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M.E.S.S - MegaCD #49680 04/29/09 04:45 AM
Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 1 New Zealand P Paul_DownUnder OP Member
OP Paul_DownUnder Member P Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 1 New Zealand	Is MESS able load use the Mega-CD Roms and Images, it can load to MedaDrive fine - is there much difference between the two systems?

Re: M.E.S.S - MegaCD Paul_DownUnder #49681 04/29/09 05:45 AM
Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,691 Trondheim, Norway etabeta78 Very Senior Member
etabeta78 Very Senior Member Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 3,691 Trondheim, Norway	yes, there is difference: MegaCD uses CDs and MESS currently does not support it

Re: M.E.S.S - MegaCD etabeta78 #49682 04/29/09 08:13 AM
Joined: May 2006 Posts: 111 Gurmoneh F-3582 Senior Member
F-3582 Senior Member Joined: May 2006 Posts: 111 Gurmoneh	And yes, these two systems are different. The MegaCD offers a faster version of the MegaDrive main CPU which acts as a co-processor. Furthermore there's some more RAM and an additional graphics chip for ROZ effects and video decoding, I think. Syncing those things together is the biggest hurdle in MAME/MESS. Last edited by F-3582; 04/29/09 08:14 AM.