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Video game console emulator

AGES (emulator)

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, 32X, Master System, Game Gear
OS: Windows
Developer: Quinntesson
Programmed in: Assembly, C++^[1]
Last release date: 2002-11-18 (21 years ago)
Last version: 0.30a

AGES, also known as WinAGES, is a Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Mega-CD, 32X, Master System and Game Gear emulator for Windows written by Quinntesson. Development started in 1997,^[2] with versions released between 1998 and 2002.

Features

Emulation of the Sega Mega Mouse, the Sega Teamplayer Multitap, the Electronic Arts 4 Way Play, the Sega Menacer, and the Konami Justifier
Menus, dialog boxes, and error messages are fully translatable into other languages
IPS patch loading
GoodGen.DLL, Good32X.DLL, GoodSMS.DLL, and GoodGG.DLL support
Genesis Collective Offline Database support
Wave dumping
Demo file record and playback
Serial EEPROM support
Game Genie and .PAT file support
Game specific INI for tweaking
Automatic IPS patch file load (per-game basis)

Missing features

YM2612 LFO, RS, DT, SSGEG, FB, stereo control
32X/Genesis layering mode 3

Download

Download AGES (emulator)

File: Ages030a.7z (175 kB) (info)
Current version: 0.30a (2002/11/18)

Prior versions

AGES versions 0.22a-0.30a ^(info) (1.04 MB)

External links

Official website (archive)

References

↑ http://ages.emuunlim.com:80/faq.html (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-22 16:32)
↑ http://ages.emuunlim.com:80/history.html (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-22 19:44)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20000622163248.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fages.emuunlim.com:80.2Ffaq.html-1] ttp://ages.emuunlim.com:80/faq.html (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-22 16:32)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20000622194438.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fages.emuunlim.com:80.2Fhistory.html-2] ttp://ages.emuunlim.com:80/history.html (Wayback Machine: 2000-06-22 19:44)

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-'''AGES''' is a [[Sega Mega Drive]]/Genesis, [[Sega Mega-CD]], [[32X]], [[Master System]] and [[Game Gear]] emulator for Windows written by Quinntesson with an emphasis on speedy emulation.
+'''AGES''', also known as '''WinAGES''', is a [[Sega Mega Drive]]/Genesis, [[Sega Mega-CD]], [[32X]], [[Master System]] and [[Game Gear]] emulator for Windows written by Quinntesson. Development started in 1997,{{ref|https://web.archive.org/web/20000622194438/http://ages.emuunlim.com:80/history.html}} with versions released between 1998 and 2002.
 ==Features==
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 * [[YM2612]] LFO, RS, DT, SSGEG, FB, stereo control
 * 32X/Genesis layering mode 3
-==Development==
-AGES is a learning project. Quinntesson chose to emulate the Genesis, Mega-CD, and 32X because it was collectively unemulated and it is simple in some ways and yet, complex in others. The Genesis/Mega-CD/32X combo has elements from older "low-level-complex" and modern "high-level-complex" hardware design styles. Having memory mapped IO, multiple processors (with various data bus sizes and speeds) some CISC and others RISC, and several custom chips, the system is quite a challenge.
-AGES is for preservation. An emulator is a far more tidy package than an old dusty (and probably non-functioning) video game console with a mess of wires (some of which are probably missing) and a box of cartridges.
 ==Download==
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 ==External links==
 * [https://web.archive.org/web/20010925002225/http://ages.emuunlim.com Official website] (archive)
+==References==
+<references/>