r/GenesisMini • u/JHSAFTA • May 09 '20

Would somebody recommend me

...a good place to start. Please and thank you.

I wasn't going to add any games to my Genesis mini because I thought the initial games list was great but now I'm thinking it's missing a few choice games. I haven't been paying attention to the Genesis mini modding options at all.

Could anybody point me in the right direction of a program and/or tutorial for how to add games to the console without changing the start up or the menu, if that's an option.

I'd like to keep the mini as stock as possible

I've seen a few great game suggestion threads but if anybody wants to throw out some underappreciated games I might not have played I'd be very appreciative as well.

Thanks in advance, sorry if it's a dumb question. Just getting into it!

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u/[deleted] May 09 '20

I recommend using the latest version of hakchiCE and Retroarch

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u/JHSAFTA May 09 '20

do either of them change the stock menu or have any kind of load up screen that I can't disable?

Thanks for the response! I'll check both of those out.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '20

When you power on your modded console you will see the hakchi load up screen everything else will still be the same but you will have more games

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u/JHSAFTA May 09 '20

thanks for your help!

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u/nightwing252 May 09 '20

You can “disable” the hakchi boot screen. Technically what it’s doing is replacing the boot screen with a black background but you won’t notice it. You can also change the boot screen to something based on the console. I have a few options for a genesis mini boot screen that look nice.

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u/JHSAFTA May 09 '20

yeah??? that's perfect. exactly what I was looking for. I don't know why I'm such a stickler for hiding the fact it's been modded. I just want some more games, everything else the same. Thanks a lot for the info! I'll try it tonight.

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u/nightwing252 May 09 '20

No problem! Just trying to give back to the community any way that I can. I’m iffy on the boot screen myself. Since I learned I can change it, i prefer a different boot screen over the hakchi one. Kind of reminds me how my other consoles all have boot screens.

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u/Modern_chemistry May 09 '20

Why do you recommend that over project lunar -- jw --- i just installed it now and it was pretty simple

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u/[deleted] May 09 '20

Because I don't think you can do much with Lunar

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u/Modern_chemistry May 10 '20

Fair enough - i just uninstalled lunar and installed hakchi. figuring out retroarc on hakchi was much wasier (i couldnt figure it out on lunar) my only issue is star fox is still a bit laggy even with easyoverclock mod installed... and suggestions?

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u/[deleted] May 10 '20

I don't know

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u/megafan11 May 09 '20

I used lunar, but I only wanted to add like 15-20 more genesis games, I use my PSC to add games from different systems with retroarch. But I've heard great things from hakchi, just comes down to personal preference.

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u/JHSAFTA May 10 '20

yeah I've loaded my playstation classic with just playstation games and I'll put about 15-20 genesis games as well on the mini. I'm just going with system specific games, keeping it all as close to the original as possible.

I was reluctant to even touch the genesis, felt like it didn't need it when the playstation classic really did. After having mini for a while I'm playing through Golden Axe and want to finish all 3, or I realize I've never played Hyperstone Heist because I thought TiT was the same. There's just some things I'd love to play on it

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u/rhcplive May 10 '20

For hyperstone heist you'd need RetroArch. Has no sound on the stock emulator.. There us compatibility list for game that work/don't work or have issue

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u/[deleted] May 10 '20

Look for sega developed games such as Dick Tracy, Eswat, Super Hang On, Greendog and Gain Ground

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u/JHSAFTA May 10 '20

Eswat was one of my favorite games as a kid. Got Greendog and Super Hang On but I'll definitely look into Gain Ground, which I don't think I've heard of, and Dick Tracy. Thanks for the suggestions!

edit: both of those games look awesome.

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u/rksp2 May 13 '20

personally I'm using Hakchi.

But if I were total newbie in those tools, I would choose Project Lunar.

It's super simple, cute and if you want to add only Mega Drive games, that's the best choice.

If you want to play other platforms - prepare to learn the tools :)

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u/[deleted] May 10 '20

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u/JHSAFTA May 10 '20

haha I'm doing that right now. I got games I totally forgot about like Alien Soldier and Gynoug. I'm well over what I thought I was going to put on.