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[hodgy100]

im gonna work out how to get my megadrive game loaded up

 

[AcceptableGhost]

Kinda off-topic but there is a new entry named "Sonic The Hedgehog"

https://steamdb.info/app/467020/

And its not the one of this collection:

https://steamdb.info/app/71113/

Not confirming anything but maybe its the taxman port? Or sega is porting 2006 or its nothing...

sonic 2006 for steam on april 1st would have been absolutely incredible

 

[JaseC]

Kinda off-topic but there is a new entry named "Sonic The Hedgehog"

https://steamdb.info/app/467020/

And its not the one of this collection:

https://steamdb.info/app/71113/

Not confirming anything but maybe its the taxman port? Or sega is porting 2006 or its nothing...

It's just a "dummy app" for the sale.

 

[Lord British]

Can someone try Alien Soldier and tell me if it's still 50hz? Maybe there are options now?

Worst case scenario I'm sure it could simply be modded to the Japanese version.

I checked and it actually seems way too fast. :/

 

[FyreWulff]

Seriously, this is one of the coolest, most forward thinking things Sega has done in years.

Goddamn, if people can start monetizing their rom hacks... wow

Someone should throw Sonic Megamix up there ASAP.

For some reason I remember us talking about this. About how the whole mod infrastructure would provide Sega the legal clarity and ease of mind to finally allow the Sonic hacking community to be able to officiate their mods and monetize them if they wish. That community has been wanting something like this for a long time.

 

[BlackClouds]

Sega is 10 years late on this. Better late than never I suppose. How about open sourcing and selling dev kits for their past hardware.

 

[JaseC]

For some reason I remember us talking about this. About how the whole mod infrastructure would provide Sega the legal clarity and ease of mind to finally allow the Sonic hacking community to be able to officiate their mods and monetize them if they wish. That community has been wanting something like this for a long time.

Sega embracing paid mods as the concept applies to its Sega MegaDrive emulator would arguably a larger shift in strategy than its exit from the console market. That's not say it won't happen; I'm just making the point it'd be huge.

 

[mattiewheels]

I had a hunch when I saw that preview pic of the new room interface that this would be awkward, and boy am I not glad to be right. Half of the problem is the broken controller support though.

 

[Ricerocket]

Oh its up? Gonna check this out.

It's not bad. Already dled a mod to Shining Force 2

The default TV UI/game front thing though... it's like fish eyed to mimic a non flat CRT looks bad man.

 

[dock]

Yeah, this new interface is a nightmare! On my laptop it runs about 4 frames per second, and takes about 5 seconds to switch between options. The interface is also really poor with non-xbox gamepads. What a huge mess.

On a related note, which emulator should I download instead? can I play my steam-bought roms?

 

[hodgy100]

guys

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=674701228

hope you like it. I made this at the start of last year.

 

[Dead Man Typing]

Interface runs fine on my PC. I played Sonic 1 for a bit and I was getting some micro stuttering. Maybe I've been playing the 3DS version too much but it seemed like okay emulation.

I'm using my 6 button Street Fighter Xinput controller and everything is fine except that up is down and down is up. You can re-map it for the games so I fixed that but the new interface has to be navigated with inverted up/down. I can't understand why.

Very strange.

 

[Crub]

Yeah, I wasn't too impressed with the way the games are displayed - there's a pretty intense curve (I can deal with some curvature, but not that much), and you can only choose from two filters, both of which look pretty bad - HQ2x and a weird scanline filter that also washes out the colors.

The curve can be turned off fully in the emulator settings!

Yeah only in some resolutions like windowed 1024 x 768, they should update with more options.

It's kind of weird, because the games are still bordered in all directions. What's the point if not to achieve a nearest multiple resolution?

 

[AcceptableGhost]

guys

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=674701228

hope you like it. I made this at the start of last year.

How do you play this inside the game? I cannot find it in the room since it is not attached to any games.

 

[RealityCheque]

Dammit, it broke all of my non-sega rips that were working (and still are) in the old emulator. I just want to see them in that fancy frontend.

 

[Storm360]

Is anyone having problems with the rom hacks not working?

It just starts the original game up for me

 

[AaronMT86]

Not sure if it's my controller/system or what but my Xbox One wireless controller is completely uncalibrated in-game but fine elsewhere. Anyone else running into this issue?

 

[BiggNife]

Not sure if it's my controller/system or what but my Xbox One wireless controller is completely uncalibrated in-game but fine elsewhere. Anyone else running into this issue?

It's a Unity bug. Devs are aware and are looking into it.

 

[Wilsongt]

Oh its up? Gonna check this out.

It's not bad. Already dled a mod to Shining Force 2

The default TV UI/game front thing though... it's like fish eyed to mimic a non flat CRT looks bad man.

Too bad Shining Tactics is terrible.

 

[hodgy100]

How do you play this inside the game? I cannot find it in the room since it is not attached to any games.

Its in the mod menu for flicky. I can change it to a game other people are more likely to have ?

 

[Nabs]

Its in the mod menu for flicky. I can change it to a game other people are more likely to have ?

Gunstar Heroes, Streets of Rage 2, and Golden Axe were given away for free recently.

 

[petethepanda]

The SEGA Genesis Classic Collection (40 non-Sonic titles) is $10.55 on Steam through 5/1!
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/7825

There's also a 'SEGA Mega Drive & Genesis Classics Pack 5' on sale for $2.55 which includes 10 games not included in the above bundle, including Phantasy Star 2-4, Dynamite Headdy, Streets of Rage 3, and more!
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/14445/

Thanks for the links. I had already been looking at the first one and figuring out which of the 'missing' titles I wanted to grab without realizing there was that Pack 5 bundle that has all of them.

 

[Baleoce]

Reinstalling Mega Drive classics now. I love that they're supporting this.

 

[hodgy100]

Gunstar Heroes, Streets of Rage 2, and Golden Axe were given away for free recently.

Ok

Moved it over to Streets of Rage 2

 

[SOLDIER]

Would like to get Sonic 3, but do they ever sell bundles that include Sonic games as well? Or do they only run Sonic-only bundles?

 

[sibarraz]

I like the graphical options in the game, they are better than in the vanilla emulator. Also now the game support the triggers on xbox 360 controllers, the original one didn't recognized them. Sadly they still hasn't included steam overlay and screenshots, but the last one can be easily replaced

Would like to get Sonic 3, but do they ever sell bundles that include Sonic games as well? Or do they only run Sonic-only bundles?

On amazon they always give all the sonic games on steam for like 10 dollars

 

[Shaneus]

Few things I noticed just floating through the Steam store (haven't fired this up yet):
* Owned the main MD pack, but didn't already have pack 5. No biggie, but not sure how I missed it.
* The two TJ&E games are in the pack, but I don't own them already?

So I can only guess that I bought the pack a while back, before the above titles were added. Would've thought they'd be retroactively included, but meh.

Also, Taxman's Sonic CD is included in the classics pack that's on sale. Does that mean it's available in the new interface?



Totally can't wait to get stuck into this. Fingers crossed navigation/playing is compatible with the Saturn USB pad.

 

[Tain]

Alien Soldier is now the 50hz version running at 60hz (which is still bad).

 

[Gameboy415]

Thanks for the links. I had already been looking at the first one and figuring out which of the 'missing' titles I wanted to grab without realizing there was that Pack 5 bundle that has all of them.

Just came across another bundle that combines the other 2 packs I linked plus all the Sonic and ToeJam & Earl games for $21.08 if anyone is looking to get everything in one fell swoop:
"SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics"
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/102625?snr=1_41_4__42

 

[Sorcerer]

Didn't Steam start offering a break for people who wanted to buy a bundle but had some games in it already? I could be wrong here, its not happening for the Sega bundle.

 

[Battlechili]

This is awesome! Emulation also seems to run a bit better too. But regardless, I'm so happy SEGA is so supportive of emulation and romhacking. Emulation is often seen as piracy, so its nice to see official legal support for emulation. I went ahead and bought some more Sega games on Steam in excitement! Now I'll finally get to try those Phantasy Star games I've been putting off!

Its kind of interesting. When Nintendo was asked about making official legitimate emulators, they consider it piracy and bad business. x_x
https://www.nintendo.com/corp/legal.jsp#legitimize

Guess SEGA really does what Ninten-don't, teehee. But really, this is amazingly cool of SEGA. The whole thing feels really retro in style, its cool. I like the extra features they're offering, and the ability to add modded romhacks can help extend the longevity of these old great titles.

 

[RionaaM]

It's amazing to see Sega accepting rom hacks and making them downloadable from Steam Workshop. What a time to be alive.

guys

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=674701228

hope you like it. I made this at the start of last year.

Terry Cavanagh's Flappy Bird clone, which is actually good? Sure, why not? Thanks!

 

[Tain]

I feel dumb, how do I upload a rom? I can't seem to get a replacement to have an effect using the tool.

edit: nvm I had it right, just some timing crust

 

[Tye The Czar]

I guess this shows that Sega still does...

what Nintendon't.

 

[Slygmous]

People are uploading actual leaked beta/alpha roms of classic games..
I mean, it's cool that they're there for people to experience, but I can't imagine they'll be there long.

 

[BobJustBob]

Didn't Steam start offering a break for people who wanted to buy a bundle but had some games in it already? I could be wrong here, its not happening for the Sega bundle.

They added the capability but it's up to publishers if they want to allow it or not.

 

[hodgy100]

It's amazing to see Sega accepting rom hacks and making them downloadable from Steam Workshop. What a time to be alive.


Terry Cavanagh's Flappy Bird clone, which is actually good? Sure, why not? Thanks!

Its a bit cut down from the flash version. Not because the megadrive isn't capable, I just ran out of steam from working on it

 

[MrCunningham]

Also, Taxman's Sonic CD is included in the classics pack that's on sale. Does that mean it's available in the new interface?

No it's not. Taxman's Sonic CD port uses a completely different engine that was built by him. I already own the game and it is not selectable in the new 3D UI.

Few screenshots:

I have to admit that the new 3DUI is really nice and there are already game mods available in the Steam workshop, which is pretty awesome. My only complaint is that there isn't enough screen shader options. Right now it has HQ2X, scanlines toggle, and a "TV Projection" option that changes the curvature of the screen. I was hoping for a little more, maybe along the lines of the different CRT/ NTSC shaders seen in Retroarch. But overall, this is still a nice front end.

Also, it is a little disappointing that the US Genesis carts all use the black grid. It would be nice if they reflected the real box art more with the red box art too. Ah well.

 

[VariantX]

Would be great to get 32X support in the future, chaotix, virtua fighter, afterburner would be great

 

[Tain]

Hey guys I uploaded the real version of Alien Soldier:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=674769616

 

[Boney]

Is this the same SEGA that shut down Streets of Rage Remake?

 

[Lucky Seven]

I just love Sonic rom hacks for their remixed music. I know I'm not the only one.

 

[Sorcerer]

They added the capability but it's up to publishers if they want to allow it or not.

Alrighty, thanks!

 

[Shaneus]

No it's not. Taxman's Sonic CD port uses a completely different engine that was built by him. I already own the game and it is not selectable in the new 3D UI.

That's what I suspected. Weird that they include it in the collection then!

 

[Remembrance]

This hub interface is never going to not lag in 5K, is it.

 

[MrCunningham]

Hey guys I uploaded the real version of Alien Soldier:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=674769616

Of fuck yes:

That's what I suspected. Weird that they include it in the collection then!

Yeah, but still a good deal. It will just create a separate installer.

I just love Sonic rom hacks for their remixed music. I know I'm not the only one.

There are already 100+ Sonic related mods in the workshop. I laughed at the Helen Keller mod. There are even some homebrews and hacks... Like that Donkey Kong Country one.

 

[CrAzY FiNgErS]

Of fuck yes:






Yeah, but still a good deal. It will just create a separate installer.




There are already 100+ Sonic related mods in the workshop. I laughed at the Helen Keller mod. There are even some homebrews and hacks... Like that Donkey Kong Country one.

Glad to see all this, but I bet licensed stuff from other parties other than Sega will get yanked off there real fast.

Also, Sega should allow people to mod the GUI and add there own Shaders as well. Let this thing grow through the community to be an even more incredible thing.

 

[AcceptableGhost]

They really need to make a Steam Workshop category for every game.

 

[dlauv]

This is so cool. It reflects the time of day automatically too. I wonder if it causes glare on the tv (doubt it).

I enjoy the fish eye. Pretty close to how I remember it on my 13" crt, but a little more bloomed out.

 

[MrCunningham]

Glad to see all this, but I bet licensed stuff from other parties other than Sega will get yanked off there real fast.

Also, Sega should allow people to mod the GUI and add there own Shaders as well. Let this thing grow through the community to be an even more incredible thing.

I would love to see them add:

- Linux/ Steam OS support (and Mac, why not?)
- Custom shaders, I would love to have something like this as an option:

- Sega CD support (surely this can be added?)
- 32x support