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    Video Game emulators and vista?//

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by thisguy, Dec 10, 2006.

  1. thisguy

    thisguy Newbie

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    has anyone tried any game emulators with vista? such as the snes9x, project64 or epsxe are they compatible with vista?
     
    thisguy, Dec 10, 2006
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    RedSensiStar Notebook Deity

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    I don't know what the programmers of these apps have done.

    check out their sites for updates.

    i hope they do work for vista because I have over 3000 ROMS.
     
    RedSensiStar, Dec 10, 2006
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  3. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Isn't Vista fully backwards compatible with all previous Windows versions, just like XP? So all programs that run on XP should run fine on Vista?
     
    Budding, Dec 10, 2006
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    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    It's meant to be mostly backwards compatible, but there will of course be exceptions to the rule. It shouldn't be anything major though, and I'm sure Vista compatible updates will be released IF they are even required.
     
    Lysander, Dec 10, 2006
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    Awesome. I would hate to upgrade to vista and then have my roms not work enough to make me want to keep XP.
     
    thisguy, Dec 10, 2006
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    plattnnum Notebook Evangelist

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    Kinda off topic but are there any emulators that have higher screen resolutions? I've been using project64 and it's tiny. Thanks.
     
    plattnnum, Dec 10, 2006
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    Try configuring the Video Options in the emulator. I play PJ64 on a 20inch screen at 1280x1024 rez and it looks amazing.
     
    Budding, Dec 10, 2006
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    Jalf Comrade Santa

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    Why shouldn't they work? The only place where you might run into problems if you run any 16-bit applications (Which means stuff from Dos or Win3.1)

    Other than that, Vista is backwards compatible.
     
    Jalf, Dec 10, 2006
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    This is welcoming news to me.

    Nothing like good old games.

    ...what is better than FFVII?! Castlevania SOTN?!
     
    RedSensiStar, Dec 11, 2006
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