P5: How did you get into/got to know emulation?

MT · May 18th, 2012, 22:57

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**SCHUMI_4EVER** · May 18th, 2012, 23:08

Of all things the Pastor's daughter playing Pokemon on her dad's PC in his office just before we started our confirmation lessons. So I guess that qualifies as a friend showing me.

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Kaiser Sigma · May 18th, 2012, 23:44

"Other ways". In 1996 they broke into my house and stole my Sega Genesis / Sega CD, leaving me unable to play Lunar The Silver Star ever again. In 1999 Working Designs published the PSX remake in the west but since I couldn't be bothered to buy a new console I instead opting for buying Bleem!. Funny, because PSX emulation was functional / perfected much sooner than Sega CD, I couldn't play on a Sega CD emulator until 2k3~.

shadowmaster24 · May 19th, 2012, 01:43

I've got internet in 2004 and i really like to play Pokemón Ruby or Sapphire, and looking in english forums i came across the Boycott Advance emulator (i think that's the name) and got a Dexter's Laboratory ROM from a friend and was so awesome! Then i get involved in emulation forums and news, etc since that year

Lasnap · May 19th, 2012, 02:28

I honestly do not remember how I got into emulation.

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the_randomizer · May 19th, 2012, 06:13

Must have been back in 1997, my brother had one of his friends come over with a burned CD that had numerous ROMs and emulators on it. Nesticle, Genecyst and Snes97 were the emulators I tried and the second I loaded them, I was ecstatic. The first ROM I ever played must have been either Final Fantasy 6 or Sonic the Hedgehog. The fact that I could play those games on my PC was amazing!

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Strike105X · May 19th, 2012, 08:19

Other Ways, i got it at a shop where they sold "fresh copies" of playstation games.

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Hy-Def · May 19th, 2012, 08:47

Others. My dad downloaded this '52 roms and 3 emulators' package off Kazaa back in about 2001 or so. It had only GBA and GB games on it and from there I ventured into others. I was ecstatic when I heard of No$GBA.

xZabuzax · May 19th, 2012, 08:57

In 1997-1998 or something a friend showed me some games in Nesticle and Zsnes and i got crazy and got interested in emulation right away.

Unfortunately i was a mac user... obviously macs were behind in emulators.

Fortunately there were good emulators by that time for pc made by "Marat Fayzullin" and ported to the mac by "John Stiles" like iNES and Virtual GameBoy.

John Stiles also ported Snes9x to the mac (the Freeze/Defrost GUI was really good, can't believe there are no emulators with that same GUI, the Freeze/Defrost GUI from Zsnes is crap compared to Snes9x for mac)

Good days those were.

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Samor · May 19th, 2012, 09:40

My brother showed me road fighter (msx) running on pc.
Later a friend showed me vgb (gameboy) for dos.
Following that, when I first got a semi-permanent internet connection I started hunting for emulators on the net

Samor · May 19th, 2012, 09:43

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Originally Posted by xZabuzax

In 1997-1998 or something a friend showed me some games in Nesticle and Zsnes and i got crazy and got interested in emulation right away.

Unfortunately i was a mac user... obviously macs were behind in emulators.

Fortunately there were good emulators by that time for pc made by "Marat Fayzullin" and ported to the mac by "John Stiles" like iNES and Virtual GameBoy.

John Stiles also ported Snes9x to the mac (the Freeze/Defrost GUI was really good, can't believe there are no emulators with that same GUI, the Freeze/Defrost GUI from Zsnes is crap compared to Snes9x for mac)

Good days those were.

I'm kind of reliving these days on android right now.
Funny detail: Marat recently ported his emulators to android (he's still active)

**Hard core Rikki** · May 19th, 2012, 18:15

A contact showed me pokemon running in one of the earliest emulators (REW?). Didnt care about it though

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**jonc2006** · May 19th, 2012, 19:45

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I honestly do not remember how I got into emulation.

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**Yeloazndevil** · May 20th, 2012, 02:35

I also don't remember how I got into emulation, all I remember was I used my first emulator back in late 1995

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Princess Garnet · May 20th, 2012, 03:41

Back in the late 1990s, I was introduced to the term "emulator" and witnessing older console games (Nintendo and Super Nintendo) running on a PC. I had no proper, sole, or primary PC and/or net access then, so it wasn't until 2004 that I got into it. I can't remember exactly how or why, but I came across emuforums and ePSXe wanting to emulate my Final Fantasy IX discs I had. So, in a sense, it was the net, and in another, it was a friend since I'd not have known without that, so its hard to vote for either one.

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snickothemule · May 21st, 2012, 09:32

Back in the 90's my buddy was a really savvy and heavy internet user and through his travels he discovered emulators. We hung out a lot and so he showed me the websites back in the day and we downloaded a few SNES games and emulators to try them out. It was a bit buggy at the time but was a real kick to see them working on the PC as opposed to the SNES which was sitting adjacent to us.

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thelittlegumnut · May 21st, 2012, 12:52

i just wanted to play the super mario bros series all over again. found out about it from a youtube comment...

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ozzgx4 · May 21st, 2012, 20:03

I first heard about it on forums, did more research and it got me interested

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santiainen · May 22nd, 2012, 16:25

Just randomly searched if it's possible to play PS1 games on PC.

First link on google was apparently the ePSXe website. Dundundunn

redlofredlof · May 23rd, 2012, 08:15

somebody told me about CVGS and then I looked for ps2 emulator and that's how I came across pcsx2

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View Poll Results: How did you get into/got to know emulation?
A friend showed me!	21	31.82%
Read on gaming/tech magazines!	5	7.58%
Read on the internet!	27	40.91%
Other ways (specify it if you want)	13	19.70%
Voters: 66. You may not vote on this poll

May 18th, 2012, 22:57	#1
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May 18th, 2012, 23:08	#2
SCHUMI_4EVER Hackin 'n Slashin Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Most-expensive-Internet-on-the-Planet Land : South Africa Posts: 26,380	Of all things the Pastor's daughter playing Pokemon on her dad's PC in his office just before we started our confirmation lessons. So I guess that qualifies as a friend showing me. __________________ Intel Core2Quad Q9550 (2.83Ghz stock) \| ASUS P5Q \| 2x2GB Transcend JetRam DDR2-800 \| ASUS ENGTX260\HDTP\896M \| Windows Vista Home Premium 64bit SP1 The Champ has retired but may his Legacy live on FOREVER !!!! No$GBA DS FAQ 2.0 Get it right fools! The glass is HALF-EMPTY, not half-full!!! !!! WARNING: Emulation requires a brain !!! WARNING: Emulation =/= Piracy !!!

May 18th, 2012, 23:44	#3
Kaiser Sigma ~ Lord of Darkness ~ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: A place darker than the night. Posts: 15,312	"Other ways". In 1996 they broke into my house and stole my Sega Genesis / Sega CD, leaving me unable to play Lunar The Silver Star ever again. In 1999 Working Designs published the PSX remake in the west but since I couldn't be bothered to buy a new console I instead opting for buying Bleem!. Funny, because PSX emulation was functional / perfected much sooner than Sega CD, I couldn't play on a Sega CD emulator until 2k3~.

May 19th, 2012, 01:43	#4
shadowmaster24 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Chile Posts: 18	I've got internet in 2004 and i really like to play Pokemón Ruby or Sapphire, and looking in english forums i came across the Boycott Advance emulator (i think that's the name) and got a Dexter's Laboratory ROM from a friend and was so awesome! Then i get involved in emulation forums and news, etc since that year

May 19th, 2012, 02:28	#5
Lasnap Elven-Dragon Mage Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: USA Posts: 1,872	I honestly do not remember how I got into emulation. __________________ Love Knows No Bounds!

May 19th, 2012, 06:13	#6
the_randomizer The King of Dinner Join Date: May 2010 Location: USA Posts: 2,611	Must have been back in 1997, my brother had one of his friends come over with a burned CD that had numerous ROMs and emulators on it. Nesticle, Genecyst and Snes97 were the emulators I tried and the second I loaded them, I was ecstatic. The first ROM I ever played must have been either Final Fantasy 6 or Sonic the Hedgehog. The fact that I could play those games on my PC was amazing! __________________ CPU - 3rd Gen Core i5 3570 3.4 GHz (3.8 GHz Turbo Boost) Extensions - MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, EIST, AVX, Hyper Threading, Intel VT-x, AES-NI, Turbo Boost 2.0, TXT, Smart Cache GPU - MSI GeForce GTX 660 2 GB GDDR5 RAM - 8192MB DDR3 SDRAM 1333 OS - Windows 7 Professional 64-bit HDD - Western Digital 1 TB "If you call up your local hardware store and ask them how you can put tractor tires onto a 1990 Honda, well there's gonna be some laughter, a visit from the cops, maybe a psychiatric nurse." - Red Green

May 19th, 2012, 08:19	#7
Strike105X ヒットハード＆高速 Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Aincrad Posts: 13,688	Other Ways, i got it at a shop where they sold "fresh copies" of playstation games. __________________ DeviantArt\|AnimeList\|PC Config

May 19th, 2012, 08:47	#8
Hy-Def The Concept. Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: noun. A place of settlement, activity, or residence Posts: 1,861	Others. My dad downloaded this '52 roms and 3 emulators' package off Kazaa back in about 2001 or so. It had only GBA and GB games on it and from there I ventured into others. I was ecstatic when I heard of No$GBA.

May 19th, 2012, 08:57	#9
xZabuzax Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dominican Republic Posts: 478	In 1997-1998 or something a friend showed me some games in Nesticle and Zsnes and i got crazy and got interested in emulation right away. Unfortunately i was a mac user... obviously macs were behind in emulators. Fortunately there were good emulators by that time for pc made by "Marat Fayzullin" and ported to the mac by "John Stiles" like iNES and Virtual GameBoy. John Stiles also ported Snes9x to the mac (the Freeze/Defrost GUI was really good, can't believe there are no emulators with that same GUI, the Freeze/Defrost GUI from Zsnes is crap compared to Snes9x for mac) Good days those were. __________________ CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8200 2.66GHz GPU: BFG Tech NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 OverClock Edition 1GB RAM: KINGSTON 2GB 800MHz PC2-6400 DDR2 PSU: Super Flower 700W MB: MSI G31TM-P21

May 19th, 2012, 09:40	#10
Samor crill stazy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NL Posts: 7,603	My brother showed me road fighter (msx) running on pc. Later a friend showed me vgb (gameboy) for dos. Following that, when I first got a semi-permanent internet connection I started hunting for emulators on the net

May 19th, 2012, 18:15	#12
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May 20th, 2012, 02:35	#14
Yeloazndevil Touka <3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 11,868	I also don't remember how I got into emulation, all I remember was I used my first emulator back in late 1995 __________________ Nintendo Network ID: Yeloazndevil

May 20th, 2012, 03:41	#15
Princess Garnet From Love and Limerence Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,555	Back in the late 1990s, I was introduced to the term "emulator" and witnessing older console games (Nintendo and Super Nintendo) running on a PC. I had no proper, sole, or primary PC and/or net access then, so it wasn't until 2004 that I got into it. I can't remember exactly how or why, but I came across emuforums and ePSXe wanting to emulate my Final Fantasy IX discs I had. So, in a sense, it was the net, and in another, it was a friend since I'd not have known without that, so its hard to vote for either one. __________________ "The heart has it's reasons that reason knows nothing of."

May 21st, 2012, 09:32	#16
snickothemule Hello Cudie Pie! Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Coffs Harbour, Australia Posts: 4,869	Back in the 90's my buddy was a really savvy and heavy internet user and through his travels he discovered emulators. We hung out a lot and so he showed me the websites back in the day and we downloaded a few SNES games and emulators to try them out. It was a bit buggy at the time but was a real kick to see them working on the PC as opposed to the SNES which was sitting adjacent to us. __________________ My grass is the greenest.

May 21st, 2012, 12:52	#17
thelittlegumnut Registered User Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 433	i just wanted to play the super mario bros series all over again. found out about it from a youtube comment... __________________ You say I'm crazy? I say you're talking to a gumnut.

May 21st, 2012, 20:03	#18
ozzgx4 Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: London Posts: 6,866	I first heard about it on forums, did more research and it got me interested __________________ http://ozzgx4.deviantart.com/ When you were born you were crying and everyone around you was smiling, make it through life so that when you die you will be smiling and everyone around you will be crying.

May 22nd, 2012, 16:25	#19
santiainen Registered User Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: finland Posts: 29	Just randomly searched if it's possible to play PS1 games on PC. First link on google was apparently the ePSXe website. Dundundunn

May 23rd, 2012, 08:15	#20
redlofredlof folder chan Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: C:> Posts: 7,054	somebody told me about CVGS and then I looked for ps2 emulator and that's how I came across pcsx2 __________________