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Post by YourAverageJoe on May 6, 2008 17:39:31 GMT -5
Yeah, but like has been said before, Snes9x doesn't have all of the SNES' massive games library emulated.
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Post by LouieBee on May 8, 2008 17:29:18 GMT -5
Yeah, but like has been said before, Snes9x doesn't have all of the SNES' massive games library emulated. Like...?
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Post by ReyVGM on May 11, 2008 12:51:25 GMT -5
Neither does ZSNES Actually, comparing it to the current ZSNES version, snes9x emulates MORE games. I still rather use ZSNES though. I only use snes9x when zsnes doesn't play something.
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Post by kisai on May 11, 2008 17:50:12 GMT -5
For MSX: blueMSX kicks butt.
I use RockNES, nothing fancy, but stable.
I also use snes9x. Am I missing out?
I luv Kega Fusion. Only thing it doesn't do is have savestates for Mega CD games.
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Post by onoff456 on May 20, 2008 23:47:05 GMT -5
So is Gens Plus better than Kega Fusion? I've always heard people preferring either Gens or Kega Fusion, but never Gens Plus until now. From what I've heard and experienced myself Kega has more accurate SegaCD and 32X emulation (specially for those games that require them both). However I find Gens to be more user friendly. For this reason I recommend Gens over Kega. Original Gens has a directx bug that makes your system go fullscreen everytime its loaded. Gens Plus solves this but (depending on version) it doesn't save fullscreen preferences. This is trivial if you play in front of your PC, but on an arcade cabinet it can be a problem.
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Post by Weasel on May 21, 2008 8:57:28 GMT -5
Gens has issues with video modes in general. Using Gens at all when you have a desktop full of icons or other windows tends to size everything down and shift stuff around to fit into the fullscreen resolution - which can be very irritating if you have windows positioned in the lower-right extremes of your screen. Kega Fusion does not do this.
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Post by Pixel_Crusher on Jul 31, 2008 18:18:37 GMT -5
As a perfectionist, I like to use emulators whose objective is to be as accurate as the original hardware (or that do a very nice job for at least): NES: Nestopia rocks, it's simple, accurate and provides a really smooth framerate (I am crazy for smooth framerates) not to mention great compatibility. SNES: SNESGT, I was going for bsnes but one thing that always frustrated me is that it doesn't support all those wacky extra chips that came inside de SNES's cartridges (Super FX, Cx4, SA-1, etc...), but SNESGT manages to do what bsnes is best at while supporting the extra chips as well (some of them are still being worked on though). Mega Drive: Regen is all that a man needs for Mega Drive games, emulation is as accurate as in KEGA Fusion, supports a lot of bootleged games that KEGA doesn't, and it seems that it's going to surpass KEGA in terms of sound accuracy. But honestly speaking, I also love KEGA Fusion, it's also very accurate but that lack of updates on the emulator really pisses me off, besides, I use a lot to emulate the Mega CD, 32X, GG and SMS, platforms which Regen doesn't support right now (hopefully, it will in future ;D ). TurboGrafx-16 and CD: Ootake for the win. I'm not sure if this one is suppose to aim for accuracy (anyone know if it is?), but it's does an excelent job in emulating all Hu-card games and especially the CD games, as far as I can tell, MagicEngine sucked a lot in compatibility when it came to CD games, my only gripe with Ootake is that it can't read isos/cues directly, the images must be mounted on a virtual drive first. I'm looking forward for a cycle-accurate TG-16 emulator that's being created be Regen's author Aamir, it's called TurboEngine and it seems to be in 80% of development already. Amiga: Cycle-accurate or not, WinUAE is all we have and it rocks. Game Boy/Game Boy Color: Gambatte, the bsnes of the Game Boy emulators, high compatibility, accuracy, sound, ultra smooth framerates and real-time link cable functionality (helloooo Pokemon trades), much better than KiGB (whose framerate is abominable) and BGB, the big problem is, no Super GB support right now and the emulator hasn't been updated for quite a while. Neo Geo CD: NeoCD/SDL is really awesome, it's very accurate in every possible aspect, what's really a shame is that it doesn't have a GUI. Sega Saturn: It's quite obvious that SSF is the one and only in terms of accuracy, and it keeps getting better everyday, what I hate is that I can't greatly enhance my games graphics with it ePSXe style(although this would probably hinder accuracy), something Yabause is really good at. PSX: pSX, I understand that everybody loves ePSXe, but I find the goddamn thing to be too complicated to configure and I hate it when emulators use plugin architecture, I find it pointless and it only makes thing look clunked and confusing. psx doen't have any of these things and provides very good compatibility, but just like in SSF, there's no way to greatly enhance the games graphics, the emulator's author however has stated that graphic enhancement options may be a possibility in future and I'm looking forward to it. By the way, can someone tell me if VBA-M aims for accuracy please? Sorry for all this testament, I hope you find it useful.
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Post by ReyVGM on Jul 31, 2008 19:35:42 GMT -5
For Neogeo CD NeoRaine is the BEST one.
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Post by Pixel_Crusher on Aug 1, 2008 6:24:33 GMT -5
For Neogeo CD NeoRaine is the BEST one. I decided to try that one once but I found it really confusing, the worst was that I couldn't manage to find an option to boot discs or load isos, either way, I like my emulators to be stand-alone and NeoRaine emulates a lot of other things besides Neo Geo CD, things that I'd prefer to emulate with MAMEUI.
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Post by r0ck3rz on Aug 1, 2008 8:45:52 GMT -5
NES: Nestopia rocks, it's simple, accurate and provides a really smooth framerate (I am crazy for smooth framerates) not to mention great compatibility. that's my personal emulator of choice, but i still keep others around. nes emulation is one of the trickiest and as such i doubt there'll ever be an emulator that nails every mapper/game. might have to try gt, i understand it's pretty much the only one that gets der langriser, not that i'm huge into the srpg genre or anything. however i always stick by snes9x, and usually when it can't handle a game, i got zsnes for backup. they're older, but they've always been really damn good. i go with gens here. accurate, highly compatible, and plays all the machines you listed at the bottom of that paragraph. couldn't agree more, only downside is you have to choose it through ootakes menu to turn turbo on. not usually a necessity, but you'd never get through certain stuff in bonks adventure without it. best part is, not too long ago, it started correcting messed up roms, so 1 playthrough of this emulator with a rom that doesn't seem to work, and it will work in any other emulator. you're probably right, but amiga is such a pain in the ass to get going, i just stick with atari st emulation. it has the few amiga games i would care about on it anyway. visual boy advance myself. it's one of the exceptions to the rule about having multiple emulators for a console/handheld in order to play the games on it. i've never had a compatibility issue here, and it even hits the next handheld generation if need be. yet to try ngcd emulation, anything really worth going out of your way for on it, as opposed to the regular neo geo? i'd have to go with ssf too, but i don't think my pc can handle it well, especially with the 3d games. i agree, but the latest epsxe can do some games psx still can't at the moment, and probably won't for the foreseeable future, but if psx can do it, i wouldn't bother with epsxe.
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Post by Pixel_Crusher on Aug 1, 2008 13:46:50 GMT -5
I used to be a big gens user a long time ago, until it stopped getting more updates , the most recent update I've heard of is for the Linux version unfortunately. Also, I don't think it can emulate 32X CD games. I like to use that one for GBA only, yet I believe that it's very far from perfect, some games like Riviera I believe won't boot up and it seems that Shaman King: Master of Spirits has sound issues. Well, besides playing Neo Geo games with enhanced audio tracks, some games also bring goodies like artwork menus and other cool bonuses. Yabause would be your best option then, it's simple to configure and it's user-friendly, but compatibility is kinda average when compared to SSF. Exactly, only problem is that pSX hasn't been updated for a while, yet its author seems to be still among the living both online and offline. On another subject, regarding PS2 emulation, is it already possible to run PS2 games at 60FPS in PCSX2's latest release? Many people say not yet (including the emulator's authors themselves), but I've seen a couple of videos on YouTube that prove otherwise.
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Post by ReyVGM on Aug 1, 2008 14:33:53 GMT -5
For Neogeo CD NeoRaine is the BEST one. I decided to try that one once but I found it really confusing, the worst was that I couldn't manage to find an option to boot discs or load isos, either way, I like my emulators to be stand-alone and NeoRaine emulates a lot of other things besides Neo Geo CD, things that I'd prefer to emulate with MAMEUI. Confusing? You must have not tried it for more than 5 seconds then. The GUI is exactly like the RAINE one and the very first option in the menu that pops up is "Load Game". You can load isos just fine, you just need to have or make the cue file. And NeoRaine doesn't emulate a lot of things, it just emulates Neogeo CD (and Neogeo obviously). You must be thinking of RAINE, which does emulate a lot of boards.
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Post by kyouki on Aug 2, 2008 10:29:59 GMT -5
NES I like Nestopia. It has excellent compatibility and the NTSC option looks fantastic.
TG16 I like Magic Engine, actually. I even paid for it. It runs every game I've thrown at it, including a bunch of JPN CD games (actual CDs)
Saturn Must be SSF. I never bothered trying it, fearing my PC would be far too weak to handle it. I just tried it now, and it actually runs a lot smoother (and more accurately) than Yabause. I only have an intel macmini (1.6Ghz) and so far every game I've tried runs great.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2008 10:48:43 GMT -5
TurboGrafx-16 and CD: Ootake for the win. I'm not sure if this one is suppose to aim for accuracy (anyone know if it is?), but it's does an excelent job in emulating all Hu-card games and especially the CD games, as far as I can tell, MagicEngine sucked a lot in compatibility when it came to CD games, my only gripe with Ootake is that it can't read isos/cues directly, the images must be mounted on a virtual drive first. From Ootake's webpage: I'm not 100% sure, but I think it is.
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Post by Pixel_Crusher on Aug 2, 2008 18:34:49 GMT -5
I decided to try that one once but I found it really confusing, the worst was that I couldn't manage to find an option to boot discs or load isos, either way, I like my emulators to be stand-alone and NeoRaine emulates a lot of other things besides Neo Geo CD, things that I'd prefer to emulate with MAMEUI. Confusing? You must have not tried it for more than 5 seconds then. The GUI is exactly like the RAINE one and the very first option in the menu that pops up is "Load Game". You can load isos just fine, you just need to have or make the cue file. And NeoRaine doesn't emulate a lot of things, it just emulates Neogeo CD (and Neogeo obviously). You must be thinking of RAINE, which does emulate a lot of boards. I gave one more chance, and well, it's quite good alright, but are you sure it reads cartridge Neo Geo games as well? I tried loading Blazing Star but all it showed was an error warning. I would really like to get this thing up and running Neo Geo cart games, for Blazing Star's sake.
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