GENESIS Emulation

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GENESIS Emulation

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I currently have GENS Plus for my Dreamcast, but I'd like something more... Is there an Genesis emulator out there that plays at the same speed, but without the flaws in the program? (Example: Sonic 1 Cannot be played since the sprites are messed up in the emulation. However, it's perfect on the PC.) Also, it needs be be able to recognize ROM hacks, like Sonic 1 Megamix, and have a save feature. Is there one out there, and if so, how do I make a bootable disc with it?
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It doesn't get any better than GenesisPlus.
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Superstrider wrote:(Example: Sonic 1 Cannot be played since the sprites are messed up in the emulation. However, it's perfect on the PC.)
Try to change the settings (e.g. C68K -> FAME, Auto -> JP, EU, US, etc.) - That should help in most cases.
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You can't go past the first boss IIRC.
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Hm, I'll try to ask Fox68k - maybe he got time and would be interested in updating GPDC with the latest versions of FAME and FAZE? Let's see if that fixes the problem.
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Yeah, I was trying to get Sonic 1 flagged back in January:
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Is there a way to get it to play hacked ROMs?
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Try fixing their checksums.
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My version of GensPLUS doesn't have that feature... Is there one that does?
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Edit: Fixing the Checksums didn't work... The Emulator freezes when I load up a Sonic Hack... How do I rectify this problem?
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Bad news that is. I guess an 'autofix checksum' option would be a nice thing to have in the next release then...
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I spoke too soon... A couple of the hacks work... But the ones that have major modifications (Like Sonic 1 Megamix, Knuckles in Sonic 1, etc.) which have features that the original ROMs did not possess, don't... Will this be fixed in later versions?
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*bump*


...maybe this tool works better: http://sonicology.fateback.com/download ... eckSum.rar
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Anyone have experience if the "fix checksum" will "fix" plain-vanilla sonic 1??
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Re: GENESIS Emulation

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This emulator rocks but the problem I have now is The disc I had snapped in half and I have a back up but for some reason if I copy my ROM.TXT and the romlist snes rom tool (I heard you can use it and it works,well they were right lol) to the newest version (which I didn't have, the back up is the one with sound popping problems) It won't boot up in the dc correctly, I always get the damn audio CD screen >_<. I gave up unless someone can tell me what the hell I am doing wrong.
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Do a fresh start with these tutorials and downloads: http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/index.ph ... #howtoburn
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Re: GENESIS Emulation

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well I would except the Snes Romtool renames ALL your roms into SNS_001,SNS_002 etc. *sigh*
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