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| SONIC CRAsHTest | ||||||||||||||
| by Tom | ||||||||||||||
| tomman38@flatface.net | ||||||||||||||
| Test results | % | Gens 2.11 | Kega Lazarus | Ages 0.30a | Xega 0.10 | |||||||||
| Author | Stephan Dalongeville | Steve Snake | Quintesson | Michel Gerritse | ||||||||||
| Website | http://gens.consolemul.com | http://www.eidolons-inn.de/kega | http://www.emuitalia.com/ages | http://xega.emucamp.com | ||||||||||
| System requirements: | ||||||||||||||
| -Genesis | Pentium 200 32 Mb | Pentium II 300 32 Mb | Pentium 233 32 Mb | Pentium 233 32 Mb | ||||||||||
| -32X | Athlon 900 128 Mb | N/A | Pentium III 500 64 Mb | Pentium III 500 64 Mb | ||||||||||
| -SegaCD | Pentium 233 32 Mb | Pentium II 300 32 Mb | Pentium 233 32 Mb | Pentium 233 32 Mb | ||||||||||
| -SMS/GameGear | N/A | Pentium II 300 32 Mb | Pentium 233 32 Mb | N/A | ||||||||||
| Setup | 5,0% | 5,64 | 4,09 | 3,64 | 3,42 | |||||||||
| Install mode | 1,0% | Manual | 4,00 | Manual | 4,00 | Manual | 4,00 | Manual | 4,00 | |||||
| Setup easiness | 0,5% | Easy | 8,00 | Easy | 8,00 | Difficult | 4,00 | Difficult | 4,00 | |||||
| Unisntaller | 0,5% | No | 0,00 | No | 0,00 | No | 0,00 | No | ||||||
| Documentation/Help | 1,0% | A lot/Optional in-line manual | 8,00 | Normal/Optional manual | 6,00 | Normal | 3,50 | Not much | 3,00 | |||||
| Disk space occuped (standard pack files) | 0,5% | 515 KB | 10,00 | 1,20 MB | 9,60 | 1,30 MB | 9,45 | 2,20 MB | 8,50 | |||||
| Translations? | 1,0% | Yes, 20+ languages available, lang switch menu | 9,50 | Only through hacking | 1,00 | Yes, 10+ languages available, manual switch (.INI file) | 4,55 | Only through hacking | 1,00 | |||||
| Setup help | 0,5% | No | 0,00 | No | 0,00 | No | 0,00 | No | 0,00 | |||||
| Emulation | 85,0% | Very good, does not emulate SMS/GG | 5,24 | It's recommended to disable "SuperHQ" for a better sound | 6,39 | Very bad emulating Genesis, very good emulating GameGear | 5,11 | High-quality emulator for Genesis, 32X support sucks | 2,16 | |||||
| ROMS | 49,5% | 5,60 | 6,37 | 4,85 | 1,93 | |||||||||
| Sega Genesis/MegaDrive | 22,0% | 9,77 | 9,85 | 5,29 | 9,65 | |||||||||
| -Sonic 1 | 2,0% | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Video not fluid, bad SFX | 4,50 | Perfect | 10,00 | |||||
| -Sonic 2 | 2,0% | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Video not fluid, bad SFX | 3,55 | Perfect | 10,00 | |||||
| -Sonic 3 | 2,0% | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Video not fluid, bad SFX | 4,50 | Perfect | 10,00 | |||||
| -Sonic & Knuckles | 2,0% | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Video not fluid, bad SFX | 4,50 | Perfect | 10,00 | |||||
| -Sonic & Knuckles & Sonic 2 | 2,0% | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Video not fluid, bad SFX | 4,25 | Perfect | 10,00 | |||||
| -Sonic & Knuckles & Sonic 3 | 2,0% | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Video not fluid, bad SFX | 4,50 | Special zones bug (no shadow under character, SFX distotioned) | 9,85 | |||||
| -Sonic & Knuckles & Sonic 1 | 1,0% | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Sound not good, game slow | 6,55 | Special zones bug (no shadow under character, SFX distotioned) | 9,85 | |||||
| -Sonic Spinball | 1,0% | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Sound not good, game slow | 6,30 | Light grahpic bugs | 9,50 | |||||
| -Sonic Crackers (Studium) | 1,0% | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Sound not good, game slow | 7,25 | Perfect | 10,00 | |||||
| -Sonic 3D Blast | 2,0% | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Bad sound, game junps to level select on startup (1) | 5,25 | Traveler's Tales logo: GFX bugs | 9,90 | |||||
| -Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine | 1,0% | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Litte slow, bad SFX | 9,10 | GFX bugs (Beans shadow does not appeear) | 9,25 | |||||
| -Vectorman | 2,0% | Contrast too low (adjustable), video not fluid | 8,50 | Contrast too low | 9,00 | Video not fluid, bad SFX | 4,25 | Contrast too low, no "lights" effects | 9,10 | |||||
| -Vectorman 2 | 2,0% | Contrast too low (adjustable), video not fluid | 8,50 | Contrast too low | 9,00 | Video not fluid, bad SFX | 4,30 | Contrast too low, wrong colors | 7,95 | |||||
| Sega Genesis/MegaDrive 32X | 3,0% | 9,25 | Unemulated | 0,00 | 2,50 | 0,00 | ||||||||
| -Knuckles Chaotix | 1,5% | Litte slow (2) | 9,50 | N/A | 0,00 | Very slow, very bad sound (2) | 2,50 | Not worked | 0,00 | |||||
| -Doom 32X | 1,5% | Litte slow, image too dark (2) | 9,00 | N/A | 0,00 | Very slow, very bad sound (2) | 2,50 | Not worked | 0,00 | |||||
| Sega MasterSystem | 3,5% | Unemulated | 0,00 | 8,33 | 5,78 | Unemulated | 0,00 | |||||||
| -Sonic 1 | 1,5% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | GFX bugs | 8,33 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sonic Chaos | 1,0% | N/A | 0,00 | ROM crashes if Tails is selected as player | 5,00 | Litte slow | 8,50 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sonic Blast | 1,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | ROM crashes on SEGA logo | 0,50 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| Sega Game Gear | 17,0% | Unemulated | 0,00 | 10,00 | 7,67 | Unemulated | 0,00 | |||||||
| -Sonic 1 | 2,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | GFX bugs | 8,33 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sonic 2 | 1,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | ROM does not run | 0,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sonic & Tails | 2,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | SFX bugs on SEGA logo | 8,66 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sonic & Tails 2 | 1,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | SFX bugs on SEGA logo | 8,66 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sonic Chaos | 2,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | SFX bugs on SEGA logo | 8,66 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sonic Drift | 1,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sonic Drift 2 | 1,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sonic Labyrinth | 1,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sonic Spinball | 2,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | Almost perfect | 9,50 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sonic Triple Trouble | 1,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | SFX bugs on SEGA logo | 8,66 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine | 1,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | ROM does not run | 0,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Tails Adventures | 1,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | SFX bugs on SEGA logo, game runs on Japanase, not English (default) | 8,23 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Tails Sky Patrol | 1,0% | N/A | 0,00 | Perfect | 10,00 | GFX bugs | 9,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| Sega CD/Mega CD | 4,0% | 9,00 | 3,66 | 3,00 | 0,00 | |||||||||
| -Sonic CD (USA) (ISO+MP3's/CD)(4) | 4,0% | Almost perfect/Random crashes (3) | 9,00 | ISO does not work/CD tracks playback not fluid, game crashes after finish Palmtree Panic I(3) | 3,66 | ISO does not work/Very slow (3) | 3,00 | ISO does not work/CD does not work | 0,00 | |||||
| GENERAL (estimated) | 35,5% | 4,87 | 6,41 | 5,38 | 2,40 | |||||||||
| Sega Genesis | 9,0% | 8,55 | 8,38 | 4,88 | 8,00 | |||||||||
| -Compatibility | 3,0% | High (97%) | 9,70 | High (95%) | 9,50 | Normal (75%) | 7,50 | Normal (80%) | 8,00 | |||||
| -Video | 2,0% | Good | 8,00 | Good | 8,00 | Not fluid | 5,00 | Good | 8,00 | |||||
| -Sound | 2,0% | Good | 8,50 | Good | 8,00 | Bad | 4,00 | Good | 8,00 | |||||
| -Bugs/Fails | 2,0% | Some bugs | 8,00 | Some bugs | 8,00 | Lots | 3,00 | Some bugs | 8,00 | |||||
| Sega Genesis/MegaDrive 32X | 6,5% | 6,63 | Unemulated | 0,00 | 3,25 | Test failed | 2,63 | |||||||
| -Compatibility | 2,0% | Normal (65%) | 6,50 | N/A | 0,00 | Normal (60%) | 6,00 | Normal (60%) | 6,00 | |||||
| -Video | 1,5% | Good | 8,00 | N/A | 0,00 | Bad | 2,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sound | 1,5% | Not fluid (2) | 7,00 | N/A | 0,00 | Bad | 2,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Bugs/Fails | 1,5% | Lots (32X support is Beta) | 5,00 | N/A | 0,00 | Lots | 3,00 | Lots | 4,50 | |||||
| Sega MasterSystem | 6,0% | Unemulated | 0,00 | 8,53 | 7,13 | Unemulated | 0,00 | |||||||
| -Compatibility | 1,5% | N/A | 0,00 | High (0%) | 9,60 | Normal (75%) | 7,50 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Video | 1,5% | N/A | 0,00 | Image is a litte unfocused | 8,50 | Normal | 6,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sound | 1,5% | N/A | 0,00 | Good | 8,00 | Good | 7,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Bugs/Fails | 1,5% | N/A | 0,00 | Some bugs | 8,00 | Some bugs | 8,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| Sega Game Gear | 6,0% | Unemulated | 0,00 | 8,15 | 8,13 | Unemulated | 0,00 | |||||||
| -Compatibility | 1,5% | N/A | 0,00 | High (0%) | 9,60 | Normal (75%) | 7,50 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Video | 1,5% | N/A | 0,00 | Image does not fit in screen | 7,00 | Very good | 10,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sound | 1,5% | N/A | 0,00 | Good | 8,00 | Good | 7,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Bugs/Fails | 1,5% | N/A | 0,00 | Some bugs | 8,00 | Some bugs | 8,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| Sega CD/Mega CD | 8,0% | 9,18 | 7,00 | 3,50 | Test failed | 1,38 | ||||||||
| -Compatibility | 2,0% | High (0%) | 9,70 | Normal (50%) | 5,00 | Low (40%) | 4,00 | Low (40%) | 2,00 | |||||
| -Video | 2,0% | Good | 8,00 | Good | 8,00 | Not fluid | 5,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Sound | 2,0% | Very good | 10,00 | Very good | 10,00 | Poor | 2,00 | N/A | 0,00 | |||||
| -Bugs/Fails | 2,0% | Almost none | 9,00 | Some bugs | 5,00 | Lots | 3,00 | Lots | 3,50 | |||||
| Configuration | 10,0% | 7,00 | 5,33 | 3,50 | 4,04 | |||||||||
| -Input | 2,0% | DirectInput (Keyboard, Joystick, Gamepad) | 10,00 | DirectInput (Keyboard, Joystick, Gamepad) | 10,00 | Keyboard | 5,00 | Keyboard | 5,00 | |||||
| -Netplay | 2,0% | Kaillera, buggy | 6,00 | No | 0,00 | Kaillera, does not worked | 0,00 | No | 0,00 | |||||
| -Long filenames errors? | 1,0% | No | 10,00 | No | 10,00 | No | 10,00 | No | 10,00 | |||||
| -System resources used (Gen/32X/SMS/GG/SCD) in % | 2,0% | Normal (30/90/-/-/35) | 6,00 | Low (28/-/26/25/32) | 7,00 | High (50/90/25/25/55) | 4,00 | Normal (30/80/-/-/50) | 6,00 | |||||
| -GameGenie (Gen/GG) | 2,0% | Yes/no | 5,00 | Yes/no | 5,00 | Only through .PAT files, manual edit needed | 2,00 | No | 0,00 | |||||
| -Hacking (debugger, etc.) | 1,0% | Debugger almost useless | 5,00 | No | 0,00 | No | 0,00 | Some basic "dump" utilities | 3,25 | |||||
| Minimal DirectX version | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | ||||||||||
| Partial grade | 100,0% | 5,96 | 5,27 | 4,08 | 3,21 | |||||||||
| Bonus/Penalities | Savestates incompatibility with another emulators | -0,25 | BRAM support incompatibility | -0,25 | Additional input devices emulated | 0,25 | ||||||||
| Emulator is open-source | 0,05 | |||||||||||||
| FINAL GRADE | -----> | C (OK) | ->5,76 | C (OK) | ->5,02 | D (Not very good) | ->4,33 | D (Not very good) | ->3,21 | |||||
| Comments | Needs to emulate SMS/GG | Performing everyday | BAD | Over the limit | ||||||||||
| TEST NOTES: | ||||||||||||||
| (1): Following screen appeared: "Congratulations You have found the Secret Level Select Screen". Then, by pressing START, you can access the Level Select | View screen | |||||||||||||
| (2): The test computer is a litte slow (700 MHz), but Gens is faster than Ages in 32X ins this PC. | ||||||||||||||
| (3): I don't have the CDROM. Tested with a BIN+WAV+CUE, mounted with Daemon-Tools (www.dtools.de), worked fine. | ||||||||||||||
| GRADES TABLE | TEST SYSTEM SPECS. | |||||||||||||
| A - Excellent | 9-10 | OK | Processor: Intel Celeron 700 MHz | |||||||||||
| B - Very good | 7-9 | Memory: 128 MB | ||||||||||||
| C - OK | 5-7 | Windows Millenium Edition (Spanish) | ||||||||||||
| D - Not very good | 3-5 | DirectX 9.0 | ||||||||||||
| E - Not OK | 1-3 | NOT OK | Video Card: SiS 630 16MB | |||||||||||
| F - BAD | 0-1 | Sound Card: SiS 7018 | ||||||||||||
| Modem: Motorola SM56 PCI (D/V/F) | ||||||||||||||
| Drives: | ||||||||||||||
| Windows: C: 1,5GB/4,2 GB free | ||||||||||||||
| Emulators: F: 2,5GB/5GB free | ||||||||||||||
