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Post by kal on Sept 4, 2006 9:01:44 GMT -5
Emulators are funny in how sometimes they aren't perfect and all systems are more fun to use the orginal pads for (maybe a few exceptions but still). Also your TV tends to be much larger then your Monitor.
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Post by Shinigami on Sept 4, 2006 12:22:00 GMT -5
Maybe, but for me the only TV I had for over 10 years was a shitty 13 inch convex TV with no composite plugs. If I wanted to play Dreamcast I had to plug in a VCR into it first. I hate TV.
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Post by michiyoyoshiku on Sept 4, 2006 15:32:18 GMT -5
Time to buy a Slimfit Samsung TV
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Post by Brand on Sept 4, 2006 16:33:03 GMT -5
Actually it can, and you don't even need an emulator for that one--there's a fan-port of Zelda to the PC that even allows custom quests. It's not the same, I play a lot of games on my pc, but there is something special about sitting aroudn the tv and playing a game. This is especially whwn you play with friends, it just isn't the same experince when you are sitting around a computer in your room or some crap. Also there is the fact that not every pc runs every game the same way. Because a game is made for a console and it's hardware, you know when you put the game into a console that it will work and you won't have to buy a new 500 dollar video card to play a 30 dollar game. Most people don't want to put extra effort into playing their games (when I worked at EB setting up the Dreamcast VMU was to much work for most people), they want to sit down pop it in and play. So yes console are necessary to me.
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Sept 4, 2006 17:41:48 GMT -5
Brand's comment reminds me of that time I had the most exhilirating match of DBZ Budokai 2 with my friend, I've never quite gotten that same rush in front of a PC, then again, I haven't played against my friends on a PC all that often.
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Post by vysethebold on Sept 6, 2006 23:31:12 GMT -5
I use PS2 to USB converters to play my emulaters so I use PS2 Dual Shocks for SNES games and PS2 Street Fighter controllers for PC Engine and Genesis games because they have the same button layouts. The control is actually a little better considering the newer controllers are made a little better than the old ones (especially the Street Fighter controller's D-pad in comparison to the original Genesis one's). I enjoy emulaters because I only have roms for games I own physically but they are all in one place, don't take up a room (except on my hard drive), and they are portable on my laptop. But I do agree there is nothing quite like beating your friends while crowded around a TV.
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