israelg Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 it seems that there are very few new releases of emulators, of all platforms ( not only 2600 ) maybe we are in a stage that emulators are very close to perfection... ( I still have my private wishlist for some of them ) what do you think ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCold Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 I dont' think that at all. We have just had a jaguar emulator released, mame is getting updated all the time, a lot of the 8 bit/5200 emulators seem to be getting updated and ported to dreamcast and stuff. I personally think it's thriving as much now as it ever has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagMX Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 I personally think it's thriving as much now as it ever has. i vote yes on that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 I'm still holding out for a 5200 EMU that does the proto's, and emulates both buttons on the controller properly. I have yet to find an EMU that does both.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanBoris Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 I'm still holding out for a 5200 EMU that does the proto's, and emulates both buttons on the controller properly. I have yet to find an EMU that does both.. Whick proto's are you specifically having trouble with? I am pretty sure I have VSS working with most of the protos Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 I'm still holding out for a 5200 EMU that does the proto's, and emulates both buttons on the controller properly. I have yet to find an EMU that does both.. Whick proto's are you specifically having trouble with? I am pretty sure I have VSS working with most of the protos Dan I'll have to get back to you on that. I don't remember what emu with what games I was having troubles with. I got the Win800, Win800 Plus, VSS, and Jum's Jum's runs many of the protos, but tends to be slow IIRC.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 I'm still holding out for a 5200 EMU that does the proto's, and emulates both buttons on the controller properly. I have yet to find an EMU that does both.. Again, the 5200 emulator for Dreamcast plays most (I'd say 85-90%) of the games correctly w/ 2 button support. Heck last night I had a good round of SuperPacman, and before that checked out Tempest for a few minutes. All played on the comfy couch in front of the tv. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 I'm still holding out for a 5200 EMU that does the proto's, and emulates both buttons on the controller properly. I have yet to find an EMU that does both.. Again, the 5200 emulator for Dreamcast plays most (I'd say 85-90%) of the games correctly w/ 2 button support. Heck last night I had a good round of SuperPacman, and before that checked out Tempest for a few minutes. All played on the comfy couch in front of the tv. Now ask me if I have a Dreamcast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 Well what are you waiting for man!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCold Posted October 15, 2002 Share Posted October 15, 2002 I have a dreamcast, but it decided to stop working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 16, 2002 Share Posted October 16, 2002 Well what are you waiting for man!?!? $$$ The new 'improved' insurance deduction at work took effect, and this paycheck is $70 less than my last one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted October 16, 2002 Share Posted October 16, 2002 Dan, Sport Goofy is only a title screen, and the GFX in Dreadnaught Factor are off.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted October 16, 2002 Share Posted October 16, 2002 Dan, Sport Goofy is only a title screen, I wish the DC emulator only displayed a title screen, that's a bad game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted October 16, 2002 Share Posted October 16, 2002 I post news to AtariAge all the time about updated and new emulators, so I don't think the emulation scene is dying at all. Certainly many of the emulators for the 2600 have matured to a point where they only need tweaks now and again. With several excellent emulators out there (Stella, z26, PCAEWin, etc) you really can't expect people to start on a *new* 2600 emulator when there are many other interesting projects to tackle. As systems get older and emulators get to the point of "perfection" (at least technically, you can always write new user-interfaces for the emulator and add interesting features to it), I would expect less activity. But as new operating systems (OS X) and platforms (Pocket PC) come along, there will always be a desire to either get existing emulators to work on them, or perhaps write new ones from scratch, depending on the architcture of the target machine. And as newer game systems get older and fade from the limelight, people will always be writing emulators for them. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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