The Analogue Mega Sg - Review

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  @SegaLordX · 7 years ago · pinned

  More info in the video description.

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• GA

  @GameSack · 7 years ago (edited)

  Your real Mega Drive has a lowpass filter. The default firmware for the Mega Sg has that turned off. So it sounds brighter/less muffled. Similar to how many people install a Mega Amp into a real Genesis. If I encounter a Mega Amp I always enable a lowpass filter and I did the same with the Mega Sg. Not perfect but damn close. John Madden Football needs a 3 button controller. You'll get that same behavior on a real Genesis. Hold MODE when you plug a 6-button controller in or turn on the system. With the Mega Sg you may need to force 3 button mode even if you have a 3 button controller.

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  @GANONdork123 · 7 years ago

  The difference you hear in audio is due to the difference in digital and analogue audio output. There is a low pass filter effect on the MegaSG you can turn on to emulate this though.

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  @Subninja2012 · 4 years ago

  720P will give you perfect scanlines. I can’t get them right on 1080p.

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• BA

  @balaam_7087 · 7 years ago

  I like the voiceover work on these videos. Very soothing, almost like ASMR haha

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  @ErikSantana · 7 years ago

  According to Digital Foundry, enabling the low pass filter with a cutoff of 3600 and a rolloff of 6 should make the sound similar to that of the console. Also adjusting the ladder effect should help. It all depends on the console you want it to sound like.

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  @DeathPrevails77713 · 7 years ago

  I've been waiting for your review of this product,  SLX.

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  @rockmanfan5104 · 3 years ago

  This is personally my fvaorite console ive ever owned. I play it constantly ever since release

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  @michaelanderson9792 · 7 years ago

  I was 31 when I got the genesis it is one of my most loved consoles I subscribed to Analogue's news letter I am glad to see this happening finally

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  @TheGemini5 · 7 years ago

  You do realize that you just made me play Streets of Rage 2, right?! That music is insane! Great review as always.

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  @mgodoy-br · 7 years ago

  You are not alone, I also love Road Rush sound track. Specially Road Rush 2.

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  @Oysterblade84 · 4 years ago

  Firstly i&apos;d like to apologise SegalordX for leaving an awful lot of comments on your videos lately, you&apos;re probably getting tired of seeing so many comments from me but it&apos;s because i&apos;m on my holidays from work and have more time to watch your videos. This is a really good review and I liked how you picked out your favourite games to try on the system rather than pulling out Sonic 1 for reference like so many others. I&apos;ve seen hundreds of Mega SG reviews by many youtubers but i&apos;m shocked I missed this one! And it was 3 years ago. <br> <br>My Analogue Mega SG story: <br> <br>I&apos;m happy to say I invested in getting one of these in September 2019 and have been happy with it ever since. I&apos;m still running firmware 4.6 and ignore the later ones why? Well because when I upgraded the firmware to 4.7 and 4.8 aside from some more worthy fixes and additional abilities that were not there in 4.6, one thing disapointed me about the later firmware updates and made me go back. I noticed that Analogue screwed up the Zero delay Zero lag video of the Master System mode, there is a nasty tear also known as a judder in the frame rate on 4.7 and 4.8 that was not there in 4.6, it&apos;s like a frame skip that appears every 3 to 7 seconds (depending on whether your system is set to PAL or NTSC) it&apos;s really noticeable on Sonic 1 SMS in the second level when you get the shield monitor, let Sonic stand idle and watch every few seconds, there is a tear in the frame rate and I didn&apos;t like it so I went back to 4.6 and stayed there ever since. Now I did contact Analogue several times about it but they just ignored it and now they have removed their contact page so the only way to contact them is through Twitter but I don&apos;t use Twitter or Facebook. <br><br>When I mention this issue to other Youtubers or owners of a Mega SG they don&apos;t ever share the same problem so it could be something that only affects my Mega SG (although I doubt it).<br> <br>I don&apos;t have any interest to play Game Gear games or 32X through the unit so a lack of support for the Dacs on 4.6 doesn&apos;t bother me, the only sacrifice is that Chuck Rock CD doesn&apos;t work on 4.6 and only works on 4.7 and 4.8 but i&apos;ve sacrificed one game to get a smooth frame rate for Master System games. <br> <br>Aside from that nasty judder in 4.7 and 4.8 this console is a perfect way to explore Sega&apos;s history and I do still support it regardless of Analogue&apos;s odd communication barriers or lack of.

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