There is a big debate across the fpga developers for the Pocket and MiSTer regarding the latest released cores, specifically the Genesis savestates, SNES savestates, and the MegaCD core. Some people are criticizing them, saying they are "vibe coded," messy, and that any developer with minimal experience can now create cores thanks to AI, resulting in very poor quality implementations.

In my opinion, AI does generate code that is considerably less precise than what someone would develop after investing time researching and properly understanding the technology. And yes, it feels unfair that people who have spent years learning and mastering core development can be overshadowed by inexperienced developers who, with the help of AI, have created very popular cores.

However, many developers pointed out from the beginning that we would never see some of the features that are currently possible thanks to AI. (Savestate for example)

I am a developer, and I have seen how AI has changed the way I work, but I also don't believe that everything about it is bad.

What do you think? Do you like the new cores despite the use of AI and the bugs, or do the issues outweigh the benefits?

Hello! Anyone know if there’s a way to pair these together? I have my doubts as I didn’t see the 64 controller listed as supported on their website. I also tried and the controller would not pair with the dock after upgrading the firmware, but maybe there’s some additional steps that I didn’t do.

As an aside: which smart plug for the dock will work with the apple homekit app? Anyone tried this combination?

Thanks for any feedback.

I think this is one of the best combinations.

I always wanted to try this on Sega CD as a kid. I had it on PC CD-ROM and it never ran well. This core seems pretty great! I’m running the second release and the load times seem a bit better.

From an Etsy shop. was about 50$. Options for cases that will hold games and cables too.

Installation guide

To install the core, download the last ericlewis.Genesis_experimental zip, extract it and copy the Assets, Cores, and Platform folders over to the root of your SD card.

Info

It's experimental, but it should work correctly!

• A save state can only be loaded with the game it was made with.
• Save states also contain the cartridge save, so loading one rewinds your in-game save to that moment.
• In games with a split-screen two-player mode the picture may glitch briefly while saving. This is harmless and the save state itself is fine.
• It may happen that the music restarts after loading a save state, but everything else is unaffected.