Emulation

[bavinnie]

Anyone here a big Emulator user for PC or Mobile? The only mobile emulator I ever have used myself was a GBA emulator so I could scratch that Pokemon itch on the go. But for PC I've downloaded and used just about every single emulator myself, the 3 I always keep on my PC and use on a pretty regular basis are for Ps1, Ps2 and GC/Wii (Dolphin). I got into gaming via singleplayer console games growing up so I'm pretty fond of coming back and revisiting old favorites, or even games I heard good things about bet never got around to playing.

 

[Alundra]

I've used Bluestacks for mobile emulation on PC, it's pretty great. As for other emulators for the most part I'm using them to emulate older versions of Windows or DOS, because I really like old games like Sim Ant and Sim Safari, and so on. They all need DOS so it's impossible to play on todays operating systems without some help.

I was wondering if I shouldn't just install some sort of virtual machine program and play on there but I worry it will use up all of my PC's resources - it's the program and the game running after all.

With your emulators for the playstation, how does that translate to keyboard? Or can you simply use a proper controller? How do you use a controller with it? Have you tried any newer games that have joystick and PS controller capabilities?

 

[Goldie]

I love discovering emulators and finding games for them, so much so that I don't actually play through all the games and instead just keep on discovering what is available. I had Dolphin emulator on my last laptop which unfortunately I think caused too much strain on it and broke it but I did enjoy getting to play bomberman on it before it broke.

 

[applemusician]

I use emulators a bit, but my laptop doesn't really have the power to run anything later than the SNES unfortunately. It's nice to take a stroll down memory lane and play some Megaman X without having to re-buy the console though. I usually just use a wired Xbox 360 controller, which works fine except the D-Pad isn't the most accurate for more precise games.

 

[joshposh]

I'm thinking of trying out emulation for the original playstation. I loved the hot shots golf series that came out awhile ago. I've been jonesing for a good golf game and the miniature golf side game is very addicting.

 

[applemusician]

PS1 emulation is pretty good from what I remember. It's not too demanding and the smart guys behind the more popular emulators have ironed out most of the bugs in the more popular titles I think. I mean, if a PSP can play PS1 games without issue, then any decent computer ought to be able to run the games just fine.

 

[Tibz1337]

I've really only emulated GBA on my phone so I could play Pokemon on the run. I'm going to try and emulate some PS2 games whenever I find the time. Thanks for reminding me!

 

[Rowe992]

I discovered emulators about 8 years ago when I first 10 years ago when I first got a pc. It couldn'/t play most of the pc games around then and so I had to resort to playing super nintendo and gba emulators. I have played psp emulator as well and I even tried it on my Android phone and it worked great.

 

[adfnio]

PS1 emulation is pretty good from what I remember. It's not too demanding and the smart guys behind the more popular emulators have ironed out most of the bugs in the more popular titles I think. I mean, if a PSP can play PS1 games without issue, then any decent computer ought to be able to run the games just fine.

I really want to get my hands on some older ps1 titles. So yeah, I will be looking online for a good emulator. Lots of titles to take up my time. So why not?