals, AC Adapter and RF Connector still packed.)
As soon as I've got home, I connected it to the television and turned it on, and to my surprise Sonic was in it's "attract" (?) mode. Pressed the button on the pad, and it worked... soon I was jumping and killing bugs, and collecting coins.
All was well until I passed the "Fast-shoes Computer" (the one that makes speed go 2x faster). When I tried to go back, I noticed that I couldn't.
I thought it was the pad, but after trying with an Mega Drive Pad, and another Master System pad that works for sure, I know now that my problem is in the console itself.
Information on the Master System is scarce if not non-existant on the internet, So I'm out of clues on how to fix it. I've already opened it, to check for contacts that should not be there... (like 2 points being connected by solder), but I've failed to find one.
The buttons work, and the down, down-right and right work. I couldn't test the others as sonic doesn't use them for anything (the up and up-right one) but left and down-left do not work for sure.
Can anyone help me? Thanks.
Long time no post.
I've been buying lots of Sega Consoles lately (and clones as well), and the last item that I've bought was a Master System II.
The clerk behind the counter already knows me for my addiction-to-old-consoles, and everyone that she gets, she keeps it for me, functional or not. She told me that this Master System (The only one I've got), was non-functional. I've bought it for 1⬠(yup, you've read right 1â¬) in it's box, as new. (Pad, manuals, AC Adapter and RF Connector still packed.)
As soon as I've got home, I connected it to the television and turned it on, and to my surprise Sonic was in it's "attract" (?) mode. Pressed the button on the pad, and it worked... soon I was jumping and killing bugs, and collecting coins.
All was well until I passed the "Fast-shoes Computer" (the one that makes speed go 2x faster). When I tried to go back, I noticed that I couldn't.
I thought it was the pad, but after trying with an Mega Drive Pad, and another Master System pad that works for sure, I know now that my problem is in the console itself.
Information on the Master System is scarce if not non-existant on the internet, So I'm out of clues on how to fix it. I've already opened it, to check for contacts that should not be there... (like 2 points being connected by solder), but I've failed to find one.
The buttons work, and the down, down-right and right work. I couldn't test the others as sonic doesn't use them for anything (the up and up-right one) but left and down-left do not work for sure.
Can anyone help me? Thanks.
