How to Play Sega Games on a PC

Download and Extract the Emulator

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  Go to http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/genesis, scroll to the bottom of the page and select a Sega Genesis emulator to download. Fusion works well.

• 2

  Open the .zip file using an extracting program, preferably WinRAR.

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  Select all files and click the "Extract To" button on the top toolbar. Make note of the file name you select to extract these files to.

Download a Rom

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  Download a "rom," or virtual game of your choice, from http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/genesis.html, or do a web search for "free genesis roms" and you can find a number of sites hosting free rom downloads.

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  Open the .zip file using an extracting program, preferably WinRAR, the same way you did for the emulator.

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  Highlight all of the files and select "Extract To." Extract the files to the same file folder as you did the emulator.

Starting the Emulator

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  Open the file folder where you extracted both the emulator and the rom.

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  Drag the rom file over top of the emulator .exe file and the emulator should automatically start up and bring you to the menu screen of the Genesis game.

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  Use the keyboard as the Genesis joystick. The directional buttons and "Enter" key should function as the directional keypad and "Start" button. The A, B, and C configuration varies between emulators.