PSP Genesis v0.1 - New genesis emulator with sound

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You really shouldn't have to ask maybe spend a little time reading in the forums and there you go. the main point is to use this emu though its by far the best.

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To Kaiser:
Believe me I spent hours looking for a "walkthrough" for the Genesis emu and I get confused, some are for the 1.0 some aren't, I have the 1.5. If someone would help people like me with a step by step walkthrough it would help. If you look at the step by step for PSPVideo9, it's awesome. Basically, I only need to know what to put in MC1 and MC2. Also, McDougal talks about a font file.
Again Thanks to all.

Spweener, you do know that you don't have to swap memory cards any more to play homebrew on a 1.5? You can just add a "%" to the end of what used to be the MS1 folder and put it right there in the game folder of what used to be MS2. That will let you run on a single memory card. If you didn't already have MS1 and MS2 set up, download KXploit from psphacker.com or something to select the emu eboot which will do it for you. Then just make sure you put the font file in the folder without the "%". The font file comes with the main single eboot when you initially download this emulator.

OK real quick step by step. Get this: http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/files/kx....5_psp-dev.rar Install it. Plug in your PSP to your computer by USB and in the PSP menu go to the USB transfer option. Run the KXploit tool you just installed. In name put the name of the folder (it doesn't really matter for most, PSPGENESIS is fine). On PBP file select the eboot.pbp that came with your PSP homebrew app. On the PSP unit tab, if you followed the steps earlier and you PSP is in USB transfer mode, select the drive name it is (for example mine is g:\). If you can't see your PSP drive press refresh it should come up. Then press generate files. Go into explorer, find your PSP and put everything else (eg. system.fnt or the roms directory) into the folder called PSPGENESIS and NOT PSPGENESIS%. It should load up after that. REMEMBER: This is for 1.5 PSP's ONLY.

great emu but lacks snes gui settings

After playing through my games a lot I've also noticed that the scores for the games are messed up. It is easy to get a max score from little playing. sometimes in place of numerical digits there are periods,slashes,percent symbols ect.

You tried the same rom on a different emu? It could be a hacked rom with a trainer, because the % marks etc just mean the scoreboard cant hold enough numbers for such a stupidly high score

how imposible would a saturn emulator be?

I never got a saturn emu workin on pc, well thats just me.

Saturn emus require MASSIVE processing power. I've got a laptop with a 2.8 ghz processor, and that seems almost sufficient... but you got to remember that the Saturn had 3 different processors running in it, which not only made it a pain to write games for (at the time), but also turns it into a system that's really CPU intensive to emulate. I think we'll be lucky if we see N64 emulation, since the early N64 emu's (like UltraHLE) were capable of running on my PII300 mhz. The PSP's clocked at 333, and whether or not the performance turns out well will depend on how much the coders can tap the PSP's GPU.
But oh yeah, this is a Genesis thread...
Great job on the coding... good performance, good sound... all out of nowhere. My only complaint (and it's been listed before) is the lack of a working sleep mode during gameplay. Having to go back to the menu (without savestates) makes it tough to play certain games on the go.
Keep up the good work!

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Originally Posted by {Sephiroth}

You tried the same rom on a different emu? It could be a hacked rom with a trainer, because the % marks etc just mean the scoreboard cant hold enough numbers for such a stupidly high score

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All my roms have screwed up scoreboards like this but not when ran on my gens emulator for pc. Its just the a bug in this emulator.

Nice job. Once the frame rates and sound get good, somebody should put some game genie support on or something.

I noticed we havn't had an update here since one guy complained about releasing the source code.....Sougen please say you arn't going to make us wait another 6 months or so until you've completed your emulator for a new release :(

I'm having a problem with a game called "Shining in the Darkness". When I'm given a choice (Yes or No) in the game...no matter what I press, its always No. I don't think its the ROM because it works fine on my Emulator on the PC (I use GENS and I mapped the Keys myself). One Scenario is where I'm at the Weaponsmith and going to buy a Sword....no matter what I press the game takes the button I press as if i'm declining. I wonder if its because this game needs six buttons or something? How are the buttons set?

I cant believe we are not going to get an update because someone bitched about source code...

Yeah, seriously. Theres always some jerk who needs to be politically correct in the dumbest way...and ruin everybodys fun. Fricking goodytooshoes.

The gpl or whatever its called was made before beta distribution was widely adapted.

Sougen, can you PLEASE respond in this thread what your plans are? Thank you.

Releasing betas is nice because theres always something (bugs) that others will spot that you *might* not

Sougen, thanks for this great work. It is incredible. Had I not seen it running I would have not beleived the PSP could handle a 68k and doing software FM synthesis, at least not in these early stages of PSP development.

As far as the GPL goes, I beleive Sveasoft has set the precedent that is legal to release "beta" binaries prior to your public release of the source code, as long as you intend to release the code eventually. That sounds exactly like your stated intentions, so I think you can keep releasing updates with confidence if you desire to.

Sougen, you are my hero, lol. really.

I have dreamed about playing Sonic 3 & Knuckles on the go for so long, and you made it happen, for that, I am truly in your debt. If you have a paypal, I would LOVE to donate money to you. You truly are an amazing programmer for having full frame rate and amazing sound on the first release, and so soon in the emulation scene.

I downloaded this and was so happy I litterally went out and danced in my front yard listening to some of the music on S3&K ^^;. (Specificly, Lava Reef Zone and the Sonic3 Ending theme) I LOVE this emu, it's the best download for the PSP.

I have played this more than any other homebrew program i've downloaded. Although the new snake game that was released last night has been getting a portion of my time now, so you better watch out for that one, it's a tough competetor :p .

If you want to wait untill your source code is cleaned up, well, I'm not going to complian, as this emulator is already INCREDIBLY well-done enough for me and i'm happy with it. I'll be content with this as it is, because it's so great. However, I will miss having your emulator updated with cool features like the fix for the sound and the partially-working SRAM.

Also, your emulator runs better on 222Mhz than the SNESx9 on 333Mhz. You've already done so well for the low clockrate. So if you got the emulator to run at full framerate and great sound on 222Mhz, you will be the greatest PSP coder around. (IMO at least, lol)

Btw, would it be possible to get the emulator to run at something lower than 222Mhz? I'm not asking for this, as that would probably be incredibly hard if even possible, just wondering because people are so concerned about battery life. I have two batteries so I don't really worry about the battery life issue.

Anyway, keep up the AMAZING work with this emulator please. And stay in good health. :D

goblindojo: A shitstain such as yourself isn't even worth my creativity, so I'll sum this post right up: ****. You.

(My apologies, Moderators, and Administrators; But it had to be done.)

^^ :eek: ^^

Maybe Sougen could release updates @ the "usual places"... ;)

I didn't create the requirement that you need to release the source code to any derived works, the original author of the Generator emulator did. But if you are unable to make any meaningful contributions, by all means feel free to shoot the messenger instead.

*bang*

*Bang*

Nice emulator, you know, like everyone says especially for a .1. Now, if only I could save my games.

I know, bitch, bitch, bitch. sorry.

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Originally Posted by kyozabe

goblindojo: A shitstain such as yourself isn't even worth my creativity, so I'll sum this post right up: ****. You.

(My apologies, Moderators, and Administrators; But it had to be done.)

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amen. lol

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Originally Posted by goblindungface

I didn't create the requirement that you need to release the source code to any derived works, the original author of the Generator emulator did. But if you are unable to make any meaningful contributions, by all means feel free to shoot the messenger instead.

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(Heh, I'll try to be a bit more 'tame' this time.)

Excuse me, but who the **** called upon you to be "the messenger?"

Are you trying to imply that the original author of the Generator emulator sent you here to speak on his behalf? I know that the author couldn't be an asswipe such as yourself, but I do find it somewhat fishy that, I assume, on your own time, you scoured the entire ****ing license of some random program, just to start shit. I mean, WTF?

What is your point? Does doing this increase the size of your e-Penis?

Are you happy now?


It's people like you that truly corrupt the Internet. I hope you die slowly and painfully.


Addition: Hah, forgot to reply to the entirety of his post rather than the single statement.

1. The 'derived work' is, actually, unfinished. I'm quite sure that something in a stage below "Version One.Blah" can be referred to as a "derived work." If you want to be such a license whore, then look at it this way, Mr. I'm-Right-And-You're-Wrong-So-Hah. This "work" isn't finished. Sougen released said unfinished work so that it can be publicly beta tested, not unlike the public beta tests given by Capcom for some of it's Playstation 2 games.

Since you seem so narrow-minded, I'll explain to you what I mean by 'public beta test.' By 'public beta test,' I mean that the Author, in this case, Sougen, fully lacks the resources or funds to hire a Quality Assurance team for his product (PSP Generator). He could not possibly completely debug the emulator all by himself, so he enlists the voluntary help of you, the User. We download, test (play), and reply in this forum each and every bug we come across. Such as the Sonic 3 bug, which was addressed, among other things.

2. Don't give me any bullshit about 'meaningful contributions.' The post containing your single 'meaningful contribution' is the same post that you tell the ****ing author of THE VERY EMULATOR YOU ARE ENJOYING to STOP RELEASING UPDATES! ARE YOU ****ING LACKING IN THE HEAD, MAN?

I mean, jeez. Dennis Leary is an asshole, that much I know, but compared to you, he's Whoopi-****ing-Goldberg.

Do the world a favor and stop posting in this topic. Please.

Back on topic....I'd hate to see a sticky locked....heh heh

Sougen>Do what you gotta do....Maybe private betas? "Wink wink, Nudge nudge, Say no more"....

I wanted to have the source because I wanted to improve the emulator. If you wish to understand the requirements of the GNU GPL I refer you to the GPL FAQ.

Apart from that I have no intention being involved in any kind of flame war, so you might as well quit wasting your time.

Ok, thats enough, NO MORE FLAMEING

i going to read though this mess and see who started this, Flameing is breaking the rules and we have zero tolerence for rule breaking!

i have not read everything in this topic yet, but the source is required under a GPL licence

edit: ok kyozabe, you are on a last warning, for flaming twice

Help

I Downloaded Version 1.51 Network Update On My Psp And All Of The Homebrews Dont Work. It Will Always Say The Game Could Not Be Started!!! I Deleted The Update By Going On My Computer And Deleting Psp / Update. I Guess I Still Have 1.51 Even Though I Deleted The Update... Can Some One Please Help Me So I Can Play These Games!!!

Anyone consider the possiblity that Sougen might just be...oh, I don't know....busy?

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Originally Posted by kato

Anyone consider the possiblity that Sougen might just be...oh, I don't know....busy?

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Yeap. That may be why he didnt reply to this thread lol...buy you never know. :mad:

Ok, ok, I'll stop. I just find it hard to believe that Sougen could be "busy" all of a sudden. His posts in this forum seem to have ceased immediately following goblindojo's request for the source code.

I'm just saying, dojo could have just as easily PM'd sougen asking for it, instead of raising this crap about licenses...

Yes, he's supposed to release the source code along with the emulator, but, as other users have said, he hasn't made an actual full release yet. We're just testing it to iron out all the bugs so that it can be released, source code and all.

My take on why sougen is gone is that he's just been busy trying to get the emulator completed to such a degree that it can be called "v1.0" rather than .12. And this could take months.

patience people, just be happy for what you have already, Sougen released such a good few first releases that a little wait will be a good thing to play nearon perfect Genesis/Megadrive emulation.

I would also like to request that ZIP support is added to the next release.

So does this freaking emulator import systems because I have the american psp version 1.51 and the emu is not working at all. Just curious?

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Originally Posted by goblindojo

I wanted to have the source because I wanted to improve the emulator. If you wish to understand the requirements of the GNU GPL I refer you to the GPL FAQ.

Apart from that I have no intention being involved in any kind of flame war, so you might as well quit wasting your time.

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improve...or make ur own.... I kind of had a feeling thats y u complained about it.

Anyway I want to give a bow to the creator of this EMU, you have done an excellent job. All the requests I have have been added to this forum already. I am glad to see that someone has made such great progress! You are a credit to the community! Please stay with us and I like One Tone Bullet's idea, private Beta's. I keep a list of compatable SNES games and NES and SNES EMU's going here on the forums. I would love to add ur Gen EMU and such a list to my thread if it helps u at all ^-^

but still does this only work for the import psp because my psp is having that error situation and that swap trick is not working.

As far as I know if u have version 1.51 or above u can not use any Homebrew only 1.0 and 1.50

And no there is no way to downgrade, and we are not sure when 1.51 will be broken. But it will just like 1.50 was So give it some time! :D

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Originally Posted by Jeisu

I have to applaud your efforts. I tried it on my psp and my gf's and it works well on both, mine is 1.0 hers is 1.5.

I recommend this if you want the sound, it runs very damn well.


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Ah, forget the problem, I accidently took out the .fnt file.... ^^;
Just added it back in and now I can see it on hers too.

The sound is very damn good for a first release, to be honest this doens't feel like a .1 it's more like a .7


If you guys want sound on genesis emulators, try this, it's great...

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Hi, i have a 1.5 psp can you please tell me how you got the genesis emulator to work on yours?

Cheers, Dan.

First - a very big THANK YOU! to Sougen for this excellent BETA!!!

:D OUTSTANDING!!! :D

Second - iDan,

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Originally Posted by {iDan}

Hi, i have a 1.5 psp can you please tell me how you got the genesis emulator to work on yours?

Cheers, Dan.

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Simply follow this easy walkthrough from Sephiroth (very big THANKS! to you as well for this Sephiroth!) for the 1.5, you can't go wrong! ;)

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Originally Posted by {Sephiroth}

OK real quick step by step. Get this: http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/files/kx....5_psp-dev.rar Install it. Plug in your PSP to your computer by USB and in the PSP menu go to the USB transfer option. Run the KXploit tool you just installed. In name put the name of the folder (it doesn't really matter for most, PSPGENESIS is fine). On PBP file select the eboot.pbp that came with your PSP homebrew app. On the PSP unit tab, if you followed the steps earlier and you PSP is in USB transfer mode, select the drive name it is (for example mine is g:\). If you can't see your PSP drive press refresh it should come up. Then press generate files. Go into explorer, find your PSP and put everything else (eg. system.fnt or the roms directory) into the folder called PSPGENESIS and NOT PSPGENESIS%. It should load up after that. REMEMBER: This is for 1.5 PSP's ONLY.

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