So I want to use SSF, but I'm at a loss...

[Ryusui]

I'm no n00b when it comes to emulators. I'm a fan translator, in fact.

But I'd like to know just how the hell I'm supposed to load an ISO (or BIN/CUE) into this thing. There aren't any options for it. I've heard that either I need to burn a disc (just what all do I need to burn an ISO or BIN/CUE, anyway?) or "mount it as a virtual drive" using some program, but dammit, why so much work? I mean, I'm all for verisimilitude, but this is just ridiculous...

[ReyVGM]

Download Daemon's Tools and mount the cue/bin on it and SSF should recognize it immediately.

Some emu authors are either lazy or assholes and don't allow you to directly load isos because the intent is to be able to play the original games once the system is long gone.
The dude that makes SSF is Japanese and as far as I know, Japanese people love to buy their stuff original. So don't expect it to play isos anytime soon.

Besides, Daemon's Tools is something you just have to have on your computer

[Ryusui]

Thanks.

I just wanted to hear it from someone who knows what they're doing before I set to work hunting down the BIOS files...

[kimimi]

You don't need the BIOS in more recent versions of SSF.