Sega Genesis Power

[Lordmonkus]

For anyone who thinks the Sega Genesis couldn't produce high quality audio and graphical effects you need to check out this tech demo from a couple years back.

If you want experience it an emulator here is where you can download the demo rom:
https://files.scene.org/view/parties/2013/evoke13/wild/titan-overdrivemegademo-v1.1-final.zip

Only use Genesis GX though, Fusion and Pico cannot handle it based on what I have read, well they can run the rom but apparently at some point it won't be able to push all the colours.

[8Phantasm]

I love Genesis/Mega Drive but one thing that bothers me is the audio in emulation is noticeably worse than the hardware. Arcade/MAME is like that too in some cases.

[Lordmonkus]

Yeah sound emulation seems to be one of those things that is much more difficult to emulate than it would seem. I wonder if it has anything to with the actual physical characteristics of the actual sound hardware itself that just isn't possible to reproduce.

Years ago I used to work for a guy that refurbed and rebuilt vintage audio gear like amps and recording equipment (mainly from the 60s and 70s). He was a true audiophile and was a picky bastard when it came to how every thing sounded. I mean this guy was more than just picky, he was a real snob about sound. When he would get tubes for amps he would do his best to order in new old stock from Russia and when he got them even though they were already packaged as a matched pair he would take them all out of their boxes and go through them and match them up himself. But he always talked about how everything had it's own unique sound based on the board design and components used to build it.