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    Mobile Emulation

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by papaslides, Jun 4, 2007.

  1. papaslides

    papaslides Notebook Consultant

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    Hello, I have recently put a super nintendo emulator on my Memorex 1gig flash drive, which means I can play my SNES games anywhere I go (I also have a USB-PlayStation 2 controller adapter so I can use a console controller as well). I am wondering if anyone knows of a way I can do this for my N64 and PS2 as well, perhaps on an external hard drive instead of a flash drive, would I need to install XP on the external drive and boot the intended computer on that drive to make it work or can it be installed in such a way that it can run independantly of the original host computer (the SNES emulator requires no install, just an exe file, but the N64 emulators that are good need to be installed)

    Any thoughts?

    Thanks
     
    papaslides, Jun 4, 2007
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    N64 emulator: Project64
    Dreamcast emulator: Chankast
    PSX emulator: ePSXe
    PS2 emulator: PCSX2*

    *requires dual core and good videocard to run smoothly
     
    Gophn, Jun 4, 2007
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    How good a video card are we talking about?
     
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    At least mid-range. I tested it with 7600GT, it seemed fine.

    Although it does turn out that this emulator is more CPU intensive than GPU.
     
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    Yeah I'm not having a hard time finding emulators, I need to know how to best and most efficiently turn my external hd into a mobile emulator platform, do I need to install and boot windows on it, or is there a way I can install these emulators to the external hard drive and have them run on any pc, namely go back and forth between my Desktop (nvidia geforce 6600gt) and my soon to be laptop (IFL-90 with 8600M)
     
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    yes you can run these emulators without having to install them
     
    Gophn, Jun 4, 2007
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    even the ones that are installer exe's? (like project 64?)

    The reason I ask is that I already have Project 64 installed on my Desktop, so when I try to install it again to an external drive, it just brings up the "repair/modify/uninstall" wizard which makes it impossible to install it on the internal AND external HD, this also leads me to believe that if I install the emulator on the external drive then plug it into another machine it will not function properly as it was "installed" onto a different computers registry.
     
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    YES, thers nothing special put into the registry to prevent them from playing.

    The installers are just there to make shortcuts in the Desktop and Start Menu.
     
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    sweet thanks!!
     
    papaslides, Jun 4, 2007
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