Gens v2.00

posted in Site News by lillymon on Jul 11th, 2002

We all knew this day would come, Stef has implented 32x emulation into Gens! Here's all of what's new in Gens v2.00: 32X
  • SH2 CPU emulation (custom ASM core) :
  • 100% instruction set implemented.
  • Full support of DMAC/DREQ.
  • Full support of external division unit.
  • Full support of watchdog timer.
  • Full support of FIFO registers and DMA.
32X VDP emulation :
  • Support of fill function.
  • Full support of direct color mode.
  • Full support of packed pixel mode.
  • Support of run lenght mode without Genesis VDP and priority stuff.
  • PWM sound emulation (DREQ1 DMA not yet supported).
SEGA CD
  • Minors bugs fixed.
GENESIS
  • IPS patch support added.
  • Save state compatibility (Kega, Genecyst ...) improved.
  • Fixed a minor bug with Z80.
YM2612:
  • Fixed a bug with frequency modulation LFO.
  • Fixed independent slot frequency calculation in special mode (channel 3).
  • PSG noise channel fixed.
VDP rendering engine improved :
  • Better colors rendering.
  • Faster.
  • Fixed a minor bug in country detection code.
GENERAL Added some color adjustments feature:
  • Brightness adjustement.
  • Contrast adjustement.
  • Greyscale mode.
  • Invert mode.
  • Rewritten Gens.txt by Red5 of the Genesis Project.
  • Debug removed.
  • Screens saver is disable when Gens is running.
  • Modified the tiny application icon, the guy which sent me it will probably recognize it ;)
You can get this new version from our SEGA Genesis / Sega CD / Sega 32X Emulators page.