For a while now I have had a second Game Gear that had no screen. It did have a GGTV installed so I was able to display the games on TV but I decided to install a new LCD screen. This worked well however I then noticed that the d-pad would rotate and get stuck. On closer inspection I could see why, the d-pad has a ‘lip’ around the edge that had broken off.

If you can’t find the game ID for your Sega Saturn game to use with Saroo below is a list of game IDs based on the redump.org list. There are duplicate game IDs and there may be some games missing. Click on a game ID to copy to the clipboard. A CSV of the game IDs can also be found at on my Github repo.

The triggers on Dreamcast controllers can be prone to cracking at the point they pivot. This results in the trigger failing to work or trigger correctly. Unfortunately there aren’t any replacement triggers like there are for Xbox or Playstation. However, it is possible to 3D print a replacement part which can be glued to the trigger.

Doom for the Pocket PC is an interesting port of the game, while it performs well I can’t help but feel that they didn’t spend long testing the game or that they rushed a few things. There are a few easily noticed bugs along with what appears to be a few oversights when it comes to its installation. Because of this I decided to see if I can fix some things and bypass the annoying Serial Numbers Don't Match! error message.

Sega Saturn SAROO is a device that slots into the Cartridge Port of the Sega Saturn that allows you to boot games from an SD card similar to an Everdrive or ODE (Optical Drive Emulator) found on other consoles. It is simple to set up and get running however there does seem to be some confusion on how to do this. Hopefully this guide will remove some of the confusion.