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Okay. Well, first, let's note what emulation is...\
em·u·la·tion
1. Effort or ambition to equal or surpass another.
2. Imitation of another.
3. Computer Science. The process or technique of emulating
Definition 2 (and to a lesser extent 1 I guess) is what emulation is all about. Super Tech Geeks wrote a program that basically pretends that it is a Sega Genesis/MegaDrive. Then they hooked their cartridges to their computers and dumped the information they contained into a data file.
All YOU have to do is download an emulator (the one named "Gens" is probably on of the best and is also a 32X and SegaCD emulator) and a ROM file. All the hard work was already taken care of on your behalf. :P You don't have to hook your Genesis to your computer or anything weird like that.
This is true for any cartridge loading system that is chosen to be emulated. Generally disc-based systems will usually try to adapt your computer's CD-ROM drive for use as the game device, OR some will load ISOs which are dumps of CDs. That's a larger scale but hopefully the prior information will be enough to get you started.
Actually, please do. We can certainly discuss the actual missing slots more than we can discuss game genie codes. :P
I already stated what I think of what you're calling "Lost level 01" in the other topic:
http://forums.sonicretro.org/index....topic=431&st=15
Hmm... the only thing I can suggest for #6 is that in the final version Wing Fortress takes the slot. But that doesn't really mean that any of these empty slots coorespond to their final version counterparts. In fact, every single one, since they disrupt the flow of "real" levels, could very well be development deletions that once contained something we never got to see!
em·u·la·tion
1. Effort or ambition to equal or surpass another.
2. Imitation of another.
3. Computer Science. The process or technique of emulating
Definition 2 (and to a lesser extent 1 I guess) is what emulation is all about. Super Tech Geeks wrote a program that basically pretends that it is a Sega Genesis/MegaDrive. Then they hooked their cartridges to their computers and dumped the information they contained into a data file.
All YOU have to do is download an emulator (the one named "Gens" is probably on of the best and is also a 32X and SegaCD emulator) and a ROM file. All the hard work was already taken care of on your behalf. :P You don't have to hook your Genesis to your computer or anything weird like that.
This is true for any cartridge loading system that is chosen to be emulated. Generally disc-based systems will usually try to adapt your computer's CD-ROM drive for use as the game device, OR some will load ISOs which are dumps of CDs. That's a larger scale but hopefully the prior information will be enough to get you started.
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AA7A-ACGY Lost level 01
AA7A-AGGY Lost level 03
AA7A-ANGY Lost level 06
AA7A-AWGY Lost level 09
I have threoys on what these levels are but I'm not going into that!
AA7A-AGGY Lost level 03
AA7A-ANGY Lost level 06
AA7A-AWGY Lost level 09
I have threoys on what these levels are but I'm not going into that!
Actually, please do. We can certainly discuss the actual missing slots more than we can discuss game genie codes. :P
I already stated what I think of what you're calling "Lost level 01" in the other topic:
http://forums.sonicretro.org/index....topic=431&st=15
Hmm... the only thing I can suggest for #6 is that in the final version Wing Fortress takes the slot. But that doesn't really mean that any of these empty slots coorespond to their final version counterparts. In fact, every single one, since they disrupt the flow of "real" levels, could very well be development deletions that once contained something we never got to see!
This post has been edited by Rob Jinnai: 25 August 2003 - 05:45 PM
