XPost: alt.sega.genesis   
   From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   > The start button on the Genesis doesn't correspond to button three on the   
   > SMS input, which is also the start button on the Game Gear. Any mod that   
   > remapped that function would have to occur in software as well as   
   > hardware, in that it would have to intercept the input from the controller   
   > first. A hard mod would just run new wires and ruin the controller for   
   > other uses, plus add an extra ugly port to the PBC.   
      
   Honestly, I'd almost put up with it if they could find a way to do it.   
      
   > Put simply, outside of emulation you're screwed. If it were me, I'd play   
   > all my SMS games on a Game Gear with the Master Adapter, if having the   
   > pause function close at hand was important to me.   
      
   I used to play quite a few SMS games via the GG...but I just get so   
   tired of the small-ass screen. Maybe emulation really is the way to go   
   when it comes to SMS games. I know I had a blast playing them via SMEG   
   on the DC...   
      
   Bel   
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