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I have DOSBox and Snes9x. I also have SixtyForce, but it sucks, so I don't really use it (plus I recently got my N64 out again and bought some more games for it, so I'm really just using the emulator to download ROMs of games I think I remember to make sure it's actually the game I think it is before trying to buy the actual cartridge). I'm getting the Retro Duo console for Christmas, so I'll only need Snes9x for Japanese games that I can't get here.

I love when I'm talking about old game consoles and people try to tell me to just download an emulator. Emulators are great if you have no way to get the actual game (or if you are out and only have your laptop with you), but if you were serious about retro gaming, you'd want to play the games how they were meant to be played, rather than on an emulator on the computer.

An emulator will never be as good as the original. I've noticed some ROM's are in Japanese only, and finding an English version is very hard

Yep, but for me, it's the best I can get. My mom never let me get an N64 or anything (finally got a PS2 in 7th grade), so I am so glad I have emulators to play those games I missed out on. Also, even for recent games, like Pokémon Diamond/Pearl, I couldn't really go buy a DS; so again, it's the best I have.

I find emulators extremely helpful in playing old games that there is no way to get anymore. I do own all the consoles back to the snes but the games are a different matter.

Besides I'm an RPG nut and you havent lived until you have level grinded with the fast-forward key that emu's give you. 5 levels in less then 5mins yes i'll take that thank you very much.

If you're referring to the BIOS that some emulators require, I'm not sure what the legal status on that is...I know a lot of sites tell you to extract it yourself, but I've kinda got the feeling that probably violates some sort of reverse engineering laws.

But I could be wrong.



Most of those aren't emulators. Some of them are running actual hardware, like the Atari Flashback 2, or the Genesis ones, but the majority of them are shoddy NES-on-a-Chip ports.

I'm not sure if the newer Jakks ones are still using NOAC or not.

I have ZSNES, VBA, Project64, PSEXE and a few others. Now, I really want to get my hands on a good controller, so I mainly play them on the Wii for now (Snes9x).

I'd say emulators are the greatest thing since sliced bread, but truth be told I'd much rather stuff down whole loaves of bread while playing NES games on my computer than be bored eating a sandwich. I use GameEx as a frontend to emulators for every console from Magnavox Oddessy to Playstation 2 and everything in between (yes, even the lousy ones like CDi and Jaguar). Combine that with a VGA or DVI connection to the TV and you have the ultimate console.

For controls I prefer to use the Wii classic controller, it's a pain to set up (bluetooth/glovepie) but imo, it's the closest to most of the classic console controls you can get unless you can afford actual controllers and adapters for each system. If you're looking for something easier, the XBox 360 controller isn't bad, it's just that the digital pad is notoriously mushy.

Has PS2 emulation really improved that much?

I tried it maybe a half a year ago and it wasn't playable at all.

Not really, I think most games were already playable 6 months ago, but there are still a significant number of games that are unplayable. There are still some games for N64 and Saturn that are unplayable too, so it could be many years (if ever) before 100% compatibility is reached. Also, system requirements for PS2 emulation are very high, so if you have an older system or graphics card, none of the games will ever be playable until you upgrade your hardware.

It was probably longer ago than six months, but just about every game needed a script to prevent it from loading videos to even get it to start running.

And as for sysreqs, I can run UT3 engine just fine, but PS2 was crawling to a less-than-1-FPS rate >_<

I guess I'll have to redownload it and see what's new.

I don't know, I've never heard of any scripts like that. You're using PCSX2, right? Which games did you try, which plugins are you using, and what are your system specs exactly (cpu, vid card, memory, os)?

I used to have a Commodore64 Emulator, and played Beach-head and Beamrider.


I'm curious about MAME. But where do I find game ROMs to use with MAME?

Have you tried VICE? This is the best C= emulator available and it emulates the PET, VIC 20, C64, C128 and the Plus 4.

www.viceteam.org

Yes, I use to have the VICE Emulator on my computer. It was really cool!

currently a ZNES on a modded X-box but I probly won't bother w/ the genesis emu I have b/c even w/ the instructions my sister gave me it'll just be too complicated cuz I'll have to temporarily remove the ZNES to add in the genesis one

I downloaded Stella, an Atari 2600 emulator recently, and it brought back a lot of memories.