Homebrew Genesis format?

[Deleted User]

is it .bin?

 

[myuusmeow]

Yes, I've also seen some in .smd.

 

[Skye07]

Yeah, the most used format for Genesis/Megadrive is .smd, I haven't seen any .bin's yet though.

 

[Destructobot]

I've seen .gen, .bin and .smd (I have a full rom set, and all of the files are named .gen). I have no idea if there are any differences in the actual files, or if it's just the filenames that are different.

 

[FAST6191]

Megadrive/Genesis file formats, I am being lazy right now so a bit of linking today:
http://www.zophar.net/tech/files/Genesis_ROM_Format.txt

There are tools all over the place to convert but most emulators support the lot.

 

[dakeyras]

What are actually good genesis games? I suppose I could play them on my ds but I've never considered using it. Am I missing out?

 

[DanTheManMS]

I can't find where the discussion was, but somewhere I read that it's better to convert from SMD to BIN or GEN to make them load faster in jEnesisDS.

 

[FAST6191]

@dakeyras it may be the rose tinted glasses effect but the megadrive/genesis had some of the best platformers and RPGs ever seen.
Check the recent release thread:
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=73336&st=0
and the GBAtemp essentials list:
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?showtopic=36336&st=0

 

[Minox]

What are actually good genesis games? I suppose I could play them on my ds but I've never considered using it. Am I missing out?

Landstalker

 

[dakeyras]

Ahh, I didn't even realize there was an essentials list for genesis around here. Thanks for the headsup.

 

[fateastray]

http://www.beggarprince.com/

This looks pretty cool, but I can't find a 'release' anywhere. =(

 

[Ambreen]

Its very amazing message and looks pretty cool.I've also seen some in .smd.

 

[AncientBoi]

"In the Beginning". wow