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PlayStation Vita runs Sega Genesis games with custom emulator

Posted: 12 Jan 2012 04:01 AM PST

We know that PlayStation Vita is an amazing device with some great games, however, if you're more into retro games, you'll be pleased to hear that PlayStation Vita can run retro games as well.

If you're into Sega Genesis, you'll be pleased to hear that PlayStation Vita can run Sega Genesis games via special emulator. However, in order to use this emulator, you need to use PlayStation Vita's PSP emulator, because this custom emulator was made for PlayStation Portable. As for the performance, the emulator runs Sega Genesis games without problems, however, there are some audio synchronization issues that will probably be fixed in the future.

This is a great tool, if you're into retro Sega Genesis games and you want to enjoy in them on your PlayStation Vita, however, we're pretty sure that that Sony will fix this exploit in the future, but we'll probably see more similar tools from the community in the future.

[via Kotaku]

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