EmulationStation Pics :D (Take That, Xbox 360!)

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:14 pm

Nothing special, I love it though.

Semi-Close, Super Mario World (SNES)

System Shot, Super Mario World (SNES) (No speakers, controller)

System Shot, Sonic The Hedgehog (Genesis) (Complete)

Wireless Arcade Stick, Wired Keyboard, Mouse, Controller (GoPad)

Close Sonic The Hedgehog (Genesis), Shows Graphics Quality.

Cost: Since I had most of these already, $55 Canadian. I'll do a full list anyway though.

Arcade Stick (Intec Wireless PS2) - $40
PS2/USB Converter (Wasaki) - $15
GoPad - $2 (New Too!)
Computer - $150
Monitor - $75
Keyboard - $20
Mouse - $15
Generic Speakers - $15
Win 98 SE - $150 (Buying from like a Staples/Best Buy)

Total Cost (Start From Scratch) - $482 Canadian.
What I Spent (Had Most Parts Already) - $55 Canadian

SUPER Fun too, its a big hit amongst people who tried it out.

Post by **bicostp** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:18 pm

now all you need is a pc-tv bridge, and you have a real console emulation!

I used one, and trust me, it's a BLAST! You don't need to have piles of cartridges all over the house to play Metriod, Sonic, or Combat on the TV!

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:29 pm

bicostp wrote:now all you need is a pc-tv bridge, and you have a real console emulation!

I used one, and trust me, it's a BLAST! You don't need to have piles of cartridges all over the house to play Metriod, Sonic, or Combat on the TV!

You get better resolution on the monitor. Plus, its double working as a computer for my brother.

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:30 pm

looks god, what emulater are you using, i want one

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:31 pm

Genesis - Gens
SMS - Dega
NES - JNES
SNES - SNES9X
GBA - VBA
Atari - StellaX
Colecovision - VColeco (Don't have roms yet, at dad's friends place)

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:36 pm

Links please?
also, do the roms come with the other emulators

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:37 pm

They don't, I got off bittorrent back in the days of suprnova.

www.emulator-zone.com has most of the ones I said.

Post by **bicostp** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:37 pm

Jeff wrote:
bicostp wrote:now all you need is a pc-tv bridge, and you have a real console emulation!

I used one, and trust me, it's a BLAST! You don't need to have piles of cartridges all over the house to play Metriod, Sonic, or Combat on the TV!
You get better resolution on the monitor. Plus, its double working as a computer for my brother.

Most have a passthrough port so you can use the TV and screen at the same time!

And resolution? You're only emulating 16 bit games tops, which were designed to run on a TV.

I've used all the emulators you've listed, and they all look exactly like the real thing.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri May 13, 2005 5:39 pm

Nah, I can (kind of) pull off N64.

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Fri May 13, 2005 6:53 pm

I'm going to make an emu-arcade or whatever it could be called. Its going to be a small arcade box with a 14-17" LCD, and keyboard and trackball on the control area, and a PS2 controller to play games. Whenever I get the money to do this I'm going to go forward with it.

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Fri May 13, 2005 6:59 pm

yeah, me too, but mine is going to have two joysticks with a couple buttons for two players

soundwave · Post by **soundwave** » Fri May 13, 2005 7:01 pm

I was keeping it simple. a few PS-USB things on the side of the console, probably 2 or something, just plug in the PS2 controllers and play, plus I loath arcade controls, the buttons are too big and clunky.

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Fri May 13, 2005 9:54 pm

I'm doing that, and GoPad's. I mean, they're 2 dollars! Come with case and everything.

Unidentified Assilant · Sat May 14, 2005 2:37 am

Nice, you could fit a new graphics card so you can have TV-Out, and then your brother could use it as a computer when he wanted and you can use it as your EmulationStation just by putting your TV on.

Doofus · Post by **Doofus** » Sat May 14, 2005 3:52 am

I've got a Geforce 2 and a spare 1.6ghz P4 laying around... The Geforce 2 has video out, I've got two controllers sitting here... A lot of spare time on my hands... Now all I need to do is buy one of these suckers and I've got myself a home emulation station.

Of course, I've been planning to do this for a long time, however I've never had the desire to fork over $150 at one time for such a silly piece of equipment. I've got a Radeon 9600 Pro All-In-Wonder on my desktop, which has video out, and can be completely remote controlled via the Radeon Remote, but I'm going to be selling it along with my desktop here in the next couple months...

Anyways, glad to see you're having fun with it.