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[Advice] Game console emulators

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by coma, Oct 3, 2003.

  1. coma

    coma Member

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    Can anyone recommend a good game console emulator (NES, Sega, etc) for Windows?

    tia.
     
    #1 coma, Oct 3, 2003
  2. AntiSonic

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    NESticle and KGen have been good for me respectively, though your mileage may vary.

    If you still want to maintain some semblance of a productive life, stay away from the arcade emulators (MAME, Callus, etc.). ;)
     
    #2 AntiSonic, Oct 3, 2003
  3. coma

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    Thanks AS,

    I've had an itching for some Donkey Kong Jr. the past few days and I'm going to spend this weekend scratching.
     
    #3 coma, Oct 3, 2003
  4. A-Train

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    Oh crap, let's see if I remember which ones I have.

    NES - Get JNES. Some people praise NESticle, but a couple of games for it have problems, most notably in Mike Tyson's Punch Out. Kid Niki doesn't even work on NESticle. Never had any problems with JNES

    SNES: ZSNES - Easy to navigate menus, and they finally fixed the layering bug that used to plague this emulator.

    Genesis: GenX - THe only problem with this one is that I can't save my custom guy in NBA Hangtime. I'm not sure if this is a bug with that ROM or with the emulator

    I also have a Sega Master System, Turbo Grafx 16, and Atari 2600 emulators (Pitfall rules!), but I haven't played those in a long time...
     
    #4 A-Train, Oct 3, 2003
  5. Angle02

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    For Sega Genesis I use Gens. Kgen doesn't work for me. I dont know if it is because I'm running Windows XP or not. But I have no problem with Gens.

    For NES I use JNES. It's the only one I've you for the NES but it's one of the best imo.

    For SNES I use ZSNES or SNES9x.



    Let me recommend a game for Genesis. Landstalker. It's the best game I've played for Sega. To play it easier you will need a Sidewinder d-pad (one that mimics the sega controller but has L and R triggers). The reason is because of moving with the character is a little hard with the keyboard but you will get use to it over time.
     
    #5 Angle02, Oct 3, 2003
  6. RC Cola

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    I never realized the power of the emulators before. I thought they were just used to play the game. A while back, I finally looked at all the features in ZNES, and then I was able to pretty much set it up so that I could gain 50-60 levels in Chrono Trigger in the beginning without playing. Plus, if I died, I could just cheat and go back 5 seconds before I died. I think I made it like 4 or 5 levels in Contra without dieing once, cheating of course. Wish there was a button on my PS2 that could let me go back 5 seconds after giving up a 70 yard TD. ;)
     
    #6 RC Cola, Oct 3, 2003
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