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Hello,
can the European Master System console
the first model that has card slot
can it read Japanese card games?

thanks

No, unfortunately the Japanese card games lack the valid checksum and header needed to pass the bios check on a western system but you can download Bock's Boot Loader to an everdrive if you have one which will allow you to boot Japanese card games.

thank for the reply
I am waiting for my Master Everdrive

The only Japanese Card game I remember as working correctly on a European System is Hang On. Woody Pop famously loads, but lacks the code for the Paddle Control to work on Non Japanese Systems...

if you region-mod the console you probably can use a japanese Paddle

sverx wrote

if you region-mod the console you probably can use a japanese Paddle

Or DIY your own Paddle Control, who also have a switch to chance the control scheme between Japan and Export modes (but could be nice if Raphnet could sell an already done Paddle Control.

Now revisiting the original thread who talks about the Raphnet's DIY Paddle Control, I saw some cited games had the protocols to check the console's region and Paddle Control schemes to make the games compatible with an Export Paddle when running at an Export System, and the games cited was BMX Trial: Alex Kidd and Wood Pop. And combined with the fact there's a line at Raphnet page who says "many games include code to support it", so that means some of the other five Paddle compatible games can not be compatible with an Export Paddle?

Just to note, there's the list of all seven Paddle Control compatible games:
> BMX Trial: Alex Kidd;
> Galactic Protector;
> Megumi Rescue;
> Super Racing;
> Woody Pop;
> Out Run;
> Out Run 3-D.

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lucifershalo Joined: 10 Sep 2010 Posts: 43	can the EUR SMS 1 model read the JAP card games? Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 5:54 pm
lucifershalo Joined: 10 Sep 2010 Posts: 43	Hello, can the European Master System console the first model that has card slot can it read Japanese card games? thanks

retrokevretro Joined: 23 Jun 2015 Posts: 36 Location: Bolton, England, UK	Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 9:38 am
	No, unfortunately the Japanese card games lack the valid checksum and header needed to pass the bios check on a western system but you can download Bock's Boot Loader to an everdrive if you have one which will allow you to boot Japanese card games.

lucifershalo Joined: 10 Sep 2010 Posts: 43	Posted: Tue Jan 05, 2021 4:32 pm
lucifershalo Joined: 10 Sep 2010 Posts: 43	thank for the reply I am waiting for my Master Everdrive

Phil Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 281	Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:04 pm
Phil Joined: 16 Mar 2006 Posts: 281	The only Japanese Card game I remember as working correctly on a European System is Hang On. Woody Pop famously loads, but lacks the code for the Paddle Control to work on Non Japanese Systems...

sverx Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 3827 Location: Stockholm, Sweden	Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2021 8:41 pm
	if you region-mod the console you probably can use a japanese Paddle

rouken Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Posts: 248 Location: Aracruz - ES, Brazil	Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2021 1:56 pm
	sverx wrote if you region-mod the console you probably can use a japanese Paddle Or DIY your own Paddle Control, who also have a switch to chance the control scheme between Japan and Export modes (but could be nice if Raphnet could sell an already done Paddle Control. Now revisiting the original thread who talks about the Raphnet's DIY Paddle Control, I saw some cited games had the protocols to check the console's region and Paddle Control schemes to make the games compatible with an Export Paddle when running at an Export System, and the games cited was BMX Trial: Alex Kidd and Wood Pop. And combined with the fact there's a line at Raphnet page who says "many games include code to support it", so that means some of the other five Paddle compatible games can not be compatible with an Export Paddle? Just to note, there's the list of all seven Paddle Control compatible games: > BMX Trial: Alex Kidd; > Galactic Protector; > Megumi Rescue; > Super Racing; > Woody Pop; > Out Run; > Out Run 3-D.

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