Hello there again. As I promise, I will start this rebuilding blog whit my friend's Mega Drive 1 which is completely dead :(. If you don't remember, it's this version (European). I miss a lot playing Sonic 1, Jurassic Park, Desert Strike... oooh, good old times. So I started to disassemble the old console, which is not that difficult. Just turn over the console and remove all the 6 screws that are hidden inside those six holes whit a normal Philips screwdriver. Don't forget to keep the screws in a safe place, you will need them later. Now you have be very careful when you open it, at least the European version have a small wire that connects the power led that is on the top part of the case. In this case that is showed on the photo, the wire is long, but mine was not, and I almost damaged the led. So, try to open it like this. You may also have a metal lid over it, remove all the screws and try to it looks like the picture above. The fist thin
Today I decide to focus on how to reuse your old Mega Drive Gamepad and/or Arcade Power Stick as an USB device, on your PC, Android device or on you Raspberry/Orange Pi. If you are not familiar whit my blog, I'm working on a project to rebuild my friend's old Mega Drive to a new state of the art console using, of course, the latests Pi's version. First of all, I will focus on the oldest Mega Drive gamepads, but this project is also compatible whit any of the 3 button or 6 button version. I recommend if you want a DIY approach, you need to have some soldering skills, otherwise, I also have a solution for you here . This idea started many years ago, but only with the fast grown of the Arduino devices, this turns to be a fast-to-do possibility and do not require some really hard electronic and coding skills. This project born after I meet Jarno , a very cool Finnish guy that publish on the RetroOrangePi Facebook Group his latest "project", an se