Good Mega Drive/Genesis emulator

[Insomnia_ig]

The title says it all but I don't really know what's popular with MD emulators so if anyone has any recommendations please let me know

 

[fake-kun]

Sega Genesis emulators - Emulation General Wiki

emulation.gametechwiki.com

 

[Waffles's iconWaffles]

Depends on the platform, actually...

DOS? I'll come to bat for Genecyst's "bloody" design.

Windows? I'm a KegaFusion believer through-and-through.

Android? MD.EMU is my tool of choice.

 

[Mahan_Native]

well you can always use the ares or the Genesis Plus GX core in Retroarch.
both are these perform pretty well and runs pretty smoothly on Windows and Android.
but if you need standalone emulators my recommendations are Kega Fusion for Windows and MD.Emu for Android.

 

[fake-kun]

well you can always use the ares or the Genesis Plus GX core in Retroarch.
both are these perform pretty well and runs pretty smoothly on Windows and Android.
but if you need standalone emulators my recommendations are Kega Fusion for Windows and MD.Emu for Android.

Ares is already standalone, and Kega Fusion is old and abandoned.

 

[Scotty]

MD.EMU is a good option for mobile devices, though its compatibility with Sega CD games is... less than perfect.

 

[Grumpy_Old_Man]

Jgenesis(appimage) has been working nice in my end. Have tested a few master system, game gear and mega drive, haven't tested cd games yet.

 

[Nelson2001 Nelson2001]

jgenesis because it is a great alternative to the discontinued KEGA Fusion and also that it emulates much more games than KEGA such as Super Street Fighter II for example something that KEGA cannot emulate because of the game storage that is 5MB and the emulator crashes and emulates all the systems that KEGA emulated (Except for the SG-1000) that for some reason jgenesis cannot emulate it at the moment).

 

[mlastes1987]

I just use Genesis Plus GX with Retroarch.

 

[Leon]

As someone who considers himself a bit of a classic sega fanboy, i'll tell pros and cons of each emulator on pc.

Genesis plus GX core on retroarch is probably tied or close enough with ares in compatibility, but it requires using retroarch which is love it or hate it (most people hate the desktop experience with retroarch).

Ares has probably the most compatible sega genesis emulator with cd and if i remember right, both 32x and cd 32x support, the only real drawback is shaders can be a bit finicky for the genesis core.

Kega Fusion is by far the most simple option to use, it "just works", bit long in the tooth at this point but still has near 100% functionality with genesis games, cd games are a bit more at risk as they can have audio desync on fmv games but overall this is probably the least demanding emulator on the list, needs to be set for compatibility mode on win 10 and up to fix a fullscreen glitch but still works otherwise.

Jgenesis is a upcoming genesis emulator, it's got great compatibility but lacks some of the bells and whistles like cheats that the other emulators have, it's one to watch.

 

[Mopeybloke]

There are three good options nowadays on Windows PCs: BlastEm, Ares, and Genesis Plus GX (this one is only available as a libretro core).

 

[NardoBoom]

Jgenesis is great and getting better with each release. I recommend it. Other great options include Ares and The Genesis Plus GX Core on Retroarch.

 

[aquova]

I haven't heard many people mention BlastEm, but it's a solid emulator as well. But yeah, these days I pretty much use Ares, although I need to try jgenesis out more.