I just bought a dreamcast the other day so ive been reading up on stuff on the web.Apparently the DC is a great system for emulation..including nes/famicom.Does anyone else here have a DC that they use for this purpose.I ask because im wondering how hard this is to do.Ive seen the ...instructions ..at dreamcast-scene.com and it seems simple enough.I dont think ill be able to do this until i get a new comp though..my machine is old and the hd is always on the verge of full.
ya ive done it before, maybe 3 years ago. Meh...the frame rate is bad and the controls are kind of beat. Just buy a controller for your computer or better yet go to radio shack and get a PS2 to USB adapter and use your playstation controller to play emulated games on your comp. Theres a ton of great emulation programs out there for PCs.
Yeah, I used to play NES using a program I can't remember the name of it though... Nester DC or something like that. It done pretty good. I didn't have too many framerate issues, though I do remember a few games being sped up. I also tried an SNES emulator with it, but it didn't fair too well. It was way too choppy. As long as you keep it under 8-bit, it should be ok, but like vealchop said, the PC is alot better, and if you don't like the PS2 controllers (like me), I've heard you can purchase a 360 controller, and it plugs right in to your PC, and the drivers are available on the XBox website. I haven't checked into it yet though.
Just stick with your computer...
I myself use a 360 controller for a PC gamepad and I couldn't be happier with it.
And yeah, most DC emulators are decent, but honestly they only seem to exist for the novelty of being able to play Contra 1 or something on a Dreamcast. PC emulators are far more efficent. Plus, you'd have to burn the emulators to a CD-R, and since those read differently than GD-ROMs, it'd kill the lens on your DC faster.
Hmm...ive heard that the nes emu had been updated and was working great now.*shrug* i think ill give it a try and see for myself.
I'm sure they've gotten better since '03, which was when I actually used one. I've been out of the Dreamcast loop ever since I got a PC, and nolonger needed the DC to surf the web. They might have squashed all of the bugs by now.
the NES emulators for PSP work great too. I use them to test out Famicom games to see if they are good enough to buy for the real thing.
Quote from: Mi5terDNA on May 14, 2007, 08:09:01 pm
I just picked up a PSP for 150$ and downgraded it to 1.50. I'm using NesterJ for NES/Fami emulation; even the Disk System stuff works great! I had to fiddle with it a while before i figured out how to get full screen full/speed with no tearing though.
yeah the nes emulator for psp is pretty awesome. The best famicom on the go you can find!
If the PSP would just be a bit cheaper.
That much only for emulation is a bit steep for me now...
Famicom and Super Famicom emulation would be cool, though. Maybe I'll get a PSP some time when it's cheaper.
To stay on topic, emulation on Dreamcast is nice, but I only tried it once and didn't feel the urge to play again. Nothing can beat the real thing I guess. :)
Quote from: manuel on May 18, 2007, 03:27:47 am
Nothing can beat the real thing I guess. :)
Amen!
Gamecube NES/FC emu rox my sox ;D
The Gamecube's GX video mode makes the NES games look exactly like in a real NES, and the frame rate is just excellent, no slowdowns whatsoever. The only thing that bugs me is that the sound is a little overdriven, and the tiny d-pad on the Gamecube controller.
LOL zerocool LOL
i never thought that anyone knew about the movie HACKERS besides me!
awesome
I play nes roms on my dreamcast, and it runs just perfectly ;D Like a real nes!
Quote from: keiffer01 on October 08, 2007, 05:55:31 pm
I play nes roms on my dreamcast, and it runs just perfectly ;D Like a real nes!
Yes especially the latest and final version of the emulator! The games run perfectly with no problems at all!
Quote from: FamicomFreak on October 09, 2007, 05:56:57 pm
Quote from: keiffer01 on October 08, 2007, 05:55:31 pm
I play nes roms on my dreamcast, and it runs just perfectly ;D Like a real nes!
Yes especially the latest and final version of the emulator! The games run perfectly with no problems at all!
I have NesterDC SE... is that the most recent version?
How do you run a NES Emu on the Gamecube
Quote from: MarioMania on October 13, 2007, 11:36:23 am
How do you run a NES Emu on the Gamecube
Bootable DVD or SD card will do the job.
What site can I get info about it....
Most 'cube mod related sites are dead now :'( , like tehskeen or mod that cube. Talk us more about your Gamecube (what mods have you done to it? which accessories do you have? etc).
I want to know more how to do Emu's on the Gamecube..
I ended up selling my DC along with all my other video game stuff.Man im pissed at myself.
how would you get the nes emulator on the DC
The dreamcast doesn't have very good copy protection, so it's quite easy to make a bootable disc. Google NesterDC and a tutorial on how to burn CD bootables(usually just burning them in Nero will do) and pop a bunch of NES roms into another disc ina folder (I think the folder is called "Roms" though I could be wrong. NesterDC tutorials will tell you everything you need to know. Bascly after that, just boot up NesterDC and swap the disc with the Rom filled disc and click the Roms folder.
A simple Goggle search could have told you this. Next time searc a little before asking something like this.
Also, for other Emulators check out http://www.zophar.net and http://www.ngemu.com