omega vs MegaDrivePlusPlus

omega

Omega Home Computer (by skiselev)

MegaDrivePlusPlus

Universal Region mod, 50/60 Hz switch and In-Game-Reset (IGR) for Sega Mega Drive (AKA Genesis) (by SukkoPera)

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omega		MegaDrivePlusPlus
	Project
5	Mentions	2
365	Stars	114
-	Growth	-
4.4	Activity	0.0
7 months ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
Shell	Language	C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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omega

Posts with mentions or reviews of omega. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-04.

GitHub and all it’s glory!
9 projects | /r/consolemodding | 4 Jun 2023
When you discover that your BOM is short by one resistor network
1 project | /r/electronics | 2 Feb 2023

Yes, that's exactly it. You can see the board layout here and the schematics here.
Could anyone recommend me a DIY kit? Id like to solder something.
1 project | /r/vintagecomputing | 7 Jul 2022

Won't be cheap but there's plenty here to solder! https://github.com/skiselev/omega
DIY pc kit to solder
2 projects | /r/vintagecomputing | 1 Apr 2022

Maybe the rosco-m68k computer kit would be up your alley. If you want to stay in z80 land, there's the omega MSX2 clone but I don't see any kits, so you'd have to get the boards and parts yourself.
Ask HN: Which vintage computers do you find interesting?
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Jul 2021

MegaDrivePlusPlus

Posts with mentions or reviews of MegaDrivePlusPlus. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-04.

GitHub and all it’s glory!
9 projects | /r/consolemodding | 4 Jun 2023
I want to mod my Genesis...
1 project | /r/SEGAGENESIS | 31 Jan 2022

This is great: https://github.com/SukkoPera/MegaDrivePlusPlus

What are some alternatives?

When comparing omega and MegaDrivePlusPlus you can also consider the following projects:

CrossLauncher - XMB-like Android Launcher

SGDK - SGDK - A free and open development kit for the Sega Mega Drive

Lawnchair - No clever tagline needed

Nuked-MD-FPGA - Mega Drive/Genesis core written in Verilog

Last-Launcher - Lightweight: Faster than light, Low on memory

Arduino-SNES-controller-on-GameCube - Modify a SNES (or similar) controller to work on GameCube using a compatible Arduino board.

unlauncher - Android minimalistic launcher

FBNeo - FinalBurn Neo - We are Team FBNeo.

TBLauncher - based on https://github.com/Neamar/KISS

cave-story-md - A fan port of Cave Story for the Sega Mega Drive

discreet-launcher - Enjoy a clean home screen while accessing everything in an instant! (Profitez d'un écran d'accueil épuré tout en accédant à tout en un instant !)

Genesis-FeRAM-Cart - A open Sega Genesis cartridge PCB