Gens (emulator)

Gens is a free Sega Genesis emulator. It runs on Windows systems (using DirectX), on Linux (using SDL) and on Microsoft's Xbox. A port to the Sega Dreamcast, known as Gens4All, is currently in development. Development of Gens began in 1999. As of July 2006^[update], the current version (2.14) advertises full compatibility with 92% of all Genesis games and is considered to be one of the most compatible Genesis emulators available, although its Yamaha YM2612 emulation is far from perfect .

Retro Gamer called Gens "perhaps the best Mega Drive emulator available".^[1]

Gens/GS is David Korth's fork of Gens, initially based on Gens for Linux v2.15.5. Much like Gens, Gens/GS is a free Sega Genesis emulator. It currently runs on Windows and Linux, and ports to Mac OS X and Haiku are in development.^[2]

Features

Gens has features such as:

• saving console state (without relying on in-game save ability)
• recording what buttons are pressed and slowing the gameplay down so it is used in making of tool-assisted speedruns
• support for Game Genie cheats
• support for Netplay using the Kaillera client. (only in Windows version)
• support for Sega CD and Sega 32X games if provided with the respective BIOS images, which are not provided with the emulator
• numerous sound/video enhancements:
  • Vertical Synchronization to avoid tearing on fast-moving games such as Sonic the Hedgehog
  • supports 2xSaI (Kreed) graphics filtering to make older games appear crisper than on the original console
  • multiple audio sampling rates (11025, 22050 and 44100), stereophonic sound capability, high-quality YM2612 emulation, and WAV and GYM sound dumps
  • screen save capability and brightness/contrast adjust

References

External links

• Official website