How to Connect a Sega Mega Drive / Genesis to a Flat screen TV!

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The Sega Mega Drive has to be one of my all time favourite consoles. It has a special place in my heart. It was the first video game console I ever played! Growing up I’d spend hours playing on the Sega and I have very fond memories.

 Fast forwards to 2019 and I was wanting to reconnect with some nostalgic bliss. I found my old Sega in the loft along with a huge bunch of black spaghetti which resembled wires. After trying all the old school wires into my modern TV, things weren’t going well. I did have a retro TV that I could play Sega on but that was also packed away. It’s a very heavy TV and you have to manually change the TV from black and white to colour each time. This doesn’t sound like a big deal, but the remote is very badly worn and it only works half the time! There’s also the issue of space!

 After some research online, I finally found my answer. I needed a Sega Mega Drive / Genesis ‘AV Cable’. I managed to pick one up on eBay for about £5 (approx $6.50). If you want to buy a cable like this please make sure you check that the connector on the lead matches the back of your Sega! Once you have the lead, set your TV to ‘AV’ and away you go! Providing your cartridge behaves that is… (You’ll see in my video what I mean…)

 You can check out my video where I show exactly how to set up the Sega via this method! Please take note of the connectors on the back of your console and only order a lead that will fit!

 Happy Sega’ing!

sega megadrive, sega genesis, zach ascot, flatscreen tv

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