I recently dug out my old sega genesis and for some reason my controller does not work correctly. It will not press buttons correctly. The system loads up fine and is playable but the controller doesn't work
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It might be dead. I used to have two of them I got from a relative as well and one of them did the same thing. The inside might just be fried (they're old consoles). You could take it to a repair place if you really wanted to but it may cost more money to have it looked at than the system is worth as a whole.
Well try and resolder the controller one port I have had a problem with my and controller port for my sega and i resoldered the controller port and it worked again it could just be that then.
Its the controller ports inside of the system that controlls the controllers to function is broken or loose then and needs to be resoldered. I had a problem with my sega after i resoldered the 2nd controller port it worked again then.
The port might need to be cleaned out, thats a seriously old school console so if it hasnt been cleaned in a while thats probably your issue, especially if the controller works in the other ports. If you have any experience with cleaning out consoles, you could do it yourself, if not i wouldent recomend it, id say to take it to an expert for cleaning.
Well it might just be that its old then so the controller ports do that i had a problem with one of the controller ports on mine and i resoldered it and it worked again after that.
Maybe you are supposed to be on Channel 4. There should be a 3-4 switch on your RF adapter. Try wiggling the video connection in the back of your genesis and see if that fixes anything, it might be a lose port, in which case you have to wrap the cable underneath the genesis or something heavy to keep it at a working angle (if you find a working angle).
It is also possible your RF cable is bad. They aren't that much on ebay, but make sure you buy one for your model (there are 2 models of genesis and they use different RF cables)
Most likely the controller port is bad on your system and you need it repair or a replaced system. There are also 3 different licensed versions of sega genesis so each one is different to repair.
Check out ccgamingonline.com They give you free estimates for your broken system.
put a disc in
press button b several times
the game should not start (if it does then press the reset butoon and try again)
you should get the green and blue screen
there is a button called memory
select the button by pressin A
this should give you the status of your memory
then press A again to get into the Memory menu where you can format, move or erase your data
enjoy!
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