Several people have been requesting that support is added to the Megadrive driver for their favourite games. The driver currently contains my favourite games that work. There are simply too many games in the driver for us to test them all and enable ones that work. To this end, I am giving users the opportunity to add games to the driver.

To do this, firstly you need to download a version of FBA, with all Megadrive games enabled. iq_132 has made one available and you can download it here. Once you have tested a game you can update it's status using this page. Registration is required - this is because we want to log changes and if necessary block any people who abuse the system.

The process is simple. Simply enter the short name of the driver you tested (e.g. g_soni) and click the Amend button. Update the details according to your testing and then click the Amend button to change the details. Strictly speaking, most details shouldn't change. The only fields I expect will change, are;

• Year
• Manufacturer
• Number of Players
• Genre
• Status
• Notes

Each field should be self-explanatory. The Notes field should be used to record your testing experience and to explain any problems with the game, etc., so we can look at fixing things when the driver is more mature.

With each new release of FB Alpha I will generate a new driver file from this database and any games marked as working will be automatically included. All game details will be updated using the data stored here so we should be able to get more complete info on each game, (e.g., genre, year) than we have now.

So, if you want to see more Megadrive games in FB Alpha, you really don't have any excuses anymore.

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