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                           Dreamcast Resurrection - 2009 (since 2008)
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Check for more releases at these forums:
snesorama.us (all releases)
segahub.org (recent releases)
dreamcast-talk.com (recent releases)
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Genesis Collection (Repack)
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Although with higher compatibility, the GenPlus version I used in last release was much worse than the one I'm using now. This one has much improved speed (100% in all games I tested) and better sound. Segagen were not changed, so don't bother burning them if you already have these discs.

Thanks to cOcO! for the tip about this version. I hope it's the last one now.

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                           Dreamcast Resurrection - 2009 (since 2008)
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Check for more releases at these forums:
snesorama.us (all releases)
segahub.org (recent releases)
dreamcast-talk.com (recent releases)
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Genesis Collection
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Ok, you can throw all your old genesis emulators in trash, this pack must be the best one around. With this you'll be able to play most genesis games in your Dreamcast with great performance.

Why is this pack better? Because it has all the games for Sega Genesis (see the notes about the selection of roms in the proper section below) and the best emulators.

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This pack consists of 3 discs. It has two emulators, so if your game doesn't run good in one, you're encouraged to try the other one.

Segagen (two discs) is the emulator included in the (official) Sega Smash Pack. Echelon made a interface to make it launch any rom, and then Lemec worked on it and made a much better interface, that is included in this release. This emulator has a great speed (no slowdowns or frame skip in 99% of the games), full sound (but buggy, you probably remember from Sega Smash Pack), and it supports SRAM saving. You must know all this of your experience with Sega Smash Pack, so let's talk about the interface. First of all, you can change some options with buttons, but I noticed that there are no significant changes in game with them, so let them the way they are. Select the ROMS folder with A and you'll see the list of the games (there are 5 emulator files, but just ignore them). You can navigate using D-PAD or make it faster changing pages with R/L. When you find the game you want, press Start and the same screen of Sega Smash Pack will load, you must be able to go on by yourself now. When you're inside the game, you can go back to menu using A+B+X+Y+Start. You can select the Exit option to go back to the rom selecting screen. If you game has SRAM (example: Shining Force), it will ask if you want to save it in VMU. Disc 1 contains roms starting with 0,A,...L,M and Disc 2 the rest (N,O...Y,Z). I have dummied and put emulators files in the end of the disc, to make it the best I could.

Genesis Plus was a surprise for me, I didn't know there was such a nice emulator around. I got the last version I found (from Jan 2007). It only has a disc because it can load zipped roms. Speed is very nice (try Streets of Rage 3 or Sonic 2), but not perfect all the time in all the games. Sound can have some back noises, but in general it's better than Segagen in that aspect. The buttons are mapped like the default of Segagen. When you start the disc, it will take you directly to the ROM list. Navigate with the D-PAD (left/right changes pages). You can change a lot of options, and they make a lot of difference, so you can try changing the configurations until you find the better one for you (use default first!). You can change region (so you won't get in region protection screen like some games take you in Segagen) and controller layout (finally you can play The Lost Vikings without needing the Mode button). When you find the game you want, press Start and you're there. To return to ROM selection, press L+R+Start. I read it has SRAM saving, but I never tested it.

Note: S-RAM =/= Save State.

Both emulators have the same rom collection (968 roms), and you can check their original names in the file "Rom List.txt" in the pack.

Both emulators will work with VGA Box.

There is a "Docs" folder in the package. I put everything that I found with the emulators, so maybe you should take a look.

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It all started with the complete Goodgen collection. I removed public domain ROMs (including Demos), non-games (Bios, Action Replay, etc) and 32X stuff. Then I started selecting the best ROM for each game (american version was priority). Betas were removed when the games had their final versions included, or maintained otherwise. Some games were not for american consoles, but their betas had no region protection, so I maintained both versions: final and beta. So you can play that games in Segagen too.

"Rockman Megaworld (J) [a1][!]" and "Golden Axe III (J) [!]" are not the Goodgen versions, because I patched them with the patches included in Lemec pack. The patch removed their region protection, so you can play these games on Segagen.

After that, however, there were no way to put all the selection in 2 discs for SegaGen. So I made research in some lists around internet and removed all two name games. For example, Streets of Rage III is the american name of Bare Knuckle III, so there were two roms for the same game. I removed Bare Knuckle III and let only Streets of Rage III (gays will be disapointed). The same thing were made with a lot of other games. But space were still a problem, then I selected japanese/chinese/korean games and examined the game. I removed the ones that were unplayable if you don't know japanese/chinese/korean. For example, strategy japanese games were removed, but plataform japanese games were not. After that, I finally had the "perfect" collection I wanted, and used it to make this release.

I think I made no mistakes, but you know, it's impossible to be sure when we're talking about almost 1000 games. Anyway, if you find any problem, let me know. If not, just have fun with the old cra... I mean, classics.