32X Emulator?

[Mega_Drive_Kid]

Hey there.

Earlier I was trying to run a 32X "ROM" through the famous GENs emulator but it just kept saying "Error loading ROM!", I tried numerous 32X ROMs but nothing worked. Is there an emulator that runs these kind of ROMs?

Thanks.

[evildragon]

You need a BIOS..

You can get KEGA Fusion (the best and most accurate emulator), and it will NOT require a BIOS (because it has a reverse engineered one)

[Mega_Drive_Kid]

I tried that and for some reason, it didn't work. Right this moment, I've downloaded GENS+, you need BIOs for 32X and Sega CD but it works like a charm.

Thanks.

Sorry for this kinda pointless thread.

[evildragon]

for KEGA, you need to tell it that it's going to be a 32X ROM (i think)...

Unless your ROMs aren't good... KEGA Fusion always loads the ROMs..

[megadriveworld]

You need a BIOS..

You can get KEGA Fusion (the best and most accurate emulator), and it will NOT require a BIOS (because it has a reverse engineered one)

I can only second that. It's certainly the most accurate out there, in all areas - MegaDrive/32X and even Sega CD.

You don't need the BIOS files for 32X with Fusion either, some already come preloaded.

MegaDrive kid, scrap Gens+, go get Fusion, you'll see that everything will work just fine then. http://www.eidolons-inn.net/tiki-index.php?page=Kega

[Melf]

You can't run the 32X Sega CD games in any emulator yet, can you?

[evildragon]

you can in KEGA Fusion, the only emulator to do it, and right, too..

[Joe Redifer]

KEGA Fusion is the only emulator that can do ANYTHING. It also does EVERYTHING.

[Symos]

You can't run the 32X Sega CD games in any emulator yet, can you?
In deed you can (In fact it was the only way at the time I could make sure my Night Trap 32x disc worked)

[Melf]

Great! I have a copy of 32X Night trap that I've been meaning to review but had no way to take screen grabs.

[Symos]

As long as you use Kega and have the appropraite bios files, you should be good to go.

[evildragon]

As I have said, with KEGA, you do NOT need the BIOS files...

[Symos]

I thought you didn't need 32x bios files but still need the Mega CD bios.

[TheGZeus]

Yeah, newset version of Kega(Well, Fusion) works without the 32X bios.

[evildragon]

Well, yea, you don't need the 32X BIOS, but you will need the Sega CD BIOS..

A couple months ago I dumped my own Sega CD BIOS (9303). Here, Eidolon hosts it for me: http://www.eidolons-inn.net/tiki-list_file_gallery.php?galleryId=6

It's the second link in the table (the one with my internet name in the comments).. mines a known "good" dump..

[megadriveworld]

There are plenty of good dumps out there if you search good enough.

[TwistedReality]

Personally, I recommend Gens+. It runs Genises, Megadrive, Game Gear, 32X, and Sega CD. The only game it has ever rejected for me was Afterburner. Its worked with hundreds of others.

[JUNKER]

I stopped using Gens and recently switched over to Kega. It's light years better IMO.

[David J.]

Anyone else remember six or seven years ago when 32X emulation was new? Good times, good times...

[Jules Walter]

I stopped using Gens and recently switched over to Kega. It's light years better IMO.
I've heard that a few times, but I'm kind of curious as to how.

[evildragon]

Easy, the person that wrote KEGA Fusion, used to work at Sega, and knows the Genesis quite well.

[Jules Walter]

How Kega Fusion is that much better than Gens, I mean. What qualities does it have that Gens doesn't.

[evildragon]

How Kega Fusion is that much better than Gens, I mean. What qualities does it have that Gens doesn't.
better 32X and CD support, along with better compatibility.

it also emulates the VDP MUCH better. also is the only emulator to properly display the 480i mode of the Genesis..

not only that, but it does NOT require the BIOS for the 32X, as he reversed engineered that..

[esb09]

Gens 32. Best emulator I've had for the Genesis so far, it has Sega CD and 32x support. You just have to download the BIOS.

[Joe Redifer]

Check out this Youtube video of someone playing 32X Virtua Fighter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH8f_soV6lQ

Listen to the music. The main synth instrument (the lead) sounds overly abrasive, loud and completely wrong. The samples (drums and voice, etc) also sound a bit more grainy than they do in real life. My version of the game sounds soooo much better. Could this have been recorded from an inaccurate emulator? That's the only thing I can think of.

[evildragon]

Nope, it's because he has the Sample Rate way too low in his Sound Setup... He should have "HQ Sound" enabled.. All current 32X emulators support this, what it does is emulate the sound chips at the hightest possible level...

Either that, or his sound card sucks...

[Joe Redifer]

But you agree it must be from an emulator? Or maybe when he captured the video and compressed it before uploading he skimped on the sound and compressed the hell out of it. But that still doesn't quite explain the super-loud and abrasive lead synth that sounds almost 100% different from the real game.

[evildragon]

The percussions are loud too.. I think he tried to record it via a loop cable on the soundcard, and left AGC on, thus making it WAY too loud..

I've never heard an emulator loud like that before..

[megadriveworld]

He could be using Gens which is a lot less accurate when it comes to 32X sound emulation (It has a lot of trouble with PWM, among other things). Fusion on the other hand seems to emulate the sound accurately. Plus, he could be using unrecommended sound settings aswell for all we know.

Oh and of course... the video file he uploaded would have already been compressed, and then youtube compressed both the audio and visual data even more, which can sometimes mess the EQ, I'd say it's possibly what I said previously though.