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Originally posted by Escape-To-88 View PostI'm sure this has been asked, but has anyone noticed any genuine difference between this and say a pi running on a CRT with software emulation?
I really like the Pi, but MD/MCD emulation on it is a little bit of a weak point compared to some of the other systems it does. With the MD, everything runs more-or-less perfect that I can tell, but the sound emulation varies from being good (but a little bit different) to genuinely bad. It seems to depend on what sound driver the game uses - some are really shrill/discordant with loads of extra reverb that I know the real machine doesn't have. With the MCD it looks and sounds fine, but you get some noticeable bugs on games. An example is Snatcher - runs perfectly most of the time, but there's some timing-related bug where it'll consistently sit for about 30 seconds before it loads up text in some specific places. I was able to complete the game like this, but it wasn't ideal.
Another issue on the Pi if you're wanting to use a CRT is the only readily available plug-and-play option is composite video out the 3.5mm jack - as well as the drop in quality compared to RGB Scart, some CRTs don't like accepting 60Hz over composite in my experience (even if they'll happily accept 60Hz over RGB Scart). I understand there is some kind of RGB Scart solution for the Pi, but I don't think it's very readily available and requires some messing about. Not knocking the Pi though, it's a great little machine, but MD stuff still has some way to go I think.
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Originally posted by Hirst View PostAnother issue on the Pi if you're wanting to use a CRT is the only readily available plug-and-play option is composite video out the 3.5mm jack - as well as the drop in quality compared to RGB Scart, some CRTs don't like accepting 60Hz over composite in my experience (even if they'll happily accept 60Hz over RGB Scart). I understand there is some kind of RGB Scart solution for the Pi, but I don't think it's very readily available and requires some messing about. Not knocking the Pi though, it's a great little machine, but MD stuff still has some way to go I think.
Custom OS for the Pi2Scart are here
Last edited by Jamie; 01-10-2019, 19:24.
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Originally posted by Jamie View PostPi2Scart works great and is really easy to setup
http://arcadeforge.net/Pi2Jamma-Pi2S...CART::264.html
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Originally posted by Hirst View PostWith the MD, everything runs more-or-less perfect that I can tell, but the sound emulation varies from being good (but a little bit different) to genuinely bad.
I've played all sorts of Mega Drive games(Sonic 1 & 2, Alien Storm, Thunder Force 3 etc...) on my Pi 3B and the audio sounds fine using 'genesis_plus_gx.
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Originally posted by Hirst View Post
Another issue on the Pi if you're wanting to use a CRT is the only readily available plug-and-play option is composite video out the 3.5mm jack - as well as the drop in quality compared to RGB Scart, some CRTs don't like accepting 60Hz over composite in my experience (even if they'll happily accept 60Hz over RGB Scart). I understand there is some kind of RGB Scart solution for the Pi, but I don't think it's very readily available and requires some messing about. Not knocking the Pi though, it's a great little machine, but MD stuff still has some way to go I think.
It’s games from approx 1999/2000 that it badly struggles with.
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i cant speak for the pi but on pc genesis plus gx has accurate audio only if you use the nuked ym2612 option with the low pass filter enabled. otherwise it defaults to mame's audio emulation which far less cpu intensive but also is too clean sounding. does the pi 4 now have a good enough cpu to use the nuked option?
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Originally posted by Goemon View PostYou’ll save a bit.
VAT is 20% so regardless of if it’s $190 or $380, you’ll pay the 20% of the total. As far as I know, Analogue will only declare the actual value.
The difference comes with the sh!tty ‘admin fee’ that they stick on. If you get 2 packages you’ll pay the admin fee twice.
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You'll save a bit if you get a 128mb Mister setup instead, around £220 gets you the same accurate FPGA hardware simulation except it does MD, SMS, GBA, NES, SNES, PC Engine, Neo Geo, Amiga, ST, etc plus everdrives for the lot?
This week we got the GBA, Sega CD is imminent, CPS1 and PSX are in the works.
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Originally posted by paulus View PostYou'll save a bit if you get a 128mb Mister setup instead, around £220 gets you the same accurate FPGA hardware simulation except it does MD, SMS, GBA, NES, SNES, PC Engine, Neo Geo, Amiga, ST, etc plus everdrives for the lot?
This week we got the GBA, Sega CD is imminent, CPS1 and PSX are in the works.
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I agree it's not as aesthetically pleasing as the Analogues but they are not that bad:
Users are also starting to add them to old Gamecube, NES, etc shells, they look really nice if done right.
Setup has got a lot easier. After switch on you now simply configure your controller & connect to ethernet and run a script called "update.sh". Every console, arcade and computer core is downloaded automatically. Then add your roms.
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