Genesis Paprium (Aftermarket) SEGA Genesis ROM

[Spike's iconSpike]

The file size is due to the music files on mp3. The actual game is 8MB. To play this on retroarch you have to use the core included, a modified genesis plus core, else the game will play a fake low res "mockup". So go to your retroarch cores folder, backup and delete your genesis_plus_gx_libretro.dll and replace it with the one included with the game. After that just load content and find the game .bin.

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• Paprium (Aftermarket) SEGA Genesis ROM
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[ViperAcidZX]

I also want to know if this rom can be played on an Anbernic console or R36S

I tested on an Anbernic 35XX H running muOS Pixie, it seems to be playable (I did not have a chance to play all the way through and for whatever reason the Original mode does not save my progress) if you swap out the default genesis_plus_gx_libretro.so core file with the one from the Updated Paprium RetroArch Core zip from the one that is labeled "R36S" oddly enough. On muOS, it should be easier to change the *.so files on the SD card with muOS was installed on. I haven't found a way to keep both original and the Paprium core yet but I did back up my original Genesis Plus GX with muOS. I hope the method that haojiezhu found for Windows can work on an Anbernic Linux handheld.

 

[TenshuYos89]

Thanks for the cores. Played through level 1 and it seems pretty mid.

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Yeah it's pretty ass. Only kinda cool things are you can use Bully as an OTG to keep up the punishment but often the hitboxes aren't right and you whiff the Bully attack while they're knocked down and seamlessly being able to combo and back attack is nice I guess but SOR 2 and 3 are just by far and away better.

 

[molasar]

Does anyone know if someone is working on a version without the 400+mb of mp3 files?

If you mean proper full emulation, then no. It would require dumping stm32 code for reverse engineering of extra chips which are responsible for decompressing and processing of music date from game's rom.

 

[Clam Snail]

Does anyone know if someone is working on a version without the 400+mb of mp3 files?

 

[PencoSucio]

I have a NOKIA 8000 Android Stream Box (Android TV of some sort) can I use this with it? I tried to install it prior but it broke Genesis Plus GX I had to reinstall RetroArch to fix it, unfortunately after the update to Android 12+ I can no longer access the Apps folder to tweak cores manually.

Try Total Commander apk, its a file manager. Copy the Android core here in the repo with it to your retroarch core folder, root of your tvbox

 

[Juiceala]

Here it is a how to install cores for retropie on pi 3 4 and probably 5. It works, in my old retropie without bgm but cause its a very old one (4.5.1)

Para los que tengan Retropie en RPi, acá encontré algo y me funciona (sin la música pero , mi retropie es antiguo)(4.5.1)

Has anyone got Paprium working on Retropie?

Yes it works with this, the game starts, but when you press start it resets and goes back to the main menu

retropie.org.uk

I have a NOKIA 8000 Android Stream Box (Android TV of some sort) can I use this with it? I tried to install it prior but it broke Genesis Plus GX I had to reinstall RetroArch to fix it, unfortunately after the update to Android 12+ I can no longer access the Apps folder to tweak cores manually.

 

[molasar]

Somewhat on topic but to play the game i need to change the core folder to a non root folder and everytime i do it defaults to the default folder and I don't have root access on my phone do I need to reinstall retroarch or what do I need to do here

I do not know. I do not use android version.
But you should have options so you can change it or put this modified core under different name in your core folder. Or use history option to play it. So you do not have to look for files again.

 

[ejicolxlombarxdi]

Not exactly. Extra chips are only used to decompress music data and make its quality better as it can be passed through pin connectors on Model 1 and 2 consoles. Graphics and sound effects are handled by a console itself. Plus a rom size is much, much larger than what was used back in the day. Thus more variety in graphical elements.

Somewhat on topic but to play the game i need to change the core folder to a non root folder and everytime i do it defaults to the default folder and I don't have root access on my phone do I need to reinstall retroarch or what do I need to do here

 

[molasar]

Although in their defense this game is also the genesis equivalent to a super fx 1&2 game apparently so it does make at least some sense why the game is the way it is.

Not exactly. Extra chips are only used to decompress music data and make its quality better as it can be passed through pin connectors on Model 1 and 2 consoles. Graphics and sound effects are handled by a console itself. Plus a rom size is much, much larger than what was used back in the day. Thus more variety in graphical elements.

 

[ejicolxlombarxdi]

The file size is due to the music files on mp3. The actual game is 8MB. To play this on retroarch you have to use the core included, a modified genesis plus core, else the game will play a fake low res "mockup". So go to your retroarch cores folder, backup and delete your genesis_plus_gx_libretro.dll and replace it with the one included with the game. After that just load content and find the game .bin.

Download from Repo​

• Paprium (Aftermarket) SEGA Genesis ROM
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It ain't difficult for me to see this game as some euro or south American swan song for the genesis released in like 1999, that sells like shit and goes for the same price as something like panzeer Dragoon Saga or dynamite heady.

But this ain't the early 2000s man this is modern fucking day and there are games like earthion coming out and pier solar there previous game that do the same shit, push the limits of the Genesis hardware, that run better than this and either look slightly worse or slightly better so there's really no excuse for watermelon to go the fucking ng dev team route with the limited supply like they they did.

Although in their defense this game is also the genesis equivalent to a super fx 1&2 game apparently so it does make at least some sense why the game is the way it is.

God i hope ng dev teams work gets dumped some day.

 

[PencoSucio]

Alguien sabe si hay novedades del core para raspberry pi?

Here it is a how to install cores for retropie on pi 3 4 and probably 5. It works, in my old retropie without bgm but cause its a very old one (4.5.1)

Para los que tengan Retropie en RPi, acá encontré algo y me funciona (sin la música pero , mi retropie es antiguo)(4.5.1)

Has anyone got Paprium working on Retropie?

Yes it works with this, the game starts, but when you press start it resets and goes back to the main menu

retropie.org.uk

 

[consolegamer77]

Do anyone know of a 'genesis_plus_gx_paprium_libretro (Linux 32bit)' file available? I ask because I'm running an arcade cabinet with an Odroid XU4 and that's a 32 bit ARM, not 64.

 

[soulfunkdjx]

Keep the music folder in the same location as the .bin file.

That did the trick. Thank you very much.

 

[Glimbo]

Ok it's working great. Where to paste the folder with the music?

Keep the music folder in the same location as the .bin file.

 

[soulfunkdjx]

Ok it's working great. Where to paste the folder with the music?

 

[esmith13]

...Game's rom was just modified to use music in a format mp3. So when a game needs a specific music it does not communicate with extra decompressing and processing components. It just plays specific mp3 files.

Ideally it needs to use a much more efficient format. I tried custom built versions of the core on a few lower end hardware devices and the ROM plays as expected but adding the tracks either prevents it from running at all or crashes when the first track should start to play. Having a ton of MP3 files load to RAM up front is just too much in these scenarios. I've re-encoded to a pathetic quality and gotten the entire soundtrack as small as 70MB but it's still too much for some popular platforms.
Ideally, tracks would be loaded to RAM as-needed but I get how that isn't likely possible so IMO a far leaner audio format is needed to make this accessible on more devices.

 

[molasar]

I honestly see no reason why this cannot run on a regular Mega Drive.

It runs on a regular MD/Gen.

Also you need to get to the final boss to play entire campaign. This requires to play through all paths in original mode. And this unlocks those paths in arcade mode as well.
You also have to throne characters, do jobs in the game, unlock characters.
Arcade mode has only one path initially.

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i mean this game likely from sega CD you see sega cd logo at first intro, it is possible recreated and making the game to MD plus somehow, but the serious issue is anti piracy measure is in the game and wont go away unless someone to crack real hard and even doesn't playable in clone hardware and even sega mega drive hardware..

that mini game you see like a troll game PAAAAA it is anti piracy measure preventing/refusing to play real game and this somehow got cracked a bit right now not a whole game in custom emulator.

Sega CD logo is there because the game uses Sega CD's motorola chip when this addon is connected to console. It is for a control of second character by CPU. That is why this option shows up. And you can see it in retroarch because the core also emulates it but it requires sega cd bios. Remove the bios and a logo with an option won't be there anymore. Just like on OG hardware. It also detects 32x addon but it only replaces some objects with 32x logo as a bonus. But 32x is not emulated by the core.
The mini game is not an antipiracy measure. It also launches on OG hardware initially. Game's rom was just modified to use music in a format mp3. So when a game needs a specific music it does not communicate with extra decompressing and processing components. It just plays specific mp3 files.

 

[Tenseiren]

tell that to the dev while the game also missing graphics like sexy sax man doesn't appear and also save feature bugged.

also the music in this game repeating and doesn't correct.. seems like emulator i guess.

Because it is still experimental, it is certain that there will be many bugs and what is certain is that in the next month or two, this game will be able to run successfully without any more problems in every system.

Yes. I saw a MacOS version of the core as part of one of the many IA download packs. Don't have a Mac so I haven't tried it myself though.

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You need to also duplicate the GenPlusGX info file too and rename the copy to match the new core name you used. The info files tell Retroarch what ROMs the core can load, among many other things.

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Working on a port of the core for Evercade and the same thing happens. The core apparently preloads ALL of the soundtrack into RAM right after the ROM boots up. In my case I can't get the soundtrack small enough to fit in available RAM but for your android Device you may be able to get away with re-encoding the MP3 files to a much lower bitrate like 64kbps just to see if you can run it with audio at all.

I foolishly left "run ahead" on, which likely combined with that music preload step to create a nasty bit of lag. It's working perfectly now, but I appreciate the help!

 

[Juiceala]

I put the windows file in the core of my Retroarch but everytime I try loading it up through the genesis plus GX core it always defaults to the shitty Pico-8 style version. Is this a problem with the files or am I just doing something wrong?

EDIT: simply deleted the old genesis plus gx core file and gave it's name to the paprium dll and it worked!:D Suck my cock Fonsi you rat bastard!!!!

This worked for me as well, thank you.

Thanks for the cores. Played through level 1 and it seems pretty mid.

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I honestly agree, I played through the entire campaign on easy (I will up the difficulty another day) while a decent game it's honestly not worth the headache, I much prefer Streets of Rage tbh, I honestly see no reason why this cannot run on a regular Mega Drive.

Anyway, I hope somebody makes a patch/port of this to the Sega CD or 32X to mitigate the trouble or perhaps create a standalone emulator of some sort similar to Sonic rsdk ports and then share the source code so people could just port it to different systems like PC, Mac, Android, iOS, PS Vita or Nintendo Switch alongside the Rom as a standalone native port.

 

[aestik]

Here's the core for Linux x64. Built from the current latest version (commit a0b5a03 on 2025-07-07).
It's also renamed with its own core info file so you don't need to overwrite anything.

Is it possible for you to build the core for Linux arm64 also? I tried with docker and buildx but it does not work as expected. tysm!

Nevermind i managed to build the core for linux/arm64 myself. I'm testing it on an anbernic device so far it runs well

 

[ikaro440]

Does it work on raspi 2? Saludos, and many thanks! :-)

 

[misterbuh]

Thanks for the cores. Played through level 1 and it seems pretty mid.

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[Pinballbuzzbro]

I put the windows file in the core of my Retroarch but everytime I try loading it up through the genesis plus GX core it always defaults to the shitty Pico-8 style version. Is this a problem with the files or am I just doing something wrong?

EDIT: simply deleted the old genesis plus gx core file and gave it's name to the paprium dll and it worked!:D Suck my cock Fonsi you rat bastard!!!!

 

[Gyro_5000]

I wonder if there could be a work around using real genesis and Mega SD cart. Since the music is compressed some how, maybe have this game converted to a MD Plus game for the Mega SD.

i mean this game likely from sega CD you see sega cd logo at first intro, it is possible recreated and making the game to MD plus somehow, but the serious issue is anti piracy measure is in the game and wont go away unless someone to crack real hard and even doesn't playable in clone hardware and even sega mega drive hardware..

that mini game you see like a troll game PAAAAA it is anti piracy measure preventing/refusing to play real game and this somehow got cracked a bit right now not a whole game in custom emulator.

 

[Carls493]

It was said that this game can be run on BizHawk, but I can't get it to work on there even with the custom Genesis Plus core. Does anyone here know what to do with this?