Arstechnica article on accurate emulation

Post by **isiolia** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:27 am

Saw it posted, figured it may be of interest.

Accuracy Takes Power: One Man's 3Ghz Quest to Build a Perfect SNES Emulator

Post by **Hatta** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 12:12 pm

Great article. Byuu's the man. Unfortunately he mentioned on AtariAge that he's not planning on doing any more emulators. Would be nice to see his standards brought to other consoles (Genesis? TG-16?). But I'm sure he'll find something cool to do anyways.

Post by **heelsinc** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:21 pm

is this emulator out to download? After reading that article i feel like i need to be using it

Post by **o.pwuaioc** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 1:43 pm

heelsinc wrote:is this emulator out to download? After reading that article i feel like i need to be using it

http://byuu.org/bsnes/

The futility in accurately preserving these games make me hesitant on ever being a major collector. :(

Post by **DinnerX** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:03 pm

o.pwuaioc wrote:
heelsinc wrote:is this emulator out to download? After reading that article i feel like i need to be using it
http://byuu.org/bsnes/

The futility in accurately preserving these games make me hesitant on ever being a major collector.

If you take care of them and know how to do small repairs, most consoles and games will probably outlast you so don't worry about it.

Post by **o.pwuaioc** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:04 pm

DinnerX wrote:
o.pwuaioc wrote:
heelsinc wrote:is this emulator out to download? After reading that article i feel like i need to be using it
http://byuu.org/bsnes/

The futility in accurately preserving these games make me hesitant on ever being a major collector. :(
If you take care of them and know how to do small repairs, most consoles and games will probably outlast you so don't worry about it.

Disk rot? Carts I'm not too worried about. Even some really dirty ones I acquired from a friend sevin0seven showed me how to clean up nicely to get them to work again. But disk rot is something you can't repair...

Post by **DinnerX** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:51 pm

o.pwuaioc wrote:
DinnerX wrote: If you take care of them and know how to do small repairs, most consoles and games will probably outlast you so don't worry about it.
Disk rot? Carts I'm not too worried about. Even some really dirty ones I acquired from a friend sevin0seven showed me how to clean up nicely to get them to work again. But disk rot is something you can't repair...

As I understand it disc rot isn't guaranteed to happen to a disk, but it is still mildly concerning. I haven't run into it yet though and I have quite a few old cds.

Post by **AppleQueso** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 2:56 pm

Disc Rot is relatively rare anyhow.

Post by **o.pwuaioc** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:12 pm

AppleQueso wrote:Disc Rot is relatively rare anyhow.

Anyone have any statistics? I thought it was quite common with certain manufacturers/games from certain systems.

Post by **Dakinggamer87** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:14 pm

Interesting article!!

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