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What emulators run best on a PSP?

mr_silver — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:35:23 -0800

Can you recommend the best emulators to run on a (homebrew enabled) PSP? I've got a homebrew enabled PSP and would like to have a go with some of the emulators out there.

I've done some searches and come to the realisation that (a) there are a lot of emulators for various machines, (b) they appear to be of varying quality, (c) quite a few appear to be dead or dying and (d) the sites/forum posts which claim to recommend the best can be as much as 4 years old.

A quick search myself comes up with at least 2 for MAME, 5 for NeoGeo, 2 for Amiga, 4 for N64, 4 for Gameboy Advance, 2 for SNES and 4 for SEGA Master System/Game Gear. A total of 23 in all.

This is quite clearly a lot to assess so any advice you can provide on emulators to check out (or avoid) would be appreciated.

(I'm fully aware of the legal requirements regarding copyright when running emulators)

Is there a Sega Genesis emulator that runs on Mac OSX and supports Game Genie cheat codes?

paulrockNJ — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:43:40 -0800

Is there a Sega Genesis emulator that runs on Mac OSX and supports Game Genie cheat codes? From what I can tell, the popular Genesis emulators that run on Macs (Genesis Plus, Generator) don't support Game Genie.

I've done a fair amount of Googling, and haven't turned anything up.

Good emulators for OS X Intel?

NucleophilicAttack — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:54:20 -0800

Please recommend good entertainment console emulators for Mac OS X Intel. I used to use zsnes, nesticle, ultraHLE, Bleem, etc. a few years ago under DOS and Wintel, but I'm no longer sure what the applications of choice are under OS X Intel.

Please suggest whatever is best from the free/open, and payware sides.

Thanks!

Run Mac OSX on Windows?

gb77 — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:49:58 -0800

Any way to easily run Mac OSX on Windows? Hi, all,

I know there are a few ways to run Windows on a Mac (VMware Fusion and Parallels being the most popular), but I've had very little luck finding the opposite -- how to run Mac OSX on Windows (at least a solution that's as effective/elegant as Windows on a Mac emulators.)

Any ideas?

Linux + emulators + roms = homebrew console

deeman — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 13:19:56 -0800

How do I create a linux-based game station that's loaded with emulators and roms that I can hook up to my tv? I basically want to create my own console that's packed with emulators and roms and has a cool interface which i can navigate using just a gamepad. Also, it would be cool if I could just press the power button and it loaded directly into the interface. Are there any linux distros made for this sort of thing? Any linux-gurus out there that can lead me in the right direction?

Ahhh, yeah, that game kicked ass

B(oYo)BIES — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:57:39 -0800

Help me build a list of must have games for old and new consoles. So we are talking console games for systems from the old to the new. What are your all-time favorite games? Do you still remember the cheat codes? What is your all-time favorite console?

Ultimately, I will be using this list to create a big folder of kick-ass roms and emulators. Hopefully others will find this useful as well. As a bonus, I am sure a lot of great memories will come back when this thread gets going.

I can see how this thread could turn into chatfilter if we are not careful, so please make sure that we contribute good information in each post.

Good multiplayer old console games.

yeahyeahyeahwhoo — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 07:28:37 -0800

I'm looking for your favorite multiplayer games for older consoles/emulators. Folks love to play NES, SNES, and GENESIS, but what are the best multiplayer games on these consoles?

Some of my buddies favorites are Tetris Attack, Family Feud, Rock and Roll Racing, NBA Jam, Toobin', MTV's Remote Control, Dr. Mario, etc, I know there has to be more good ones!

XBox Mods

ralawrence — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 05:42:46 -0800

I want to get an XBox, mod it, stick a HD in it and then use XBMC, MAME, UAE and other various emulators and stuff. Honestly, how easy is this to do for a so-so technical person? What are good web resources? Or am I going to get myself into a whole world of pain? When I say "so-so" I mean I can assemble a PC from components, format, partition and network it - but stuff like soldering chips onto motherboards is way out. I'm in the UK (London) if that helps.