Sega Genesis emulator question/issue

[Jondard]

I'm working on setting up my old arcade cabinet--and am having issues finding a sega genesis emulator that works well.  I am having issues with it opening up in a window (and showing the desktop screen) as well as ultimately putting a bunch of either title or logo files on my desktop after each effort.  I have tried several emulators--  At best, they seem to allow you to select a full screen option in their pull-down menus, but nothing to easily check in configuration settings.

 

Which is the best to play Sega Genesis, 32x, CD?  or which emulator for which ones?  And any tricks in getting it set up?

[Tom Speirs]

Retroarch seems to be the in thing these days. I would give that a go. Profiles are included in GameEx.

32x still seems to have some bad emulation across the board from I saw last time I tried it. I didn't include it in my last pc build because of that. I've never tried CD but I would expect emulation for that to be perfected now.

[Jondard]

I have tried using Retroarch, but none of the controls work.  I have updated to the latest Retroarch, and have setup input 1-4 (using keyboard emulator and not a gamepad: selected "none" instead of gamepad at top of input configuration), and have gone back in the retroarch config file to ensure that what I set was saved, which it was.  I tried also initially selecting a "core" (Genesis Plux GX) and still no-go.

 

I can't start any game, and other than the "space" key fast-forwarding game video and another button pausing play, I can't get anything to function.  I did not see any particular settings in Gameex that appeared to suggest that there is any key mapping feature there.  I have tried several other genesis emulators (Gens, Gens Surreal, Fusion) and none of them work/open up in a full-screen display or simply hang.

 

What am I doing wrong?  

[Draco1962]

Is it working outside of GameEx?

[spamola]

I'm using the gens emulator with gameex with no issues, but I only play Genesis games, so I can't speak to it's ability to handle 32x or CD games.

[RedDog]

I used gens for a long time as well. For Genesis, it works well.

I later switched to Fusion (aka Kega Fusion) as it supports Game Gear, Genesis, 32X, and Sega CD (and a few others).

[fRequEnCy]

I always reference Nonmame when choosing emulators for specific systems.  It is very detailed to why each emulator is suggested and the testing that went through choosing said emulator.  Also there are plenty of emulator sites with ratings of emulators by the emulation community.  There are so many options when it comes to emulation that emulators are chosen based on hardware, software, etc.