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Title: The good ol'genesis...
Post by: F|end on July 10, 2003, 06:11:23 am
Hi!

I'm a huge Genesis and Snes fan and i wanted to know some stuff:

- Can i rename the extensions of the gens roms to .smd?

- Are they updated frequently?

- Is gens 2.11 the best emu to run them?

- Will a arcade vga make them more authentic!? Like tv aspect?

- Some roms when i'm playing them at gens are 'resized' constantly, is it a rom problem or emulator?

- When i push the horn in micromachines (all series) it sounds weird, doesn't sound like the cartige sound! Is it a emulator problem or the rom is deprecated?


Well, hope that someone wiser answers this and thks in advance!  ;D


PS: Please do not insult on this one! It takes a lot of time to think and write this stuff well! (Portuguese here...)
Title: Re:The good ol'genesis...
Post by: kspiff on July 10, 2003, 06:38:14 am
I'm not going to insult you, but this topic doesn't belong on this forum.

This topic really doesn't even belong on this particular message board.
Title: Re:The good ol'genesis...
Post by: F|end on July 10, 2003, 06:50:23 am
Hey man!

Can't you be a little more tolerant! This forum's great and people here are wiser! I've saw guys making front-end questions that are related to console emulators and also emulators questions...

I think that it's a simple to answer thread and will benefit newbies a lot!

See ya!  :)
Title: Re:The good ol'genesis...
Post by: kspiff on July 10, 2003, 07:37:15 am
*shrug* I'll let someone else answer the questions, then.  Not into Gens (sic?) myself or I would have answered the questions in the same post.

All I'm saying is that you're asking questions about Genesis emulators in a forum about bulding faux arcade machines.  The two really don't go together, there are plenty of better message boards for these kinds of questions (esp. when they are emulator-specific).

But, off the top of my head:

- Can i rename the extensions of the gens roms to .smd?

More than likely.  Just try it, the extension should likely always be .bin or .smd for Genesis roms (as far as I can remember from the Genecyst days).

- Are they updated frequently?

What is 'they'?  The emulator?  No idea.

- Is gens 2.11 the best emu to run them?

No idea; but with console emulators, you usually have to get several and play the games that work in the emulators they work in.

- Will a arcade vga make them more authentic!? Like tv aspect?

Computer monitors aren't the same aspect ratio as TVs?  Genesis was originally made for TVs and I believe CGA monitors are actually a slightly lower resolution, so I'll gamble and guess no.

- Some roms when i'm playing them at gens are 'resized' constantly, is it a rom problem or emulator?

Most Genesis emulators seem to do this.  Different screens will have different resolutions, it seems.

- When i push the horn in micromachines (all series) it sounds weird, doesn't sound like the cartige sound! Is it a emulator problem or the rom is deprecated?

Sounds like an emulator problem.  To be [somewhat] sure, try another emulator.
Title: Re:The good ol'genesis...
Post by: F|end on July 10, 2003, 07:41:18 am
Thks!

I'm getting brighter already!  ;D
Title: Re:The good ol'genesis...
Post by: kspiff on July 10, 2003, 07:58:02 am
Here, I should have just looked this up in the first place:

http://gens.consolemul.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi
Title: Re:The good ol'genesis...
Post by: F|end on July 10, 2003, 10:11:17 am
Thks again! I don't know but you seem angry! Chill man! Smoke a joint!  ;D=====~~~