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    Emulation questions

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by stirfriedsushi, Feb 11, 2009.

  1. stirfriedsushi

    stirfriedsushi Confuse a Cat LTD

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    Hey all, I've been thinking about all the games I haven't played over the years and I realized I missed some good stuff. Since I don't own any consoles anymore, I decided to take a swing at emulation. The only problem is I have no idea which emulators are good or which systems can be emulated well yet. I am looking for PSP and DS emulators, possibly game cube as well. What would you recommend?
     
    stirfriedsushi, Feb 11, 2009
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  2. ArmageddonAsh

    ArmageddonAsh Mangekyo Sharingan

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    this will get closed, i sent you a PM
    if you want to talk some more we can chat over MSN if you like
     
    ArmageddonAsh, Feb 11, 2009
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  3. Rahul

    Rahul Notebook Prophet

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    Is talk about emulators not allowed here? I thought only talk of the software, the ROMs was not allowed.

    I have not seen any working PSP emulators but I have for the DS. I am anxiously waiting for emulators for the former however.
     
    Rahul, Feb 11, 2009
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  4. Akuma

    Akuma Notebook Evangelist

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    PSP and GameCube emulators are pretty much useless right now, there are still some teams tryng to make a good PSP emulator but most of the GameCube projects have been abandoned.

    But there are plenty of working DS emulators, though that console has only like 3-4 playable games at all, rest is shovelware.
    Try out diffrent emulators yourself : Google results.
     
    Akuma, Feb 11, 2009
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  5. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    ^^ true about the gamecube and PSP emus.

    as for DS emulators go... the best one at the moment is the No$GBA 2.6a

    it actually will play almost everything perfectly ... even great for homebrew testing. :)
     
    Gophn, Feb 11, 2009
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  6. ICantFeelMyFace

    ICantFeelMyFace Notebook Evangelist

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    This shouldn't get closed unless you talk about downloading a game and not buying it. I got a dreamcast emulator about a week ago but unfortunately my computer can't handle it very well, it gets very slow when theres a lot of fighting.
     
    ICantFeelMyFace, Feb 11, 2009
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  7. LaptopNut

    LaptopNut Notebook Virtuoso

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    No$GBA 2.6a is a great emulator and I have seen performance of over 100fps or a constant 60fps if you set it to vsync.
     
    LaptopNut, Feb 11, 2009
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  8. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    Since the OP doesn't own the consoles, discussion of emulating them is not allowed. Thread closed.
     
    crash, Feb 11, 2009
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