Md.emu Emulator

[Heberto Calderon]

Thefirst emulator I tried on the Ouya was PCE.emu. Its CD compatibility so far has been perfect. Every game in my TG16/PC Engine CD colllection works and losing the early 90s CD drive load times has been very welcome. The Sega equivalent, MD.emu, has been a bit more spotty. It is based on Genesis Plus which advertizes 100% compatibility so I don't know if the CD compatibility is different on other source ports. From poking around random Android emulation forums I've confirmed that my CD compatibility is consistent with what others have experienced.

This is limited to games I actually own. In my last article I noted that MD.emu is picky about how Sega CD games are ripped so I can't trust that ones from another source were done in a compatible way. I'm not remotely close to owning a complete Sega CD collection but I think this is a good enough sampling to represent what works & what doesn't. I also didn't play any of these games all the way through but went far enough to find any catastrophic issues.

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If I could make a request, I would love any other tests ROMs/programs for the emulators I have performed already and test ROMs/programs for other systems (GBA especially). Feel free to ask me any questions about the tests or testing methods!

I did try to address this by finding out as much as possible what each emulator was based on, which I have in the spreadsheet that far and away snes9x is what most are based on. There are some slight difference between all of them still, with different versions of snes9x being used and such.

Genesis/Mega Drive emulation is very good, with a high degree of game compatibility (many of them claim nearly 100% compatibility with commercial games, including Virtua Racing). They are available on many platforms. Many Genesis/Mega Drive emulators also feature compatibility with the Sega Master System (SMS), and the Game Gear (GG) as well as earlier Sega consoles. However, Genesis/Mega Drive-based arcade boards and the Sega Pico are still sketchy.

The Sega Mega CD, 32X, and Sega CD 32X were add-ons for the Sega Genesis that expanded its capabilities with Mega CD-ROM playback (It can also play Audio CDs and CD+G discs), enhanced processing power, and a limited library of CD-based games with 32X functionality.

MIDI keyboards are used in two special cartridges: Miracle Piano Teaching System, released only in US, and Wonder MIDI, released only in Japan and requires a Model 1 Wondermega (either RG-M1 or HWM-5000) to operate. While MIDI keyboards can be operated with MPTS as usual, Wonder MIDI also requires a special disc from the CD-MIDI standard to be inserted, as the software itself is not capable to do interactions with the soundchips of both Mega Drive and Mega-CD.

Lock-On Technology is a unique feature found on Sonic & Knuckles cartridges for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis that allows a player to connect an older game to the cartridge's pass-through port for extended or altered gameplay.

Most emulators don't support Lock-On save for Genesis Plus GX, but there are pre-combined ROMs for the Sonic trilogy available online that can be played as a regular Megadrive ROM on any emulator and still work. The Sonic 3 Complete romhack also achieves the same purpose.

Genesis Plus GX's RetroArch core includes true Lock-On emulation. From the Core Options menu, you can enable the Lock-On feature for either Sonic & Knuckles, Game Genie, or the Action Replay (Pro) -- the latter two using a different technology but with similar effects. Setting this option to anything other than "Off" will enable Lock-on to the cartridge you're currently playing as. After resetting, the game will boot in Lock-On mode.

The Mega Drive Plus / Genesis Plus (sometimes abbreviated as MD+) is a special mode for certain Genesis games that use enhanced CDDA tracks with a Sega CD. This was not used in any official games, however, the mode itself was first used in the first batch of Pier Solar releases. This feature was been documented to be used on Terraonion's Mega SD flash cartridge, to give similar effects for Genesis games in a way that MSU-1 does in patched SNES games. Another variant was been made for Mega Everdrive PRO, named MSU-MD.

On standard Genesis games, it is used in Space Harrier and Space Harrier II ports available on Genesis Mini 2 / Mega Drive Mini 2.[2] BlastEm has partial support for this mode since version 0.5.0.

Firecore is a system-on-a-chip clone hardware based on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive system, originating in the late 2000s. Most emulators have not been tested with Firecore-enhanced titles, however it is unlikely that they are supported.

PicoDrive standalone version, KEGA Fusion and MAME supports this hardware. Keep in mind that PicoDrive libretro core or BizHawk core version doesn't have a stylus or turn page support, while the obsolete standalone version does. Also there is a feature request for ares emulator.

Couple of weeks ago I got a Chromecast with Google TV, or as you can elegantly abbreviate it: CCwGTV. Main reason was to remove my Apple TV 4K box so I had one less box hooked up, along with its 3 cables (power, ethernet, HDMI).

Unfortunately, this Chromecast requires dedicated power (can't just run it off your TV's USB port like you could with older Chromecasts) so I still have to have 1 cable running to it (not counting the HDMI since it's practically just a stump).

Other than that, it's a fine Chromecast, it's like a Chromecast Ultra but with extra bloat. There are a couple of things I miss from my Apple TV (like good Plex app and AirPods support), but I watch so little Plex nowadays that I figured it makes sense to optimize for YouTube instead.

There's nothing weird about this really. Since it is Android TV, you can just search for emulators on the Play Store and install them. To get files (roms) onto the device you'll probably want to install something that can host a FTP server - I use Solid Explorer - but there are probably millions of apps that can do this.

Once you have a FTP server running you can just go on your computer and transfer roms over to it. Then you just pair a Bluetooth controller to it, fire up an emulator, pick your rom, and there you go: you are now emulating games on the CCwGTV.

Our main priority is convenience, not accuracy. If your main goal is accuracy and performance you should get out your CRT, all the consoles, and all the cables. That is a very messy setup and not very convenient. If you get tired of retro games you have all that crap out just collecting dust. Contrast that with the CCwGTV: if you get bored of retro games literally nothing changes, it's just stuck there behind the TV as it always was. And then when you wanna play again you just pull out the controller and you're good to go again.

If you're one of those people that want your scanlines, sub frame input lag and 100% accuracy, this ain't for you, go hug your CRT. This is for us who want to get 90% there and not have a bunch of shit hooked up.

There is only about 2 GB of free space on the CCwGTV. This means you cannot put a ton of roms on there, especially PS1 stuff is tricky... a game like Final Fantasy VII is about 1.5 GB when compressed to a .pbp.

RetroArch works, with all of its RetroArch features, but performance is not great. If you're not super picky about performance and latency, it's fine (I was able to beat Back To The Future 3 using it), but you will get dropped frames and audio stutter here and there. It felt very juddery. Maybe with some future updates it'll be great.

Instead of RetroArch I recommend using the "dedicated" apps that are on the Play Store. You can just do generic search terms like "nes", "snes", "genesis", "ps1" and "n64" and they should be the first result. Most of them are paid but I've found them well worth it, I bought them years ago, probably when I had my first Android phone. They're not that fancy but they're solid and have been around forever.

N64 games are... not great. They're not terrible either, but they obviously have problems. It feels like playing on Project64 back in 2006 again and it doesn't look very pretty. With that said, if you don't have your N64 and just wanna do a casual playthrough of Ocarina of Time again after 20 years, it's probably good enough for you.

Overall, I think using a CCwGTV for emulation is very enticing as it is a very clean setup. No extra cables, no upscalers, no scart splitters, no power cables or bricks... The Chromecast is just hanging out behind your TV like it always is. The only visible thing is your wireless controller, but that is very easy to put away.

Seriously, I cannot make this point clear enough: even if you have a HTPC, Raspberry Pi or a Mister, that is atleast 2 extra cables, but probably more, and a box added to your setup. A CCwGTV is invisible: it's behind your TV. It's a very clean and elegant setup.

If Google releases another CCwGTV that is faster I think it could be really good. I mean, it's already pretty good, but I feel like it's right on the edge of being good enough. Would be nice to have a little boost, especially for N64 stuff.

MD.emu Mod Apk: MD.emu: An Introduction To an Android Emulator Application MD.emu allows users to play classic Sega titles on their phones through this emulator, replicating hardware and software from the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive gaming console.

The emulator uses virtual on-screen controls, making it difficult to use certain games that require precise timing or button combinations. Furthermore, these controls may be difficult for users to customize or configure for optimal user comfort.

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