05/17/2005 Archived Entry: "BAED"
Emulators, they are software that run games from old consoles on your computer. There’s a pretty big emulator community on the net that trades “backup copies” of Nintendo, SEGA, Atari, Neo Geo, Arcade (etc..) games through P2P software and various other means. The emulator scene is a little funky since it deals with mostly “abandon ware” which is, from what I recall, a very grey area in terms of legalities.
Playing emulated games on a PC isn’t all that great though, console games, to me, feel like they should be played on a big TV with a bunch of friends watching and/or joining in. PC gaming is a much more isolating experience since everyone needs to be in front of their own computers. And there’s the fact that no PC gamepad can even come close to any console ones.
Imagine, then, how amazing it would be to be able to hook up console controllers to a PC hooked up to a TV and on that PC you have every emulator for every console you can find and for all those emulators you have copies of every game possible. Even better, imagine there was a console that was basically a PC so that you didn’t have to waste all your money on a PC to play old games on. You would be buying 1 console that could play over 14 000 of all your fondest childhood games as well as all those arcade games you wanted to master when you were 15 but didn’t have the quarters to. Now THAT’S an investment.
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Talk about jumping from one end of the spectrum to the other...weren't you just recently talking about productivity?!...:P!!
Posted by dAN @ 05/17/2005 10:20 AM EST
The console controllers (At least the older ones) can be modified to work with a computer. If not through USB (Bitchy) then through the printer port (Easy) I'm sure someone's done it. As for Using a big TV, there is always TV out, for me I use a Projector and USB adaptors for the PS2 Controllers. Getting a couple people over to get drunk and watch a good heated game of Super Mario Bros on a 5' by 5' screen, there isn't anything like it. I have also heard, in my linux circles, that the Xbox can be moded to run linux. I'm sure your emulators would be stable in that environment... that is if you like the Xbox controllers.
Posted by Hyperion @ 05/17/2005 10:50 AM EST
Oh, everyone gets sick of nostalgia / crappy games eventually.
Posted by Arshwana @ 05/17/2005 08:47 PM EST
Ah, Hype. I AM talking about the Xbox. Best purchase my brother's ever made. The 'Box's small controller is actually pretty good. I don't mind it.
Posted by Rayne @ 05/18/2005 02:22 AM EST
Stop talking about my xbox!! =P But we need a bigger tv and a good surround sound system
Posted by Anonymous @ 05/18/2005 06:44 PM EST
one day...
Posted by Rayne @ 05/19/2005 05:51 PM EST
One day you'll have so much money you'll own every frickin' console with as many controllers and games as possible for 'em, with a huge surround sound system and a bloody PROJECTOR. Yeah.
Posted by Arshwana @ 05/19/2005 06:07 PM EST
but..the xbox is already like 13 consoles...I dont need to own those ones.
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Posted by Rayne @ 05/20/2005 12:48 AM EST
Welcome to 2001...
ok i joined in 2004, but still.
Posted by Zamir @ 05/21/2005 12:36 PM EST