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Topic: PC port of Genesis SC1, maybe? (Read 17500 times)
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guesst
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There's been some talk in the past about the problem with porting SC1 to modern PCs, because the source is lost. However, souce for SC2 was lost to, excepting the 3DO version. Hense my question.
Is the Genesis source for SC1 to be had anywhere and can we petition for it to be released?
(I expect this will be a short lived thread, but the question had to be asked.)
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I love the story and adventure of SC 2.
However, there is little replay value in a single player quest type of game (though I have played SC 2 many many times).
SC 1 is best enjoyed as a two player game. Several of my friends and I have played countless hours on the Genesis.
I'd love to have a modern multiplayer networked SC1 with more scenarios. Though I'd also be happy with a way to edit scenarios on the Genesis rom.
While I'm here, does anyone know of a good crossplatform (Mac and PC at least) Genesis emulator. The goal here is for me to play on my Mac with an old Friend/windows user in cross the country.
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is there way to play sc1 genesis over the net on an emulator? i have yet to play any body other than the ai. or maybe like you said, a port to pc, with some servers? or netplay? or something, so everyone can hook up and do battle together. that would be fun. id love to take on the uqm team or anyone in this forum for that matter. i think i would find a worthy challenge here among fans . since the ai is ...well... sucks. ~DEFIANT
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« Last Edit: September 01, 2003, 03:30:35 am by DEFIANT »
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Sage
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There is a piece of code referred to as Kaillera that can be imported into the source of any emulator that will enable netplay. However I am unable to find any Genesis emulators using Kaillera.
(after a quick trip to Zophar.net)
Gens appears to support the Kaillera network. Use this with your SC1 ROM, and enjoy.
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« Last Edit: September 01, 2003, 03:36:43 am by sageallen »
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sweet, ill go check that out. its too late to mees with now. but im looking forward to it working. thanks Sage. i appreciate your "wisdom". ~DEFIANT
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Yeah, but the Genesis version's framerate was so stinking slow. You'd think that a system that was popularized by the blasting speed of Sonic would be able to do better, but I read somewhere that the guy who programmed it ran out of time. Ah well.
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Basically, P&F got it running, then the game was shipped before being optimized. Very sad indeed.
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Well, yeah, the game can play faster, but what it needs is more time slices so it plays smoother, and there's really not much you can do about that. Try it out and see what I mean.
I suppose this depends on the emulator, but in Genecyst, for example, increasing the virtual FPS setting to 90-100 Hz (instead of the NTSC default 60) makes the game noticeably smoother and roughly as fast as PC SC1. It seems that Genesis SC1 is doing the same thing every game cycle, but is taking more time per cycle. This would be the probable result of a rushed direct translation from PC or Amiga.
If the game is still jerky, you may have too little CPU power and/or graphics bandwidth to run the emulator at the increased speed. In this case, the emulator will probably skip the display of a few frames to keep the game running at the desired speed.
BTW, does anyone know what frame rate UQM melee is running at?
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Hmm, I'll have to try this out. I use GENS, but I'll defonately give it a shot. If it works, anyone up for a internet melee game?
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