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Context from ShonumiGBE+ at /r/emulation : Might help to explain some context for people who don't know what Overdrive 2 is, or why it's important. TiTAN is a
by slacka 9y ago
Context from ShonumiGBE+ at /r/emulation :
Might help to explain some context for people who don't know what Overdrive 2 is, or why it's important.
TiTAN is a pretty prominent group in the demo scene. They do a lot of crazy demos, basically coding consoles to their limit while making cool audio-visual presentations. Overdrive 2 is the follow up to the original Overdrive demo[1], and once again TiTAN have pulled off a bunch of insane effects on the Mega Drive.
Overdrive 2 is relevant to /r/emulation because it can't be emulated (yet). From what I understand, it's doing a bunch of tricks (described in the write-up on Google Docs) that emulators currently can't handle. That's right, even in 2017, Genesis/MD emulation has a ways to go, which is kind of exciting to me. I'd love to see emulators like Blastem, Exodus, and higan step up to the plate. Then maybe the demo scene can come up with even more torture tests ;)
Anyway, you guys can catch Overdrive 2 over on YouTube.[2] This stuff is sick.
[1] http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=61724 http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=61724
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeGdJk5zb6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeGdJk5zb6c
- LeoPanthera 9y agoI was surprised to discover that MAME can emulate the Genesis, because a small number of arcade games actually used Genesis hardware internally. It's my understanding (which could easily be wrong) that MAME uses near-circuit-level emulation of hardware in order to be as accurate as possible. This is why it is so resource intensive. Could the MAME Genesis emulator run this demo?
- patresi 9y agoMAME nowadays is a general machine emulator, so everything from arcades, calculators, consoles, fruit machines, computers, etc. are within the scope of the project. This happened when MAME and MESS merged a few years ago.