Reposting lost thread:
Zucca, Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:31 pm wrote:So. I've heard about this long time ago, and an old friend of mine told that a friend if his has PSI for Mega Drive.
I though he was just confusing PSI to some other game. But as time has passed I have stumbled on to few cases of proof to that Mega Drive version of PSI. Latest was found from
Sega Wiki:
In Japan only, it was re-released for the Sega Mega Drive in a limited-edition cartridge.
Has anyone actually seen this game? Even photos of the cartridge?
Mono, Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:06 pm wrote:You can see it on e-bay from time to time.
It's basically a collector's stuff. The game is identical to the SMS one.
BenoitRen, Sat Aug 22, 2009 7:23 pm wrote:It's a Sega Master System cartridge with the necessary connector so it can connect to the Sega Mega Drive. The same connector as those convertors that allow you to play Master System games on the Mega Drive.
So it's really the same thing as the original Japanese release. Except you won't be able to get FM music from this version, because the Mega Drive lacks the Yamaha YM2413 chip that the Japanese Master System had built-in.
Sixfortyfive, Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:06 am wrote:It's the exact same game as SMS PSI, byte-for-byte. It runs in the compatibility mode that the Genesis uses for SMS games.
If you load it on a Japanese MD (or an American Genesis set to JP mode), the console even boots with the Mark III splash screen. It'll load on a non-modded American Genesis as well, but with no Mark III screen.
Zucca, Sun Aug 23, 2009 11:58 am wrote:Thanks for the answers.
I was hoping for real remake, with better graphics.
At least I finally know what it is really about and it really exists.
Nate556, Sun Aug 23, 2009 12:37 pm wrote:I actually saw this for sale in a game shop once. I did a double-take, because I "knew" that they didn't make PS1 for the Genesis. But surely, it was indeed PS1. I didn't buy it at the time, which was an enorous mistake. This was years ago.
Zucca, Sun Aug 23, 2009 1:54 pm wrote:Nate556 wrote:I didn't buy it at the time, which was an enorous mistake. This was years ago.
Indeed. I actually had an opportunity to buy this game too, from the friend of mine who told me about it. But I wasn't intrested.
I also
sold my Master System to a friend of mine for 100 markkas (our old currency, close to 20 euros now), and gave two control pads and Spy vs. Spy with it. Why? Because I had "Master System converter"... Which only worked with my japanese Mega Drive, that eventually broke.
Oh... What a mistake...
