![]() It took me a few goes to try to get the screen grabbing software to catch this, but notice the trees on either side as the track turns slightly to the left. ![]() However Super Hang On, helps to demonstrate that DGen’s emulation is not 100% accurate. I think the tunes on the Mega Drive version are a little muted in comparison, but there is no doubt the game looks better than it does on the Amiga and generally looks more polished than its Amiga counterpart. I absolutely love this game on the classic Amiga which is blessed with a really good conversion and some good in-game music tracks. Next up is another iconic Sega game, Super Hang On. The graphics via the HDMI output on the X5000 look really good and the good news is that the emulator runs at a very good speed too.Īlthough I think the Sega Master System version is better than this Mega Drive version, Sonic is still a fantastic game to play. The first game I am opening up is perhaps, the one which is most associated with the Mega Drive, Sonic The Hedgehog. In this instance to run a PAL based ROM, you will need to start DGen from the command line and then enter in the -P to switch the emulator to the PAL Version. However if you find yourself opening a ROM and are greeted with the following message, it means that the ROM will only run in PAL mode as many Mega Drive titles were region coded. DGen will automatically recognise your joy pad and it will also default to an NTSC system so that all North American and Japanese titles will work straight away. In terms of configuration of the emulator, the good news here is that there is no real configuration as such if you are using the GUI front end. The game ROM files can be kept in a folder of your choosing and as you can see I have placed them in the same folder as the DGen executable marked as ROMS. If you start in window x3 mode, you can then swap to a correct aspect full-screen by pressing the right ALT and Enter keys.Īfter selecting the window, you are then asked to select a game rom and this can be in one of the following formats. You have the option to load up the emulator in a number of different screens and I would recommend starting the emulator in window x3 mode as opposed to full-screen, as the full-screen may end up displaying in a small window depending on your monitor and output settings. X-Dock has had a rather cool update over the past few months, so in terms of item layout so that items within a sub-dock can be displayed sideways.ĭGen has a rather cool Sega like logo which I really like and the GUI is rather on minimal side as indicated. I see that on other platforms DGen stands at version 1.33, so it would be nice to see an update to this version somewhere down the line.Īs you can see from my X5000 setup I have replaced my Amidock with the new X-Dock which can be found as part of the AmigaOS Enhancer Software Pack on the Amistore. Whilst it can be argued that Sega began to lose the plot a little in releasing an expensive CD add-on in the form of the Mega-CD, followed by the complete flop that was 32X, there can be no doubt that the Megadrive occupies a very special place in many a video game players heart and the good news is that thanks to DGen, you can try out many games that perhaps you may have missed out first time round.ĭGen on AmigaOS 4 stands at version 1.24 and can be downloaded free of charge from OS4 Depot and I would recommend that whilst there, you also take the opportunity to download the rather simple GUI front end that exists. ![]() Its success in North America was largely down to the superlative sports titles and support of Electronic Arts who produced many great games such as John Madden Football and FIFA International Soccer. ![]() Its game library which was chock-a-block full of Sega franchise titles such as Outrun, Afterburner, Space Harrier II, Super Hang On, Golden Axe and Altered Beast which many people will remember as being a pack in title when the machines were first released.Īs the machine gained popularity, it became home to the most definitive franchises of the 16-bit era such as Sonic The Hedgehog, Streets Of Rage, Road Rash, Ecco The Dolphin and Phantasy Star. It was based on the same Motorola 68000 series CPU found in the original Commodore Amiga 500 machine and pretty much offered an arcade at home experience such was the quality of its graphics and sound. The Sega Mega Drive was launched in Japan way back in October 1988, but will no doubt be more familiar to my North American readers as the Sega Genesis when it was unleashed across North American a few months later. Today I am going to look at perhaps Sega’s most iconic console, The Sega Mega Drive and with it the option to play its extensive game library through the DGen emulation package on AmigaOS 4.
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