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Emulator of Choice? Genesis/Mega Drive Emulators

#1 User is offline Roybertito 

Posted 19 September 2006 - 12:09 AM

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Hmm, I see we don't have much discussion on emulators, and I think we should, seeing as they can help hack makers to choose which emulator to test their hack on.

Currently, I'm using Generator - it's for the Mac, and it's awesome. Never drops lower than 60 FPS on my MacBook.

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Posted 19 September 2006 - 12:11 AM

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Kega Fusion, DebuGens

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Kega Fusion normally. Genecyst for when I'm doing VRAM stuff.

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Unless the ROM is >2MB, I don't normally use emulators :)

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Posted 19 September 2006 - 04:12 AM

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Last post for me as a trial member.

I use KEGA Fusion as it seems to be the best overall emulator. I do have some issues when playing SHB's Sonic 2 Long Version Hidden Palace Zone and his Genocide City doesn't work with that emulator either. But I use DGEN to play that hack as it works perfectly.

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#6 User is offline Tweaker 

Posted 19 September 2006 - 05:04 AM

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Lately, I've been using Gens Plus and KMod, as they help with hacking/debugging. However, when I play 32x games/casual games, I tend to use Kega Fusion, for a more nostalgic/accurate playing experience.

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Posted 19 September 2006 - 06:12 AM

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I generally use Generator for hacks, and Genesis Plus for everything else.

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Kegs Fusion, DebuGens for hacks, Gens KMod for hacks and GensTracer the best for hacks and finding codes.
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I use DebuGens more often than not, simply for the debugging features it has. If Kega Fusion has these, I'd use that instead.

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I use a combination of Gens KMod, my own Gens source edit (for disabling music channels to make sure all music sounds correct), Kega Fusion, and Genecyst.

#11 User is offline drx 

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Kega Fusion - for better accuracy than Gens offers
Gens (+ various edits of it, including mine) for hacking.
I tend to use some other emulators for various things, but I mainly stick to those two.

I'd like to state that Gens compared to Kega Fusion is like Mazda compared to Ferrari. Fusion just lacks the debug functions.

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Posted 19 September 2006 - 01:54 PM

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Hackers should test on the most accurate: Kega Fusion.

#13 User is offline drx 

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Theoritically hackers should test on the hardware, but it's not always possible.

Of course Fusion is much better for testing than Gens, but for debugging, Fusion is useless.

#14 User is offline Nicholas Onimura 

Posted 19 September 2006 - 05:30 PM

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I always use Gens, but I also use Gens+ for challenges at Sonic Cage Dome.

#15 User is offline Lostgame 

Posted 19 September 2006 - 06:01 PM

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I think Gens is best, and Generator for Mac.
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