Sega CD on Dreamcast?

neoknux_009 · Post by **neoknux_009** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:00 am

pretty straight foward. any info on sega/mega cd emulated on the dc? or it its even possible to place it while over its own genesis emulation?

Darksaviour69 · Post by **Darksaviour69** » Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:10 am

possible? yes/maybe.

there are no sega cd emus at the mo, but "Heart of the Alien" was ported and "Monkey Island" works on ScummVM.

neoknux_009 · Post by **neoknux_009** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:27 pm

ok. so im curious one what allows some games to be ported while some cant, or is it possible to port all games. im honestly soely interested on getting sonic cd on my dc. and other good games if possible.

zman · Post by **zman** » Wed Nov 22, 2006 6:46 pm

Make an interpreter instead of a full emulator that takes advantage of the dreamcast hardware to run the cd's. More of a port that an emulation.

I often wonder why this is not done more often to emulate. It seems to me the best approach is the way that bleemcast was developed. One game at a time with hopes of all the games in the future. Interpret each games capabilities indivually to speed up emulation.

neoknux_009 · Post by **neoknux_009** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:26 am

well i guess it would be much more complicated to make a different coding for each different game then to make an emulator for all games. then again, it its just for one game (sonic cd!) then i agree. (i dont have much experience with this programming stuff, honestly)

not to nag, but is there anyone willing to try and remake sonic dccd. i hate running emus on my com, it dosent feel right. emulators should run on proper succesors, ie dreamcast.

Post by **Quzar** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:53 am

Interpreters can only be made when there are extremely clear distinctions between the engine and data in a game. Also, it helps to a HUGE degree if there are multiple games using the same engine (with multiple scripts or just different data) or if the same engine was simply ported to different platforms.

In general it's usually easier to find info on the hardware than on the software (which requires either guessing or extevsive reverse engineering).