Anybody here ever use console emulators?
Apparently, thanks to recent innovations in compression technology, etc., the *entire* run of SNES ROMs--including every known variation of every game, every translation, etc.--which formally fit into ~7 gigs...
Now fits into 1.65.
This makes my completist self very happy.
Similarly, the NES equivalent fits into ~250megs. And the N64--by virtue of having so few games--hovers around ~2 gigs as well, I think.
Computers are truly great things. However, Mario 64's fucking impossible without an analogue stick.
Emulation innovation
A friend of mine has an Xbox that's been hacked and replaced with a hard drive, and filled with almost every arcade game you can think of, as well as all the SuperNintendo games, Sega Genesis games, and a bunch of other stuff. This machine is incredible. All of the games work, but some of them have video issues in a couple of places.
We spent hours playing Kung Fu Master, Alien Syndrome, Frenzy, Golden Axe, Gauntlet, etc. It was the most fun I've had with a console in a long time, but this system didn't come cheap, and it's pretty much illegal to own one.
We spent hours playing Kung Fu Master, Alien Syndrome, Frenzy, Golden Axe, Gauntlet, etc. It was the most fun I've had with a console in a long time, but this system didn't come cheap, and it's pretty much illegal to own one.