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    Asus EEE as Nintendo Emulation Station

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by JonniePee, Mar 16, 2008.

  1. JonniePee

    JonniePee Notebook Enthusiast

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    Quick question...

    Can anyone tell me if the Asus EEE would make a nice mini system to put emulators on for nes and such? Also, would I be able to easily make a connection to a rca tv?

    thanks
     
    JonniePee, Mar 16, 2008
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  2. Nuta

    Nuta Notebook Consultant

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    I have lots of emulators on it. Just plugin my usb controller and im good to go. The RCA tv....maybe. theres only a vga out, so if u can find a vga to rca it should work ok. Just make sure you install xp on it instead of the xandros. Opens the emulator selection up alot more.
     
    Nuta, Mar 16, 2008
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  3. Goren

    Goren Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    definitely fine for older consoles like NES, SNES, etc emulators.
    probably not a good idea for more recent consoles like Playstation and Saturn
     
    Goren, Mar 16, 2008
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  4. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    I'm quite sure it can emulate PS1 just fine. :)
     
    Rahul, Mar 16, 2008
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    Steggy Notebook Consultant

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    hmm, wouldnt be a bad idea to do that. one of my friends recently started building random arcade cabinets so if one were to put the 2 together, you have a cheapo depo arcade on your hands haha
     
    Steggy, Mar 17, 2008
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    RangerXML Army of None [TRH]

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    Playing N64 on mine; Zelda 64 and Mario Kart 64 (works beyond great).
     
    RangerXML, Mar 17, 2008
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  7. JonniePee

    JonniePee Notebook Enthusiast

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    thanks! i just gotta figure out the vga to rca thing. maybe paint it to look like a nes ^^
     
    JonniePee, Mar 24, 2008
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    dorkiedoode Notebook Geek

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    hey guys what emulating programs do you use? i been wanting to play games such as contra or starfox!!
     
    dorkiedoode, Mar 25, 2008
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  9. vallaird

    vallaird Notebook Consultant

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    Super Nintendo : Zsnes, you can find it in the repositories.
    Sega Genesis (MegaDrive) : Gens 2.12 (you can download it here : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=290008&highlight=dgen)
    Playstation 1 : Epsxe (more tricky to get working, I've followed this : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=612021&highlight=epsxe)
    Nintedo 64 : http://mupen64.emulation64.com/

    Hope this helps.
     
    vallaird, Mar 25, 2008
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    vallaird Notebook Consultant

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    Sorry, this is all for Linux because it is what I am running but I use the same programs under Windows except for Nintendo 64, I use Project64 ( http://www.pj64-emu.com/).
     
    vallaird, Mar 25, 2008
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  11. arachosia

    arachosia Notebook Enthusiast

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    Do all the emulators work with Vista? What about MAME? The notebook I'm getting has Vista on it and I'll be pretty disappointed if all the old emulators don't work on it.
     
    arachosia, Mar 25, 2008
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