Suggestion: Add 32X and Sega CD support along with Knuckles Chaotix and Sonic CD (Sega CD)

[Star-X]

First off, it's amazing how Sega actually has released an official means for ROM hackers to share their work. Yet again Sega does what Nintendon't :)

Anyway, this is a request for some additional functionality for the emulator, namely 32X and Sega CD support. There are several major Sonic hacks that utilize those two hardware addons (Sonic in Knuckles Chaotix and Sonic 4: Cybernetic Outbreak for 32X, and Sonic 1 Megamix and Sonic CD++ for Sega CD), and I'm sure as time goes on there will be more hacks using the significantly more powerful hardware for advanced 2D effects. Adding official support for them in SEGA Genesis and Mega Drive Classics would make it possible for those hacks to be played in Steam without relying on other emus.

Also, Knuckles Chaotix desperately needs a rerelease. Like, super badly. It's currently the only 16-bit Sonic title which has yet to be released in any compilation, presumably due to the 32X being a pain in the neck to emulate, but as this emulator can utilize the raw power of modern PCs it should be much easier making 32X games work on here than on the underpowered consoles that Sega's released the Genesis Collection on. Sonic CD has a few ROM hacks for it too, meaning it'd be nice for it to be rereleased, despite Sonic CD having two proper PC ports already (the original '90s port and the 2011 remake); having more options is always good.

I hope you guys work on this, as it'd be cool to have official support for Sega CD and 32X ROM hacks :)

[Zombie Lugosi]

Attention Sega, if you support the SegaCD and 32X, I'll buy it!

[dragon_blade]

They would need to make new emulators for this... It wouldnt run on the same program unless they have an all in one emulator like the Kega emulator

[Star-X]

Цитата допису dragon_blade:

They would need to make new emulators for this... It wouldnt run on the same program unless they have an all in one emulator like the Kega emulator

Actually most Sega Genesis emulators these days support the Sega CD as well. 32X emulation is not as common, but does still exist on many, if not all, Genesis emulators.

Both use similar hardware to the Genesis, with addons to make them more powerful. It really shouldn't be too hard to work on making 32X and Sega CD emulation a reality tbh, especially since the benefits would be great. For one, obtaining a digital copy of Knuckles Chaotix legally would actually be possible. Also, there were a few "enhanced ports" of Genesis titles for the Sega CD (e.g. Eternal Champions); releasing these upgrades would allow them to be obtained legally and new for the first time in decades.

I know emulation development is tricky a lot of the time, but it'd be nice for legal copies of all of Sega's 16-bit titles to be available through Steam, including the 32X and Sega CD games. I'd certainly buy them.

[Atendega]

I, too, would buy CD and 32x games if they were available. It would be great to be able to upload hacks of those games, too.

[𒀬工房]

I love old school Sega consoles and would glady buy 32X and Sega Cd games here on Steam :)

[rehtroboi37]

Цитата допису Atendega:

I, too, would buy CD and 32x games if they were available. It would be great to be able to upload hacks of those games, too.

Me personally, I'd get their arcade games if they were put on Steam. But Sega's not doing that on Steam or anywhere else. They did port a few arcade games on genesis collections and last-gen systems, and that may be the last we'll see of them for a while.

There were a few gems on the Sega CD and 32X worth emulating. I don't know about the "Make My Video" games, but Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter, and Space Harrier were nicely done on the 32X.

[Zevlag]

The remaster of Sonic CD is already on Steam, so it's pointless to add it here. Anyway I agree Sega CD and 32x should be available too.

[Prince Vegeta]

+1 Would love to one day have all of SEGA available legally on Steam.

[Gibbeynator]

Well, what first-party Sega games are on those systems and would be worth playing? Shining Force CD and Knuckles Chaotix... and that's about it. I'd love Snatcher, but that's Konami.