VESA 2.0 driver?

TenLeftFingers

How do I know if I am using a vesa 2.0 driver? Or how do I install /enable one. Is it a video card specific thing?

DiscoStu

vesa was an old standard for graphics cards back in the days of dos. win9x has limited support for vesa2.0 in dos boxes. win nt and above have even less support. if you're really desperate and your on win9x try and dig up an old copy of scitech display doctor. it may help.

one question though. why in the name of jesus do you need a vesa driver in this day and age?

TenLeftFingers

Haha, well, Im using KGen to play road rash. But it paints the roads a manky cyan colour, and it says in the readme that vesa 2.0 does the job when the "Palette Raster
FX kick in."

KGen is a dos based genesis emulator. If you know a work around for this I would be delighted to hear. I've tried DGen but it does a terrible job as does gencyst.

I've download gens but it doesnt seem to like .smd roms

DiscoStu

no no no no you dont need kgen

http://gens.consolemul.com/ - Gens

the ultimate mega drive emulator. it does the 32x, the mega cd and the original mega drive. nice and windows based and much better compatability that kgen

if you want to keep kgens spirit alive then try

http://www.eidolons-inn.de/kega/ - Kega

written by the same guy as kgen. it to is windows based and will also emulate the mega cd and master system/game gear. its a bit faster than gens to. compatability is way beyond kgen to.

yes, they were halcyon days but lets let dos go.

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just noticed your bit saying gens does not like .smd files. well all my md roms are in .smd and they run fine. im guessing you have a bad dump. try and find another copy of it somewhere else.
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TenLeftFingers

I went back and downloaded an older version. It works perfectly. There's even sound!!!

Thanks Stu. It'll be a long night. Yes indeedy

LoGiE

Always glad to see another convert to Gens Whats with everyone going mad for roadrash all of a sudden

TenLeftFingers

ooooh you don't know what you've started logie Personally, I first played it on my mates 3D0. The soundtrack included bands Soundgarden, Therapy, Swervedriver, Hammerbox - to name a few.

Today (7 years later) these are my favourite bands, I bought a motorbike, and have found as much joy in the genesis version of road rash.

Sad but true I migh post a picture of the bike if I can find a jpeg.

Ste-

Originally posted by merlin_bar
Today (7 years later) these are my favourite bands, I bought a motorbike, and have found as much joy in the genesis version of road rash.

Irelands biggest road rash fan ?
taking it too far if you ask me.

LoGiE

Originally posted by djste18
Irelands biggest road rash fan ?
taking it too far if you ask me.

Ah leave it out djste18, Once merlin_bar's not punching other bike enthusiasts as he passes them on the street he's all right

TenLeftFingers

Irelands biggest road rash fan ?
taking it too far if you ask me.

Well, I didn't ask.

TenLeftFingers

Here she is, badah!
I've sold her since to pay rent, but I might get another one when i finish college

http://angelfire.lycos.com/crazy/mb

bugs

It has no sound for the bikes, they coulda just stuck in a whiney noise or something, its all very silent....too silent. Great game tho, jailbreak on the psx was a bit of fun, can't go wrong with bikes and large blunt objects

KdjaCL

3do version was the best version of it i thought.


kdjac

TenLeftFingers

Bugs, thats what I thought until I got gen. Theres actually pretty decent music and engine sounds. What emu are you using?

3do version was the best version of it i thought.

I agree 100%