Genesis Plus GX Sega CD Support Coming Very Soon.

[Burnt Lasagna]

Thanks to the hard work and knowledge of ekeeke, Genesis Plus GX on the Wii (and GC) will be receiving  Sega/Mega CD support very soon! If you check out his latest progress report you will find that he has reached 100% compatibility with Sega CD games and is now working on ironing out two games that have some graphical glitches.

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GRAPHICAL ISSUES (2 GAMES)
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Adventures of Willy Beamish, The (corrupted logo)
AH3 Thunderstrike / Thunderhawk (minor graphics error)

(Source [The latest update])
http://code.google.com/p/genplus-gx/issues/detail?id=29#c96

It's important  to note that this Sega CD emulator will not be a port of a preexisting emulator, such as Gens. It is however going to be a completely new Sega CD emulator designed from the ground up. This was mandatory so that the new Sega CD core could sync with ekeeke's very accurate Genisis core.  

Genesis Plus GX (not regular Genesis Plus)  is already the most accurate Gensis emulator ever written. With Sega CD under it's belt and the abilities of the Wii (being able to out put in 240p and classic controller) this will become the definitive emulation experience for the Genesis hardware!

(Screens from ekeeke)

(Link)
http://code.google.com/p/genplus-gx/
Now the only thing missing is 32x...

[Samurai Ghost]

Emulation is for girly men.

[_joshuaTurbo]

Neo Genesis for Xbox has been running Sega CD for years, and they look pretty good too.

This seems like something pretty interesting for Wii Emulator fans tho. 

[Burnt Lasagna]

Neo Genesis for Xbox has been running Sega CD for years, and they look pretty good too.

Neo Genesis on the Xbox is a strait up port of Gens. Which I'm not a very big fan of that particular emulator since, as you stated, it’s been around for years and is severely out of date with current Genesis/Sega CD emulation. 

Emulation is for girly men.

Anything that's not the original hardware for Sega CD games is better then the actual thing. Do you even own a Sega CD? Nowadays trying to store save games on that piece of crap is a nightmare in en of it's self. Because now almost all Sega CD's internal save batteries are dead.

In my opinion Wii Emulator's are retro gaming at it's finest    

[_joshuaTurbo]

In my opinion Wii Emulator's are retro gaming at it's finest  

oh shit.

[Samurai Ghost]

Emulation is for girly men.

Anything that's not the original hardware for Sega CD games is better then the actual thing. Do you even own a Sega CD? Trying to store save games on that piece of crap was a nightmare in en of it's self.

Yes, a model 1 Sega CD and three Wondermegas. Saving isn't really an issue especially if you get a RAM backup cart.

In my opinion Wii Emulator's are retro gaming at it's finest  

   

[Burnt Lasagna]

Well I'm not willing to pay $60 on a backup RAM cart when it too also runs on an internal battery.
http://www.amazon.com/Sega-CD-Back-Up-Ram-Cart/dp/B0015OGRFC

[Samurai Ghost]

$60 seems high for a RAM cart, but you could always replace the internal battery. It seems pretty painless compared to a DUO recap.

Emulation is fine for casual fans so knock yourself out! As long as you're enjoying it! But I'd hardly call it retro gaming at its finest, especially with the wretched Wii controller.

[Joe Redifer]

The problem with emulating a Sega system is that the controllers used for the host system are all wrong.  They have the typical (and shitty) diamond face four button layout which doesn't work well with Genesis games.  The Genesis really needs two rows of three buttons to be fully appreciated.

[Samurai Ghost]

Word. And the Genesis six button controller is one of the most comfortable and functional controllers out there, next to the Saturn pad.

[Burnt Lasagna]

Then your saving grace would be this...
(Nintendo Wii 4-in-1 Virtua Retro Adapter)

http://www.amazon.com/Nintendo-Wii-4-Virtua-Retro-Adapter/dp/B003KMWMOW

[Joe Redifer]

Would the emulator know that button A on the Genesis pad is button A when using that thing?  Or would one have to reassign everything all to hell?  Will it even recognize the GC controllers?  Why is the emulator running at 824 frames per second?  Anything more than 59.94 is useless.  Is it actually sending 824 different frames per second to the graphics card in hopes that it will somehow be displayed?  If not, the emulator is lying.

[Burnt Lasagna]

Would the emulator know that button A on the Genesis pad is button A when using that thing?  Or would one have to reassign everything all to hell?

The emulator supports GC controllers and in doing so can support this (I've heard from other people that this works great). You can really easily reassign buttons in Genesis Plus GX, so if the buttons are not mapped correctly then you can change it in a snap. 

As for the framerate thing in the Beta screenshots I'm not sure. Though I know it's not actually running at that ludicrous frame rate.   

[Samurai Ghost]

So you can buy a Wii, a Genesis controller, a funky adapter thing which may or may not work properly, $5 a pop to download games and play them via emulation (which will never be 100% accurate) to totaling at LEAST $100

OR

Buy a Sega CD combo off eBay for $20, burn any Sega CD ISO to CD-R for free and play it on the actual hardware.

[Burnt Lasagna]

$5 a pop to download games and play them via emulation (which will never be 100% accurate) to totaling at LEAST $100

What are you talking about?
I'm talking about a homebrew emulator for the Wii called Genesis Plus GX. Which games as free as any ROM/ISO on the internet. 

So you can buy a Wii, a Genesis controller, a funky adapter thing which may or may not work properly,

I already said,

(I've heard from other people that this works great). You can really easily reassign buttons in Genesis Plus GX, so if the buttons are not mapped correctly then you can change it in a snap. 

Buy a Sega CD combo off eBay for $20, burn any Sega CD ISO to CD-R for free and play it on the actual hardware.

Or use a Wii with a $12 adapter (I already own a truck load of Genesis controllers) and Genesis Plus GX and put all your games on an external HDD and play them.