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Play Sega Genesis Games on iphone or ipod touch

12 October 2009 No Comment

With the native application genesis4iphone, you can be playing Sega genesis games on your iPhone within minutes.

Sega Genesis

Sega Genesis

The Sega genesis , known outside north america as the Sega mega drive, was released at the end of the 1980s. it was known for its many fast-paced action and platform games.

Getting a Homebrew ROM
pier solar (Figure 5-6) is a role-playing game (RPG) with a turn-based battle system like Final Fantasy i, developed by Watermelon, juicy development. it’s the first new Genesis RPG to be developed this millennium.
You can find the ROM file at www.piersolar.com

Installing the Emulator

  1. install genesis4iphone through cydia. The source is www.zodttd.com; if you don’t find it in cydia, you can learn which cydia repository to add by checking ZodTTD’s site.
  2. Gather up the ROM(s) for the game(s) that you want to play. We’ll use pier solar as our example. Make sure that the ROM files end in .SMD.
  3. copy your ROMs to /var/mobile/Media/ROMs/GENESIS/ (This article explains how to copy files to your iphone).
  4. When you open genesis4iphone, you’ll see a list of the ROM files that you’ve installed. in this case, tap pier solar.

    Extracting Your ROMs
    If you have a collection of sega Genesis games, you can extract your RoMs with products such as the Venus Multi Game hunter. These products have been out of production for some time, so you’ll have to hunt around on forums for someone selling this equipment.

    You can find additional data about available backup systems at www.supermagi.com and http://tinyurl.com/gamebackup.

    You can also find a few homebrew Genesis games at www.pdroms.de/files/genesis.

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