Mega EverDrive X5

Super great product! This is my second Mega Everdrive (I had an X3 previously and chose to upgrade). Definitely has an advantage over the previous one with an actual built in save battery for games (even saves them to the SD card) Beautiful for Homebrew and Romhacks. Not entirely sure about the Megakey, even when I still used the X3, I had little to no problem playing foreign titles (though Super Skidmarks is still a no-go)

This version of the Mega Everdrive is absolutely perfect for all of your base MegaDrive/Genesis retro Dev or play needs. I do some work on the MegaDrive and constantly ran builds on CDs for the Sega CD which got a little wasteful. I bought this with the intention of alleviating that and so far it's been perfect. Pros: 1. Very good game support 2. Custom program support 3. Easy to use menu 4. Fair price Cons: 1. No included micro SD 2. No instructions booklet for operation (for the less technically inclined, this may make setup frustrating) Conclusion: Just get it. When stuff like this first started appearing it was extremely pricey and finicky. Now that it's solid tech at an affordable price, it's worth it for any collector or retro Dev. My only gripe is the lack of SD card. They're cheap, one small and common one could have been thrown in for a slight price bump on the product.

If you don't want to swap carts all the time, just want the entire Genesis and 32X Library in one place, or need a RAM cart for your Sega CD. Look no further. Works great. Just remember to format your SD card to fat 16. Put the OS for your cart into a folder labeled MEGA into the root of the SD card to get it going. You still need a 32X for 32X Roms but it works great. Being able to play Roms hacks on real hardware is just amazing.

This cart is awesome! It does everything I want it to do, except this model doesn't have a way to return to the main menu without getting up and resetting the console. (No remote reset)

The Mega EverDrive X5 is definitely not the "best" of the Mega EverDrive lineup, but if you were wanting a cheap alternative to the higher grade ones, this is it. The Mega EverDrive X5 might be more cost effective than a Mega EverDrive Pro if you weren't really wanting to play Virtual Racing and don't care for save states. An EverDrive in itself is a worth while investment no matter what model you get but this one I think has everything someone really needs, especially if you're using it to supplement a physical collection. It should be mentioned that on Krikzz's webpage for the Mega EverDrive X5, it has a link to download the OS version for the EverDrive X5, but don't use that one! When I tried using that particular version, it didn't want to boot some games. On the comparison chart it says to use v3x not v2, so make sure to download that one instead from Krikzz.

So far my experience with this product has not been good. I bought two 32GB SanDisk Ultra MicroSD cards (they were actually recommended on the product page as "commonly bought together) to use with it and they did not work with the Everdrive. I tried everything I could and then went online to find that this is a known issue with some MicroSD Cards. This isn't mentioned anywhere in the product documentation and no recommendation for cards that do work with the product are available. At this point I've purchased another MicroSD card and it will arrive today. I'll update my rating if this one works.

Although there is some small incompatibility issues with this product, I love it. Its easy to set-up and is very functional. Great deal.

This a great for what it’s intended to do. There is a great support section online to allow you ability to download updated firmware to get this up and running. What’s not included is where and how to get roms onto this device. That’s a google search.

Honestly, unless you wanna save state scum and don't give a crap about playing the terrible port of Virtua Racing for Genesis just get this one and don't waste your money on the X7. Although if you wanna play Sega CD games without having to own a Sega CD go big and get the Terraonion Mega SD.

Was sent a defective unit, always fails the ram test on the diagnostic and games freeze randomly. I'll be returning it for a full refund.

Funciona perfecto en mi JVC X'EYE. Lo utilizo tanto para juegos normales y como cartucho de Ram para los juegos de Sega CD. 100% recomendado.

Buen producto en general.

Awesome not much else to say but that. It works flawlessly as far as I’m concerned