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|        VGEN                             Version 0.001  (3/03/98)              |
|        by JASON MEEHAN                                                    |
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Disclaimer
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VGEN Copyright (C) 1997/1998 Jason Meehan Software
Sega and Genesis are trademarks of Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
I am in no way affiliated with Sega nor do I advocate the
piracy of Genesis games.VGEN is freeware and can be distributed
freely as long as it is not modified and ROMs are not packaged
with the program. When you use this software you do so at your
own risk. The author is not responsible for any loss or damage
resulting from the use or misuse of this software.
If you do not agree with these terms delete this software now.


About
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Virtual Genesis is a DOS based emulator for the Sega Genesis.
It was written in C and Assembler using Djgpp and Nasm.
The 68000 emulation core uses Neill Corlett's Starscreamer ver 0.22
Virtual Genesis also uses Allegro v3.0 by Shawn Hargreaves.
Also please, don't e-mail me to get roms, I'll ignore your requests!
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Whats emulated
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-68000 by Neill Corlett
-VDP
-DMA
-ScrollA/ScrollB/Sprites
-V interrupt
-controller 1 emulation

Whats not emulated
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Screen and sprite priorities not implemented.
z80 and psg.
scrolling has bugs
screen and sprites have bugs
68000 emulation is buggy
H-int
Shadow/highlighting effects
raster effects

Many games do not work correctly or at all.
Please dont email me if a rom does not work.

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What you will need
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A Pentium with at least 8MB of RAM.
Cwsdpmi if you run in dos mode.
May crash on some computers under win95
exit to dos to correct this problem.
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Controls
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keyboard controls ONLY
A = button 'A'
S = button 'B'
D = button 'C'
Enter = Start

Use F1-F5 to change frame rate.
F12 Debugger (by Neill Corlett)
F11 Dump vram,cram,vsram,mainram,z80ram and rom.
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Special thanks to
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Neill Corlett

Paul Lee

Charles Doty

Kevin Banks

All the emulator authors and anyone
else I might have forgot.





