This was a DOS based emulator and ran on high end 486 or faster hardware, but required at least a Pentium for full speed.
Another emulator called Genecyst was released around the same time by Bloodlust Software and a friendly rivalry began. This was the first Mega Drive emulator to feature accurate digital YM2612 emulation as opposed to other efforts which attempted to approximate Genesis sound and music via the then popular OP元 chips of AdLib and Sound Blaster-compatible cards. By default this remap file will load every time the emulator is launched.KGen was Steve Snake's original attempt at a Genesis emulator, written because at the time the only existing emulator, Genem, ran slowly and had poor sound quality.
This will save a core remap file (.rmp) to a folder called 'Genesis Plus GX' in the /opt/retropie/configs/segacd folder. Scroll down on the same page and select Save Core Remap File. Go to Quick Menu -> Core Input Options and set the User 1 and User 2 Device Type to be MD Joypad 6 Button. Go to the Retroarch menu (default mapping: select + x). You can save a Core Remap File which reloads every time the emulator is launched: Sega Genesis Bios Download Option 2 Download Sega Genesis Bios Files This will set the controller type to a 6 button pad, and will reload this configuration every time the emulator is launched. You can edit the file /opt/retropie/configs/segacd/retroarch.cfg and add in the following: There are two ways to achieve this: Option 1 These core options will also take effect on any other system which you may use lr-picodrive for (eg. Once you quit the game, the configuration will be saved within the retroarch-core-options.cfg file under /opt/retropie/configs/all. Go to Quick Menu -> Core Options and set the two input devices to 6 button pad. Launch a Sega CD game and go to the Retroarch menu (default mapping: select + x). Lr-picodrive and lr-genesis-plus-gx utilise RetroArch configurationsĪdd custom retroarch controls to the retroarch.cfg file inįor more information on custom RetroArch controls see: RetroArch Configuration Configuring a 6 button controllerįirst you need to tell retroarch to use 6 buttons, because the default is to use 3. Video Guide using lr-genesis-plus-gx: Checksums lr-picodrive filename The alternate BIOS files above can be renamed: bios_CD_E.bin, bios_CD_J.bin (Europe and Japan respectively) Place this lr-Genesis-Plus-GX BIOS file in The BIOS filename is: bios_CD_U.bin (can be renamed from the above BIOS) Surgical Strike 32x version only (Brazil) (1 disc) BIOS lr-picodriveīIOS files that may also work are: eu_mcd1_9210.bin, jp_mcd1_9112.bin (Europe and Japan respectively) lr-Genesis-Plus-GX Supreme Warrior 32x version Only (2 discs) Penn & Teller - Smoke and Mirrors (2 disc) This is a list of all the games released for the SEGA CD add-on for the Genesis/Mega Drive that had two or more discs or are 32x discs and must be played with lr-picodrive. Keep in mind that lr-picodrive does not support CHD and only lr-picodrive can play multi-disc and 32x games.
The following archive contains a MAME 0.205 version of CHDMAN and Windows batch files that can be used to quickly convert your Mega CD/Sega CD games to CHD (V5): Download This format will save space and allow you to keep your Mega CD/Sega CD ROM folder tidy.
Lr-genesis-plus-gx has support for the CHD (V1-V5) archive format. bin files won't be displayed within Emulation Station, they will be referenced via the. Lr-picodrive is required for multi-disc games due to lr-genesis-plus-gx's lack of support for disc swapping and for 32x version disc versions. Lr-genesis-plus-gx is recommended for the Pi 2/3 as it has better accuracy. opt/retropie/configs/segacd/retroarch.cfg Emulatorīios_CD_U.bin, bios_CD_E.bin, bios_CD_J.bin
The Sega CD was an add-on to the Sega Genesis.