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Genesis emulated in Java
Posted on Vendredi, août 12 @ 00:58:51 CEST by root Contributed by : root
This is for real.
We have got the first working Genesis emulator ever written in Java.
Everything is emulated, including Motorola 68000 CPU core, Zilog Z80, Genesis Video Display Processor, Yamaha YM2612 and Texas Instruments SN76496.
Compatibility is good, really, really good, as you can see in the screenshots [See the link].
What about speed ? Well, it's hard to believe, but the emulator runs FULL SPEED WITH SOUND on Sempron 2400 / 512 M.
It also runs full speed without sound on a XP1600 based laptop (with slow video and sound hardware).
It runs at 44 FPS on 1.2 Ghz Duron.
Anyway, after more optimizations, except it to be fully playable with 1 Ghz computer.
This was the good part of the news.
The bad one is that it is not going to be released anytime soon.
Actually, it may never be publicy released.
Why ? For two main reasons:
- First of all, this is a commercial product. If you are interested in licensing the emulator, or any part of the it (68000, z80, etc...), please contact us at david.raingeard@laposte.net or romain.tisserand@gmail.com.
- Secondly, we are tired of having our Java emulators "stolen" by some websites and making money on our back, especially the Sega Master System and Nec Pc-Engine emulators. Working on such emulators, in a constraint environment and language such as Java represents thousands hours of hard work.
We have dreamed of Genesis playable online (with save states) for several years.
Today, This is a reality.
Posted on Vendredi, août 12 @ 00:58:51 CEST by root Contributed by : root
This is for real.
We have got the first working Genesis emulator ever written in Java.
Everything is emulated, including Motorola 68000 CPU core, Zilog Z80, Genesis Video Display Processor, Yamaha YM2612 and Texas Instruments SN76496.
Compatibility is good, really, really good, as you can see in the screenshots [See the link].
What about speed ? Well, it's hard to believe, but the emulator runs FULL SPEED WITH SOUND on Sempron 2400 / 512 M.
It also runs full speed without sound on a XP1600 based laptop (with slow video and sound hardware).
It runs at 44 FPS on 1.2 Ghz Duron.
Anyway, after more optimizations, except it to be fully playable with 1 Ghz computer.
This was the good part of the news.
The bad one is that it is not going to be released anytime soon.
Actually, it may never be publicy released.
Why ? For two main reasons:
- First of all, this is a commercial product. If you are interested in licensing the emulator, or any part of the it (68000, z80, etc...), please contact us at david.raingeard@laposte.net or romain.tisserand@gmail.com.
- Secondly, we are tired of having our Java emulators "stolen" by some websites and making money on our back, especially the Sega Master System and Nec Pc-Engine emulators. Working on such emulators, in a constraint environment and language such as Java represents thousands hours of hard work.
We have dreamed of Genesis playable online (with save states) for several years.
Today, This is a reality.
I hate this sort of thing. Without something to test with, I'm assuming it's a fake. What do you think?
