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The assembled Mk IIa SC-3000 Multicart in all its 5v TTL glory
Buy your own Sega SC-3000 Survivors Mk II Multicart
Order your very own SC-3000 Survivors Mk II Multicart now to secure your cart. We are shipping now, but this is likely to be a one-off production run. Please read all of the information below, and if you're interested then fill in the Contact Us form.
Thanks for your interest in the SC-3000 Survivors Mk II Multicart!
The price is currently $90 USD plus shipping / postage.
- Shipping to New Zealand $5 USD (ParcelPost Tracked)
- Shipping to Australia $7.50 USD (Air Mail 3-10 days)
- Shipping to Rest of the World $12.50 USD (Air Mail 4-10 days)
You will receive:
SC-3000 Mk IIa Multicart PCB
This will fit in any SC-3000 or SG-1000 cartridge case with just a couple of minor alterations
- Either 2 x 27C801 8MBit EPROMs
or
1 x 27C801 EPROM and 1 x 29F040B Flash EEPROM
Just let us know which option you prefer (see below for more details). - The Menu System, 70+ items of SC-3000 Tape Software, autoscan system for adding your own SG-1000 ROMs, Basic IIIB, Music Editor, VGM Music tracks
- The cart will NOT ship with official SG-1000 ROMs - you have to find and add those yourself with your own programmer
- However it does ship with some Korean / Taiwanese ROMs as these were originally designed for slightly different systems and required some modification to run on the multicart
- Free updates to the Menu System / any extra tape games that are added after shipping
Note: This multicart is for the Sega SC-3000 only. It will not work with the SG-1000, SG-1000 II, or Sega Mark III.
Carts have been shipping as of 2 March 2012, and we've just about cleared the backlog of orders. If you order now, the likely delivery date for your Multicart is approximately 1 week for assembly plus 5-15 days for shipping. It will vary a bit depending on how much real life intrudes into this hobby project :)
We will keep posting updates on sc3000-multicart.com and in the dev forums on SMS Power. But feel free to contact us if you want more information.
There are a few things you should be aware of:
You will need to find / add SG-1000 ROMs yourself
The cart will NOT ship with any SG-1000 ROM games like Congo Bongo, Star Jacker etc. Those are easy to find on the Internet, and we don't want any nasty letters from the companies who hold the copyrights to the SG-1000 games.
The Multicart will ship with the packaged SC-3000 tape games, various home brew software, and the menu system. Our hope is that the individuals who wrote the tape software will see this as a nice tribute from dedicated fans who have treasured their creations for the last 25 years and they won't chase us with pitchforks :)
Hobby Project / One-off production run
This is a hobby project for dedicated SC-3000 fans - it is not a commercial venture. It is a lot of work to design, test, build, debug, order parts, assemble, ship, provide support etc. So at this stage we are only planning to do a single production run in early 2012. If you have any friends who you think might want one of these cool toys, then let them know now because this may be their only chance to get one :)
EPROM Programmer and UV Eraser
The Mk II Multicart has two 27C801 8MBit EPROMs. This is enough space for approximately 40-50 SG-1000 games in addition to the packaged tape games.
But if you want to add the SG-1000 ROMs yourself you will need an EPROM / Flash programmer (approx $45-50 USD on eBay including shipping) and a UV Eraser (approx $20USD on eBay including shipping). This will also let you apply any software updates that come out after the Multicart ships.
We can point you in the right direction if you need assistance with that.
And if all you want is the packaged tape games the multicart comes with, that's cool too - they will run out of the box.
Flash EEPROM Support
Flash EEPROMs are handy because you don't need a UV Eraser. You just stick them in your programmer and erase them automatically when you write some new data.
AMD29F040B Flash EEPROM chips work fine in the Mk II Multicart, but they only hold half as much as the 27C801 EPROMs. So you can only fit approximately 16 SG-1000 games in addition to the tape games instead of the 40-50 you can fit on the EPROMs.
We are planing to ship the Multicarts with two 27C801 EPROMs. But if you really want to use Flash chips instead of EPROMs, then let us know and you can have one 27C801 EPROM and one AMD29F040B Flash EEPROM. The menu system and tape games will be on the EPROM, and you can reprogram the Flash EEPROM yourself.
Personally, we would shell out the extra twenty bucks for a UV eraser and be able to fit twice as much on the cart. Plus the EPROMs look waaaay cooler :) But you can't beat the Flash chips for convenience if you want to add your own home-brew software or change the SG-1000 game ROMs.
The current Mk II Multicart PCB design does not work on a SG-1000, SG-1000 II, or Mark III
Unfortunately the current Mk II Multicart does NOT work on a SG-1000, SG-1000 II, or Mark III as they do not pass all the signals the Multicart requires to the cartridge port.
At some stage in the future we may test an alternate design which hopefully will work on both the SG-1000 and SC-3000. But for now the Mk II Multicart will only work on a SC-3000.
If anyone really wants a SG-1000 version of this cart then please let us know as it probably isn't worth the effort unless enough people really need it.
Yes, I want one, or at least I'm still interested.
Just fill in the Contact Us form and let us know if you want to place an order, or even just ask us some questions. If you've read this far you are probably a keen SC-3000 fan, so we're happy to chat :)