Game Emulation! *UPDATED 11/3/07*

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:29 pm

*raises hand* Another vote for ePSXe! It is THE PSX emulator... only one that really worked for me.

Oh, and Project64 is my N64 emulator of choice as well.

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:58 pm

ZSNES FTW!!! It is the best emulator for anything ever I have never had a problem with it.

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:05 pm

is it illegal to use an emulator.

Post by **bicostp** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:12 pm

dragon wrote:is it illegal to use an emulator.

[lex luthor]WRONG![/lex luthor]

Emulators are legal. Homebrew ROMs are legal. Commercial ROMs are not. (A common misconception.)

Metroid fan · Post by **Metroid fan** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:20 pm

Commercial aren't illegal if you make them yourself with your own games.

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:22 pm

Thanks for clearing that up.

So i can download an emulator. Perfect.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:27 pm

bicostp wrote:
dragon wrote:is it illegal to use an emulator.
[lex luthor]WRONG![/lex luthor]

Emulators are legal. Homebrew ROMs are legal. Commercial ROMs are not. (A common misconception.)

With that in mind, who doesn't download roms?

I just like my backups better.

SS

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:03 pm

I've had issues w/ SNES9X. Especially when running RoboTrek. (text sprites fail to draw on screen)

ZSNES is just *Perfect*!

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:10 pm

well for nes i use fce ultra for snes zsnes for n64 project 64 and for genesis gens, i dont do much emulation on the pc but i do emulate master system, genesis, c64, atari 2600, 5200, nes, snes, gamegear, playstation, among others on the dreamcast. btw does anyone know what the required specs are to run chankast(dreamcast emulator)?

extremesonic · Post by **extremesonic** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:47 pm

NES - FCE Ultra
SNES - ZSNES(stable online FTW!!!)
Genesis - Gens and Kega Fusion are both solid
N64 - Project64(though i have some issues, but 64 emulation is tuff)
PS1- ePSXe if I want to pretty up some games(and have the plugins for it). Otherwise its pSX for compatibility(only emulator I've know of that runs Megaman Legends 2, and its self contained, all you need is the BIOS)
Arcade - MAME, or winkawaks(sp?) for CPS-2 games
GB/GBC/GBA - Visualboyadvance, everything else pails in comparison.

johnbjuice · Post by **johnbjuice** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:48 pm

1964 is WAY better for N64 emulation than project64! It runs most everything perfectly.

Super Cameraman · Post by **Super Cameraman** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:33 pm

Is downloading ROMs of games that your own illegal?

-Super

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 6:56 pm

The whole subject of ROMs is always a little fuzzy in terms of legality. It's legal to download a ROM you don't own, as long as you delete it within 24 hours.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:03 pm

atari2600a wrote:The whole subject of ROMs is always a little fuzzy in terms of legality. It's legal to download a ROM you don't own, as long as you delete it within 24 hours.

So you just have your ROMs delete automatically at midnight and re-download at 1 a.m. Keepin' it legal.

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 7:04 pm

As far as I know, it's also legal to download ROMs of games you OWN and KEEP them indefinitely.

Edit:

vskid wrote:
atari2600a wrote:The whole subject of ROMs is always a little fuzzy in terms of legality. It's legal to download a ROM you don't own, as long as you delete it within 24 hours.
So you just have your ROMs delete automatically at midnight and re-download at 1 a.m. Keepin' it legal.

Exactly. That's the problem I always saw with that rule...

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