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Sega never released a genesis adaptor for saturn. But is it even possible ? Sonic jam showed that genesis games run in a software emulator so the power for it is there. Maybe some company release an adaptor (for genesis and sega cd) like the tototek adaptor which was released long after the gennys lifespan. Is any genesis compatile hardware built in the saturn like the mastersystem hardware in genesis ?
I think the Saturn lacks the nescesary hardware and power for such a task, after all it has no blast processing!!
There were a couple of Master System emulators for the Saturn but development stopped on both in the early beta stage, a few games were playable full speed without sound.
It probably wouldn't have been too much trouble if they'd added Genesis support to the Saturn hardware before it shipped and made the cart port fit Genesis carts.
Otherwise any kind of adaptor made today might as well just use a Genesis on a chip since the entire console can be recreated/emulated in less than the size of a cart.
The Saturn has a 68010, which isn't fully compatible with the 68k of the MD.
68EC000 according to the manualQuote:
Originally Posted by Zebbe
Doesn't Sonic Jam work by simply using the 68k processor in the Saturn, rather than software emulation? Notice how when you get the speed shoes, the music has to start over. If it was running off a ROM it wouldn't do that.
Maybe the music isn't emulated? Look how well sound emulation worked for Genesis games on Dreamcast.Quote:
Originally Posted by j_factor
Saturn has totally different sound hardware than MD... its all re-done.