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| Name | Links | Last Updated | OS | Description |
| Ages | v0.30a | 05/07/02 04/05/01 |
Win9x | Ages is a SEGA Genesis, SEGA 32X, and Sega CD emulator. Compare it to your favorite SEGA Genesis emulator and send your thoughts to the authors. This emulator has full sound, and has been built from scratch. The Emulator translated to Norwegian |
| Generator | v0.35 | 05/07/03 | DOS/Windows | Generator uses it's own custom 68000 processor emulation which is designed for dynamic recompilation, and uses techniques from this such as block-marking, flag calculation removal, operand pre-calculation, endian pre-conversion etc. There are approximately 1600 C routines generated by the first stage of compilation to cope with the 67 instruction families. These routines are used as a 'backup' when dynamic recompilation isn't supported on your platform or the recompiler doesn't support a particular instruction. The CPU engine is by all accounts very fast, whatever the mode. |
| Genesis Plus | v1.2a | 06/22/03 | DOS Windows | This is a new emulator from Charles MacDonald, the author of SMS Plus. It is an open-source emulator, which supports sound, joysticks, and other fun stuff. Note: The Windows version is significantly less-featured than the DOS version, it doesn't support joysticks or audio yet, and it only runs windowed on a 16-bit desktop. |
| Gens | v2.11 (Win32) | 10/09/02 04/22/03 02/15/05 01/17/00 |
Windows DOS |
Gens has a high compatibility rate and good speed. It also has many nice features including a multi language menu, netplay with Kaillera, great SEGA-CD support and now 32x emulation too! The Genecyst of today. It's either this or Kega. The most recently released source Official version compiled from the latest source The DOS version of Gens has a lower compatibility rate, less speed, and the sound only partially works. It's discontinued. |
| Gens Plus! | v0.0.3.39 | 09/19/04 | Windows | Gens Plus! is based on Gens v2.12 and independently developed by Rodrigo Cardoso. In addition to the Sega Genesis, Sega CD, and 32X, it can also emulate the Sega Master System and Game Gear! There are also various other fixes and tweaks. Every Genesis fan should check it out. |
| Kega | v0.04b | 05/21/03 06/22/03 |
Windows | From the author of the amazing DOS Genesis emulators KGen98 comes a brand new Windows Genesis emulators, Kega. It runs under Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP, has support for Sega CD, and requires DirectX8 or above to run. The KGen of today. It's either this or Gens. Note that the Lazarus Special Edition is the latest version of Kega, which had to be developed from version 0.02 due to hardware failure. We provide v0.04b on the author's request, in case Lazarus gives you problems. |
| Kega Fusion | v3.2 | 03/01/05 | Windows | Fusion is a Sega SG1000, SC3000, Master System, Game Gear, Genesis/Megadrive, SegaCD/MegaCD and 32X emulator for Win9x/ME/2000/XP. Please note that this is a beta version and the author would appreciate any and all feedback. |
| Megasis | v0.06a | 04/19/01 | Win9x | Megasis is a good Genesis emulator, however the speed leaves a lot to be desired. It features proper emulation of some games that other emulators may fall short on (e.g. Warsong). It also has decent sound emulation. If you have a fairly fast computer, you might want to give it a try. Portuguese Translation |
| retroDrive | Release 5 | 03/02/02 | Win9x | Formerly "GenSX", formerly "Vegas", this was the public's first 32x emulator ever. It also runs Genesis games very well. A Pentium II or better is recommended. |
| Xega | 0.10 | 01/09/02 | Windows | Xega requires DirectX 8.0. It has sound and plays commercial games. Good support for Sega CD and 32X. |
Discontinued
| Name | Links | Last Updated | OS | Description |
| DGen | v1.21 (Win32) | 01/30/00 04/05/01 05/21/99 08/21/99 12/07/00 |
Win9x Win9x DOS |
DGen has good sound, and runs well on a P2-233 and higher. DGen has pretty good compatability but is greatly out matched in quality by newer emulator suck as Gens and Kega compatibility. It also supports logging of .GYM files with or without DAC logging. Norwegian Translation of DGen v1.21 This version has no sound. It's for people with P166s and slower computers who want to run DGEN. This is the freely available source code. German Translation of DGen v1.21 Portuguese Translation |
| Genecyst | vx.xx | 08/19/98 Discontinued |
DOS | Genecyst was once the best Genesis emulator but is now sorely beaten by many others. The only point it its favour is its blazing speed which has become legendry. Well worth a download for some nostalgia. |
| Genem | v0.19 (DOS) | 05/18/97 05/20/97 |
DOS Win9x |
GenEm has poor sound, speed and compatability. It's just not worth it with much better emulators out there now. |
| Generator32 | v0.15 | 05/23/00 Discontinued |
Windows | This emulator was discontinued very early in development and runs VERY few games. Don't bother with this. |
| Genital | v1.2 | 04/10/01 Discontinued |
DOS | Genital runs a decent amount of games if you have a PC with a Pentium processor or better. However, it's now discontinued and never got sound support. |
| KGen | v0.34b | 10/22/97 06/08/98 |
DOS | This is the predecessor of KGen98 and Kega. It's not as good as either of them so you may want to skip this. KGen98 is basically a total rewrite of KGen. It's similar to Genecyst but with slightly better compatability and accuracy. Plus, with 8-bit graphics and no VSync, it's reported to be faster than Genecyst. Still, Gens and Kega are better so you may want to skip this too... Portuguese Translation |
| Megadrive | v0.5 Version 2 | 01/07/94 Discontinued |
DOS | Discontinued due to a hard drive crash (in pre-ZD times), this emulator is capable of playing Sonic the hedgheog very slowly with no sound and many glitches, and it can do very little else. This isn't worth the download. |
| SEGAEmu | v0.52b | 12/10/00 04/05/01 11/16/03 |
Windows | SEGAEmu emulates the Sg-1000, Sega Master System/Game Gear, Sega CD, and SEGA Genesis, but we will keep it here on the SEGA Genesis emulators page for now. Try it out, it might become one of your favourites! You can download plugins for the emulator at www.atani-software.net The Emulator translated to Norwegian. The Emulator translated to French. |
| st0rm | v1.0 Beta | 03/18/99 Discontinued |
DOS | st0rm is a primitive emulator that has a compatibility rate of less than 50%. There is no sound, and it's very slow. The source is now available, since the project is basically been discontinued. |
| VGEN | v0.21a | 06/02/01 Discontinued |
DOS | Virtual Genesis, or VGEN for short, is a decent Genesis emulator. It has both the PSG and YM2612 emulated, so it has pretty good sound support. It can run a decent number of games, but not as many as Gens or Kega. Some games are very glitched. This was also the first emulator with preliminary Sega CD support. You'll need one of the Sega CD BIOS images to test it out. It can only show the bootup screen. It has been discontinued. |
