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  opened by smbhax at 22:02:10 03/04/24  
  last modified by smbhax at 09:54:38 04/29/26  
  smbhax [sys=PC; cat=Emulation; reg=NA]
           
Highly recommended https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Sega_Genesis_emulators Genesis emulator, but the interface is real clunky and I couldn't figure out how to get a non-blurry screen; then stuff got weird and it crashed.
 
  smbhax 09:54:38 04/29/26
           
https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/
https://www.retrodev.com/blastem/nightlies/

Recommended Mega Drive emulator https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Sega_Genesis_emulators but kinda bare-bones--not many command-line options, keys sometimes flake out (?), and no autosave on exit, for instance.

Config and saves are stored

%localappdata%\blastem

ie

C:\Users\smbhax\AppData\Local\blastem

There's a GUI but doesn't have all the settings, like you have to set "scaling nearest" in the config to stop blurry filtering.
 
Also no fast-forward hold.
    

 
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