The Mega SG comes with a spacer pad to lift the console up and align it with the connector. That also means it supports the Sega CD, both Model 1 and Model 2, via the expansion connector on the bottom of the console. That means the Mega SG should have full compatibility with the entire Sega Genesis library, including any glitches or slowdown that affected the original hardware. The creation of these so-called “cores” by Analogue’s own Kevin Horton is the company’s secret sauce. Because rebuilding Genesis consoles by stockpiling 30-year-old Motorola 68000 CPUs and Yamaha YM2612 sound chips is unrealistic, Analogue’s consoles use a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) chip, which can, in simple terms, simulate the original hardware inside of a Sega Genesis. While a software-based emulator is fully capable of delivering an excellent experience - see Nintendo’s “Classic Edition” lineup, with software-based features like save states and instant rewind - Analogue’s solution is to instead emulate the hardware itself. Clone consoles traditionally use software emulation to replay classic games the Genesis clone consoles available heretofore have a well-deserved reputation for having terrible emulation. First, a quick recap of the technology behind the Mega SG.
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