Megadrive PI

[epellejer]

This is my project, just finished. I have made a video with all relevant details:

[electromaster64]

I made one a while back https://www.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/sega-genesis-megadrive-raspberry-pi/

But your is super clean looking. Did you paint the Megadrive or were you able to find one in excellent condition? How did you code the buttons into the GPIO?

[epellejer]

The unit I found was not so nice at the beginning, I just cleaned it up and the result was good enough.

For the gamepads I have used db9_gpio_rpi driver (https://github.com/petrockblog/RetroPie … 9_gpio_rpi).
You need to use modprobe to load it. For the use of 2 original (3+1) buttons pad, you have to use “modprobe -first-time db9_gpio_rpi map=4,4”.

For the Reset button I have used Pikeyd which emulates a “KEY_ESC” press on the GPIO.

[epellejer]

[quote=83343]I made one a while back https://www.petrockblock.com/forums/topic/sega-genesis-megadrive-raspberry-pi/

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By the way, did you finally sell it?

[electromaster64]

Yeah I sold it for $150. Less than I would have liked but I bought 6 broken Genesis units so that sale covered the Raspberry Pi, all the broken Genesis units, and my time so if I make more to sell then I will score a profit.

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