Awesome video and thanks loads for the shout out. You mod just like me with no superfluous actions or steps. Very clear and precise. It's good to see that my guide is useful as well, it's very difficult to know how well the steps actually work for others. I keep tinkering with all my Master System kits so I might have to send you some of my new ones.
You're welcome, and thank YOU for making such a quality piece of kit for this ugly duckling. Your guide was clear and well illustrated, I had no issues at all figuring out what needed to be done. I'm sure you can tell by my reaction but I'm stoked with this mod. It just gives me the fizz in all the right spots :P
I'm from the UK and the first console I ever owned was a Master System 2. I have very fond memories of it, even though it didn't last long. At the time my family was very poor and we couldn't afford a Mega Drive (even though I played it a lot at my friends house). So my mum got me a Master System 2 for my birthday. I actually have just as much if not more nostalgia for the 8 bit Master System games as I do for the Mega Drive games. I remember how grateful I was to get one, knowing my mum was a single mother working 2 jobs just to give me a good childhood. I love seeing this thing show up and watching people who grew up outside of Europe get hold of one.
thanks to the algorithm i now have videos to watch, i love this kind of thing and as UK person, its interesting to see how the different power systems and such effect you guys :)
Same for me for a non-portable one. For portable the first one for me was the Gameboy, playing Tetris and Super Mario Land. Later got the Sega Gamegear, never did manage to get the Tv adapter for it, they were like gold dust
It's great to see someone giving a shoutout to Jo's (ConsolesUnleashed) mods. They are really, really good. I have a bunch of them, on several consoles. Great video as always!
I only recently discovered his shop but I am very impressed with the quality of the kits I’ve received. The step-by-step install guides are the cherry on top.
@@BorderlineOCD Indeed and he's helpful too if you need to reach out to him. I've installed various of his wares, SNES, Saturn, PlayStation, 32X, Gamecube, Mega drive. All impeccable stuff and he has many, many install pics in his Facebook postings, which are very helpful.
1. Nice Mod! 2. Really really great work! 3. The master system is still sold in Brazil. There's a Sonic blue model with games on memory and a joystick model with games on memory and the composite cable to attach to TV. Tectoy website also sells the mega drive(genesis) wich they produced back again in 2017.
I found your channel with this and you already set yourself ahead of others the way you shared the post you got the MS2 from instead of having a clickbait title and not actually explaining where you got it
I also do not like drilling holes in the consoles. So I modded the volume control button on the megadrive to be able to set the region and did stereo out where the antenna was, in the hole left from the headphone jack I put a rgb led to indicate what region is activated.
Great vid as always, I always love the "wow" moments when the mod or repair works well and you get that great picture up on screen. That model was my 1st console, Miracle world is one of the rare games I could actually complete. Really great to see this channel getting good numbers, keep up the good work.
Friend, your work and soldering technique are the best I have ever seen. I see other people doing repairs on classic consoles with great care, but without all this whimsy that you get. Very good job.
I am blown away really. That mode chip... Decades later is as though the dude was there when the rf chip was being installed. The precision on the chip board and the soldering work. Wow. Maybe in another life my videos will be of this quality
Nice! Another video, been waiting for your content. Regards from Brazil, and yes the Master System is STILL very popular here. Mostly because pricing, those are super cheap. Same with PS2.
I wish I had the time and patience for this kind of stuff (3 kids = neither of each). My first console is a SMS model 1 which I still have and love. Always thought the model 2 was a pretty neat. Good video. Looks like fun. =)
I really loved this video. I knew as soon as you said you knew the level like the back of your hand death was forthcoming. I have the same issue trying to show something I have done gazillions of times lol.
Wow, as a former Australian kid, I remember getting SMS2 for Chrissy in 1991 for AU$125 (PS launched in Nov. 1995 for AU$999). So many hours of Alex the Kid 2 and I remember getting stuck after the rock, paper, scissors fight on some kind of mining level...
Haha yeah. No internet, no walkthroughs, just grinding over and over, saving all the coins for continues rather than in-game items, leaving the system paused overnight because you can't save lol. You'll never recreate that fully today. It was a much simpler time...
Awesome! Your videos are sparking an interest in me to work on PCBs... Like switching out components on a board and soldering. Thank you so much for your contributions!
Man, just hearing the quietness and the noice of the soldering/vacuum machine is soothing. Wish I could have steady hands and learn how to solder and mod things.
Great work! I have some of these to do in the repair pile. Very useful. And Consoles Unleashed are a fantastic resource, really nice to see them get a well deserved shout 😁
This console was incredibly popular here in Brazil in the late 80s and early 90s because Nintendo didn't have an official distributor here (the NES was never officialy sold here) but SEGA did with TecToy and they ran a very strong ad campaign here back then on TV, newspapers and magazines, so it was a console that everybody knew here. Nintendo only arrived here officially with the SNES a few years later.
Tec Toy's localization crew went to a lot of effort, doing things like converting the Monster World series into Monica games. Always wondered how much the emphasis on regional marketing contributed to their success.
I'm from the US and actually got the Master System before the NES. One day I played Super Mario on the arcade and immediately felt like I messed up. 😅 Space Harrier was AWESOME though so..
Dude you have inspired me. I've been collecting old consoles and games for awhile. Starting to get a bit more into these days... never thought mods were something I could do. You have opened up a new world to me! You video is honestly one of the most engaging videos I've ever seen and everything you did and said was so precise but also you can hear how much passion and love you have for this stuff. I'm a carpenter/artist and can appreciate how tidy your workshop/workbench and work itself was. I was truly so impressed!! I'm gunna have a Crack at this and follow your videos! One question, can you please show me the cheapest minimal set up I would need for this kind of work. I'll start small and build up some skills then upgrade my tools as I gain more experience. Thank you so much for lighting a fire in me I didn't think was there. !! Cheers Damien New Zealand 🇳🇿 (not australia)😂
I only used 420C when wetting the large pads on the brace board and attaching the din socket to get good thermal transfer. I don't think I went higher than 375C for any other part.
That was definitely a very nice looking mod. Not having to drill new holes is a big plus in my opinion too. Looking forward to seeing you convert it to NTSC/60hz. Wondering if you're going to have a way to switch between 50hz and 60hz as there might be some games better suited to the slower frame rate perhaps.
I picked up a lot of mods for this console so I’m still deciding how to divide them between the two PAL units I brought back with me. I’m currently thinking to put a proper NTSC crystal in this one for a true American 60Hz console. Then for the second unit, install a switchless region mod with the DFO kit (dual frequency oscillator).
@@MrAlan1828 Brazilian here, our models aren't actually "true" PAL, but rather PAL-M. It is basically an NTSC signal using PAL for color encoding, so PAL-M signals are recognized as valid black and white signals by NTSC sets (so modding those should not require changing a crystal). We basically could have our cake and eat it too, having our games run at full 60Hz but with the better PAL colors 🙂
Cant WAIT for the next video! Ive had SMS II since i was a kid but never really appreciated it. Would be awsome to mod it and give it some love that i'm sure it deserves
Yeah the whole Brazil video game story is crazy. The import taxes they would put on electronics was and is still huge. I think even recently Tec Toy re-released the Mega Drive.
@Breath of Fresh Air you are wrong. The vast majority of SMS games are made for 60Hz by Japanese developers. Just because they were not released in North America doesn't mean they are PAL optimised. Very few games had optimisations coded into them for the European market.
It's in the flux, I don't mean to try and down play his skill, he is very uniform, direct, steady hands, knowledgeable practisioner. But really, get a good set of tools, and consumables. And it's down to you from them on. Not that you can't do great with cheap stuff, it just takes more prep, more work, more post. But his flux really seems to be super clean
@@renagenic seems you contradict yourself in you own statement. Stop being passive aggresive and go ahead and work on your skills wothoit relying on machinery.
This is what sega should,ve done in the first place and just bundle it with a rf adaptor just in case,but no they had to put rf out only instead,wich was a dump mistake, Your craftmanship proves that seha should,ve think twice beforehand.
I'm assuming this may be due to the developments following the SECAM system you use. Either way we have you to thank for the wonderful SCART connector. :)
Early master systems sold in Brazil were transcoded with a job that looked they gave to a ape with a solder tip. Our dominant system was PAL-M. It was somewhat like ntsc but using Pal color signal and 60hz. Sometimes wires got colder solder points and the games were output slowly or black and white. Nowadays I know the console was going back to 50hz but as a kids we pushed the cartridge with a sidefist slam into the slot and it magically worked haha
This is a nice one :) Love your vids, just perfect soldering and good info. I will order the same kit since I have the same console in my collection and it is now time to give it some care:) Might wait until the last vid for the Model 2 is out so I get to do order all the mods you are doing on it. I see that there is a DFO,Bios,dual controller pause kit, fm sound. Yeah that is allot of modding. Hope you plan on doing some of those or all of them. :) Thank you again for just making so nice vids :)
I have two PAL SMS 2s so I will be modding them each a bit differently. This one got the passive RGB mod and will most likely get a region mod + a true NTSC crystal. The second console will get the RGB bypass mod (rather than passive) with a switchless region mod and the DFO mod for instant switching between PAL and NTSC with the appropriate frequency. I bought one FM sound module, still deciding which system will get it. Plenty of work ahead!
Great video of the Mod. I did this mod on my Sega Master System 2 as well. Unlike the one you got that has a Sony CXA1145P encoder with the Alex Kidd in Mracle World Built-In.. Mine is a Fujitsu MB3514 Encoder with the Sonic 1 Built-In. The one I opted in for was Console Unleashed's no-wire QSB board option so I didn't have to wire each video signal line. The RGB Video on it is phenomenal. Good work on this mate.
Man do I love mods that require little to no physical modification to the console. Consoles unleashed is a good site! I got my PS1 import mod chip from them. Another great Master System mod is the FM soundboard kit from Tim Worthington! It does come with a switch to change back to regular sound vs the advanced music/audio that some games have! Really makes the Master System even more advanced than the NES, hardware wise at least…
Actually(*nerdily snorts inhaler and pushes up glasses*) the PAL signal would appear greyscale and offcenter. A lot of modern HDTVs support both PAL and NTSC though most 4k TVs refuse to show anything below 480i. A GBS-C scaler from AliExpress fixes all the problems however.
My challenge is RF specifically. I've tried to tune a PAL RF console and the channel scan doesn't pick anything up, or at best if I fine tune manually I get a garbled screen with crackle and pop sounds. Haven't bothered with this since. For all I know it could have been an issue with the console's RF box that compounded the problem.
Ok, so, all the way back in the 90's our family had TVs that you could set to ether NTSC or Pal. I remember once a friend got a set and someone had set it to NTSC. The guy at the repair shop couldn't figure out what was wrong... because there was nothing wrong, someone had just set it to NTSC instead of Pal.
Great video. Really has me thinking about trying this mod out for the model 2 Master System. Looking at consoles unleashed and so many mods I had no idea about. Anyone moding the Brazilian systems?
Learned about Tectoy Master Systems from the comments here. It's always interesting to discover the quirks of regional gaming markets. Given the niche audience it might be a tall order for drop-in mod kits for them but I guess it depends on how faithful to the Sega hardware the Tectoy variations are.
Great content Dud! Keep the awesome work! Love these kind of videos (I'm starting my retro collection with the SNES). I had a Mastersystem 3 in my childhood...but I won't buy a Mastersystem to my collection (I will buy the equipment to play Mastersystem's games in the Sega Genesis, it's cheaper that way, especially in the maintenance aspect). I pretend to have 2 consoles of each (one in the box, 100% original and the other one is for me to play in the daily life, this one I will do MODs like that one you just did).
most consoles that run on ac convert it to dc using a bridge rectifier which is why the SNES can be powered with a dc supply instead of an ac one without any effects to the internals.
I had one and it's been years since I've seen one, I can't believe how small it was compared to the Master System I which was wider but I loved my MSII just a shame the controllers were shite
Never mind google answered my question, so some master system apparently came with built in games. the list of witch is Snail Maze, Hang-On, Alex Kidd in Miracle World and Sonic the Hedgehog. I did not know this, had a genesis and no built in games for me so yeah sorry about my confusion
Enjoyed the video. Thank you for uploading. I have been watching your channel for probably a year now, a while back I decided to start buying practice solder kits and learning on my own. Just bought my first system to try and repair. Continue Inspiring. Cheers.
Just found your channel, being from the UK I have most of my pal consoles modded for 50/60hz etc - which is quite common to want to do so over here. I modded most of mine about 10+ years ago so they tend to have switches, but I always used small slide switches and a neat slot cut into the case to look like factory. My mastersystem 2 was modded for the composite video and fitted with an 50/60hz switch at the back as well as an power led with a bezel at the front. There is a few pal mastersystem games that don't run in 60hz and some that don't run correctly either - so it's well worth the ability to have 50hz aswell! Pal 50hz might seem strange to the usa, but it's what we grew up with and it's our 'normal' - some games I much prefer in 50hz, but I enjoy the best of both worlds being able to switch 50-60hz when I want across most of my consoles. This video was a great newer mod that I may have to check out! Great video 👍
@@KopperNeoman I would agree with this in general, but some games to me are like in fast forward compared to how I grew up with them! There are some advantages to 50hz also - games that suffer from some slowdown in 60hz don't slow down in 50hz and games that have been optimised not only run at the same speed but take advantage of the pal video - better colour than ntsc, aswell as a higher resolution video output! a correctly pal optimised game is actually the superior version!
@@infinityeight8705 There are no correctly optimised PAL games for Master System, not even Mega Drive had them. Only partial optimisation which is the worse crime of all because it ruins the game in both 60Hz and 50Hz for that particular version of the game. Maybe music speed is corrected for 50Hz, but graphic assets are designed for 60Hz or vice versa. Now neither can be correct at the same time. Some games require 50Hz video like New Zealand Story so a switchable system is necessary, but the majority of games were developed for 60Hz.
Another awesome video. I appreciate the lengths you go to to capture good shots with apparent context- i.e., the region of the board or orientation of the work. Have you considered a Floatplane channel? I feel like you could naturally grow a following on that platform, and they're very creator-friendly.
Hadn't heard of Floatplane. I just do this for fun though and I'm not big on more social media so I don't see myself expanding beyond YT. I can't even be bothered with creating an Instagram or TikTok account.
@@BorderlineOCD That's fair, especially instagram and tik-tok. You're one of my favorite UA-cam creators, so I'm basically pitching "how I could get more of your content," lol. I hope it's something you remember if you ever consider taking Borderline OCD full-time.
Oh! You SHOULD also make a Pause-buttonmod! It has been done before as i have seen on a first model. Your SMS II would smoke by brutality if you made such a mod!
Awesome video and thanks loads for the shout out. You mod just like me with no superfluous actions or steps. Very clear and precise. It's good to see that my guide is useful as well, it's very difficult to know how well the steps actually work for others. I keep tinkering with all my Master System kits so I might have to send you some of my new ones.
I installed your kit on my NTSC model 2 a few months back and it works great, thanks for making these.
@@lnxmachine Awesome. Cheers
You're welcome, and thank YOU for making such a quality piece of kit for this ugly duckling. Your guide was clear and well illustrated, I had no issues at all figuring out what needed to be done. I'm sure you can tell by my reaction but I'm stoked with this mod. It just gives me the fizz in all the right spots :P
Great work friend, very cool!
Welp that does it. I've subscribed. I'll come back to watch more content like this.
I came here simply to say that I’m in awe of your soldering skills
Thanks. It's been a fun journey, glad you appreciate the quality of the work.
I mean the channel is borderlineOCD XD
He's a real solder soldier!
I appreciate a good solderer.
my guy, your soldering skills are IMMACULATE... gahd DAYUM!
Fantastic work brotha! That hilbilly composite test was clever af :D
Modzville in the house! Thanks my man, appreciate you stopping by 😎
your soldering gives me peace in my heart
I'm from the UK and the first console I ever owned was a Master System 2. I have very fond memories of it, even though it didn't last long. At the time my family was very poor and we couldn't afford a Mega Drive (even though I played it a lot at my friends house). So my mum got me a Master System 2 for my birthday. I actually have just as much if not more nostalgia for the 8 bit Master System games as I do for the Mega Drive games. I remember how grateful I was to get one, knowing my mum was a single mother working 2 jobs just to give me a good childhood. I love seeing this thing show up and watching people who grew up outside of Europe get hold of one.
thanks to the algorithm i now have videos to watch, i love this kind of thing and as UK person, its interesting to see how the different power systems and such effect you guys :)
My first ever console was a Master System II with Alex Kidd built in! This brings back so many memories.
Same for me for a non-portable one. For portable the first one for me was the Gameboy, playing Tetris and Super Mario Land. Later got the Sega Gamegear, never did manage to get the Tv adapter for it, they were like gold dust
remember the scret octopus pot level? kill the octopus and press down on top of his pot!
I had sonic built into my master system 2. Alex the kid was so good
It's great to see someone giving a shoutout to Jo's (ConsolesUnleashed) mods. They are really, really good. I have a bunch of them, on several consoles. Great video as always!
I only recently discovered his shop but I am very impressed with the quality of the kits I’ve received. The step-by-step install guides are the cherry on top.
@@BorderlineOCD Indeed and he's helpful too if you need to reach out to him. I've installed various of his wares, SNES, Saturn, PlayStation, 32X, Gamecube, Mega drive. All impeccable stuff and he has many, many install pics in his Facebook postings, which are very helpful.
UA-cam recommended me this, wow, very therapeutic, excellent work and a perfect mod too
You definitely are amazing with a soldering iron, I have never seen such clean and tidy work, excellent work and such a great kit too
1. Nice Mod!
2. Really really great work!
3. The master system is still sold in Brazil. There's a Sonic blue model with games on memory and a joystick model with games on memory and the composite cable to attach to TV. Tectoy website also sells the mega drive(genesis) wich they produced back again in 2017.
I found your channel with this and you already set yourself ahead of others the way you shared the post you got the MS2 from instead of having a clickbait title and not actually explaining where you got it
Very cool use of PCBs to position the connector upside down like that. Never seen a connector installed in quite that way before.
man your soldering work is so damn clean. great stuff.
Much appreciated. Lot's of practice and good flux certainly helps.
Yes he is the best I have seen.
I have no idea what you just did… but it was fascinating! Looking forward to the next mod.
Nice video! Haven’t seen much master system (let alone v2) content! Very clear explanation
It is satisfying watching your soldering... So. Clean. Shiny. I need to practice...
I also do not like drilling holes in the consoles. So I modded the volume control button on the megadrive to be able to set the region and did stereo out where the antenna was, in the hole left from the headphone jack I put a rgb led to indicate what region is activated.
I don't know how I got to this video but this was super interesting and I can't wait to see part 2. I wish I could solder that good haha. Great work
Oh excellent, I just got this same mod in a few days ago and plan on doing the same mod this weekend.
Great video!
Great vid as always, I always love the "wow" moments when the mod or repair works well and you get that great picture up on screen. That model was my 1st console, Miracle world is one of the rare games I could actually complete. Really great to see this channel getting good numbers, keep up the good work.
Big shout to Consoles Unleashed. Used them myself for many mods. Highly recommended.
Friend, your work and soldering technique are the best I have ever seen. I see other people doing repairs on classic consoles with great care, but without all this whimsy that you get. Very good job.
Good idea putting back in what Sega took out and thanks for letting us know about Consoles Unleashed as my GameCube could do with some mods they sell.
I am blown away really. That mode chip... Decades later is as though the dude was there when the rf chip was being installed. The precision on the chip board and the soldering work. Wow. Maybe in another life my videos will be of this quality
Is good to have you back, it's been a long time :)
I just found this while looking around at old game system modding. Great video!
This brings back memories, the master system was my first console. It had sonic on it, time to go hunting. Great video thanks.
Those solders are sooooo clean it's borderline art
Really top notch job on this mod, hat tip to you.
The sound at 1:25 is cringeworthy, but I also find it strangely satisfying.
Your skill continues to impress, I love watching these videos.
Thanks my man I appreciate that.
That turned out great! I'm going to have to get this mod.
Nice! Another video, been waiting for your content. Regards from Brazil, and yes the Master System is STILL very popular here. Mostly because pricing, those are super cheap. Same with PS2.
I wish I had the time and patience for this kind of stuff (3 kids = neither of each). My first console is a SMS model 1 which I still have and love. Always thought the model 2 was a pretty neat. Good video. Looks like fun. =)
I really loved this video. I knew as soon as you said you knew the level like the back of your hand death was forthcoming. I have the same issue trying to show something I have done gazillions of times lol.
My new favorite channel on yt! I am no modder nor do I do any restorations but I just love watching your videos.
Wow, as a former Australian kid, I remember getting SMS2 for Chrissy in 1991 for AU$125 (PS launched in Nov. 1995 for AU$999). So many hours of Alex the Kid 2 and I remember getting stuck after the rock, paper, scissors fight on some kind of mining level...
Haha yeah. No internet, no walkthroughs, just grinding over and over, saving all the coins for continues rather than in-game items, leaving the system paused overnight because you can't save lol. You'll never recreate that fully today. It was a much simpler time...
That is a really good mod.
It looks so much easier than doing it the old way.!
That mullet, though! \m/
I have decided to embrace my hillbilly roots. If I could snap my fingers and have Theo Von's hair, I would do it in a heartbeat.
That seems like an incredibly high quality mod kit. Good stuff.
Awesome! Your videos are sparking an interest in me to work on PCBs... Like switching out components on a board and soldering. Thank you so much for your contributions!
Man, just hearing the quietness and the noice of the soldering/vacuum machine is soothing. Wish I could have steady hands and learn how to solder and mod things.
Haha okay just don't fall asleep before you finish the video.
Great work! I have some of these to do in the repair pile. Very useful. And Consoles Unleashed are a fantastic resource, really nice to see them get a well deserved shout 😁
Thanks my man appreciate you stopping by!!
Videos like yours make me want to practice soldering more, but all I have is a cheap-ass iron from Home Depot and very little room.
This console was incredibly popular here in Brazil in the late 80s and early 90s because Nintendo didn't have an official distributor here (the NES was never officialy sold here) but SEGA did with TecToy and they ran a very strong ad campaign here back then on TV, newspapers and magazines, so it was a console that everybody knew here. Nintendo only arrived here officially with the SNES a few years later.
Pretty much like Britain. The nes was a flop and sega and home computers ruled
Actually Playtronic did sell the NES and some games officially in Brazil in 1993 alongside the SNES, but it was a very short run.
Tec Toy's localization crew went to a lot of effort, doing things like converting the Monster World series into Monica games. Always wondered how much the emphasis on regional marketing contributed to their success.
@@sparkles122 which was a shame as Nintendo were so much better
I'm from the US and actually got the Master System before the NES. One day I played Super Mario on the arcade and immediately felt like I messed up. 😅 Space Harrier was AWESOME though so..
Dude you have inspired me.
I've been collecting old consoles and games for awhile. Starting to get a bit more into these days... never thought mods were something I could do. You have opened up a new world to me!
You video is honestly one of the most engaging videos I've ever seen and everything you did and said was so precise but also you can hear how much passion and love you have for this stuff.
I'm a carpenter/artist and can appreciate how tidy your workshop/workbench and work itself was. I was truly so impressed!!
I'm gunna have a Crack at this and follow your videos!
One question, can you please show me the cheapest minimal set up I would need for this kind of work. I'll start small and build up some skills then upgrade my tools as I gain more experience.
Thank you so much for lighting a fire in me I didn't think was there. !!
Cheers
Damien
New Zealand 🇳🇿 (not australia)😂
Great video thanks looking forward to part 2 ntst mega drive console
very clear presentation love the video I'm gonna be doing the same mod to my friends master system for them
Loved how you got the joints, and thanks for the 420 temperature tip!
I only used 420C when wetting the large pads on the brace board and attaching the din socket to get good thermal transfer. I don't think I went higher than 375C for any other part.
Wurde mal zeit dass du mal wieder ein aktuelles video bringt ,nice video great job
Super cool, it's like Michael Keaton's Batman is restoring my very first videogame console.
That was definitely a very nice looking mod. Not having to drill new holes is a big plus in my opinion too. Looking forward to seeing you convert it to NTSC/60hz. Wondering if you're going to have a way to switch between 50hz and 60hz as there might be some games better suited to the slower frame rate perhaps.
I picked up a lot of mods for this console so I’m still deciding how to divide them between the two PAL units I brought back with me. I’m currently thinking to put a proper NTSC crystal in this one for a true American 60Hz console. Then for the second unit, install a switchless region mod with the DFO kit (dual frequency oscillator).
@@BorderlineOCD I'm fortunate to have bothe the MS1 & MS2 here in Canada which is NTSC, Brazil models are PAL and won't work here so RGB it was
@@MrAlan1828 Brazilian here, our models aren't actually "true" PAL, but rather PAL-M. It is basically an NTSC signal using PAL for color encoding, so PAL-M signals are recognized as valid black and white signals by NTSC sets (so modding those should not require changing a crystal). We basically could have our cake and eat it too, having our games run at full 60Hz but with the better PAL colors 🙂
I play most SMS games in PAL 60hz, but a small number of European games have to run at 50hz or they get graphical glitches.
Cant WAIT for the next video!
Ive had SMS II since i was a kid but never really appreciated it.
Would be awsome to mod it and give it some love that i'm sure it deserves
So many microcontrollers in there😂
Oh man, the good old days
That's one of the consoles from my childhood here in Brazil. To see the MS 2 getting that kind of care and updates is fantastic.
Yeah the whole Brazil video game story is crazy. The import taxes they would put on electronics was and is still huge. I think even recently Tec Toy re-released the Mega Drive.
Never seen a Master System 2 before. My brother had a original Master System though. I wanna get another one one day! Cool modding!
Great video as always. This mod was fun to watch and informative. You are doing the lord's work upgrading that PAL Master System.
Ha, well it's certainly going to be reborn after I'm done with it.
@Breath of Fresh Air you are wrong. The vast majority of SMS games are made for 60Hz by Japanese developers. Just because they were not released in North America doesn't mean they are PAL optimised. Very few games had optimisations coded into them for the European market.
nice mod.
kinda cute how satisfied you were with your neat soldering job :D
Your videos never cease to impress and amaze me... much respect!
Glad you're enjoying them.
That brings back so many memories. Thank you.
Just so y'all know, This dude has really decent soldering skills. Precise, and clean. No excess goop to cause any bridging. Kudos man.
It's in the flux,
I don't mean to try and down play his skill, he is very uniform, direct, steady hands, knowledgeable practisioner.
But really, get a good set of tools, and consumables. And it's down to you from them on. Not that you can't do great with cheap stuff, it just takes more prep, more work, more post.
But his flux really seems to be super clean
@@renagenic seems you contradict yourself in you own statement. Stop being passive aggresive and go ahead and work on your skills wothoit relying on machinery.
Plenty of folk have the tools and still mess it up
rob3443, clearly you're the passive aggressive here. Also borderlineOCD is not your husband. Get back from your s. fantasy, kid.
Hey, hope your doing ok hope to see you uploading again soon we miss you bro.. 👍
I am anxious to see how you do the NTSC conversion! Ya got yerself a new subscriber 😁
This is what sega should,ve done in the first place and just bundle it with a rf adaptor just in case,but no they had to put rf out only instead,wich was a dump mistake,
Your craftmanship proves that seha should,ve think twice beforehand.
Here in France, the output is RGB on this model.
I'm assuming this may be due to the developments following the SECAM system you use. Either way we have you to thank for the wonderful SCART connector. :)
That was actually my first ever console. Was bought for me to play while recovering from a serious back injury. Played so many games!
It’s crazy how expensive and rare original Master System controllers are these days.
This was the first console I ever had. So many great memories with that thing
Early master systems sold in Brazil were transcoded with a job that looked they gave to a ape with a solder tip. Our dominant system was PAL-M. It was somewhat like ntsc but using Pal color signal and 60hz. Sometimes wires got colder solder points and the games were output slowly or black and white. Nowadays I know the console was going back to 50hz but as a kids we pushed the cartridge with a sidefist slam into the slot and it magically worked haha
Your solder points all come out looking better than factory
This is a nice one :) Love your vids, just perfect soldering and good info. I will order the same kit since I have the same console in my collection and it is now time to give it some care:) Might wait until the last vid for the Model 2 is out so I get to do order all the mods you are doing on it. I see that there is a DFO,Bios,dual controller pause kit, fm sound. Yeah that is allot of modding. Hope you plan on doing some of those or all of them. :) Thank you again for just making so nice vids :)
I have two PAL SMS 2s so I will be modding them each a bit differently. This one got the passive RGB mod and will most likely get a region mod + a true NTSC crystal. The second console will get the RGB bypass mod (rather than passive) with a switchless region mod and the DFO mod for instant switching between PAL and NTSC with the appropriate frequency. I bought one FM sound module, still deciding which system will get it. Plenty of work ahead!
I grew up here in Australia with the Sega Master 1 and model 2 here in Aus it was also popular too
Great video. You make everything you do look so easy. Looking forward to Part 2.
I didnt know automatic wire strippers existed, thats one hell of a handy tool right there lol
Great video of the Mod. I did this mod on my Sega Master System 2 as well. Unlike the one you got that has a Sony CXA1145P encoder with the Alex Kidd in Mracle World Built-In.. Mine is a Fujitsu MB3514 Encoder with the Sonic 1 Built-In. The one I opted in for was Console Unleashed's no-wire QSB board option so I didn't have to wire each video signal line. The RGB Video on it is phenomenal. Good work on this mate.
Man do I love mods that require little to no physical modification to the console. Consoles unleashed is a good site! I got my PS1 import mod chip from them.
Another great Master System mod is the FM soundboard kit from Tim Worthington! It does come with a switch to change back to regular sound vs the advanced music/audio that some games have! Really makes the Master System even more advanced than the NES, hardware wise at least…
Actually(*nerdily snorts inhaler and pushes up glasses*) the PAL signal would appear greyscale and offcenter. A lot of modern HDTVs support both PAL and NTSC though most 4k TVs refuse to show anything below 480i. A GBS-C scaler from AliExpress fixes all the problems however.
My challenge is RF specifically. I've tried to tune a PAL RF console and the channel scan doesn't pick anything up, or at best if I fine tune manually I get a garbled screen with crackle and pop sounds. Haven't bothered with this since. For all I know it could have been an issue with the console's RF box that compounded the problem.
Ok, so, all the way back in the 90's our family had TVs that you could set to ether NTSC or Pal. I remember once a friend got a set and someone had set it to NTSC. The guy at the repair shop couldn't figure out what was wrong... because there was nothing wrong, someone had just set it to NTSC instead of Pal.
This is some beautiful modding work. I'm going to need a small workshop like that when I move to a new house...
Great video. Really has me thinking about trying this mod out for the model 2 Master System.
Looking at consoles unleashed and so many mods I had no idea about.
Anyone moding the Brazilian systems?
Learned about Tectoy Master Systems from the comments here. It's always interesting to discover the quirks of regional gaming markets. Given the niche audience it might be a tall order for drop-in mod kits for them but I guess it depends on how faithful to the Sega hardware the Tectoy variations are.
Really well made mod kit and good installment. Well done sir.
Great content Dud! Keep the awesome work! Love these kind of videos (I'm starting my retro collection with the SNES). I had a Mastersystem 3 in my childhood...but I won't buy a Mastersystem to my collection (I will buy the equipment to play Mastersystem's games in the Sega Genesis, it's cheaper that way, especially in the maintenance aspect). I pretend to have 2 consoles of each (one in the box, 100% original and the other one is for me to play in the daily life, this one I will do MODs like that one you just did).
most consoles that run on ac convert it to dc using a bridge rectifier which is why the SNES can be powered with a dc supply instead of an ac one without any effects to the internals.
Master System 2 does not have a full bridge rectifier, only a single reverse polarity diode on the input. It needs DC power and will not run on AC.
@@BorderlineOCD oh did not know that, thank you for telling me.
Hm i still have this system and should probably do this too :D Some Streets of Rage 2 on my 100" UST ALR Screen would be nice :D
I had one and it's been years since I've seen one, I can't believe how small it was compared to the Master System I which was wider but I loved my MSII just a shame the controllers were shite
What a nicely designed system
when you did the first test with the composite signal there was no cart in the system, How game video so confused? pls explain!
Never mind google answered my question, so some master system apparently came with built in games. the list of witch is Snail Maze, Hang-On, Alex Kidd in Miracle World and Sonic the Hedgehog. I did not know this, had a genesis and no built in games for me so yeah sorry about my confusion
I'm just familiar with model 1 of "SMS" and I also love "SMS" more than "NES" so thanks for showing me this model 2 of "SMS"!!
Awesome video, in between the end of the world and WWIII, it is so nice to see a video with some actual relavence.
Enjoyed the video. Thank you for uploading. I have been watching your channel for probably a year now, a while back I decided to start buying practice solder kits and learning on my own. Just bought my first system to try and repair. Continue Inspiring. Cheers.
Glad to hear it. Good luck with your repair!
would absolutely LOVE to see more of console mods)
also, your soldering skills have earned you, my good sir, a subscriber)
Just found your channel, being from the UK I have most of my pal consoles modded for 50/60hz etc - which is quite common to want to do so over here.
I modded most of mine about 10+ years ago so they tend to have switches, but I always used small slide switches and a neat slot cut into the case to look like factory.
My mastersystem 2 was modded for the composite video and fitted with an 50/60hz switch at the back as well as an power led with a bezel at the front. There is a few pal mastersystem games that don't run in 60hz and some that don't run correctly either - so it's well worth the ability to have 50hz aswell!
Pal 50hz might seem strange to the usa, but it's what we grew up with and it's our 'normal' - some games I much prefer in 50hz, but I enjoy the best of both worlds being able to switch 50-60hz when I want across most of my consoles.
This video was a great newer mod that I may have to check out!
Great video 👍
The general rule is that games are better at the refresh rate they were developed for.
@@KopperNeoman I would agree with this in general, but some games to me are like in fast forward compared to how I grew up with them!
There are some advantages to 50hz also - games that suffer from some slowdown in 60hz don't slow down in 50hz and games that have been optimised not only run at the same speed but take advantage of the pal video - better colour than ntsc, aswell as a higher resolution video output!
a correctly pal optimised game is actually the superior version!
@@infinityeight8705 There are no correctly optimised PAL games for Master System, not even Mega Drive had them. Only partial optimisation which is the worse crime of all because it ruins the game in both 60Hz and 50Hz for that particular version of the game. Maybe music speed is corrected for 50Hz, but graphic assets are designed for 60Hz or vice versa. Now neither can be correct at the same time. Some games require 50Hz video like New Zealand Story so a switchable system is necessary, but the majority of games were developed for 60Hz.
@@DamnDealDone Yeah, was talking in general with retro games to that last reply not realy about the master system!
@Breath of Fresh Air Still mostly made by Japanese developers for 60Hz standard, just not released in North America. This is a fact.
Happy to have you back. Great video.
Thank you!
I've never modded a console successfully, but man was this a satisfying watch!
Another awesome video. I appreciate the lengths you go to to capture good shots with apparent context- i.e., the region of the board or orientation of the work. Have you considered a Floatplane channel? I feel like you could naturally grow a following on that platform, and they're very creator-friendly.
Hadn't heard of Floatplane. I just do this for fun though and I'm not big on more social media so I don't see myself expanding beyond YT. I can't even be bothered with creating an Instagram or TikTok account.
@@BorderlineOCD That's fair, especially instagram and tik-tok. You're one of my favorite UA-cam creators, so I'm basically pitching "how I could get more of your content," lol. I hope it's something you remember if you ever consider taking Borderline OCD full-time.
Oh! You SHOULD also make a Pause-buttonmod!
It has been done before as i have seen on a first model.
Your SMS II would smoke by brutality if you made such a mod!
Also this was sold in New Zealand. It also had the game Alex Kidd in Miracle World. I remember getting this as a kid and playing it to death.
You just took me back... I had it that game was everything as a kid. 🇬🇧