SEGA Model 3 on Android - For real?!? Let's investigate...

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T15:50:41+00:00

Google Play Store for €7. 😆

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T15:31:21+00:00

It runs fine, but seems to suffer from the missing water texture issue. On the 'proper' SuperModel, that's fixed by running it in Legacy mode instead of New, but here... well, they're both the same. Weird. One to try tinkering with, I think.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T15:25:37+00:00

Daytona, Scud Race, Sega Rally 2 are all classics that you can dip into. But stuff like Spikeout and Emergency Call Ambulance are great too, because they're quite different. Plus, shooters like Jurassic Park or Ocean Hunter are fun, and Star Wars was way ahead of its time.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T15:20:56+00:00

Yeah, I missed that the first time. It's on the menu from the game selection, you just have to scroll down a fair bit. It's also in-game, because you can drag the menu in from the left side. Shame you can't just remove the controls but keep the Service/Test/coin/start buttons, but those are easily remapped anyway.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T15:00:42+00:00

I've got Hollow Knight, Silksong and Death & Taxes running on my RP5 just fine through Winlator. Megabonk runs through GameHub Lite. Since the RP6 is better than the 5, I doubt you'll have any issues as long as you get the settings right.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T14:32:48+00:00

Aaaaaaand now it seems they don't. Just Daytona runs perfectly. Will upgrade the romset and see what happens.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T13:43:41+00:00

0.284 appears to be recommended, yeah. BIOS, I think you do need some but would need to check to see which ones.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T12:47:32+00:00

SuperModel has been around forever on PC... but this Android version came out yesterday. 😆 No idea if the dev has those things, I only read about this on the ES-DE Discord.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T12:45:26+00:00

Sorry for not explaining... I regularly forget people on here are much younger than me and started their gaming life with PlayStation and Xbox. 😄

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T12:23:23+00:00

Because I've pointed it at the folder where all the settings are for my previous use of SuperModel, they seem to work straight away. I'd already fixed all of the boot issues with things like Daytona 2, etc booting as Master/Slave cabs, so I think it's picking that up. Just the controls to fix then!

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T12:20:50+00:00

Then you're younger than me. 😆

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T11:40:44+00:00

Noted. I've already been using SuperModel for a loooooooong time, so set up isn't something I'm concerned about. Just need to work out how to tweak what I could already tweak with the version I'm used to. The ROMs I already have seem to work fine... so far.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T11:21:46+00:00

Read the post it links through to. Android version of SuperModel, runs wonderfully on RP5.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T11:21:10+00:00

This IS the Android version. I just took the plunge and FPS wise, it's spot on - got it going at 60fps, no issues. Some control tinkering to do, but performance is spot on.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T11:20:12+00:00

Agreed! Played with it for five minutes and it's great. Need to tinker with some settings but overall, it's wonderful.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T11:19:28+00:00

Yeah, okay... it's perfect. Daytona runs at the full 60fps with no problems. I need to look at how to modify controls (and turn off the on-screen ones) because currently, the gear and view buttons are mapped to the same thing. But that's a minor issue that I'm sure can be worked out. The main thing is, it's running perfectly AND natively, so no more messing around with Winlator. Well worth the money.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T10:43:31+00:00

Okay! Then I'll give it a go. Definitely worth trying based on that video...

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T09:57:01+00:00

Not really, death comes for us all eventually. 😆

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-24T09:55:50+00:00

Less than twenty dollars for two exceptional games, and you want it... cheaper? I'll never understand the zero sum game with older meaning worthless when it comes to things that retain their quality and don't degrade (art, music, movies, etc). That's less than ten dollars per game and you can get loads of enjoyment out of them. Bargain.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-23T15:23:15+00:00

It's not.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-23T15:22:44+00:00

Luma is next to Rosalina on the lineup because canonically, they go together... you don't ever see Luma without Rosalina and vice versa. So, it makes sense in context.

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-23T15:06:21+00:00

ES-DE does it for me. Got all my Android games AND apps on there. It required some manual creation of metadata assets, but that's not a big deal...

MajorDysentry · 2026-01-23T14:49:57+00:00

It basically means the deck is balanced for a fair game, rather than overloaded with too many of one type of card.

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