petran79
Banned
My view about emulation changed significantly. It is not anymore about grabbing ZSNES, Nesticle or Kawaks and play the games of your childhood and teen years. Though I have to admit, emulation of 32-bit+ systems and games that were not arcade ports never captivated me as much, even today.
But aside from that, browsing emulation developer webpages and reading progress about emulation is a very interesting subject. BSNES made the start, making me forget about ZSNES and understand more about SNES.
Also reading about the history of arcade games on MAME and the various changes each version brought over the years, taught me about the process of emulation and the hardware involved. Though MAME got bloated with redundant drivers, I try to keep in touch with arcade emulation at least.
Preservation and dumping aspects are also another thing that keeps surprising me. The solution engineers and programmers had to come up with were very original.
Even current gen emulators like Citra, Cemu, Decaf and RCPS3 are really exciting to follow. Despite the fact I am not that delved into computer science, I got used to understand some basic terms and the process involved. Prefer their Linux versions tbh, though RCPS3 is slower there.
Another interesting thing is learning what makes each system special either through its interface or its games. Eg the quality, love, presentation and polish Japanese games have on Nintendo consoles, would not be possible on PC. Wii, Gamecube, 3DS, Wii U and Switch games are worlds apart from PC games in that respect. This requires a big company to oversee things. On PC this would simply not work. Emulation made me realize even more that for Nintendo hardware plays a big role. Despite the digital era, Nintendo still has the toy marketing and mentality.
Are you following that aspect of emulation too or put emphasis in playing games?
But aside from that, browsing emulation developer webpages and reading progress about emulation is a very interesting subject. BSNES made the start, making me forget about ZSNES and understand more about SNES.
Also reading about the history of arcade games on MAME and the various changes each version brought over the years, taught me about the process of emulation and the hardware involved. Though MAME got bloated with redundant drivers, I try to keep in touch with arcade emulation at least.
Preservation and dumping aspects are also another thing that keeps surprising me. The solution engineers and programmers had to come up with were very original.
Even current gen emulators like Citra, Cemu, Decaf and RCPS3 are really exciting to follow. Despite the fact I am not that delved into computer science, I got used to understand some basic terms and the process involved. Prefer their Linux versions tbh, though RCPS3 is slower there.
Another interesting thing is learning what makes each system special either through its interface or its games. Eg the quality, love, presentation and polish Japanese games have on Nintendo consoles, would not be possible on PC. Wii, Gamecube, 3DS, Wii U and Switch games are worlds apart from PC games in that respect. This requires a big company to oversee things. On PC this would simply not work. Emulation made me realize even more that for Nintendo hardware plays a big role. Despite the digital era, Nintendo still has the toy marketing and mentality.
Are you following that aspect of emulation too or put emphasis in playing games?