anyone use emulators on the xbox?

elmer

Just wondering if anyone has had much experience with emulators on the xbox ?

I found that the snes(xsnes9x) one works very nicely but the sound isn't great on the gba(gbax and visual gameboy x) ones

bugs

Install windows, and bobs your uncle
Tim is possibly your aunt, and george is a tentative cousin twice removed.

elmer

the problem there is the need for a keyboard and mouse unless they were wireless it'd be a mess

tman

*lairy drunken rant deleted*

just buy a gba if you want to play it's games so bad, no point in downloading roms for a console that is readily available in the shops, unless you're into that whole warez monkey scene

LoGiE

Originally posted by tman
*lairy drunken rant deleted*

just buy a gba if you want to play it's games so bad, no point in downloading roms for a console that is readily available in the shops, unless you're into that whole warez monkey scene

I agree about buying a GBA but try before you buy is important and most shops wont let you do that. People that bought SW EPII AOTC on GBA could have been spared its complete crapness had they just tried it out on an emu first....Question: How many Arcade PCB's do you own? or N64,snes,megadive game carts? compare that to the number of roms on your HD. Alot of these games don't make money for they're creators(The "grey area" that is abandonware) but alot still do! SNK being a prime example.

bugs

GBA gives old snes games in really low rez on a crap screen.....or you can play them 99% perfect on a nice telly, thru' a breeze block looking xbox for basically 0.00 euros.

Hmmm so hard to figure which choice......

elmer

what i was looking for was any recommendations on emu etc - if i do find inclined to play a lot of gba games then i will buy one

DiscoStu

i only really use gba emulators for play before you pay. anyway emulating a handheld on a computer kinda defeats the whole idea of a handheld game in the first place

po0k

Originally posted by bugs
GBA gives old snes games in really low rez on a crap screen.....or you can play them 99% perfect on a nice telly, thru' a breeze block looking xbox for basically 0.00 euros.

Hmmm so hard to figure which choice......

My brother has a GBA, and I for one vouch that the screen is not crap. Tis . nyom acutally, to have that in your hand and be able to play Speedball2 and Cannonfodder while on thebus is just genius.
More power i say....if only yhe roms weren't so expensive.... or the core machine itself was feature full enough not to require custom chips in the paks.
Adownloadable retail path might work, with onboard or expandable flash memory packs....

Kairo

Originally posted by SyxPak
My brother has a GBA, and I for one vouch that the screen is not crap. Tis . nyom acutally...

The portability factor is grand..but, jesus christ..they should have had it backlit from day one. Its too dark even in a fully lit room

Try playing Castlevania or Doom (even at brightness 6 with static lighting on) and you're still straining to see it clearly.

Gonna send away for one of those afterburner kits after january.

DiscoStu

Try playing Castlevania or Doom

castlevania - harmony of dissonance uses a much brighter palette than the first gba one so i dont think that light is too much of a problem playing it. as for a blacklight gba i have heard rumors of one coming out as a limited edition in japan. kinda strange logic considering the demand for one. but think of the original gb. a massive industry sprung up to give periphirals for the gb and it makes sence.

Placebo

Cant play gba in bus at day time , cause sun lights reflection on the screen , night time is possible if u r under the light .

LoGiE

*Pushes this tread slightly back on topic

UAE-X V0.6 Released
Amiga emulator for X-Box has been updated to version 0.6 now.

Changes in Version 0.6:
New year release
screen position/resize added
made screen updating to flicker less
added antialias settings
you can now disable the drive status bar


NesterX v0.08 released

The NES Emulator for the X-Box has been updated.

Whats New
Added Graphics Filters (Simple2x, AdMame2x, 2xSaI, Super2xSaI)
Added Screen Shot Grab Function
Support sound low pass filter
L/R trigger (scroll by trigger) fix

GBA Emulator for the X-Box V0.10

Features (Xbox version)
High speed processing.
A flash memory for the backup is created on the hard disk of Xbox, and it can be managed in the dashboard of Xbox.
Based on Xbox TCR2.0.


This is exactly the kind of thing that makes an emulation nut (Me)choose one console over another:) With a bit of luck U64emu will get a port over to xbox sometime soon!