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Keith

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK
August 2002

MAY 01, 2003 11:37 PM

I know a lot of the more geeky among us probably already know about this, but for the uninitiated here's a bit of a primer on emulation.

Basically people have written freeware programs that allow your PC (I've found few for Mac) to emulate the hardware of console video game systems. This means that you can play console and arcade games on your PC, for free, as long as you can find the games. The games exist in .ROM form, which are images [copies] of the original cartridges.

This is mostly about the older game systems, both in that there has been more time to develop the emulators, the .ROMs are easier to find and smaller, and the game makers aren't quite as aggressive about stamping it out.

[Note: Technically, it's only legal to keep the .ROM of a game you don't actually own on your computer for 24 hours. I'm *sure* you'll comply. whatever ]

Links:
Super Nintendo ROMs

SNES9X -- My favorite Super Nintendo Emulator

ZSnes -- Another Super Nintendo Emulator

Atari 2600 Roms

Atari 2600 Emulators

Some arcade roms

More emulators

NES emulators and roms

You get the idea. Have fun!



[Edited on Aug 30, 2003 by Keith]

crispy

crispy

NEWSWIRE

Philadelphia, PA

MAY 01, 2003 11:43 PM

BEST ...... POST ....... EVER

Elisabeth

Elisabeth

San Francisco, CA
December 2002

MAY 01, 2003 11:46 PM

I second that biggrin

Keith

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK
August 2002

MAY 01, 2003 11:48 PM

L said:
Its all about the SNES9x and some of the best damned games ever made. You know, before people were chasing technology first and thinking about making a fun game second.

VIVA LA SNES!!!

VIVA LA CHRONOTRIGGER!!!

VIVA LA FFIII!!!

VIVA LA SUPER CONTRA!!!

and...

VIVA LA SUPER MARIO WORLD!!!

*sigh*

-L



WORD!!
smile

Sethy

Sethy

United Kingdom
April 2003

MAY 01, 2003 11:57 PM

yhea, ive been using emulaters for a long time, absolutely love em

26OO

26OO

Waterloo, ON
August 2002

MAY 02, 2003 12:06 AM

...awwwwww guy, you can get in trouble...don't want you to get in trouble frown

Keith

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK
August 2002

MAY 02, 2003 12:08 AM

darkbunny said:
...awwwwww guy, you can get in trouble...don't want you to get in trouble frown



What, for posting it here or for having ROMs on my computer? I think I'm less worried about that than the..

[glances at 40 gigs of MP3s on my pc.. whatever ]

John Ashcroft's coming to get me!

Keith

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK
August 2002

MAY 02, 2003 01:56 AM

I think the worst thing about emulators is all the time spent on them that could've been used more productively. whatever

Mylf

mylf

Framingham, MA
April 2003

MAY 02, 2003 02:08 AM

all I have to say is FROGGER!!!

nothing beats the original frogger... except maybe Q-bert

26OO

26OO

Waterloo, ON
August 2002

MAY 02, 2003 02:31 AM

KeithD said:
I think the worst thing about emulators is all the time spent on them that could've been used more productively. whatever



It becomes more of an experience thing, init? To learn new things we must create new things that can then be applied to other areas.

26OO

26OO

Waterloo, ON
August 2002

MAY 02, 2003 02:32 AM

mylf said:
all I have to say is FROGGER!!!

nothing beats the original frogger... except maybe Q-bert



What about Ms. Pacman? She's hot and she swallows.

MisterSatan

MisterSatan

Portland, OR
August 2002

MAY 02, 2003 02:34 AM

It's all about Zelda for the SNES. That shit rocked, yo.

Sarc

Sarc

Cincinnati, OH
December 2002

MAY 02, 2003 03:52 AM

I've known about emulation for years, but a lot of ROMs are hard to come by these days since Nintendo took a major effort to shut a lot of those sites down.

Anybody looking for a specific ROM or emulator, talk to me. wink

DrunkPunk

DrunkPunk

United Kingdom
February 2003

MAY 02, 2003 05:17 AM

I'm a MAME fanaticbiggrin
I always download the latest release of the emulator, although it was getting increasingly harder to find roms, what with the shit being dished out to romsites by Nintendo. So i done a search on ebay and found quite a few people selling the entire MAME Roms collection on aproximately 12 cd roms. Thats over 3000 games!!!!! I've now got EVERY international arcade game from 1979 upto 1994. Some of the Japanese stuff is really perverse too, like manga style schoolgirl strip poker games!!!wink

RumpusParable

RumpusParable

Copperas Cove, TX
April 2003

MAY 02, 2003 05:49 AM

hell yeah!! i have an atari emulator w/roughly 100 games....

of course, i also recently bought an Atari as a fleamarket, too.... i love Atari.

desidia

desidia

Reunion
September 2002

MAY 02, 2003 05:57 AM

I really need one of those videogame controllers that hooks up to a pc

because megaman xii... kicking my ass.
i hate playing console games, snes ones anyway, on a keyboard mad

thats why i have a super nintendo and a oldskool nintendo, besides, this way I can play 2player games

m0ngrel

m0ngrel

Los Angeles, CA
OLD SKOOL

MAY 02, 2003 06:01 AM

very nice
surreal

m0ngrel

m0ngrel

Los Angeles, CA
OLD SKOOL

MAY 02, 2003 06:03 AM

very nice
surreal

GoatsGoToHell

GoatsGoToHell

USA
OLD SKOOL

MAY 02, 2003 08:31 AM

MisterSatan said:
It's all about Zelda for the SNES. That shit rocked, yo.



That's one of the only games I use my emulator for just bc the old Nes games used a little watch battery to save data and changing those is a pain in the ass, not a fan of them otherwise, prefer the real thing much more. It's not the same without a tiny little retangular controller. wink

Astrokreep23

Astrokreep23

Santa Barbara, CA
February 2003

MAY 02, 2003 08:52 AM

I loved being able to go back and finally beat the first mario brothers game after all these years. I was but a boy when I first got it. Now I am a man.

My name is Mario, you stole my princess, prepare to die!

jake_lex

jake_lex

Lexington, KY
February 2003

MAY 02, 2003 08:56 AM

Commodore 64 Emulator

The C64 rocked!

And one of the games they have is "Impossible Mission", which you have to get just for the bad-ass things it says.

"Another visitor. Stay a while. Staaaaaaaaay FOREVER!"

tongue

Al

Al

SUICIDEGIRL

Christmas Island

MAY 02, 2003 08:58 AM

I've got a MAME box in a NeoGeo cabinet in my house and it fucking ROX. I like to play Contra on it. Contra and Fantasy Pinball.

DrunkPunk

DrunkPunk

United Kingdom
February 2003

MAY 02, 2003 09:08 AM

Al said:
I've got a MAME box in a NeoGeo cabinet in my house and it fucking ROX. I like to play Contra on it. Contra and Fantasy Pinball.



mad You complete and utter bitch!tongue
Only kidding biggrin I want to build a MAME cabinet. What Frontend do you use in yours?

Keith

Keith

Oklahoma City, OK
August 2002

MAY 02, 2003 09:08 AM

Al said:
I've got a MAME box in a NeoGeo cabinet in my house and it fucking ROX. I like to play Contra on it. Contra and Fantasy Pinball.



God, Al, just when I think we have learned the extent to which you rule, you go pushing into new territory. [bows] love

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