The adaptor uses two NOR gate chips for all of its logic. Menacer 6-Game Cartridge (pack-in game bundled with the Sega Menacer hardware). This adaptor has been tested successfully with the following three games: I was able to match these diagrams to a real Sega Menacer receiver which provided the information I needed about which pins were used to control the receiver as the circuit diagrams in the patent document are not labelled. US Patent 5,351,969 covers the Menacer and has a detailed breakdown of how it works along with circuit diagrams. The bottom button is normally used to pause the game so doesn't need to be as easily accessible as the top two buttons. In one orientation all three buttons are in easy reach by three fingers and if flipped over the top two buttons are in range of your thumb. I found this design quite practical as it could be held in my left hand with the Light Phaser held in my right. Of course, you can choose any other sort of enclosure if you wish! The adaptor is designed to be a hand-held unit so that player has direct access to the three buttons. The Sega Menacer normally uses a wireless receiver and has three additional buttons on the front grip of the gun. Unfortunately, I do not own a Mega CD so all of my testing has been with original Mega Drive games. No difference in performance, accuracy or compatibility could be found between the different combinations so hopefully that means the circuits are quite robust. The adaptors have been tested on a combination of two different Mega Drive consoles (an original model and a Mega Drive 2), two different CRT TVs (a 21" flat CRT and a 14" spherical CRT) and two different Light Phasers. Of the three guns the Sega Light Phaser is the cheapest, simplest, and has the largest library of games available to it making it the best choice if you were to only buy one gun, in my opinion.ĭue to the considerable differences between the Sega Menacer and Konami Justifier two different adaptors are required.įortunately each adaptor only uses a couple of logic chips each along with a handful of passive components so they should be quite simple and inexpensive to build! The three types of gun work quite differently and games are generally only compatible with one particular type of gun and not the others. The photo above shows a pair of adaptors that let you use the Sega Master System's Light Phaser with Sega Mega Drive games that would normally require the Sega Menacer or Konami Justifier. If you would be interested in purchasing any adaptor, please drop me an email and I'll get back to you when I've resolved these issues and have a better idea about pricing etc. In the meantime, please check the journal for project updates. This page will be updated with the improved designs when I have got to the bottom of these issues. If you choose to build the adaptor yourself then please be warned you may be disappointed! I have encountered some compatibility issues with the current Justifier adaptor design on certain models of Mega Drive and all of the American Laser Games titles. To ensure I don't sell anyone a poor-quality product I am also thoroughly testing them with Mega-CD games. June 2022 update: I have been working on improving these adaptors with the intention of being able to sell some ready-made ones, starting with the Justifier adaptor.
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