> Why can't we go
> back to the old simple "OOO - it's a Megadrive console, lets emulate it". That
> was simple back then...

Because there already are good megadrive emulators, unfortunately not open source. Why not download MESS and improve that :-)

It's already been mentioned elsewhere, but emulator programmers either quit the scene or join mamedev. The rare few ones can still find motivation in a scene where everyone bitches.

smf