Mega Drive and Genesis¶
| RetroBat system | megadrive |
| Games go in | roms\megadrive |
| BIOS | None |
| Tested rows | Platforms lists each emulator and whether it passed |
Which emulator to use¶
Leave RetroBat on its default, RetroArch with the Genesis Plus GX core. Avoid two of the emulators RetroBat offers:
- Kega Fusion: RetroBat 8.3.0 now keeps its in-game saves in the same file the RetroArch cores use, but RomMBat does not yet find its save states. Its controls also need setting up in Kega's own menu before your pad works.
- RetroArch's FBNeo core does not start games named the way RomM libraries usually name them,
such as
Sonic The Hedgehog (USA, Europe).zip, because FBNeo expects its own file names.
BIOS¶
The Mega Drive needs none, and RetroBat lists none.
Saves¶
A save follows you to another emulator only where the two read the same file (Changing emulator). On the Mega Drive, RetroArch's Genesis Plus GX, Genesis Plus GX Wide and PicoDrive cores share one save. The rest each keep their own.
PicoDrive keeps the save at a different size from Genesis Plus GX, so each switch between the two sends a new copy to RomM. Nothing is lost.