Genesis Plus/DC

InternetAddict · Post by **InternetAddict** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 5:16 pm

So any word on a release coming out soon? Sometime in August maybe?

doragasu · Post by **doragasu** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 5:19 pm

This question has been answered several times and BlackAura has always answered it will be out when the glitches he's working on now are fixed, so you'll have to be patient.

Link2k4 · Post by **Link2k4** » Wed Jul 28, 2004 10:04 pm

yeah it will rule when it does, I know that , blackaura makes great stuff and this genesis emu is a blessing. keep up the good work buddy :}.

BlackAura · Post by **BlackAura** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 1:37 am

So any word on a release coming out soon? Sometime in August maybe?

Short answer: When it's done
Long answer: When it's done, and I don't know if I'll have a lot of time to work on it. University stuff, and quite a lot of it. So it could be a while.

weeperofsouls · Post by **weeperofsouls** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:24 am

i never understood the absolute rush in wanting an emulator for dc. if its about the games, there are many top notch emulators out there for the computer. even if your comp is a piece of crap, just about any game should be within playable limits

abydos1000 · Post by **abydos1000** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 8:00 am

I imagine a fair number of people want to play them on the TV because that is where they came from, and it increases the nostolgia factor. That's why I go blow money on the various compilations released for the current consoles. I'd rather play it there than on an LCD panel.

However, this pestering of the coders is getting tiresome.

Darth Revan · Post by **Darth Revan** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 12:37 pm

Yes, the actual gaming experience is so much better.

Alexvrb · Post by **Alexvrb** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:29 pm

Besides, it's just impressive to see it in action. I like it almost as much for the technical feat it represents as I do for the actual emulation.

doragasu · Post by **doragasu** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:36 pm

Yeah, rendering the tiles with the PVR hardware it's something that has never been done in the DC and I think even BlackAura wasn't sure it would work.

BlackAura · Post by **BlackAura** » Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:22 pm

Yeah, rendering the tiles with the PVR hardware it's something that has never been done in the DC and I think even BlackAura wasn't sure it would work.

No, I wasn't. And I didn't think it'd work that well either.

Hobbes T Tiger · Post by **Hobbes T Tiger** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 11:30 am

I'm very much looking forward to this. Please don't sweat too much and bring it to us when it's ready.

I'm going to have a lot of fun with this...

InternetAddict · Post by **InternetAddict** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:18 pm

All I know is it's gonna be pretty awesome. Maybe he could change the menu so you don't have to rename roms that excede 32 characters, or is that speud's job?

Strapping Scherzo · Post by **Strapping Scherzo** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:34 pm

BlackAura wrote:
Yeah, rendering the tiles with the PVR hardware it's something that has never been done in the DC and I think even BlackAura wasn't sure it would work.
No, I wasn't. And I didn't think it'd work that well either.

If only I could pull off something similar for Super Famicast. It might not be the end-all answer, but I'm sure it would help. But nothing seems to be remotely easy in SNES emulation.

jessman · Post by **jessman** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 3:49 pm

scherzo wrote:
BlackAura wrote:
Yeah, rendering the tiles with the PVR hardware it's something that has never been done in the DC and I think even BlackAura wasn't sure it would work.
No, I wasn't. And I didn't think it'd work that well either.
If only I could pull off something similar for Super Famicast. It might not be the end-all answer, but I'm sure it would help. But nothing seems to be remotely easy in SNES emulation.

Correction. Nothing seems to be remotely easy in SNES emulation.............on the Dreamcast, ha ha ha.

Well, anways, if anyone has the abilities to make great emulators, it's you, Black Aura, and Ian. Just keep it up, and remember not to rush yourselves because of people's demands, lol. I support all of you!

BlackAura · Post by **BlackAura** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 10:51 pm

Maybe he could change the menu so you don't have to rename roms that excede 32 characters, or is that speud's job?

Well, the menu is only temporary. The final version will not have such restrictions, and filenames won't matter too much anyway.

If only I could pull off something similar for Super Famicast. It might not be the end-all answer, but I'm sure it would help. But nothing seems to be remotely easy in SNES emulation.

It'd be far more difficult to do it for a SNES, mostly because the graphics hardware is that much more complex. It should be possible to get it working in a few of the most common video modes, but games that make very heavy use of effects or screw around with video registers in mid-frame won't look correct, as in Genesis Plus. Of course, that kind of thing is a lot more common on a SNES than it is on a MegaDrive...

Still, might be worth a shot.

InternetAddict · Post by **InternetAddict** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 12:34 am

I was wondering will your release have a vmu option for games that had a abilty to save to cart? like example sonic the hedgehog 3 and a six button mode would be really helpful for mk games

InternetAddict · Post by **InternetAddict** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 12:37 am

ohh and one more thing could you add a "Reset" option for games where u need to reset like X-Men?

BlackAura · Post by **BlackAura** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 1:39 am

I was wondering will your release have a vmu option for games that had a abilty to save to cart?

If I can get it to work. Genesis Plus itself has no support for that at the moment, and adding it might be a bit difficult.

a six button mode would be really helpful for mk games

If I can get it to work. Genesis Plus itself has no support for that at the moment (this sounds familiar, no?), and I don't have any controllers with enough buttons to test it out.

ohh and one more thing could you add a "Reset" option for games where u need to reset like X-Men?

Err... Maybe.

Dutchdude · Post by **Dutchdude** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:42 am

Hey BlackAura, nice work man !
I also have a question. Will Genesis plus/dc have Pal(50Hz) support ?
(BTW doesn't 50Hz use less cpu speed the 60hz ? )

Anyway keep up the cool work!

speud · Post by **speud** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 6:52 am

InternetAddict wrote:Maybe he could change the menu so you don't have to rename roms that excede 32 characters

anyone is free to modify the source and recompile it with less restricting limits, just replace the values in those lines in dreamcast-x/menu.c:

Code: Select all

#define LIST_MAX_PATH		1024
#define LIST_MAX_FILE		32

then im not the one to decide if a new version with modified settings should be released or not.