SMS rapid fire unit regions

[Necrocheese]

Will a rapid fire unit made in europe or japan work with an American master system? I doubt it wouldn't work, but I want to make sure before I blow the money on one.

[David J.]

Yeah, all acessories are region free.

[TheGZeus]

Word.

I found an ebayer that for a while has ALOT of NOS units.

[David J.]

Yeah, I wonder where they all came from. The Japanese Sega Master System has one built in I think, but too bad you need to buy an adaptor to get it to work with US games.

[TheGZeus]

It has 3d glasses adaptor and FM sound unit built in, but no rapid fire.

They fire REALLY fast.

[David J.]

It DOES have Rapid Fire:

http://www.segagagadomain.com/hardware-mark_3/master-jpn.htm

You should see the RAPID button right near the start/reset button.

[Joe Redifer]

That's kind of dumb. You can't select which button has rapid fire or even which controller. It's all or nothing. I love the dumbass who wrote the article said something like "many a time I went to pause a game and accidentally hit reset instead" about the US/EU SMS which has a reset button instead of a rapid button. He must have a severe case of the Down Syndrome.

[David J.]

A mistake here and there, sure, but he's a decent guy, although takes him a while to respond. He answered a few questions on a couple of obscure saturn imports for me. I did ask him a question about the Mega Drive Six Button Pad, because on his site said, even with the mode button, one or two games will not work. When I sent him an email, he said he didn't know the one or two games that had issues.

Maybe some obscure Mahjong game or something, IF it's true.

[TheGZeus]

Golden Axe 2.
The 6 button doesn't work at all, and thus you can't play it in a Nomad. I've personally experienced both of those things.

[TheGZeus]

It DOES have Rapid Fire:

http://www.segagagadomain.com/hardware-mark_3/master-jpn.htm

You should see the RAPID button right near the start/reset button.
OH YEAH! They killed the reset button(not that useful, really).
I knew that for a brief period of time.

[David J.]

Golden Axe 2.
The 6 button doesn't work at all, and thus you can't play it in a Nomad. I've personally experienced both of those things.

I know on a real genesis controller, as long as you press the mode button. It works for me that way... but ONLY if I press the mode button.

[TheGZeus]

Never worked for me, mode switch or not.
It's just a fact that not every game works with them, mode switch or not.

[evildragon]

"Some games may access the gamepad in a way that causes 6-button values
to be returned when 3-button values are expected. To get around this,
the MODE button can be held down when powering-up the console, and
the 6-button gamepad will respond like a 3-button one."

http://cgfm2.emuviews.com/txt/gen-hw.txt

Some people don't know HOW to use the MODE button..

[Joe Redifer]

Yes, the 6-button pad AND the Nomad can work with every game if the MODE button is held for a very brief time as you turn on the system.

[David J.]

I held the mode button, and I got the six button pad to work with Golden Axe 2. Try practicing your timing. :)

[Joe Redifer]

It's easy as 1-2-3:

1 - Press and hold MODE button

2 - Turn power switch to "ON" position

3 - Release MODE button

:D