SNES Emulation

Post by **crackoaf** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:05 pm

I'm not too knowledgeable in the area of console emulation so I thought I would pose this question:

I would like to replay some of my old snes rpg's with a good old console controller. Alas, my brother absconded with my super nintendo years ago. Whats my best option? Should I try to reacquire the original hardware and software and deal with the very likely possibility that the battery saves on these things will give out soon? How feasible and easy would it be for me to emulate the whole deal on a console. Currently in my console library I have a slim ps2, and xbox, and a sega saturn. I look forward to the advice!

Post by **nick944** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:19 pm

If you got a Dreamcast, it would make it extremely easy. For Dreamcast all you have to do to play homebrew is burn it to a CD and play. DreamSNES on the Dreamcast works very good, and I've had almost no problems with it (there is a touch of slowdown occasionally). Also, a Dreamcast is very cheap to buy.

Post by **crackoaf** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:19 pm

How would I get dreamsnes on the dreamcast?

Post by **vlame** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:01 pm

crackoaf wrote:How would I get dreamsnes on the dreamcast?

look for a torrent that has a selfbooting CDI.

Post by **crackoaf** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:11 pm

Not really familiar with bitorrent. Is there any easier way or is dreamcast my best bet?

Post by **cloudrat7** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:23 pm

This might be a bit hard at first but there's a noob guide if anything.

http://dchelp.net/index.php?id=sbind

Just remember you have to get the games (roms) yourself elsewhere.
here's another link

http://dcemulation.com/?title=Emulators

Post by **crackoaf** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:34 pm

Ok. So I need to buy a dreamcast. What other essential items should I also have? A VMU I am guessing is a definite, a controller. Will all dreamcasts be able to recognize the emulator on a cdr?

Post by **cloudrat7** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:44 pm

crackoaf wrote:Ok. So I need to buy a dreamcast. What other essential items should I also have? A VMU I am guessing is a definite, a controller. Will all dreamcasts be able to recognize the emulator on a cdr?

Just a dreamcast and setup
You dont need to mod it to play emulators on it..you'll be ok.

use this link also

http://dcemulation.com/?title=Emulators

Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:30 pm

Or you could use your Xbox.... I've never owned or modded one but I hear they are very good with emulation.

Post by **Droid party** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:26 am

PharmaceuticalCowboy wrote:Or you could use your Xbox.... I've never owned or modded one but I hear they are very good with emulation.

I emulate almost everything on my Xbox and it runs perfectly.

I emulate:
NES
SNES
N64
SMS
Mega-drive
TG16

It is a complete snap to run. The only thing is modding an Xbox is going to be harder (or more costly if you pay someone) than just downloading and burning something for the DC. But it is better to have all your options laid out before you.