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Post by r0ck3rz on Apr 27, 2008 9:50:07 GMT -5
Sorry, ReyVGM, like I said Atari 2600 emulation is not one I use often. I think I just assumed it was the next version of Stella, when it actually is probably outdated. The official site(and they did develop cyber) doesn't seem to cover it anymore.
Quick update: Yeah it is outdated, big time. They made cyber during the 1.2 days. Damned Zophars outdated archive...
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Post by ReyVGM on Apr 28, 2008 2:34:31 GMT -5
Damn, zophar ruled. It still is THE place to go an get emulators for most old consoles, outdated or not.
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Post by r0ck3rz on Apr 28, 2008 8:07:24 GMT -5
Yeah, I was just stupid and didn't think to check the official site on that one. I remember a time when Zophars was pretty much the best emulation site around.
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Post by LouieBee on Apr 29, 2008 14:48:09 GMT -5
I guess I'll give my list:
Snes Snes9x Easily the best Snes emulator when wanting to play the more complicated games, such as the Super FX ones (e.g. Starfox/StarWing). It also allows full screen support that goes up to 1600x1200 in 32Bit and also allows emulation of the Snes mouse, Superscope, Justifiers and Multitap. And with the combined necessity of savestates, this is the for Snes emulator. I recommend it.
Sega Master System/Game Gear, Mega Drive + Add ons Kega Fusion It Really is messy, trying to play all of your retro favrioutes with the use of multiple emulators, however Kega Fusion has solved the problem, atleast for Sega anyway. With Kega you can play basically all the Sega games you could possibly want and at the same quality as on their own emulators. Kega is great, because it uses the same interface as the renowned Gens, but with the improvement of adjustable resolutions and a wider diversity of options for the image display, and of course, savestates. Overall I'd recommend this to anyone new to emulation and want to make life easier.
Playstation PCSX Some of you may be suprised by my choice, although interface wise, PCSX is the best thing for Playstation emulation. With the right plugins, it is possible to play games such as Chrono Cross and Final Fantasy with ease and actually looking superior than they were on Playstation.
There are many features that define PCSX and make it stand out from the rest of the Playstation emulators. PCSX makes use of Netplay, savestates, multiple language support and decent help through it's forums. Overall, I'd recommend this to anyone who still hasen't expierenced Playstation and wants to see the games at their very best.
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Apr 29, 2008 15:57:41 GMT -5
Loopy, you don't seem to have tried a whole lot of emulators. ZSNES can easily emulate co-processors, supports extremely high resolutions along with a good variety of filters such as Super Eagle, 2xSaI and the HQ set of filters. It also gives you the option of filtering Mode 7 objects so that don't look as pixellated. On top of that, it's coded in Assembly, meaning it's definitely the fastest emulator out there.
So you see, Snes9x isn't near "easily" the best. There's more though.
As far as PSX emulation goes, ePSXe is most likely the easiest to set up. The wizard utility gives new users just the searchwords they need to find the right BIOS image for them and recommends the best plugins for each feature. The emulator gives the user five save states to use, makes it easy to switch between them and supports memory cards fully. It's also possibly the most compatible Playstation emulator, supporting 99% of the library.
If you're going with accuracy, though, you'll want pSX. It fully supports game pads, emulates the system extremely well and doesn't require you to go on year-long searches for the right plugins. It also supports most pads, again without needing any plugins.
PCSX is old news. Its only redeeming quality is its PS2-emulating successor, which can still "only" emulate at 50% framerate.
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Post by r0ck3rz on Apr 30, 2008 8:47:12 GMT -5
That's exactly why I recommend having more than 1 emulator on hand if you can. The most outdated one might emulate a few games that even the most compatibles ones don't get right. In the case of SNES9x, it won't properly emulate Wonder Project J(translated), but ZSNES hits it perfectly. I don't have an example for the other way around, but I know there's stuff. You win out by having both over just saying 1 is better, even if ZSNES's windowed mode is a pain to deal with.
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Apr 30, 2008 10:37:25 GMT -5
I'm not actually bothered by ZSNES' windowed mode, and it hasn't failed on me yet.
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Post by zzz on May 2, 2008 5:29:22 GMT -5
zzz you should update the first post with everyone's suggestions and see if we can get this topic stickied so it becomes THE place to know about the best emus. Maybe in the future, but it's still small enough of a topic that it's easy to just look through all of the posts.
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Post by Weasel on May 2, 2008 8:57:32 GMT -5
I'm going to recommend a few emulators for PSP that I've used in my travels...
Game Boy Advance - gpSP 0.9
Exophase's GBA emulator runs almost every GBA game out there at near if not maximum framerate, has options to throttle the PSP's CPU to save battery/improve performance (one of the two), and save states. There are a few games it won't run, but those are rare (some of the bitGenerations won't run, but that's it from what I've seen). Take my advice and don't bother with Kai's versions. (And I'm not just saying this because I'm friends with Exophase.)
Game Boy Color, Master System, Game Gear - MasterBoy
This two-in-one emulator can run most GBC or SMS games without a hitch, full framerate, at only 222 MHz. It has support for colorizing a couple of original GB games such as Mario Land (though not always perfect), save states, and best of all, since it runs three platforms at once, that's less clutter in your XMB's applications list.
NES - NesterJ
Yep, there's a version of NesterJ for PSP, and the latest beta version not only emulates nearly everything the PC counterpart does (even VRC-6 is supported for games like Akumajou Densetsu and Madara), it also supports multiplayer via ad-hoc wireless! Save states are supported as well.
SNES - SNES9XTYL
Unfortunately this one's far from perfect, not even running at full speed. It barely runs the co-processor games like Kirby Super Star and Yoshi's Island, and sometimes just refuses to run games. But on the plus side, if you don't mind your games being a little slow (or turning off the sound), at least you can play SNES games at all! Unfortunately this seems to be the only SNES emulator available for PSP, so until somebody does an Exophase and writes one from scratch with dynamic recompiling instead of just lazily porting SNES9X for the umpteenth time, this is all you're gonna get.
Genesis/CD - Picodrive
Based on the Genesis emulator Picodrive for Windows Mobile, the PSP version will run Genesis games at the best framerate possible, has rebindable controls and support for 6-button pads, and best of all, runs Sega CD games. Snatcher on the go? Awesome. Also has save states, but I don't know if that supports Sega CD or not.
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Post by LouieBee on May 2, 2008 11:18:48 GMT -5
Loopy, you don't seem to have tried a whole lot of emulators. ZSNES can easily emulate co-processors, supports extremely high resolutions along with a good variety of filters such as Super Eagle, 2xSaI and the HQ set of filters. It also gives you the option of filtering Mode 7 objects so that don't look as pixellated. On top of that, it's coded in Assembly, meaning it's definitely the fastest emulator out there. So you see, Snes9x isn't near "easily" the best. There's more though. As far as PSX emulation goes, ePSXe is most likely the easiest to set up. The wizard utility gives new users just the searchwords they need to find the right BIOS image for them and recommends the best plugins for each feature. The emulator gives the user five save states to use, makes it easy to switch between them and supports memory cards fully. It's also possibly the most compatible Playstation emulator, supporting 99% of the library. If you're going with accuracy, though, you'll want pSX. It fully supports game pads, emulates the system extremely well and doesn't require you to go on year-long searches for the right plugins. It also supports most pads, again without needing any plugins. PCSX is old news. Its only redeeming quality is its PS2-emulating successor, which can still "only" emulate at 50% framerate. I have indeed played ZSNES, although I never liked it's interface or the way it is designed. ZSNES feels old fashioned to me, I'm also uncertain if it runs the Xbox 360 controller, since I used the program before owning one. By the way, Snes9X does the same stuff you mentioned earlier, so whats your point? I used to prefer ePSXe a while ago, but it all changed when I played Chrono Cross. I had the right plugins, however ePSXe had bizzare errors while playing e.g. my controller not responding (and I did press F4 to restart it) and random crashes at menus. It ran correctly on PCSX and with the same plugins. I also disagree that it is easy to configure, although ePSXe is easier than the others, it still isn't brilliant. Infact Playstation emulation is complicated to begin with considering the plugins needed, bios', images, etc. I laugh when you say PCSX is "old news", since it was the last popular PSX emulator to be abbandoned anyway. And what are you talking about? ZSNES is seriously old. As much as I respect your opinion, I really have to argue when you make these kind of claims.
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Post by YourAverageJoe on May 2, 2008 17:31:58 GMT -5
Although it's not frequent, ZSNES is still updated now and then, and you treated Snes9X like Jesus resurrected for mundane features such as save states.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2008 17:47:48 GMT -5
Genesis/CD - PicodriveBased on the Genesis emulator Picodrive for Windows Mobile, the PSP version will run Genesis games at the best framerate possible, has rebindable controls and support for 6-button pads, and best of all, runs Sega CD games. Snatcher on the go? Awesome. Also has save states, but I don't know if that supports Sega CD or not. You can use save states normally when playing Sega CD games on Picodrive. Works with Snatcher, at least. By the way, have you gotten Popful Mail to work on this emulator? I haven't.
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Post by LouieBee on May 5, 2008 10:25:45 GMT -5
Although it's not frequent, ZSNES is still updated now and then, and you treated Snes9X like Jesus resurrected for mundane features such as save states. Savestates are pretty badass though.
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Post by YourAverageJoe on May 6, 2008 6:03:03 GMT -5
They are, but in such a hugely popular emulation scene as the SNES', you'd think that people would look for more, such as hacking tools, multiple save state slots, pad support and accessory emulation.
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Post by LouieBee on May 6, 2008 11:47:58 GMT -5
They are, but in such a hugely popular emulation scene as the SNES', you'd think that people would look for more, such as hacking tools, multiple save state slots, pad support and accessory emulation. That is also true, Snes9x has these however.
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