Weird cartridges

[Teddybeer]

I've got an Japanese sega saturn (Gray one, i don't know what that one is doing in Holland) from a friend that works at a games shop.

The thing blinks a couple of times when it is plugged in he television. You can see the screen a couple of times then it goes blank forgood.. I thin it is that ntsc vs pal problem. Well he had some games with it.. japanese and 2 cartridges.

One is marked cdplus. A red/green lable..

The other is marked Pro Universal adapter...

Anyone knows what these are?

 

[Arakon]

my guess is that both of them are country converter carts.

 

[Teddybeer]

Plugged both in my own europe saturn.. powered up with a japanese cd.. didn't work. tried the japanese with both cartridge on pal tv didn't work. I'm curious what it would be used for.. cannot find it anywhere on internet.

 

[DBOY]

Maybe they're like the old Super Strong Card where it slows down the CD assembly for swapping purposes?

 

[Teddybeer]

I was bored playing with the other collection items i got from sega and i really wanted to know what the cartridges did so i popped one in and looked.. I got a boot screen saying this ain't no sega product.. Then i got the cd-player, you know the one you usually get in when you pop in a copied cd. Weird thing was i really had a genuine cd in there... Then i noticed the first button changed to : start application... Hmm.. press.. woohoo running the game..

Hey... next thing.. pop in a copied cd... didn't work.. got the normal cd player without the cd.

Next thing.. pop in a Japanese Saturn game

Presto, worked perfectly can play japanese games on european console.

Hmm.... hey... but what if i boot the console with an original game, remove it while in cd player mode and continue with a copied one.

Worked flawlessly.. No more nasty swapping trick.

I heard you can still buy one of those cartridges. I got 2.. one CD+ and the other labeled Pro Universal adapter they look ancient but if you are lucky......

BTW : anyone knows how to get a japanese saturn on a european TV? I boot the japanese console then the screen goes

*on*off*on*off*on*off*on*off

kind of unplayable.

 

[BloodyKnuckles]

so you're saying that both the CD+ and pro universal adapter cartridges booted import and copies? that's cool

Derrick

 

[segasonic]

Teddybeer - The Japanese Saturn should work fine on most euro TV's if you get an RGB SCART lead. Mine works a treat.

 

[Teddybeer]

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if you get an RGB SCART lead.

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Err

I'm not that into tv stuff... but what do you mean? Scart lead? err.. a little box or so?

And yes Derrick, they played both of them. Hey, i'm from holland and i don't need two of them. If i can make anyone happy with it.

 

[segasonic]

A SCART lead is a superior alternative to the RF cable. It's got a 21 pin connector and is also known as a euroconnector or a peritel.

 

[Teddybeer]

Ah yeah, that one. I'm using it, stupid me.. That one also gives the weird flickering. Perhaps the thing is just dead.

I tought you had some sort of conversion box or so.