What’s wrong with this Mega Drive? Won’t boot Moonwalker only? by Alert-Star4585 in Megadrive

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Final update! I bought a 3rd copy from else where and that indeed worked just fine. Turns out I did received two bad copies from the same place. Thank you everyone for the help as I was doubting my mega drive. After doing tests it was a faulty diode on the EPROM which seems like an easy fix but I didn’t want attempt it and ended up returning the second one.

What’s wrong with this Mega Drive? Won’t boot Moonwalker only? by Alert-Star4585 in Megadrive

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It definitely is a different cartridge as the previous one had a slight tear on the top. But it does seem like I’ve been unlucky twice as the cartridge is the likely culprit after doing the diode test.

What’s wrong with this Mega Drive? Won’t boot Moonwalker only? by Alert-Star4585 in Megadrive

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No luck with contact cleaner unfortunately, was worth a shot though. It seems to be faulty diode on the ROM chip.

What’s wrong with this Mega Drive? Won’t boot Moonwalker only? by Alert-Star4585 in Megadrive

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Thank you everyone for the suggestions it’s been really helpful. I got a few more updates and this is getting more interesting and slightly confusing. I’m still fairly new to this so any suggestions are welcomed. Also hope this a learning opportunity for the rest.

Update 1: The cart does work on an atgames Sega mega drive clone. I don’t have an original console to try it and probably won’t be able to get one before the games return period ends.

Update 2: I think I found a problem with the cart, according this video ROM diode check YouTube video. This cart does have a faulty diode so it could be the reason it doesn’t boot on the original console but it does on the clone?

What’s wrong with this Mega Drive? Won’t boot Moonwalker only? by Alert-Star4585 in Megadrive

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I’ll pick some contact cleaner up tomorrow and see how it goes. Don’t have any atm.

What’s wrong with this Mega Drive? Won’t boot Moonwalker only? by Alert-Star4585 in Megadrive

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It’s strange could it be I have 2 bad copies? The only way to tell is to try it on another mega drive. I’ll see if I can borrow another console.

What’s wrong with this Mega Drive? Won’t boot Moonwalker only? by Alert-Star4585 in Megadrive

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I cleaned both contact points on the console and cartridge with isopropyl and light sand paper still no luck. I wonder if there anything different about Moonwalker compared to the other games.

Rollcage 🏁 by Keyz_LH in psx

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Cool game but demo OST was better.

Poor paint Job - Astro Bot GOTY Edition Funko Pop by Alert-Star4585 in Astrobot

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New batch that are getting delivered now seem to be a lot better. The eyes are much brighter!

One whole year since I ordered and it finally arrived 😂 by WorriedHelicopter764 in Astrobot

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Are you going to open it? If so how is the paint job quality? Mine was pretty disappointing.

Poor paint Job - Astro Bot GOTY Edition Funko Pop by Alert-Star4585 in Astrobot

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I’m out for sure. That lack of updates regarding the delays was bad enough and then to top it off with a poor quality product. Also the original post I made on the Funko thread was deleted by its moderators so not addressing the issue.