Dead emulator?

[Janolsen86]

I hope you dont mind me asking, but what happened to this emulator? I think its sad that people make emulators and suddenly just stops working on them! Some of the emulators could be great!

[refraction]

Just because there hasnt been any releases it doesnt mean its dead. the show's not over till the fat lady sings, you could say.

a prime example of this is epsxe, there hasnt been a release in over 3 years, in your perspective that emu would be dead, but they have just announced they are working on 1.7.0, even the testers have been trying it out. So it goes to show, just cos there isnt a release every 5 minutes, doesnt mean the emu has been jacked in.

[shashClp]

Originally Posted by Janolsen86

I hope you dont mind me asking, but what happened to this emulator? I think its sad that people make emulators and suddenly just stops working on them! Some of the emulators could be great!

People have lives, interests that change, and get bored of coding applications once the initial "let's make it work" fun goes away. There's nothing you can do about that else than writing your own emulator or hope they'll continue someday and wait :P

[Janolsen86]

Sorry for asking then!

It`s just that 4 years is a long time. No news, no updates, the official homepage is old, the forum is pretty much dead.

[shashClp]

Originally Posted by refraction

a prime example of this is epsxe, there hasnt been a release in over 3 years, (...)

You mean 5 years, don't you? epsxe 1.6.0 release seems to have been on August 2003 (from the official webpage).

[Janolsen86]

Well, sorry then! They havent updated their website, the forum is dead, its been long since the last release...

[shashClp]

Janolsen86: We already gave you an example from an emulator that was 5 years in complete silence and just announced an imminent release, what's else do you want to be told?

[Janolsen86]

Ok, sorry then ! When I made this thread I thought maybe some of you knew if they still were working on it!

[refraction]

Originally Posted by shashClp

You mean 5 years, don't you? epsxe 1.6.0 release seems to have been on August 2003 (from the official webpage).

yeh i meant that, but hey, thats over 3 years *hides*

Originally Posted by Janolsen86

Ok, sorry then ! When I made this thread I thought maybe some of you knew if they still were working on it!

well when we know, you'll know, but there has been no official word on the emu being dead, so we can only presume otherwise.

[Janolsen86]

Yeah, but has there been any official word on that they are working on a new release? Some people are lazy enough to not informe us that they maybe quit working on it

[refraction]

as i said, when we know, youll know.

[killik]

Well chankast was really great at its time with really amazing fast progress but personally i doubt it will come back again
But well nulldc is pretty good and compatible emu so just take that one ;o

@epsxe
Well imo epsxe wasnt dead it just was kinda finished cos its almost perfect
I wonder what else they wanna add/implement ;X

[NamesSolidSnake]

nullDC has taken over the Dreamcast emulation.

I don't Chankast will come back again as everyone always goes for nullDC.

[Janolsen86]

Yeah, as long as NullDC stays alive and well ;D

[phantoma]

Yeah, I just designed a logo and await for their approval. I hope they can keep improving that code since its far from being 100% perfect.

I was just so surprised by requirements of both Chankast and nullDC to emulate dreamcast perfectly. Its quite surprising since it a 300mhz system.

[NamesSolidSnake]

Yeah, I know, the requirements are so high... Wonder why...

[shashClp]

Originally Posted by NamesSolidSnake

Yeah, I know, the requirements are so high... Wonder why...

Well, given the usual 10x minimum ratio, it should require a 3ghz machine, keeping in mind that, afaik, the Dreamcast GPU is painful to emulate, so the requirements are quite normal.

[Janolsen86]

You designed a logo?? Chankast or NullDC ??

[maurocds]

at least they should make it opensource

i want quicksaves, frame limiter, iso reading, etc

chankast is great but still is missing lot of features

[shashClp]

Originally Posted by maurocds

at least they should make it opensource (...)

Well, it's their code, so it's entirely their decision. Might be they have personal code they use on other project that don't want to see under an open-source license.