SEGA Twin Pad Player mini Review(with pictures!)

arit · Post by **arit** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:54 am

Got it today and since I have not found a topic about it... here it is.

Front:

Back:

There it is, the latest(?) addition to GOAC devices:

And one out of two pads:

And it's backside, remember the PAL/NTSC selecting switch

It gets deliverd with two six button pads, a 100V-240V @50-60hz PSU and two chinchcables(Composite video and mono audio).

Since I live in Europe the last time I have seen composite video was a long time ago and also I use a LCD TV, so I am a bit disappointed about the video output. Sound output is very disapointing, seems like something is missing(or very silent), byebye catchy Landstalker tunes like I know you :/

Pads are really okay, not as good as the old SEGA 6 button pads, but ver usable.

PAL games do not have boarders and seem to run in 60hz(testet with sonic 1 60sec in game = 60sec in real time, also on NTSC settings)

RGB output and stereo sound(with good sound emulation) would have made it almost perfect, but now I am considering playing Pier Solar on the old big one once it is available.

Games working:
Landstalker PAL
Landstalker JAP
Shining Force I PAL
Shining Force I JAP
Shining Force II PAL
Shining Force II JAP
Sonic 1 PAL
Sonic & Knuckles PAL, music seems to play too fast, graphic glitch on the top ~10 pixelline; build in rom however plays fine
SIX PACK PAL
Some Golfgame PAL

Games not working:
Action Replay 2, just starts build in game launcher
Super Street Fighter 2/PAL, red fullscreen both settings

Remembered the PAL/NTSC switch?
looky looky

It is a tripple throw switch with a mysterious "JAP" setting under the hood!

top:

bottom:

IC says "Fujitsu devices inc. MSP 55LV128" I suppose that is the 20 game rom module.

That's it.

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:01 pm

Great info on the knew GOAC. I'm very interested in the Jap setting.

atarihacker · Post by **atarihacker** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 1:43 pm

damit you beat me to it i just ordered one last week

sam_thornley · Post by **sam_thornley** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 5:52 pm

On the inside it looks like a allready cart slotted radica. But from what i can see theres no op-amp, no separate luma/chroma lines and no on board voltage regulator. So the GOAC must be different from the one used in the radica. Its a shame theres no RGB support, but RGB lines might be on there terminated with 75ohm resistors maybe.

grossaffe · Post by **grossaffe** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 9:50 pm

looks nice and small...

nightwheel · Post by **nightwheel** » Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:50 pm

Is this thing a Officially Licensed product?

If so, I may just try to pick one of these up.

Edit: Did some checking online. This this is a officially licensed product with legit roms.

atarihacker · Post by **atarihacker** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:37 am

i think its legit because it has tec toy chips in it and tec toy is a division of sega

ChrisKoopa · Post by **ChrisKoopa** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 9:40 am

stupid question
but can it play genesis games or does it have region lock out

atarihacker · Post by **atarihacker** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:04 am

it plays all region games

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:13 am

Wow, this is a new one. Looks pretty tiny, too! Where did you get it from? Was this an online purchase or just a lucky find?

HazmatB · Post by **HazmatB** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:36 am

Are the controllers as lousy as they look?

arit · Post by **arit** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 11:47 am

HazmatB wrote:Are the controllers as lousy as they look?

Imo they are better than they look, at least usable.

Wow, this is a new one. Looks pretty tiny, too! Where did you get it from? Was this an online purchase or just a lucky find?

Playasia.com available in green, blue and black.

nightwheel · Post by **nightwheel** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:56 pm

CronoTriggerfan wrote:Wow, this is a new one. Looks pretty tiny, too! Where did you get it from? Was this an online purchase or just a lucky find?

I think it's from Play Asia, see: http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-6z- ... -2sf4.html

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Wed Aug 06, 2008 6:47 pm

Nice, but the $40 is a deal breaker for me, especially when model 3 Genesis units pop up on eBay regularly (I got mine for $15 shipped).

Ace_1 · Post by **Ace_1** » Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:48 am

I'd buy this thing ONLY if Virtua Racing works on it. Any pins on the cartridge slot that don't have any connection to the GOAC?

EDIT: This GOAC clone is a pile of crap!!! Look at this video: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=XZfvVoRd-Jg

This is an abomination to the Genesis/MegaDrive!!!! How the hell can Sega license such a piece of #$%^?! Goodness gracious, license something like the Gen-X or GN Twin(without an NES board, duh), not this pile of steaming crap! This is worse than an NOAC! Hell, even the Radica Genesis/MegaDrive does a better job! By the way, is the Radica still in production? If so, they should add a cartridge slot to it from the factory.

Also: NO VIRTUA RACING ON THIS UNIT! No way I'm EVER getting this unit.