Hello gentlemen. I've been having some trouble setting up GEMS to run some games I have. I'm interested in making it run an .iso file which, supposedly, contains a large number of Mega Drive games. I used to run a 16-bit Mega Drive console and got a bit nostalgic.
So, I downloaded the newest release (Gens 2.14 win32 binary) from the official GENS homepage. First thing to note is that, instead of having the folder format described here (the BIOS, BRAM, SRAM etc subfolders) my Gens folder is pretty simple. Here, have a look:
Anyway, I unzipped the .zip file to a newly created C:\Gens directory.
So, after noting this, let's try to play some games. I downladed the Berzerk v 1.00 ROM from the site's main page to test it and it ran fine. It's a .BIN file. However, my original intention was to run the games in the .iso image I downloaded (I mean, come on, it has Sonic 1 and 2 in there), so I tried to open it in Gens (open rom -> choose SEGA CD images -> the .iso file i have) and then I get the message that my BIOS files are not correctly configured.
It's ok, I tell myself, I'll search around a bit. From the GENS tutorial and this thread it is made obvious that I needed to download some BIOS files for 32x and CD gaming and then locate them from inside the emulator. To find a downloading source, I consulted the .txt file included with the Gens package, and it links to this page.
However, my problem is that the only German (?) I know is football-related. =/ Also, that site looks like it's redirecting me somewhere else, and I do not like this.
So, my questions are the following:
1) Is there any other source where I can download the BIOS files from?
2) What's with the lack of subfolders in my Gens folder? Is it ok if I create them myself?
Thanks in advance
Note: I mounted the ISO file I downloaded with Magic Iso and copied its contents on my hd, and noticed that the files corresponding to the games have a .PRX extension. I have been unable to 'open' them on their own from GENS, though.
So, I downloaded the newest release (Gens 2.14 win32 binary) from the official GENS homepage. First thing to note is that, instead of having the folder format described here (the BIOS, BRAM, SRAM etc subfolders) my Gens folder is pretty simple. Here, have a look:
Anyway, I unzipped the .zip file to a newly created C:\Gens directory.
So, after noting this, let's try to play some games. I downladed the Berzerk v 1.00 ROM from the site's main page to test it and it ran fine. It's a .BIN file. However, my original intention was to run the games in the .iso image I downloaded (I mean, come on, it has Sonic 1 and 2 in there), so I tried to open it in Gens (open rom -> choose SEGA CD images -> the .iso file i have) and then I get the message that my BIOS files are not correctly configured.
It's ok, I tell myself, I'll search around a bit. From the GENS tutorial and this thread it is made obvious that I needed to download some BIOS files for 32x and CD gaming and then locate them from inside the emulator. To find a downloading source, I consulted the .txt file included with the Gens package, and it links to this page.
However, my problem is that the only German (?) I know is football-related. =/ Also, that site looks like it's redirecting me somewhere else, and I do not like this.
So, my questions are the following:
1) Is there any other source where I can download the BIOS files from?
2) What's with the lack of subfolders in my Gens folder? Is it ok if I create them myself?
Thanks in advance
Note: I mounted the ISO file I downloaded with Magic Iso and copied its contents on my hd, and noticed that the files corresponding to the games have a .PRX extension. I have been unable to 'open' them on their own from GENS, though.
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