Screen resolution hacks [MD]

[paul_met]

I recently started to explore this platform and came to the conclusion that it also has the potential to improve the quality of games. A similar topic already exists in the section for Saturn, and now it's time for a Mega Drive / Genesis.
As it turned out, quite a few games on this platform did not support extended screen resolution (only 256x224 like the SNES). I decided to correct this flaw. Several patches to increase the screen resolution are already available at the link below. I hope that their number will grow.

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Link to patches

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[ynoS XSP]

This a great topic!

I've been interested in this subject for years and I always suspected there were games on the genesis that could be hacked into 320x224, which in turn would make them look better or even correct the aspect ratio of the graphics in cases when the artists didn't take into account the stretching caused by 4/3 crt TV's.

@Paul Met: there are lots of titles. Please take a look here (if you didn't already):

The Definitive 256 mode Genesis Games List:

Well it's finally done and includes notes on mode swaps to 320 resolution. It was VERY tedious to compile this list, and I never want to do that again. :daze: This list is for Sega Genesis USA released titles, and includes unlicensed games. The base criteria for making the list is if main...

www.sega-16.com

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that in the future you can improve many of them (especially my favorites).

 

[paul_met]

Hacks are available for all NHL games from EA (94 - 98).

 

[Malenko]

Hacks are available for all NHL games from EA (94 - 98).

If it works for those it should work for Mutant League Hockey as well.

 

[paul_met]

If it works for those it should work for Mutant League Hockey as well.

Never tried this game. As far as I heard, this is more pampering than real hockey.

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Added hack for Zombies Ate My Neighbors.

 

[ynoS XSP]

@paul_met : Any news on this? Have you found more games that can be improved in this way?

 

[paul_met]

@paul_met : Any news on this? Have you found more games that can be improved in this way?

There are enough of such games, but there is no time for them yet.

 

[paul_met]

Widescreen support for Beyond Oasis. To work correctly, you need an emulator with the "Genesis Plus GX Wide" core (RetroArch / Mednafen).

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[paul_met]

New version of Beyond Oasis Extended

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[Bjankins1]

@paul_met would you be interested in doing more of these hacks on genesis,

http://www.firebrandx.com/downloads/Genesis-256-Mode-List.txt

Here’s a list of games that displayed in 256 mode, for better or for worse

air buster would be nice to have a 320x224 mode