Notaz has today released the worlds first Sega CD (Genesis too) emulator for the PSP.
Please post your Compatability Findings in this topic
State Whether game is Genesis/Sega CD and speed/graphics issues etc
Thanks
Notaz has today released the worlds first Sega CD (Genesis too) emulator for the PSP.
Please post your Compatability Findings in this topic
State Whether game is Genesis/Sega CD and speed/graphics issues etc
Thanks
well i think this ones it, it runs most roms that i have for the genesis(dgen 1.70 folder)and two of the sega cd and it runs smooth and fast with frameskip at 0.So props to every one who developed picodrive,to the psp
Sega CD Games:
Smurfs-Perfect
Lunar I and II-Perfect
Snatcher-Perfect
Vay-Perfect
Popfulmail--Froze on me in game after a few minutes
Ninja Warriors: Perfect
Novastorm: Way too slow, extremely jerky when enemies are on the screen
3X3 Eyes: Does not get past the SEGA logo
Afterburner III: Perfect when playing the game, display is too slow in the opening animation with voiceover
AH3 Thunderstrike: Perfect in opening animations, frame rate is too slow in game
Sega cd:
Shining Force : Perfect! playe through to 2nd act, save works fine, no glitches anywhere, music very fluid!
Brutal Paws of Fury: Video and gameplay perfect, sound cuts out at first round for some reason,might be my settings, not sure
Sonic Cd: Perfect played some of first level, played great
Dragons Layer: played a few scenes Perfect , (haha what a great game to play on psp)
Dark Wizard: loads sega logo, then black screen ( while loading iso, emu gave me a warning that the mp3s must be 44k stereo, I checked each one, they all were 44k stereo, maybe reason why the game is not loading? not sure)
Awesome emu and Congrats to the creators/developers@!
it runs simpsons barts nightmare (genesis) game for some reason Dgen turns off my psp when trying to load it.
Road Avenger (Sega CD): Had to encode the .mp3's to 32kbps, 44100Hz, stereo for it to load without errors. Then i had to turn "Better sync (slow)" on for it to actually load up.
SEGA CD:
1. The Terminator (U) - seems to run fine*
2. Earthworm Jim- Special Edition (E) - seems to run fine*
3. DUNE (U) - seems to run fine*
*on default settings
Dragon's Lair (US) - Works. Just find the fun.
Night Trap (French) - Works. If you want to change to CD2, save state before swapping.
SegaCD-Heart of the Alien - Flawless. This was also called Out of this World for SNES. Plus the sequel which is Sega CD only!
SegaCD games:
Robo Aleste - works fine
Silpheed - works fine
Lords of thunder - works fine
Popful mail - Hangs up (too bad) EDIT: seems to work with some tweakings (but i'm not sure which one)
Red -> Doesn't Work.
Green -> Work's Great. Flawlessly.
Orange -> Has bugs.
Blue -> Needs Some Config alterations.
Total Tests:
Mega Drive / Genesis -> 24 Games.
Sega CD / Mega CD -> 3 Games.
Sega 32X / Mega 32X -> 1 Game.
I recommend setting sound to 22050Hz Stereo for everything.
Runs with better speed that way.
Specially in Sonic & Knuckles's Lock-On ROMS.
Mega Drive / Genesis Games:
Sonic & Knuckles -> Works Great.
IF YOU ARE USING THE ROM WITH CRC32 16EC7FC8 IT WON'T WORK!
Sonic 1 & Knuckles
Sonic 2 & Knuckles -> Runs Cool. Sometimes sound loses a little accuracy. Set option "accurate timing" ON to correct this.
Sonic 3 & Knuckles
Sonic Compilation - These settings also apply to solo roms.
---> Sonic The Hedgehog 1: Runs Cool. The option of changing between 50 FPS and 60 FPS works GREAT.
---> Dr. Robotnik Mean Bean Machine
---> Sonic The Hedgehog 2: Runs Cool. Sometimes sound loses a little accuracy. Set option "accurate timing" ON to correct this.
Sonic 3D Blast -> Runs Great. I recommend to use the analog stick to control Sonic.
Sonic Spinball (European Version)
Sonic The Hedgehog 1 (JAP Revision 02) -> Runs Flawlessly. The option of changing between 50 FPS and 60 FPS works GREAT.
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 BETA
Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Columns
Dragon Ball Z (JAP)
Super Monaco GP
Jurassik Park
Castlevania Bloodlines (USA)
Castlevania The New Generation (EUR)
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles : The Hyperstone Heist
Streets of Rage 1
Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 3
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Mega CD Games:
Sonic CD (European with CDDA) -> Runs EXTREMELLY Great in zones. IN SPECIAL STAGES you can't see the ground if Scale/Rot. fx (slow) is OFF! You MUST set it ON. Also, in special stages, the Sound effects stop working after a while of play (this bug also happens in the original Gens emulator (for Windows)).
Sol-Feace -> Doesn't Run. Doesn't pass the Sonic BIOS screen. (I tested it without using MP3 files.)
Snatcher (T-95035) (U) (Rev.00)
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Sega 32X Games:
Knuckles Chaotix (PAL) -> Just tried to load it and turns the message: Developed For Use Only With Super32X Systems.
Of course, I know the emulator is only for Genesis/ Mega Drive and Mega/Sega CD, so, it was only a curiosity.
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This is, indeed the BEST GENESIS MEGA DRIVE EMULATOR FOR THE PSP!
Indeed, not even DGEN can surpass this emulator.
Just one little flaw: Sound must be improved a little.
BUG FOUND: If you try to test the Sega CD BIOS (I tried with European one... Don't know if will happen with other BIOS's) and then load up a ROM/ISO, the emulator will fail to load it.
Also, the emulator will indeed test the selected BIOS, but if you head to the BIOS options screen, it will all be screwed up. This happens even when loading an ISO, and instead of heading to the game, go to the BIOS menu.
UPDATE: According to notaz, this bug happens if you are using Model1 BIOS files. Indeed this happened to me using those files. However, tests are still going to be made using Model2 BIOS files and the results will be updated here.
Despite that, WORKS 100%.
MEGA CD
-Mortal Kombat (U): can't play
I tested these Genesis games and all then worked with 100% speed and no failures.Basicaly i tested games wich do not runs perfectly in PSPGenesis/DGEN
Aeroblasters
Alex Kidd in Enchanted Castle
Alladin
Beyond Oasis
Castle of Illusion
Castlevania: Bloodlines (Non censored version)
Contra: Hard Cops
Dahnah
Dragon Ball Z: Buyu Retsuden
Ghouls ´n Ghosts
Jurassic Park
Jurasic Park II - Lost World
MickeyMania
Megaman: Wily Wars (E)
Mortal Kombat 2
Phantasy Star 2
Phantay Star 3
Phantasy Star 4 ( SRAM saves tested too)
Road Rash 3
Revenge of Shinobi
Rolling Thunder 2
Rolling Thunder 3
Second Samurai
Shadow Dancer
Shinobi 3
Sonic 1
Sonic 2
Sonic & Knucles
Sonic 3D
Ultimate Mortal Kombat
Vectorman
Bugs/Glithches
After Burner - No music afetr intro screen, sea/land not renderized correctly
Arcus Odissey - Intro animation with paralax movement not correctly renderized.. .as PicoDrive for s60
Golde Axe 3 - desync in intro music with animation
I´ll test some unrelated Sega CD games later.
Great for us shooter fans:
Dennin Aleste (J) - Works great
Keio's flying squadron (US) - Works great
Bari-Arm (J) - Works great
Lords Of Thunder (U) - Works great
All tested with default settings.
Thank you Notaz for porting this great emu.
Sega CD games running perfect:
The Ninja Warriors
Final Fight CD
Flashback
Snatcher
Sonic CD
Robo Aleste
Starwars chess
Mad Dog Mcree
WWF Rage in a Cage
Happy days! :)
You can try to disable Z80 to improve things..Quote:
Originally Posted by Aryn
Might be things like mp3pro or bad headers. Also AFAIK this game needs "better sync" to be enabled.Quote:
Originally Posted by suddene
Quote:
Originally Posted by PhoenixFeather
Both need "better sync" to start, which can be disabled when started.Quote:
Originally Posted by niu10912
Hi there, Sonic & Knuckles worked for you?Quote:
Originally Posted by Saracchini
Did you need to change some configs?
Works fine for me. Might be a bad ROM.Quote:
Originally Posted by M Dash
No, it wasn't even started.Quote:
Originally Posted by M Dash
That BIOS hits a bug of some kind.. model2 EU BIOS seems to work fine, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by M Dash
Stunning emu!
Sorry for doubting you notaz. seriously, this is a dream come true for me. :)
I'll check it... Can you give me the CRC32 of your ROM please?Quote:
Originally Posted by notaz
My ROM is: 16EC7FC8
UPDATE: Works OK. Just tested it with another ROM.
I know.. :P XD Was just a curiosity.Quote:
Originally Posted by notaz
My BIOS files are:Quote:
Originally Posted by notaz
eu_mcd1_9210 - CRC: 529AC15A
jp_mcd1_9112 - CRC: 9D2DA8F2
us_scd1_9210 - CRC: C6D10268
What's your's? Thank you.
i have tried some sega cd games now too:
After burner iii (US) Set to Frameskip 1 since fast render seems to bug the graphics up.. very playable! not my favorite game though
Android assault (US) set to Fast render and then no frameskip is needed. the game is my darling that all shoot em up fans has to play! set the scale factor to 1.25 so it fits the psp screen better!
Keio's flying squadron (US) Set to Fast render and then no frameskip is needed. set the scale factor to 1.25 so it fits the psp screen better! very, very nice cutie old school shooter.
lords of thunder (US) Almost full speed. set to Fast render and it will be. no frameskip is needed. great game. too bad the sound from the weapons is to loudy and the music to silent..
robo aleste (EU) Almost full speed all the time. set to fast render to have 100 % full speed! cool hi res shooter =)
Slipheed (EU) fast render mode distrubs the graphics very much. the audio is a bit glitchy. it wont help set frameskip to 1.
my scale factor: 1.32
very innovtive shooter.
sonic the hedgehog cd (US) nice sonic game. Set to Fast render and then no frameskip is needed. the game is perfectly emulated then. but the psp screen isnt good enough sometimes for this game (when sonic is in a hurry)
Sega CD - default config
Batman Returns - runs, but frame rate during play is in the single digits.
Secret of Monkey Island - flawless
Terminator - runs, frame rate around 14 fps.
Spider man Vs. Kingpin - runs, frame rate slow downs frequent during the bus stages.
World Cup USA 94 - flawless
Wing Commander - flawless
On sonic cd are the coins suppose to be underground? it runs flawlessly but that was something that was quite unusual... im using the US version.
Hey, I just tried Third World War for SegaCD on pico, but it seems to crash after the loading bar. Using the first version of NA SCD bios, is there a certain program I should use for ripping the game CD guys?
Don't have them with me right now, but the ones named eu_mcd2_*and us_scd2_* are model2 ones, which are a bit different and (I think) don't glitch the BIOS menu.Quote:
Originally Posted by M Dash
The GP2X people wondered about this too.. It appears that Sonic CD is all about time travel, so when you get into past/future, these rings become accessible, so this is normal.Quote:
Originally Posted by pibster
lunar 2 is playable but i got stuck in the cutscene were you find the girl inside the green crystal il tweak around the setting see if i can get it to pass that point
Hmm, I see... I'll try to get the model2 BIOS files until this Tuesday and make the tests to post around here.Quote:
Originally Posted by notaz
Thanks. :)
Guys i just tried "Pulseman(J)" with English translation patch and it works with pico! I remember it used to freeze on DGEN.
thank youQuote:
Originally Posted by notaz
Mortal Kombat (U) now can play
just setting "better sync - on"
thanks your hard work:thumbup:
has eny oen else had the problem i have with lunar 2?
First off, thank you so much Notaz! I put away my original PSP and mainly just use the Slim & Lite PSP now. The latest version of DGEN didn't work on the Slim. So not only does the Slim PSP running CFW get a Sega CD emulator but an even better Genesis/MegaDrive emulator than anything else out there for PSP.
Here are some of my findings.
GENESIS:
Alien Soldier (J) - 100%
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (UE) - 100%
Castlevania - Bloodlines - 100%
Contra - Hard Corps - 100%
Dynamite Headdy (UE) - 100%
Elemental Master (U) - 100%
Gunstar Heroes (U) - 100%
M.U.S.H.A. (U) - 100%
Ristar (UE) - 100%
Rocket Night Adventures (U) - 100%
Sagaia (U) - 100%
Simpsons, The - Bart's Nightmare (UE) (REV02) - 100%
Sol-Deace (U) - 100%
Sonic Spinball (U) - 100%
Sonic The Hedgehog (W) (REV01) - 100%
Splatterhouse 2 (U) - 100%
T2 - The Arcade Game (UE) (REV01) - 100%
Tale Spin (UE) - 100%
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Hyperstone Heist (U) - 100%
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Tournament Fighters (U) - 100%
Thunderforce II (U) - 100%
Vectorman (UE) - 100%
SEGA CD:
Sonic the Hedgehog CD - Plays Great
The Misadventures of Flink - Plays Great
Dungeon Explorer - Plays Great (Fast Renderer)
Lunar - Plays Great
Mickey Mania - Plays Great
Lords of Thunder - Plays Great (Fast Renderer)
And those results are using 0 frameskip as I hate frameskip on emulators. For this emulator to work so good on its initial public release is really quite a shock to the senses.
I will be playing around a lot more with this and report back again with more results on a later time.
PLEASE don't abandon this project Notaz, its one of those that is just too good to be abandoned. Not since Exophase releasing gpSP and Dark_AleX unlocking PSX support have I been this happy with the PSP and its emulation magic.
All work perfect!
SEGA CD GAMES:
The Adventures of Willy Beamish (US)
Terminator
Sonic CD (PAL)
Eternal Champions
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (change to better sync and after it starts make it off)
WireHead (US)
Space Adventure Cobra (US)
Final Fight (US)
Heart of the Alien (US)
Rise of the dragon (US)
Tomcat Alley
Dragon's Lair (US)
INXS-Make My Video (US)
C&C Music Factory Make My Video (US)
Crime Patrol (US)
Shinging Force
Silpheed
Wonder Dog (US)
Spiderman Vs Kingpin (US)
Snatcher
Night Trap
Ground Zero Texas
Double Switch (US)
Earthworm Jim Special Edition (PAL)
Mickey Mania (US)
Mad Dog II - The Lost Gold (US)
did anybody tried gargoyles?:confused:
Ahahahaha ! Outro Brasileiro !Quote:
Originally Posted by Saracchini
Road Avenger (Pal) - Works with Better Sync and Frameskip 1
First of all, a big thanks for this awesome emulator! Great job. I also hope you don't stop working on it. This is one I've been dreaming about for a really long time too. Makes me wish I could code.
I've tried a bunch of games and many of them worked fine as others have already mentioned, but some don't work for me
Lunar 1, for example, doesn't work in both iso+mp3 and bin file formats. I'm wondering if there is a special iso program that I need to use. The emulator just says, "Failed to Load File" or something like that and doesn't even detect an iso. What exactly is wrong?
games i have tested that work:
AD&D Eye of the Beholder
Ah3 Thunderstrike
Amazing Spider-Man vs. Kingpin
Cobra - The Space Adventure (U)
Demolition Man
Dragon's Lair
Dungeon Master II - Skull Keeper
ECCO 2
Ground Zero Texas
Heart Of The Alien 1+2
Heimdall
Hook
Keio Flying Squadron
Lawnmower Man
Lunar- Silver Star Complete
Lunar 2- Blue Star Complete
Mansion Of Hidden Souls
RDF Global Conflict
Star Wars-Rebel Assault
rise of the dragon
Robo Aleste
samurai showdown
secret of monkey island
slipheed
snatcher
Sonic CD
soulstar
space ace
Star Strike (U)
star wars chess
starblade
terminator
theme park
third world war
vay
Wing Commander
NOT working:
Dark Wizard ( Gives an incompatable mp3 error)
Dune ( i get a crc error with every copy ive found, not the emulators fault!)
Funky Horror Band(J)
Novastorm
syndicate ( freezes up after into)
i played snatcher until i entered the car ( first assignment), the driving aniomation just never stops
You might have hit a bug, try latest update here.Quote:
Originally Posted by nothingtoday
Strange, try enabling "better sync" before entering and see if it still happens.Quote:
Originally Posted by mrgone