> Hi,
>
> I purchased a Sega Multimega off an auction, its supposed to only have
> been used about three times. When playing most games a line of blinking
> dots appear at the bottom part of the screen. CD or cartridge games
> makes no diffrence and the problem seems mostly related to non playable
> sequences and cutscenes.
>
> Any ideas of a solution, simply cleaning the lens wouldnt help, would
> it? The cart games are also affected as mentioned.

>> I purchased a Sega Multimega off an auction, its supposed to only have
>> been used about three times. When playing most games a line of blinking
>> dots appear at the bottom part of the screen. CD or cartridge games
>> makes no diffrence and the problem seems mostly related to non playable
>> sequences and cutscenes.
>>
>> Any ideas of a solution, simply cleaning the lens wouldnt help, would
>> it? The cart games are also affected as mentioned.

>
> That's totally normal.. It's how the VDP works in the Genesis,
> specifically with the color palette..
>
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/Evilweredragon/sega.jpg
>
> That's my old TV tuner capture of my Genesis.. notice the junk at the
> bottom...
>

>>> I purchased a Sega Multimega off an auction, its supposed to only have
>>> been used about three times. When playing most games a line of blinking
>>> dots appear at the bottom part of the screen...

> BelPowerslave skrev:
>

>>>> I purchased a Sega Multimega off an auction, its supposed to only have
>>>> been used about three times. When playing most games a line of blinking
>>>>...

> As a Genesis programmer, and hacker, it's just how the VDP works..
> Matter of fact, it's usually not viewable, because it usually gets
> caught up in "overscan".. The JVC Xeye should show them too, it uses
> the same VDP, you just may not see it because of overscan.. (modern TVs
> and flat panels have less overscan, so it's more viewable these days)

>> As a Genesis programmer, and hacker, it's just how the VDP works..
>> Matter of fact, it's usually not viewable, because it usually gets
>> caught up in "overscan".. The JVC Xeye should show them too, it uses
>> the same VDP, you just may not see it because of overscan.. (modern TVs
>> and flat panels have less overscan, so it's more viewable these days)

>
> Man, I'm glad I can't see it...it'd drive me nuts!
>
> Bel
>

>> Man, I'm glad I can't see it...it'd drive me nuts!
>>
>> Bel
>>

>
> Yeah, I don't know how this is visible, it should be off the screen for
> him. I've noticed that my Genesis 2 will show this crud when I'm making
> movies through my AiW, but not on a TV set. The OP might try fiddling
> with the screen settings to see if he can't lower the screen about ten
> pixels, so the line is no longer visible.

>>> Man, I'm glad I can't see it...it'd drive me nuts!
>>>
>>> Bel
>>>

>>
>> Yeah, I don't know how this is visible, it should be off the screen for
>> him. I've noticed that my Genesis 2 will show this crud when I'm making
>> movies through my AiW, but not on a TV set. The OP might try fiddling
>> with the screen settings to see if he can't lower the screen about ten
>> pixels, so the line is no longer visible.

>
> Oh, hey, that's true, I've also seen them back when I was getting video
> off stuff with the AiW card. I wonder what it is that makes the AiW show
> that...
>
> Bel
> --
> Whip Ass Gaming: http://www.whipassgaming.com/
> ...

> BelPowerslave wrote:

>>>> Man, I'm glad I can't see it...it'd drive me nuts!
>>>>
>>>> Bel
>>>>

>>> Yeah, I don't know how this is visible, it should be off the screen for
>>> him. I've noticed that my Genesis 2 will show this crud when I'm making
>>> movies through my AiW, but not on a TV set. The OP might try fiddling
>>> with the screen settings to see if he can't lower the screen about ten
>>> pixels, so the line is no longer visible.

>> Oh, hey, that's true, I've also seen them back when I was getting video
>> off stuff with the AiW card. I wonder what it is that makes the AiW show
>> that...
>>
>> Bel
>> --
>> Whip Ass Gaming: http://www.whipassgaming.com/
>>
>> "Time to rub your face in it...with my ass. I'm so much better than you." ...