Emulators getting better

S.SubZero · 06-11-2002, 02:53 AM

Ever since UltraHLE, the emulation scene kinda went downhill, plauged with warez kiddies looking for N64 games and newbies who didn't understand the legal issues and more importantly, the complex emulators that required little tweaks and changes for almost every game. I kinda fell out of that scene for a while.

I got my Emulation groove back on with some of the newer emulators, which are really pretty good. For N64 there's PJ64 (www.pj64.net) and on the PSX side there's ePSXe (www.epsxe.com - fear popups). They have good OpenGL/D3D support, good sound, excellent gamepad compatibility and seem to play most games just fine. My friend has some PSX games he took out of the closet the other day and he has been having a blast with them. When a PSX game gets hit with texture filtering, high res, and FSAA, it's like a whole new game.

I have seen there is a Dreamcast emulator in the works, the author recently got it to actually load a commercial game. Still far from playable, but it's progress.

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jdmba · 06-11-2002, 09:12 AM

That's all well and good for the video game set, but the ability handle the Apple II, C-64, Vic-20, and TRS-80 (and a slew of others) is the key. MESS (Mult Emulator Super System), at http://mess.emuverse.com/, supports over 100 systems, and there are TONS of emulators and software archive for the systems. Of course, the USENET frequently posts floods of every known piece of software for these systems as well, and tosec (http://tosec.org) has been creating databases to create a uniform system of sorting thru that software, and giving them a uniform name based on CRC values. There are also a lot of ftp and web site archives of software, such as Arnold for the Apple, lemon for the C64, and of course, www.trs-80.com for the TRS-80.

Emulation certainly has come a long way!

5150 · 06-14-2002, 10:04 AM

Emus! Love my old stuff, so thank God there are programmers out there passionate enough to undertake these excellent and most-appreciated projects!

For c64:

VICE64 - http://viceteam.bei.t-online.de/

For AMIGA:

WinUAE - http://www.winuae.net/

Both excellent - really worthwhile if you loved your c64/Amiga!

[edit]: how could I forget M.A.M.E. ????!!
http://www.mame.net/

FightingChance · 06-14-2002, 10:14 AM

This question goes out to any Amiga game players out there. :] Does anyone remember a game on Amiga that was really simple, it was two little ships that shot red and yellow dots at each other from an overhead perspective in space? Does anyone know what it was called?

jdmba · 06-14-2002, 10:53 AM

A great source of software is alt.binaries.emulators.misc where TOSEC floods complete (known) libraries of stuff. N64 and Amiga are the largest (measured in Gigabytes) so chasing all the amiga stuff is a long, hard, arduous process.

Other sites have entire libraries posted.

And don't forget the ROM MANAGERS (such as ClearMame, RomCenter, and RomDoctor) with regular dat file updates.

(I am seriously into emulation, by the way)

5150 · 06-14-2002, 10:51 PM

Hey FightingChance:

umm - was it called 'Beachhead' by chance???

06-11-2002, 02:53 AM	#1
S.SubZero Vista x64 User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: California Posts: 1,277	Emulators getting better Ever since UltraHLE, the emulation scene kinda went downhill, plauged with warez kiddies looking for N64 games and newbies who didn't understand the legal issues and more importantly, the complex emulators that required little tweaks and changes for almost every game. I kinda fell out of that scene for a while. I got my Emulation groove back on with some of the newer emulators, which are really pretty good. For N64 there's PJ64 (www.pj64.net) and on the PSX side there's ePSXe (www.epsxe.com - fear popups). They have good OpenGL/D3D support, good sound, excellent gamepad compatibility and seem to play most games just fine. My friend has some PSX games he took out of the closet the other day and he has been having a blast with them. When a PSX game gets hit with texture filtering, high res, and FSAA, it's like a whole new game. I have seen there is a Dreamcast emulator in the works, the author recently got it to actually load a commercial game. Still far from playable, but it's progress. __________________ -SSZ
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06-11-2002, 09:12 AM	#2
jdmba Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 719	Well That's all well and good for the video game set, but the ability handle the Apple II, C-64, Vic-20, and TRS-80 (and a slew of others) is the key. MESS (Mult Emulator Super System), at http://mess.emuverse.com/, supports over 100 systems, and there are TONS of emulators and software archive for the systems. Of course, the USENET frequently posts floods of every known piece of software for these systems as well, and tosec (http://tosec.org) has been creating databases to create a uniform system of sorting thru that software, and giving them a uniform name based on CRC values. There are also a lot of ftp and web site archives of software, such as Arnold for the Apple, lemon for the C64, and of course, www.trs-80.com for the TRS-80. Emulation certainly has come a long way!
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06-14-2002, 10:04 AM	#3
5150 1984: OUR future? Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 1,788	Emus! Love my old stuff, so thank God there are programmers out there passionate enough to undertake these excellent and most-appreciated projects! For c64: VICE64 - http://viceteam.bei.t-online.de/ For AMIGA: WinUAE - http://www.winuae.net/ Both excellent - really worthwhile if you loved your c64/Amiga! [edit]: how could I forget M.A.M.E. ????!! http://www.mame.net/ __________________
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06-14-2002, 10:14 AM	#4
FightingChance Yes, I am better than you Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Winter Park, FL Posts: 4,068	This question goes out to any Amiga game players out there. :] Does anyone remember a game on Amiga that was really simple, it was two little ships that shot red and yellow dots at each other from an overhead perspective in space? Does anyone know what it was called?
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06-14-2002, 10:53 AM	#5
jdmba Registered User Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 719	Software A great source of software is alt.binaries.emulators.misc where TOSEC floods complete (known) libraries of stuff. N64 and Amiga are the largest (measured in Gigabytes) so chasing all the amiga stuff is a long, hard, arduous process. Other sites have entire libraries posted. And don't forget the ROM MANAGERS (such as ClearMame, RomCenter, and RomDoctor) with regular dat file updates. (I am seriously into emulation, by the way)
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06-14-2002, 10:51 PM	#6
5150 1984: OUR future? Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 1,788	Hey FightingChance: umm - was it called 'Beachhead' by chance??? __________________
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