Genesis Core

[cacophony]

So with the Mega Sg coming out soon from Analogue can we presume that that system wont be anymore compatible than the work being carried out on MiSTer currently, or will they have more in-depth research that the MiSter team have discoverer up to this point?

There's no way to know until release, but if past history is any indication the Mega SG will be very faithful to original hardware. And that's kind of required given the price point! Analogue's business is entirely dependent on the accuracy. I'm sure issues will crop up after release, but the big ones will all be quickly fixed.

It's quite possible that the MiSTer core will be equally accurate by then if not before. But again, the work is being done solely by Sorgelig at this point, and he is also working on base MiSter changes as well as many other cores.

[Newsdee]

Mega Sg is good if you want to use cartridges, an Everdrive, or real gamepads. Kevtris' work on upscaler is excellent, but the MiSTer is very solid in this department too.

If you are thinking of getting the Sg instead of a MISTer due to a hypothetical "core store" that may show up in the future, I would say forget it and go for the MiSTer. The Super NT didn't get extra cores.

[Sorgelig]

There is one difference: kevtris work for his own pocket. It has nothing to do with preservation.
MiSTer is preservation project carrying knowledge to the future.

[toolb0x]

Not sure if its a problem with the core or not but I can't get the 6 button setup to work for Comix Zone.

The top 3 buttons are supposed to handle your inventory and "C" is for defense but its not just not working for me.

I've tried 6 button set to yes and no in menu. No Difference.

[Newsdee]

There is one difference: kevtris work for his own pocket. It has nothing to do with preservation.
MiSTer is preservation project carrying knowledge to the future.

Yes, completely agree.

This is obvious for devs, but for everybody else: MiSTer itself is built on the shoulder of other older projects. The open source model works and will continue to work in the future; even if velocity may not be as fast as the layman desires.

[HeroOfTheDay]

Mega Sg is good if you want to use cartridges, an Everdrive, or real gamepads. Kevtris' work on upscaler is excellent, but the MiSTer is very solid in this department too.

If you are thinking of getting the Sg instead of a MISTer due to a hypothetical "core store" that may show up in the future, I would say forget it and go for the MiSTer. The Super NT didn't get extra cores.

Yeah, I love my Super NT, especially combined with my SD2SNES to enjoy some sweet MSU1 mods. But, I was pretty disappointed that other cores never came, even if they charged for them as you suggested. It's extra lame given that the original NT is not being made any more, and they have said there are no plans to make more. I'm not going to keep giving them $200 every year for a single core in a new shell.

[slowmo310]

There is one difference: kevtris work for his own pocket. It has nothing to do with preservation.
MiSTer is preservation project carrying knowledge to the future.

I love that you said this! While I think everyone should be compensated for their work, preservation is by far more important. I mean, let's face it, we'll never see a commit from Kevtris on the project Github. Many in the *cough* "community" won't say this, glad you did.

[Newsdee]

Yeah, I love my Super NT, especially combined with my SD2SNES to enjoy some sweet MSU1 mods. But, I was pretty disappointed that other cores never came, even if they charged for them as you suggested. It's extra lame given that the original NT is not being made any more, and they have said there are no plans to make more. I'm not going to keep giving them $200 every year for a single core in a new shell.

I keep telling people in AtariAge that they should look at current status and decide accordingly. It's what I did for the MiST back in 2014 and all that showed up was a great bonus.

It's a double-edged sword though, because MiSTer is a hobby project and there is no intention to provide "customer support" by anybody, other than friendly advice by the community (of which there is plenty). I certainly wouldn't want people buying a MiSTer expecting zero effort or things served to them on a platter, those should definitely get commercial offerings.

At the same time setting up and upgrading a MiSTer is MUCH easier than an emulator PC/RPi, so I think the tinkering people (i.e most of us) woud appreciate having one instead of hoping for firmware hacks on commercial devices.

Anyway, just my 2 cents. I own a Super NT, a Retro AVS, and several FPGA boards (3 MiST, 2 ZxUno, one MiSTer, one TC64), and each has its niche advantages.

[toolb0x]

The game "The Immortal" glitches out as soon as you press start at the title screen.

"John Madden Football '93" is missing background images and textures.

Your character and none of the enemies are visible in "Jurassic Park"

[Sorgelig]

The game "The Immortal" glitches out as soon as you press start at the title screen.

Edit: "John Madden Football '93" is missing background images and textures.

both work fine for me. May be i've fixed something already after release.

[toolb0x]

The game "The Immortal" glitches out as soon as you press start at the title screen.

Edit: "John Madden Football '93" is missing background images and textures.

both work fine for me. May be i've fixed something already after release.

Nevermind, I reset the DE-10 Nano and everything is working correctly.. sorry.

[toolb0x]

In the game "Toughman Contest" during the player select screen, The background screen is all blue, sometimes all black, on original hardware its not. I have provided pictures.

Original

original.jpg

MiSTer

fpga.jpg

[Sorgelig]

In the game "Toughman Contest" during the player select screen, The background screen is all blue, sometimes all black, on original hardware its not. I have provided pictures.

Original
original.jpg
MiSTer
fpga.jpg

will be fixed in next release

[hyperterminal]

Sorgelig, do you know what is causing these glitches that are still present in the Genesis core?

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker: rainbow-banded jail bars behind the billiard player in stage 1


Streets of Rage II: partially missing sprites of the yellow motorcycle guys in the background of the van in stage 2

[Sorgelig]

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker: rainbow-banded jail bars behind the billiard player in stage 1

what's wrong with them? In Exodus they look the same.

Streets of Rage II: partially missing sprites of the yellow motorcycle guys in the background of the van in stage 2

may be will be improved in next release.

[HeroOfTheDay]

Sorgelig, do you know what is causing these glitches that are still present in the Genesis core?

Michael Jackson's Moonwalker: rainbow-banded jail bars behind the billiard player in stage 1

Those are pool sticks. Are they not supposed to be that color?

[hyperterminal]

Those are pool sticks. Are they not supposed to be that color?

You're right. Didn't know these bars are supposed to be pool sticks. Sorry.

[BlockABoots]

Can anyone else confirm the music on Alien 3 isnt emulated correctly?, sounds like it could be missing some channels?

[toolb0x]

A few more bugs I found.

"Buck Rogers - Countdown to Doomsday" - After the EA startup screen, the game hangs up on a screen with just blue and black bars with numbers in the corner.

"Primetime NFL with Deion Sanders" - The game won't load at all.

"Clue" - After you press start at the title screen, the next screen has garbage numbers and letters in the background.

[Sorgelig]

"Buck Rogers - Countdown to Doomsday" - After the EA startup screen, the game hangs up on a screen with just blue and black bars with numbers in the corner.

game has additional SRAM on cart. You may patch the game to run in debug mode without SRAM requirement as described here:
https://tcrf.net/Buck_Rogers:_Countdown ... _(Genesis)
you need to use hex editor to write these bytes into ROM:
0FE006:03
0FE005:03
0FE004:03
0FFFB0:4E
0FFFB1:75
Then you will be able to run the game either in normal mode or use one of extra features.

"Primetime NFL with Deion Sanders" - The game won't load at all.

currently no idea. probably also uses some additional HW on cart.

[Sorgelig]

"Clue" - After you press start at the title screen, the next screen has garbage numbers and letters in the background.

the cause is unclear. This also happens in Exodus emulator.
This problem looks similar to Sonic 1.

[Sorgelig]

There are several (probably Chinese) releases having primitive protection against dumps. They have some fixed bytes far from ROM space.
It's easy to make workaround.
For example game Super Bubble Bobble needs following bytes:
400000 : 55
400001 : 00
400002 : 0F
400003 : 00

You just need to copy original ROM (1MB) 4 times to new file to make it 4MB and at the end add the bytes i've wrote above.

That's all - game works.

[Sorgelig]

Elf Wor: also copy 4 times and at the end add bytes:
400000: 55 00 0F 00 C9 00 18 00

[Sorgelig]

Buck Rogers - fixed
Primetime NFL - fixed (also HardBall series)
Clue - fixed.
Toughman Contest - fixed.

[Sorgelig]

Who has problem with HDMI Audio? Test new Genesis release - it may fix the audio.
Report here if it's helped or not.