AGES (emulator)

Video game console emulator

AGES (emulator)
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, 32X, Master System, Game Gear
OS: Windows
Developer: Quinntesson
Last release date: 2002-11-18 (21 years ago)
Last version: 0.30a

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.

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

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

Prior versions

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

External links

• Official website (archive)