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Slowdown in Genesis games aren't perfect.
#67634 02/21/11 01:24 AM
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In fact, some games run faster than the original hardware did. I did some comparing with Lightening Force/Thunder Force IV, and yeah, there are less slowdowns in MESS than on the Genesis console.

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Samurai Fox #67635 02/21/11 04:12 AM
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The core doesn't support wait states afaik. Is it much faster?
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Waitstates aren't the issue, the DMA timing etc. is just an approximation right now, and the most likely cause of any differences.

http://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/
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Plus waitstates doesn't make a lot of a difference on a "fast" CPU like the M68k.
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They make a pretty good difference on the M68k in CPS-1/2 smile
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Well, just because CPS-1/2 is a bad HW imho :P

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