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| Main - Gaming - Emulation vs. the real deal | New thread | New reply |
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 Bullet Bill Level: 50 Posts: 142/502 EXP: 891357 Next: 55960 Since: 02-20-07 From: Springfield, Ohio Last post: 6103 days Last view: 6080 days |
Posted by Doritokiller I have one almost exactly the same as his, and I bought it from Wal*Mart for, like, $20 American. If I remember correctly, they are still on sale there for about $20. Edit: Of course, Wal*Mart isn't selling them online, so I can't exactly get a picture yet, but I swear, I will find one (I know our local supercenter still carries the one I bought, so let's see if I can find it...). Edit the 2nd: Here it is the Saitek P2500 Rumble Gamepad. It's worked for me for about 2-3 years now. I highly recommend it. They're currently on sale for $25 on their online store. ____________________ My current complication: Girl's name who gets no more than 10 minutes of screen time in the actual game. |
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 Dry Bones Level: 55 Posts: 149/627 EXP: 1244293 Next: 69896 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 5525 days Last view: 5271 days |
I use the 3 in 1 magic joybox. It works great! I got it for about $13 on Ebay.
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 Porcupo Level: 41 Posts: 54/317 EXP: 447325 Next: 32820 Since: 02-19-07 Last post: 5938 days Last view: 3147 days |
I only prefer emulation because it allows me more flexibility. If there's nothing on TV to turn on in the background, I can go extended desktop with my TV and play full-screen on the TV with messengers, irc, etc. on my laptop screen. However, if there's a game on ESPN I want to see while playing, or something, I want the TV freed up; if I was using a normal console I would have to make a choice. Also, there's nothing I can do on an older console that I can't do with the setup on my computer; even better, I've had wireless PC gamepads for a while now, something no console had for the longest time. ____________________  |
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Porcupo Level: 40 Posts: 131/309 EXP: 430499 Next: 10810 Since: 02-19-07 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Last post: 6128 days Last view: 6104 days |
DS, flash cart and NESDS. Win win win.  Pretty unique experience, actually.
(Now I need to see about getting SMS games working on this...) |
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Level: 34 Posts: 54/204 EXP: 230911 Next: 22740 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 5998 days Last view: 4451 days |
It seems I'm the only one here that doesn't like emulation... at all. 
The only time I used any kind of emulation (And liked it), was when I played EarthBound Zero. The real thing just gives me a better feeling then the fake feeling of playing it on a computer. |
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Porcupo Level: 40 Posts: 155/305 EXP: 422162 Next: 19147 Since: 02-19-07 From: Temple of Time Last post: 6123 days Last view: 6123 days |
Posted by NSNick Simply put, and I totally agree. But, I don't have anything against emulation. Heck, there's still a handful of some of my top favorite games that I've only been able to play through emulation (Seiken Densetsu 3 comes to mind). But, if you've seen my videogame collection, you can probably tell I get a kick out of actually owning the real games, not just to own them but to play and experience the real thing. It just has something else emulation will never be able to have for me, all the way down to simply putting in the cartridges / games into the console, and so forth. One thing that really bugs me though, is when people can't seem to respect the fact that some people just simply enjoy the real thing more. Recently I went through a few arguements with some friends, because I was really wanting to get a real copy of Chrono Trigger (finally did). All my friends could throw out at me were "Just download the rom", and "Why waste money?", etc. Its just so typical and annoying. I might be a console extremist myself too, or something. On a somewhat related topic, there's also been a few cases where I simply didn't enjoy a port of a game, to a handheld or something. Link to the Past comes to mind (being one of my all time favorite games), when I played through it on my GBA it just didn't have that great experience or anything that the SNES version gives me. I could be weird, I don't know. |
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 Red Cheep-cheep Level: 34 Posts: 131/216 EXP: 251553 Next: 2098 Since: 02-21-07 Last post: 6126 days Last view: 6103 days |
I'm fine with people who prefer the real thing more, but.. Like I said in my previous post, it is possible to set things up almost exactly like the real thing. (For all intents and purposes, it looks the same, plays the same, controls the same, and "should" sound the same..)
I realize not everyone can arrange such a setup, but.. yea, that's close enough that I don't really notice a difference anymore personally. |
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