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Darkmatt Red Cheep-cheep Level: 24  Posts: 208/212 EXP: 75447 For next: 2678 Since: 03-15-04 From: Clarkston, WA Since last post: 9 days Last activity: 10 hours |
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| My brother got into emulation, and I followed suit. He hasn't really done any hacking recently, in fact, he's not playing SNES games anymore (He's now playing *Mocking voice* "GOD OF WAR, and SOUL CALIBUR" *Normal voice*. Don't get me wrong, they're great games, but nothing beats SD3.* And then I got my own after my 1st year of emulation. -Play all the stuff you didn't get before the generation ended and you wound up selling your system and games. (SMB3! You came back to meeee!) -Any rom hacking tools and emulation tools allows you to do more then the game wants you. *wink!* -Didn't I mention PLAY ALL THE GAMES YOU DIDN'T GET!? (Kirby's Adventure! You came back to meeee!) -It makes friends. -It's forms a community. -It's why I'm here. -Need I go on? |
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Rydain Ropa Blaze Phoenix Runs With the Dragon Within Level: 42  Posts: 685/738 EXP: 490056 For next: 31306 Since: 03-15-04 From: State College, PA Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 8 hours |
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| - As was mentioned, emulators are convenient because they allow you to save/reload state and apply cheats. ZSNES with infinite fez + invincibility made it a hell of a lot easier and faster for me to refresh my memory when writing my Addams Family FAQ. It's also cool to be able to bring an assload of old-school games on a GBA flash cart to take on a trip. - They give you a chance to play all manner of old-school games that you missed out on. - You can also play rarities that would be ridiculously difficult or impossible to find and unreleased games like Earthbound Zero that would probably be lost to the world if someone hadn't dumped an image. - You don't have to worry about cart batteries dying or dodgy console power switches destroying your saved games. Randy's crappy SNES killed my 100% Kirby Super Star save, and I was not happy about that. |
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Peardian Lava Lotus The Uncanny Mario Art Master KvSG #87 is up! No Trouter yet... Halloween's over... Turkey time! Level: 58  Posts: 1404/1696 EXP: 1545376 For next: 32170 Since: 07-01-04 From: before 3:00 - school, after 3:00 - Pearl Island Since last post: 7 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| Quite simply to map. It was the only way to make perfect (or near perfect) maps of my favorite games. Also, it gave me access to sprites I could use for sprite comics. |
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Karadur Fire Snake  Level: 48  Posts: 1154/1192 EXP: 786444 For next: 37099 Since: 11-02-04 From: Chatham, Ontario, Canada Since last post: 1 day Last activity: 15 hours |
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I feel I'm coming into this thread a bit late, but better now than never  The main reason I emulate is because otherwise I'd have little to no chance to play most of the games on an actual console. That's especially true of older consoles, such as the SNES. We never actually owned one, and although I still get a chance to use our aunt's a couple times a year, that's far less than I'd like  I'm mainly talking about NES, SNES, Gameboy / Gameboy Color, and Genesis in the above. Although we do own a NES and it still works, it takes a bit of fiddling to get it working properly. The thing you slide the cartridge into pops up after pushing it back down 8 times out of 10, and there's a good chance you'll just get a grey colored screen when turning the NES on at first. The power light doesn't go on any more as well, but that's of less importance than the other stuff  Another reason is hacks. Although it has to be possible to somehow get hacks on an actual game cart (via flash carts or whatever else) I don't have the materials or knowledge necessary to do so, which only leaves me with one option for playing them. It is more satisfying to play games on what they were intended to be played on (especially with handhelds; it's alot more convenient being able to play Oracle of Seasons in my room than in front of the computer), but there are times when that's impossible, most of the time for one or more of the reasons listed above. The one game we own that I find more fun played without an emulator is Joshua. Sometimes, the game starts up, although the graphics are glitchy. The levels are also completely different than what they're supposed to be like. It's fun playing them, although most of the time they're impossible to beat, either because of the level arrangement, or because you start ouside of the level border  If I had to sum up why I emulate in a quick sentence, I'd have to say it's because I can't play the games on the actual console. Certainly not the most descriptive sentence, but I'll leave it at that for now. |
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Acillatem98 Red Koopa Level: 17 Posts: 93/135 EXP: 24570 For next: 173 Since: 03-02-05 From: Akron, Ohio Since last post: 2 days Last activity: 6 hours |
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| I emulate for a number of reasons, mainly what hyperhacker stated first. Then a few others. ROMs are a helluva lot easier to get and in the privacy of your own home, they're a LOT cheaper, HACKING is a major reason, and playing others' games. |
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