Why do people still use Kega Fusion for emulating Sega Genesis games?

[Xdqwerty Xdqwerty]

There are better Sega Genesis emulators out there

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

I just wish someone would pick up where Steve Snake left off and bring Kega Fusion up to code. It deserves to be updated! It deserves to be polished! It hasn't had an update in almost 15 years and yet people still use it!

I say breathe some new life into it!

 

[loopy]

I just wish someone would pick up where Steve Snake left off and bring Kega Fusion up to code. It deserves to be updated! It deserves to be polished! It hasn't had an update in almost 15 years and yet people still use it!

I say breathe some new life into it!

Its closed-source. No one can update it besides Steve Snake himself.

Unless someone would resort to patching the binary, which is limited and not really worth it.

 

[5thWolf]

I only use it to run 32X CD games. Otherwise I have just been using Bizhawk.

 

[kuroninneko]

Lately I been using emuhawk. IDK how good it is in comparison to other emulators but its a good all in one solution with minimal setup. If I have to spend any more of my life with emulator settings I might go even more crazy. I wish Saturn emulation was better but I know its a difficult system to emulate

 

[thecrow2313]

I'm sure someone mention Ares, but v142 is available. https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases/tag/v142

I use this emulator using the awesome shaders its provided with.

 

[Leon]

I'm sure someone mention Ares, but v142 is available. https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases/tag/v142

I use this emulator using the awesome shaders its provided with.

We've mentioned ares, the problem is the emulator's shaders don't work for half of us, so most of us ignore it.

 

[secreto7]

While Kega Fusion supports Sega CD emulation, there are notable audio sync issues. Kega is not recommended for CD emulation.

On Windows 8.0 and later, a incompatibility issue (related to DirectDraw support in these operating systems being further deprecated) causes the emulator to drop frames or freeze entirely in the case of Windows 10 and later, when attempting to switch to full-screen mode. However, this can be easily fixed by right-clicking on Fusion.exe > Properties > Compatibility > check "Disable Fullscreen Optimizations.

But Kega Fusion has the most traditional UI, so I can see why people would use Kega Fusion for that.
Because PicoDrive and Genesis Plus GX are essentially RetroArch only. And Ares has a pretty bad UI IMO.

I keep hearing about compatibility problems with Kega but I had none in Windows 10.

For Sega CD you should check the Perfect Sync option to resolve the audio sync problem with Kega Fusion.

Also all who seek a modern succesor must try "jgenesis".
https://github.com/jsgroth/jgenesis
I don't know why is relatively unknown while is so good.

 

[MajesticSiN]

Because it just works. I'm open to something better but I never look.

 

[RageBurner]

I prefer standalone emulators over Retroarch and its cores. I would use Blast 'em instead, but the interface is awful and it doesn't have varied filter options.

 

[secreto7]

I prefer standalone emulators over Retroarch and its cores. I would use Blast 'em instead, but the interface is awful and it doesn't have varied filter options.

Also Blastem isn't fully developed, the viable ones for now are Genesis Plus GX and PicoDrive (and their ports including Bizhawk), Kega Fusion, Jgenesis, MD.emu and Ares.

 

[GuiPeli]

I guess the main cause is nostalgia. It's a very nostalgic emulator!

 

[secreto7]

I was testing some of the emulators these days, and if someone has an old or underpowered PC or simply wants an standalone with graphical interface and reliable Sega emulator for all the 2d consoles, and nearly hassle free, then Kega Fusion is the only one that fulfills all of that.

 

[MegaDrive1987]

I personally started using it because I ended up giving up on RetroArch, found controller setup for my USB controllers too much of a hassle and it's so much easier to use standalone emulators instead. I do use Mednefan though for NES, SNES, PC Engine/PC Engine CD, PS1 and Saturn emulation.

Used to used Gens back in the day too.

Edit: Used to USE Gens back in the day too.

 

[Moreno909]

Kega Fusion is ultra simple and it just works

 

[BigHairyMarty]

Like everyone else said already, it's reliable.

I usually emulate my Sega games on portable consoles though, but for those few times I want to use my laptop instead, Kega Fusion is there ready and waiting.

The only other PC based Sega emulator I gravitate towards is Genecyst, but that's mainly out of nostalgia for the menu.

 

[NardoBoom]

JGenesis is better now

 

[thecrow2313]

Stop using Kega Fusion

Release v0.10.1 · jsgroth/jgenesis

Bugfix release Only one functional change in this release, which fixes a regression introduced in v0.10.0: (SNES) Corrected implementation of how Mode 7 clips scrolled center point coordinates; th...

github.com

 

[MegaDrive1987]

I downloaded this the other day, only had a quick tinker so far.

 

[MajesticSiN]

Stop using Kega Fusion

Release v0.10.1 · jsgroth/jgenesis

Bugfix release Only one functional change in this release, which fixes a regression introduced in v0.10.0: (SNES) Corrected implementation of how Mode 7 clips scrolled center point coordinates; th...

github.com

you can't stop me!

 

[Tetronomicon]

Why do people still use ZSNES? Probably because they've used it their entire lives and continue to use it out of habit.

Really though, I'd assume the main reason is because the other two primary ones still in development (Genesis Plus GX and PicoDrive) are behind the Retroarch and BizHawk frontends. If you don't use one of those, you basically don't have access to them (though an old version of Genesis Plus GX does exist for the Wii and Gamecube).

The other choice is BlastEm as others have stated. Though that's an accuracy-focused core that's still a bit underdeveloped. I used it a few times and while it's nice, it doesn't have the options that other Sega emulators have (at least in Retroarch for the other two mentioned). Needless to say, I went back to Genesis Plus GX for the pre-Saturn consoles (and PicoDrive for 32X games).

JGenesis is slowly gaining steam as well. Though that seems to be a multi-system emulator as opposed to a stand alone standalone...



But hey... whatever works for you. I never did much Sega emulation when I started emulating games in the early 2000's so I never really used Kega Fusion or even other ones like GENS. I basically started the emulating Sega systems on the first console I homebrewed (the Wii). So I've used Genesis Plus GX and PicoDrive since I started emulating Sega consoles all the way through to the Retroarch cores today.

(Long post but I didn't want just that first smart ass sentence to be the only thing I wrote for it ).

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

If those emulators got built in launchers like Parallel Launcher for Mupen I wouldn't be against it.

 

[thanonyx thanonyx]

If I could code (which I can't, I tried, I suck at it) I'd rebuilt Kega Fusion from scratch and give it the attention it deserves. There is no other emulator that can handle as many SEGA consoles and PCs than it can. If I wanted to emulate everything it can emulate I'd probably need 3 different emulators.

 

[thecrow2313]

you can't stop me!

Every time someone uses Kega Fusion. Just use, https://github.com/jsgroth/jgenesis/releases/tag/v0.10.1

 

[Mopeybloke]

I may be one of the fossils Clippy outed himself as, and I never use it. It sounds pretty bad in comparison to the easy alternatives like BlastEm or Genesis Plus GX, and I think that's already an excellent reason to drop it. IIRC even on Windows 10, it had problems going full screen till you fiddled with compatibility settings.

I also barely play any SEGA games so that helps.

 

[Morgana Veil]

If it ain't broke