The Emulation Thread

[ManchestrMorgue]

Use this thread to discuss emulation, including:

Arcade Machine Emulation (eg MAME)
Computer Emulation (eg WinUAE for Amiga, VICE for earlier Commodore machines)
Console/games machine emulation (Atari 2600, Vectrex, etc)

Personally I find emulators fascinating. Especially realising that a low end computer today can emulate, in software, arcade machines of the past that were the pinnacle of gaming technology at the time.

It is not just mapping the instruction set of the emulated CPU, but the ancillary chips, timings, etc. So the computer that is doing the emulating has to be many times more powerful than the emulated system. Amazing then that a Nintendo DS can even emulate some of the less taxing systems!

My favourites include:

MAME, because I spent heaps on the earlier games when they were new and in the arcades

WinUAE for Amiga emulation - I had an Amiga 1000 when they first came out, and it was seriously cutting-edge at the time. The games were a step ahead of any other system on the market, besides the Atari ST, its only natural predator. WinUAE has really improved with the newer releases - much more user friendly.

VICE, for Commodore 64 and Vic 20 emulation. Again, I had both of these machines when they were new. Got the Commodore 64 when it first came out, with a tape deck which was so incredibly slow. Like, put in a tape of a game to load, have dinner, come back and it would be just about done. Later added a disk drive, dot matrix printer, monitor instead of TV, and a 300bps modem :D

Stella - for Atari 2600 emulation. The Atari pre-dated any of my computers, and at the time was the duck's nuts of console gaming. Today, the games look ancient.

[Despare]

I've used just about every emulator out there. Most recently I've been fiddling with the CPS3 emulation and I'd have to say my favorite emulation memories stem from Nesticle and Genecyst.

[ManchestrMorgue]

Nesticle is fun, there were some great games on the NES.

Magnavox Odyssey emulator (?Odyemu) is interesting. The Odyssey was an analogue computer, so emulating it is a bit different to emulating digital computers. I remember having a similar device before the Atari 2600 (can't remember what it was, but it wasn't from Magnavox). Basically a Pong game with different sizes and numbers of "racquets" to produce games such as tennis, football, etc. So basic :)

[Despare]

Have you ever checked out www.emuasylum.com ?

It used to be emusa and has always had the best emulators.

[Phalanx]

I've been using MAME and DEGA recently.

Still waiting on a good Atari Lynx (system never came out here) and Sega Saturn emulator...I played an alright saturn one a while ago, but it was far from perfect.

Too bad emulation isn't legal...they could finance people to work on it, and all those games could run perfectly, and be available for download at a reasonable price (hopefully)...think about it...it's not as though they wouldn't make enough cash, I know I for one would fully support it, if it meant better quality experience.

[ManchestrMorgue]

Have you ever checked out www.emuasylum.com ?

It used to be emusa and has always had the best emulators.

That's a great site.

planetemu.net is another good one - lots of amiga adf images.

[ManchestrMorgue]

I've been using MAME and DEGA recently.

Still waiting on a good Atari Lynx (system never came out here) and Sega Saturn emulator...I played an alright saturn one a while ago, but it was far from perfect.

Too bad emulation isn't legal...they could finance people to work on it, and all those games could run perfectly, and be available for download at a reasonable price (hopefully)...think about it...it's not as though they wouldn't make enough cash, I know I for one would fully support it, if it meant better quality experience.

Yes it is a shame. Especially since older computers were never viewed until reasonably recently as having much historical value. It is sad to see that some of the old games are probably lost forever. For example, the original version of Balance of Power for the Amiga (not the update which I think was done in 1986). I used to have the original one when I had an Amiga and it was an amazingly deep strategy game for its time. The author of the game actually has the later version for free download on the web, but last time I checked the original wasn't there

Arctic Fox for the Amiga is another one that doesn't seem to be available. There are a few images going around but sadly I haven't seen one that works. This was a great game - one of the very earliest first person perspective shooters.

I would gladly pay for both of these games in their original form.

[Phalanx]

My first "computer" was something called an AMSTRAD from memory...I was pretty young then, but I remember 2 games I used to love to play on it.
One was Batman, that you viewed top-down, more of a puzzle game than anything, you had to run around avoiding traps and collecting items.
The other was called "Roland in space" which I can't remember AT ALL, just that I loved it...it would be interesting to know if this system was ever successfully emulated, as it ran something like audio-tapes as games.
Anyone ever play it?

So, what's the last emulated game anyone here played?
I fired up Alex Kidd in Miracle World with friends a little while ago, but we were too drunk to play, ha.
Bomberman world, one of my favourite games, is what I played last in MAME.

[Despare]

Last emulated game I played was Barbarian for the C64, I used to love playing that when I was younger. My uncle would pirate thousands of C64 disks and we'd alway have a ton of games.


Load "*" ,8 ,1

[ManchestrMorgue]

Last night I played Ports of Call for the Amiga.

It's a pretty good game about international shipping. You have to start a shipping company, buy ships, and then send them around the world transporting cargo for money. I had it on the Amiga when it was new.

Also played some 1942 and Metal Slug 2 on MAME.

[ManchestrMorgue]

My first "computer" was something called an AMSTRAD from memory...I was pretty young then, but I remember 2 games I used to love to play on it.
One was Batman, that you viewed top-down, more of a puzzle game than anything, you had to run around avoiding traps and collecting items.
The other was called "Roland in space" which I can't remember AT ALL, just that I loved it...it would be interesting to know if this system was ever successfully emulated, as it ran something like audio-tapes as games.
Anyone ever play it?



Here are some Amstrad emulators

http://www.emuguide.co.uk/amstrad-emulators.html

Here is Roland in Space

http://www.thegamearchives.com/?val=0_2_1_0_0_9_20096_0_0_0_0

And there are a few Batman games. Take your pick:

http://www.thegamearchives.com/?val=0_2_1_0_0_4_10_0_2_0_0

[Despare]

I wish some of the C64 games had online, that Weather Wars game would be great. Oh yeah, do NOT miss out on Windjammers. Download that for a NeoGeo emulator and play it with a friend... so much fun.

[ManchestrMorgue]

I haven't played Windjammers - I will have to give it a go.

As far as C64 games and online play - it's amazing how far things have come since those days. Back then, multi player was plugging two joysticks in.

[Despare]

I haven't played Windjammers - I will have to give it a go.

As far as C64 games and online play - it's amazing how far things have come since those days. Back then, multi player was plugging two joysticks in.

Have you ever played the game I'm talking about? I THINK it was called Weather Wars. You would share one joystick and take turns launching different "storms" at the other person picking the angle and intensity of the weather phenomenon. You could use lightning, hail, wind, tornados, etc... It was pretty fun back then but I think now, over 20 years later, I would be less than enthralled.

Windjammers is essentially a pong game in concept but it's deep and has plenty of style. A blast for two people. I think NeoGeo is the system I was most happy to get emulated simply because of the cost to purchase the real system and games. Either that or the PC Engine, I'll never forget the first time I was able to play Dracula X: Rondo of Blood.

[ManchestrMorgue]

I haven't played Windjammers - I have a ROM image for it but it seems to be corrupted :mad:

As for the C64 game - I have one Called Weather Wars II. You basically have 2 castles on the screen (one for each player) and each turn you have to choose whether you send rain, hail, lightning, or tornado at the other player - and you have to choose a number as a direction to fire your weather in - taking into account wind. Is this the one you mean? It is actually a fun game.

[Phalanx]

Anyone ever play castle of the winds or castle excelsior?

[Despare]

Weather Wars II was the game, and it was a lot of fun as a multiplayer game. As for Castle of Winds I've heard of it but never played it, it kind of looks like a MUD with some simple graphics.

[ManchestrMorgue]

I got to play Windjammers today in some free time at work, and it is damn addictive! Played it via MAME, so much fun.

[Despare]

I got to play Windjammers today in some free time at work, and it is damn addictive! Played it via MAME, so much fun.

Last time I played NeoGeo games I used Nebula... does MAME support ip to ip multiplayer?


EDIT: I lied, after thinking about it I used NeoRage.

[ManchestrMorgue]

does MAME support ip to ip multiplayer?


I don't think it does.

But I was just playing at work in some spare time. I have MAME installed on a computer at work, so that was the easiest option.

[Phalanx]

Are you threatening meeeeee?

[Despare]

Are you threatening meeeeee?

Eh? Who are you talking to? Playing Beavis and Butthead for the Genesis? :)

[Red1332]

I have an ancient laptop that basically functions as a word processor and storage for my emulators. I've got Stella and Nester on it right now, and a third one that I can't remember. If I went to boot the laptop up to find out, I would have to wait half an hour to finish this post. *laugh*
As a surprise after working on my laptop my friend returned it to me with roms of every Atari 2600 game he could get his hands on, along with a few Game Boy titles and a few things from the Sega Genesis. There are some old classics on there too, like Contra. I'll have to go look and see what I load it in to to play it.

[ManchestrMorgue]

As a surprise after working on my laptop my friend returned it to me with roms of every Atari 2600 game he could get his hands on

And that amounts to about 2.5 megabytes of files :) Just looking at them, these files were so small - the biggest was about 16kb (most are 4-8kb). Amazing how they could make such fun and playable games out of so little.

Current PC games are often 4+ gigs. Sure, they are much more complex, and a lot of that storage goes into multimedia (video cutscenes, sampled audio). It's just amazing how far things have come.

[Red1332]

And that amounts to about 2.5 megabytes of files :) Just looking at them, these files were so small - the biggest was about 16kb (most are 4-8kb). Amazing how they could make such fun and playable games out of so little.

Quite true...except it was a REALLY old Compaq Presario so that 2.5 megabytes is the difference between 4 minutes and 8 minutes booting up. :D

This is one of the things I love about flash games as well...nothing really fancy, but they're damned entertaining and you'll keep going back to them.

[ManchestrMorgue]

Quite true...except it was a REALLY old Compaq Presario so that 2.5 megabytes is the difference between 4 minutes and 8 minutes booting up. :D

Heh you think that is old. I have a Toshiba laptop still languishing under my bed. It is c1989. 2x3.5" floppies. CGA graphics. 1 meg of ram. It probably couldn't cope with Stella :)


This is one of the things I love about flash games as well...nothing really fancy, but they're damned entertaining and you'll keep going back to them.

So true. PC games are great when you have time to play for 30 mins or more, but often times I find I don't have a lot of time time game uninterrupted. Flash/arcade etc games are perfect when you just have a few minutes and want to play something that you can get straight into and finish in a short time.

You really need to try MAME if you haven't already. I think you would love it.

[Phalanx]

If you like flash games, get the one called NINJA.
Easily the best I've seen. Jump around off things, run up walls...etc while collecting "gold", activating switches, avoiding traps and enemies.
Great fun, challenge increases fairly over time.
I posted it waaaay back, but went and found it for you...
http://www.harveycartel.org/metanet/n.html
Some funny-ass deaths too.
Only those looking for a serious challenge need apply.


Back to the topic at hand...I was wondering if you guys could tell me some cool rpgs to check out on the snes.
I've played the secret of mana, zelda, and earthbound already...but I know there's heaps of 'em. Any recos?

[ManchestrMorgue]

I was wondering if you guys could tell me some cool rpgs to check out on the snes.
I've played the secret of mana, zelda, and earthbound already...but I know there's heaps of 'em. Any recos?

No recommendations because I never really got into rpg's on the SNES. But I found this link that lists a few:

http://forums.gamewinners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=282986

As I say, don't know which ones are good or not, but it might give you some things to look out for.

[Despare]

Back to the topic at hand...I was wondering if you guys could tell me some cool rpgs to check out on the snes.
I've played the secret of mana, zelda, and earthbound already...but I know there's heaps of 'em. Any recos?

Robotrek
the Lufia series
the Soul Blazer series (Soul Blazer, Illusion of Gaia, and Terranigma)
Breath of Fire series
Super Mario RPG
Lagoon
Chrono Trigger
Final Fantasy 3 (You know the drill right? 3 here is 6 in Japan...)
Brain Lord
Harvest Moon (heh)
Shadowrun

Don't overlook the Genesis which had a few good RPGs and Action RPGs like Landstalker, Beyond Oasis, and the Phantasy Star series just to name a few.

[Phalanx]

Thanks.

Just played CRIME CITY on mame...haha

[ManchestrMorgue]

Finally! A working image of Arctic Fox for Amiga emulation.

Well, I believe that there was a WHD'd version previously, but this is a floppy disc image, using the SPS system. It's probably been out for a little while now, but I have just managed to find it. The old ADF files that were circulating never worked (although there were 2 I believe).

I loved this game when I had an Amiga and was dying to play it again. It is surely very dated now (and runs at about 2 fps!) but it is great for the sake of reminiscence.

[CrimsonFiend138]

Ah an emulation thread. I love the emulators I was about 5 back when the SNES and SEGA and stuff came out brings back alot of memories. My older brother would always play RPGS so Ive been playing one of my favorites Final Fantasy 3.

[VampiricClown]

Ah an emulation thread. I love the emulators I was about 5 back when the SNES and SEGA and stuff came out brings back alot of memories. My older brother would always play RPGS so Ive been playing one of my favorites Final Fantasy 3.

I love my SEGA Genesis and my NES. I didn't get a SNES until after the PS2 came out. But playing those games now makes me wish I was a little kid again.

Monster In My Pocket, Forever Baby!

[CrimsonFiend138]

I love my SEGA Genesis and my NES. I didn't get a SNES until after the PS2 came out. But playing those games now makes me wish I was a little kid again.

Monster In My Pocket, Forever Baby!

After playing the newest gerneration of consoles I can't play stuff like PS or N64 but I can always find a good 16 bit to play.

[VampiricClown]

After playing the newest gerneration of consoles I can't play stuff like PS or N64 but I can always find a good 16 bit to play.

I still bust out my old systems regularly. Brings back good memories.

[CrimsonFiend138]

Did you ever play a game for SNES where you were in these robots and you would push the select button and your little guy would pop out and you could run around, I loved that game but I can't remember the name of it.

[VampiricClown]

Did you ever play a game for SNES where you were in these robots and you would push the select button and your little guy would pop out and you could run around, I loved that game but I can't remember the name of it.

I haven't played that many SNES games. I was more of a Genesis gamer at that time.

[CrimsonFiend138]

DAMN i wish I knew the name of that

[VampiricClown]

DAMN i wish I knew the name of that

There was a game on the original NES that was kind of like that. Dinowarz.

[Phalanx]

Did you ever play a game for SNES where you were in these robots and you would push the select button and your little guy would pop out and you could run around, I loved that game but I can't remember the name of it.

There was one with a futuristic setting that had a lot of robot creatures in it...you were predominately in a metal slug type tank thing, and your guy could get out and run around...he could also go into certain boss stages, where it would go into close-up mode.
I don't know what #1 was like, but this game was "blaster master 2".


Anyone with a sega master system emulator...I'd like to see how far you get in the following:
*Psychic world
*Cyborg Hunter
*Aztek Adventure.

And anyone with NES, check out "kickle cubicle" for a weird, challenging game, and of course, one of the best challenges ever, the original nes version of lode runner.

^^^That there's a good day of gaming.

I wanna get into the phantasy star series...until the p.o.s version that was released on the otherwise very cool dreamcast, it looked like a pretty damn cool series.

I also invite anyone to check out my favourite sega 16bit titles if they havent...
*Shining force (for the oldskool rpg fans)
*Flashback - The quest for Identity (for those that appreciate depth in games)
*Zombies Ate My Neighbours (For those who have yet to discover it's coolness)

There ya go, my post.

[VampiricClown]

Zombies Ate My Neighbors rocks!

[Phalanx]

Yknow what game I always found pretty hard?
Indiana Jones & the Last Crusade.
Good game, I liked it a lot...but I seem to recall a kind've annoying difficulty level, and something about a time limit on top of that? (Cant remember exactly).
The furthest I ever got was the stage that I guess woulda been the Grail place.
Took ages, had like 2 lives left, no continues...last life taken by falling into some damn hole on the letters thing...
Might try again sometime, emulation and the whole quicksave thing might help me through it.

[CrimsonFiend138]

I've been recently playing Zombies Ate my Neighbors and the sequel/spinoff The ghoul Patrol(which to me is half as fun but I still play it).

[Phalanx]

Yeah, never liked ghoul patrol at all...
Funny, two of my favourite games have sequels that suck.

GP gets thrown in with "fade to black"

[Phalanx]

Cmon...

Last played emulated game?

Go.

[Phalanx]

I got one
"Metal Black".
Above average side-scrolling space shooter dealy.
Stupid powerup/charge system though.

[Despare]

Super Dodgeball

I've ALWAYS loved this game, I will never get tired of it.

[CrimsonFiend138]

Super Double Dragon. One of my all time faves but Damn it it hard, especially on a computer.

[ManchestrMorgue]

To dig up an old thread...

Mainly been playing Amiga games via WinUAE.

Ports of Call
Marble Madness
Archon
Defender of the Crown
Arctic Fox

All early Amiga games, but ones that I remember from the A1000 days.

Also been playing some door games via telnet BBS's. Not really emulations I know, but old-school gaming for sure.

[ManchestrMorgue]

Superfrog, via WinUAE

[VampiricClown]

Silent Hill

I never got to play the original.

[Phalanx]

Does it play well?
whats the name of the emu?
Ha, I got pissed off and stopped bothering with post-16bit emus a couple years ago - I suppose they coulda made some advances.

[VampiricClown]

Does it play well?
whats the name of the emu?
Ha, I got pissed off and stopped bothering with post-16bit emus a couple years ago - I suppose they coulda made some advances.

PSXfin is the one I'm using.

It does alright. The best of the ones I've seen so far. Some of the cutscenes are a little off, but it's not so terrible that you can't play it.

[Despare]

Comix Zone


Kick ass beat em' up.

[ManchestrMorgue]

I have been really enjoying Amiga games via emulation recently, do decided to get the real thing.

I used to own an Amiga 1000 between 1986 and about 1990. I gave it away to a family member around that time.

Anyway, this person used it probably once or twice, and then stored it in their garage. There it has sat for the last 18 years.

I only just discovered that they still had my old Amiga 1000, so since they hadn't been using it, I asked if I could have it back.

Picked it up today, and am amazed that it still works.

The original Kickstart and Workbench disks (the equivalent of BIOS and DOS disks) work fine. The floppy drive works, and the keyboard seems to be fine (although I haven't tested every key).

The mouse doesn't work very well - it sticks, and it is sometimes hard to get the pointer to move to the left. I am going to take it apart and see if I can clean the ball rollers and see if that will work. Otherwise, will have to buy a new one.

The monitor seems ok, although I think the monitor cable is a bit flakey. I have had the picture flicker a few times, etc but moving the cable around helps.

Fortunately, you can still get new mouse and monitor cables cheaply, so I think I will just order some new ones.

Still lots more things to test (games, 2nd floppy drive, an old dot matrix printer etc), but at least the basics are intact.

[The Mothman]

Alright, im an emulator Noob, how bout's you guys help me out a bit.
Lets say i wanted a PSone emulator, and a place to download games and play them on that emulator, simply, without too much complicated setup, where would I go?

[ManchestrMorgue]

Alright, im an emulator Noob, how bout's you guys help me out a bit.
Lets say i wanted a PSone emulator, and a place to download games and play them on that emulator, simply, without too much complicated setup, where would I go?

I am no expert on Playstation emulation (actually haven't tried any of the emulators for the PSX). But The Emulator Zone has lots to try:

http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/psx/

As I say, I don't know how well they work or how easy they are because I haven't tried any - I tend to prefer older systems for emulation.

Playstation roms are also going to be a fair bit harder to track down for two reasons. Firstly they are newer and therefore copyright issues are more likely to be a problem (ie they wouldn't classify as abandonware and Sony are likley to want to protect their copyrights). Also, because they were CD based, they will be larger files than older systems.

So I think you would most likely find these files on filesharing networks, and those carry the associated risks.

[Phalanx]

Does anyone know what platform the game "journey to the centre of the earth" was on? I know there's probably plenty...this one was a bit like the montezuma titles...pre-16-bit by the look of them.
Always wanted to try that again.

[Despare]

Does anyone know what platform the game "journey to the centre of the earth" was on? I know there's probably plenty...this one was a bit like the montezuma titles...pre-16-bit by the look of them.
Always wanted to try that again.

Commodore 64

[The Mothman]

I am no expert on Playstation emulation (actually haven't tried any of the emulators for the PSX). But The Emulator Zone has lots to try:

http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/psx/

As I say, I don't know how well they work or how easy they are because I haven't tried any - I tend to prefer older systems for emulation.

Playstation roms are also going to be a fair bit harder to track down for two reasons. Firstly they are newer and therefore copyright issues are more likely to be a problem (ie they wouldn't classify as abandonware and Sony are likley to want to protect their copyrights). Also, because they were CD based, they will be larger files than older systems.

So I think you would most likely find these files on filesharing networks, and those carry the associated risks.
Can you give me a link to an emulator that you use that works? I had a Sega Genesis Emulator and SNES emulator, both of which came with packs of about 200+ games, so there was no strings attached.

As for The PSONE Emulator, i downloaded PSX. where can i find ROMS that work with it?
*edit*
Nevermind, PSX Application wont even open.

[Despare]

I use ePSXe, here's a link to the emulators and bios files. As for roms, you have to download ISOs and burn them. I don't get into that reallly, just use the emulator to play my imports.

http://www.emuasylum.com/index.php?page=emulators&system=Sony%20Playstation

[The Mothman]

I use ePSXe, here's a link to the emulators and bios files. As for roms, you have to download ISOs and burn them. I don't get into that reallly, just use the emulator to play my imports.

http://www.emuasylum.com/index.php?page=emulators&system=Sony%20Playstation

epsxe, yeah thats the on i had, doesn't work. application had some sort of error every time i try to open it

[Despare]

epsxe, yeah thats the on i had, doesn't work. application had some sort of error every time i try to open it

There are more emus on that link though...

[VampiricClown]

epsxe, yeah thats the on i had, doesn't work. application had some sort of error every time i try to open it

I tried that one first. It made my game run really slow and choppy, or really fast.

[Despare]

I tried that one first. It made my game run really slow and choppy, or really fast.

Did you try messing with the settings? I was playing Tobal 2 perfectly (well, with a 360 controller).

[Phalanx]

So...that Journey to the centre of the earth game, wouldn't surprise me if it was a c64 game or systems of around that time...anyone actually played it? I only ever saw it at a friends place but it looked pretty cool...

[_____V_____]

For the PS, my recommendation - Connectix VGS.

Comes with a spanking new XP patch too, and plays almost 95% of all games released for the PS. With perfect timing and flawless audio.

Never needed the SNES emulator though. The box did fine for me till its last run, and I have moved on to the Wii now anyway.

[slasherman]

let me know if Roll Away aka Kula World can be played on a Play Station emu

[CrimsonFiend138]

I Dled a sega Genesis emulator just to play Phantasy Star 3. I remember my bro playing this and it was one of the first games to make me interested in RPG's. Not that great of a game but you know being younger and seeing the colors and the people's pictures when they would talk just enthralled me. I always wondered which game this was and then I finally DLed it and found out.

[slasherman]

So I finally figured out how the Play Station emu works and are now playing my favourite game Kula World aka Roll Away.
If anybody want this game or need help just let me know..here is a clip of the game on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcJbcjggSCw&eurl=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/forums/showthread

[Phalanx]

Those that have a PS3, Kula World (among an increasing number of other PS1 titles) is available for HardDrive download.
Yeah, it seems a bit slow by todays standards but it's a fun, challenging game.

How does the PS1 emu work for you in general?
Easy to find games and all? Any 2p support?

I thought I'd hit up this thread to keep it alive.
Latest flashbacks, guys?

I've seriously wanted to get into some 2P bomberman world, beat em ups as well...maybe snow brothers, heh.

[VampiricClown]

Those that have a PS3, Kula World (among an increasing number of other PS1 titles) is available for HardDrive download.
Yeah, it seems a bit slow by todays standards but it's a fun, challenging game.

How does the PS1 emu work for you in general?
Easy to find games and all? Any 2p support?

I thought I'd hit up this thread to keep it alive.
Latest flashbacks, guys?

I've seriously wanted to get into some 2P bomberman world, beat em ups as well...maybe snow brothers, heh.

Romhustler

Nuff' Said.

[Phalanx]

www.getyourroms.com (i think) is also a pretty good site I've used.

so, to drag this one back to life...
*N64*??
I've found roms.
I know n64 emulation can be done quite well, as a few years back I knew a guy that had one on his pc...which isn't half as powerful as the one I have now...but it worked fine on his pc.
So, I downloaded an emulator called "project 64" and everything looks fine initially, but during the video sequences, and the gameplay, the sound goes to complete shit, all bitsy and delayed, and sometimes the picture appears jumpy too...so I either don't have it set up right or this obviously isn't the same emulator my mate used to use.


So, anyone had success with n64 emulation?
Suggested emulators?
Success with generic controllers? Suggestions?

[Despare]

So, anyone had success with n64 emulation?
Suggested emulators?
Success with generic controllers? Suggestions?
Project 64 worked for me once I fiddled with the bios roms and graphics settings. I play N64 roms with an XBox 360 controller, you have to config it a little differently for each game but it works.

[Phalanx]

Can you tell me if you've done anything with the sound settings?
What settings did you change exactly, because seriously, the sound's for shit, and the games slow down/catch up every few seconds.

[Despare]

Can you tell me if you've done anything with the sound settings?
What settings did you change exactly, because seriously, the sound's for shit, and the games slow down/catch up every few seconds.

Haven't thought much about the sound and I STILL haven't got a new graphics card so I don't think I can run it but I will open it up when I get home and let you know what I'm using. I'm guessing since you're using Project 64 you've downloaded the most recent graphics, sound, and controller plugin packs? The "1964" emulator is pretty decent too, worth a shot.

[Odin]

I found Project 64 to be dodgy as well... but I haven't tried messing with the settings yet. Maybe I can get it to run better, for now though there aren't any ROMs I want to play on the PJ64 that I don't already own for my actual N64 console. So I won't bother :p

I've only tried a few other emulators, I got a Commodore64 one once and it was pretty fun, but I prefer playing SNES games so the SNES9X is my friend. I do still have my console but there were a lot of games I never got to play as a kid that I can now enjoy...

Currently I'm playing a translation of Seiken Densetsu 3... Secret of Mana 3!
It's awesome so I'd recommend it to any of you who like 16-bit RPGs. You can find it in The Vault at Vimmslair.net :)

[Odin]

Oh yeah... and I got Dosbox (again, since this is a relatively new laptop) and I'm happy to discover it runs well on Vista

So I've been playing three games mainly.

Leisure Suit Larry (Hahaha! Such a classic.)
Blood
And my favourite... Reunion

[novadawn969]

I only have the SNES and GameBoy color emulators right now, but I'm not complaining!
I've pretty much got every game I could find for both of them.