Emulators VS real thing

[Neon]

Emulator is a poorman way to get to play the games..
znes-poor man supernintendo
Epsxe--poor man playstation

Korreck
pj64 - poorman's N64
visualboy Advance - poorman's gameboy advance                    

[SK3D]

Emulator is a poorman way to get to play the games..
znes-poor man supernintendo
Epsxe--poor man playstation

Korreck
pj64 - poorman's N64
visualboy Advance - poorman's gameboy advance

Ent!!! ROFL
But not everything so people will still have to salt and besides waiting for something to become emulated will most likely mean you're gonna be playing it either months or years later when everyone already finished talking about it and you'll be called an "ole fogie"                    

[vinion2000]

actually thats wrong. if your in the right circle you can play any GBA as soon as its released ( thats why i dispise it so much) whether in japan or USA (if not then you may have to wait a week or 2) and in the arcade as long as its on a SNK mvs cart its available withing 2-4 depending on how dispicable the dumpers are. almost all the new ps one games are playable on epsxe so its incorrect to say ppl will have to wait.                    

[TrinireturnofGamez]

The specs depend on the coding, GTA3 ran like a dead fish [ no feet, didn't run faster than 10 fps] on my TNT2 , yet MOHAA's beach assualt ran flawlessly even though it had much higher poly counts and higher res textures .
 Also you have to remember the emulators allow alot of programs to run in the backround , the PC cannot focus all its power on the emulator .
 Also the PS2 , Xbox , and gamecube use BIOS tweaks for better performance, did you know the PS2 has no 3-d textures? its a texture than only permeates 30% of the model . The Xbox has 8 bit stencil buffers for faster shadows etc.
 The PC also does things differently , the PC does things like SDRAM while the consoles do things like RDRAM , the PC has to wait until it has enough memory bandwidth to properly emulate the functions of the consoles .                    

[PapaSmurf]

I still loves me emulator......especially the PS2mxE                    

[~*Ashiee*~]

yea my emulator save me from some lonely nights boy
well now the nights not so lonely so.......

sowwie emulator it was nice                    

[rb2k2]

PS2 emu ? hahahahahahaha lol now thats funny                    

[Chrono-X]

There's no such thing as a ps2 emulator for crying out loud                    

[TinyGrasshopper]

incidentally, i think that there is an x-box emulator that can run halo. i think its name is Xeon. that's unconfirmed though.                    

[TinyGrasshopper]

either that or cxbx                    

[Bsensei]

Well since we cah afford the original emulator is the way to go                    

[rb2k2]

you are correct grasshopper there is indeed a xbox emu that can play halo                    

[TinyGrasshopper]

question is though, is this a sign of how easy it'll be to emulate x-box? the specs on PCs are getting far ahead of it after all.                    

[TrinireturnofGamez]

PS2 will be ez to mulate . The CPU is de only problem , de video does suck bad . 4mb video mem , i sure most 32mb cards better .                    

[~Psycho^Dunpeal~]

i find emulators are really convinient an stuff, especially as the computer is a lot easier to use an stuff                    

[vinion2000]

D.M.C.A. on MAME.

On October 28, 2003, the Librarian of Congress, on the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, announced the classes of works subject to the exemption from the prohibition against circumvention of technological measures that control access to copyrighted works. The four classes of works exempted are:

(1) Compilations consisting of lists of Internet locations blocked by commercially marketed filtering software applications that are intended to prevent access to domains, websites or portions of websites, but not including lists of Internet locations blocked by software applications that operate exclusively to protect against damage to a computer or computer network or lists of Internet locations blocked by software applications that operate exclusively to prevent receipt of email.


(2) Computer programs protected by dongles that prevent access due to malfunction or damage and which are obsolete.


(3) Computer programs and video games distributed in formats that have become obsolete and which require the original media or hardware as a condition of access. A format shall be considered obsolete if the machine or system necessary to render perceptible a work stored in that format is no longer manufactured or is no longer reasonably available in the commercial marketplace.


(4) Literary works distributed in ebook format when all existing ebook editions of the work (including digital text editions made available by authorized entities) contain access controls that prevent the enabling of the ebook's read-aloud function and that prevent the enabling of screen readers to render the text into a specialized format.

 

Definitions. (1) “Internet locations” are defined to include domains, uniform resource locators (URLs), numeric IP addresses or any combination thereof.
(3) “Obsolete” shall mean “no longer manufactured or reasonably available in the commercial marketplace.”
(3) “Specialized format,” “digital text” and “authorized entities” shall have the same meaning as in 17 U.S.C. §121.
 

The Digital Millenium Copyright Act, or DMCA was passed on October 12, 1998 to address piracy and copyright concerns specifically pertaining to software and the internet properties. Some of the notable provisions included the outlawed circumvention of anti-piracy laws and distrubition or sale of code-cracking devices. Brewster Kahle from the non-profit company Internet Archive petitioned the US Copyright office, and to the delightful surprise of many, the petition was approved.

While game companies will undoubtedly cling on to as many of the old games as they can, many of the older unsupported titles are now free game. Those who have been downloading such games can now keep them in their hard drives with a clear conscience                    

[vinion2000]

if you dont understand what all this means then ill explain. exemption 3 many allows for copyright circumvention on obsolete games. basically its a bit shakey but it means 3 things

1 so older arcade games would need the original equipment and thus means its cant be played. the law allows you to break copyright protection and use it on a emulator even if you dont own the hardware because the company no longer supports it and it doesnt distribute it.  consoles like atari and probably nes ( depending on the game ) are probably going to fall somewhere into the free to play zone.

2 the problem is in the of access on older software. if you want to use a program from the old win95 days  it would be hard to locate a dealler or even gain support since its is outdated and no longer sold. in this case for any purpose even educational and preservational the act of copying or circumventing software and hardware protection would be illegal. this isnt good so clause 3 fixes this. so if a company for instance nintendo didnt support a system like NES and games werent no longer availible these games fall under the legal act.

3 finally the new clauses recognises the goals of the emulation and the abandon warez community. Preservation is necessary even for Arcade, pc or console games the only way to preserve is to circumvent copyrights. hopefully this law made more headway for emulation and the ownership of roms.

i would like to still say this only allows ppl with legitimate copies to circumvent protection. it does not allow for illegal copying or downloads without ownership. also it doesnt mean that all games you can rip off their data. eg mario, there is a mario 1 on NES but there is also a remake on mario all stars on the SNES as well as on GBA which means its " reasonably available " and no need to break the law or make a copy. on the other hand a old favourite like motor racer which isnt sold or distributed can be ripped from the original and edited to work on a different format.                    

[~Psycho^Dunpeal~]

akrighty then... information overload... dat was a LOT of reading there dread.....