So, which NES emulator(s) do you all use ? *NT*

[Cornellius]

No Torpedos
<P ID="signature">http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/7617/guinessdrinker40fi.jpg
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/3997/poker27ma.jpg</P>

[The 9th Sage]

> No Torpedos
>

<P ID="signature">http://www.xanga.com/ZeldaDDhttp://xc4.xanga.com/a19a76323353179582401/z54103151.png
In the post there is a cow...</a></P>

[MegaManJuno]

> No Torpedos
>

<P ID="signature">http://imagegen.last.fm/JunoBlue3-v3/recenttracks/MegaManJuno.gif (http://www.last.fm/user/MegaManJuno/?chartstyle=JunoBlue3-v3)</P>

[puzzl]

> No Torpedos
>

<P ID="signature"><center>http://omgpants.googlepages.com/sarahsig.png
Delightful!</center></P>

[Motrax]

Jnes, or FCE Ultra if I'm on my old DOS-game laptop :D
<P ID="signature"></P>

[Cornellius]

> Jnes, or FCE Ultra if I'm on my old DOS-game laptop :D

hahaah, nice avatar.
<P ID="signature">http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/7617/guinessdrinker40fi.jpg
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/3997/poker27ma.jpg</P>

[alien being]

fcenes
jnes (but noone is ever on kailera to take advantage of online nes gaming)
nesticle (only if on a POS machine :p )
<P ID="signature">---
Donkey Kong (http://dkmegasite.vgfort.com) - Killer Instinct (http://ki.vgfort.com)</P>

[Alexedishi]

> No Torpedos
>

VirtuaNES, it has all the liitle things you need here and there.
<P ID="signature"></P>

[sweetkool_ind93]

No Torpedos?
<P ID="signature">"Now serving number 67." ~Sam Fisher</P>

[icenine0]

<U>F</U>ile
<U>æ</U>–¹ã�¯ã€
<U>Ž</U>シフ
<u>ã</U>Æ’Ëâ€*ジ
スã€ÂÂ�ï¼ PRG, ‰ãÂÂ�¯ã€ÂÂ�çÂÂ�¾å œ¨å¤šãÂÂ�ÂÂ�ãÂÂ�®ãà †â€™Ã¢â‚¬Ëœ CHR?

<P ID="signature"></P>

[Reaper man]

> File
> æ–¹ã�¯ã€
> Žã‚·ãƒ�E
> ãƒËâ€*ジ
> スã€ÂÂ�ï¼ PRG, ‰ãÂÂ�Eã€ÂÂ�çÂÂ�¾åÅ⠀œÃ‚¨Ã¥Â¤Å¡Ã£ÂÂ�ÂÂ�ãÂÂ�®ãƆ™Ã‚Â�ECHR?

what fucking encoding is that? can't decipher it for the life of me, and I tried every Japanese encoding that I know of.

<P ID="signature"></P>

[Ugly Joe]

> what fucking encoding is that? can't decipher it for the
> life of me, and I tried every Japanese encoding that I know
> of.


<P ID="signature">_______________________________________
http://ximwix.net/images/icons/smaller/altogether.gif (http://ximwix.net)</P>

[CEpeep]

> what fucking encoding is that? can't decipher it for the
> life of me, and I tried every Japanese encoding that I know
> of.

LURK MOAR
<P ID="signature">http://www.bentobey.com/images/politicians.jpg</P>

[Reaper man]

> > what fucking encoding is that? can't decipher it for the
> > life of me, and I tried every Japanese encoding that I
> know
> > of.
>

tried it... still looks shitty ;/

<P ID="signature"></P>

[puduhead]

How is it? besides the fun of kanji of course.
<P ID="signature">http://www.xanga.com/Genesis1dot0<img src=http://pc.xanga.com/c3/7a/c37ac403ff93c46e67341c22cde75af03236737.jpg border=0></a></P>

[icenine0]

It's because it's actually in the extended ISO 8859 Unicode-variant Ancient Mandarin ...
or I arbitrarily chopped up the first sentence in the Japanese Wikipedia article for Shift-JIS. The little diamond question marks are probably half-characters or something.

> tried it... still looks shitty ;/
>

<P ID="signature"></P>

[icenine0]

I actually haven't tried Pasofami in awhile. After 10 years of development, 1.5j might project a ROB hologram out of your right speaker.

It's amazing it's still being worked on. I visit the http://www.geocities.jp/pasofami77/webpage</A> for nostalgia every now and then.

> How is it? besides the fun of kanji of course.
>

<P ID="signature"></P>

[puduhead]

> I actually haven't tried Pasofami in awhile. After 10 years
> of development, 1.5j might project a ROB hologram out of
> your right speaker.

LOL!

> It's amazing it's still being worked on. I visit the
> webpage for nostalgia every now and then.

yeah i went there from zophar's links. i translated it first but to no avail:

AltaVista
Home › Tools › Babel Fish Translation › Translation Error

Error decoding translated text.
<P ID="signature">http://www.xanga.com/Genesis1dot0<img src=http://pc.xanga.com/c3/7a/c37ac403ff93c46e67341c22cde75af03236737.jpg border=0></a></P>

[Lillymon]

> AltaVista
> Home › Tools › Babel Fish Translation › Translation Error
>
> Error decoding translated text.

http://www.google.com/language_toolsGoogle Language Tools</a> does a better job, but stops translating about half way down the page. Still, seeing a page title translated as http://66.249.93.104/translate_c?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&langpair=ja%7Cen&u=http://www.geocities.jp/pasofami77/suidasi.htm&prev=/language_tools"The game machine which can be sucked out with [pasohuami]"</a> got a laugh from me.
<P ID="signature"><marquee direction=left scrollamount=8><img src=http://home.graffiti.net/lillymon/images/keletav.gif></marquee>
!luos ruoy tae lliw stelek ehT</P>

[coolie]

Nestopia. No contest.
<P ID="signature"><a target="_blank" href=http://www.lp.org>http://socialistlobster.tripod.com/images/adolcoolie.txt</a></P>

[Baryn]

Unless someone can prove me wrong, the top NES emulators are relatively equal.

FCE Ultra, upon ZD's recommendation. Anyone would be hard pressed to suggest a feature I need that it doesn't provide.
<P ID="signature"></P>

[Reaper man]

> Anyone would be hard pressed to suggest a feature I need that it doesn't provide.

NTSC filter :)

<P ID="signature"></P>

[gary1068]

> No Torpedos
> I use NEStopia

<P ID="signature"></P>

[shawn]

> No Torpedos
>
I always liked NESten myself but it's been years so there must be better ones out there by now. <img src=smilies/cwm11.gif>
<P ID="signature">Get off your ass and do it because it isn't going to happen on it's own no matter how much you wish it would.</P>

[Sliver X]

For playing, I use Mednafen.

For testing assembly hacks and such, I use NEStopia (To see if it would run on real hardware).
<P ID="signature"></P>

[Hddn25]

I use BioNES. It works well, and I've never had any problems with it. When comparing different emulators on a chart (on the site I searched to find out what was available), it appeared to be the best-suited to my needs, and it's worked for me. <img src=smilies/2gunsfiring_v1.gif><img src=smilies/moon.gif><img src=smilies/thumb.gif>
<P ID="signature"></P>

[hcs]

http://www.hcs64.com/neon64.html'cause I like to feel smart</a>

Truly though it is the only NES emulator I've used in a while, I like to play on a TV and the N64 is the only hardware I have that'll do that.<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by hcs on 05/17/07 03:39 AM.</FONT></P>

[Sliver X]

> I use BioNES. It works well, and I've never had any problems
> with it. When comparing different emulators on a chart (on
> the site I searched to find out what was available), it
> appeared to be the best-suited to my needs, and it's worked
> for me.
>

Serious question for you: What are the specs of your computer? Almost every semi-modern (2003+) machine I've run BioNES on renders palette entry #$00 (Dark Grey) as black.
<P ID="signature"></P>

[GeminiMan]

JNES. <3
<P ID="signature"></P>

[Sliver X]

> Unless someone can prove me wrong, the top NES emulators are
> relatively equal.

Wrong. I've done several assembly hacks that worked just fine and dandy under FCEU, but would make NEStopia and Nintendulator shit themselves (Which means there's a 99% chance a real NES would crash as well). If all you do is play Mario ROMs or something, then yeah, shoddily accurate emus may be fine for you, but for somebody who does advanced ROM hacks, they don't really cut it.

Unfortunately, FCEUXD is the best debugging emu at the moment, so I have to do actual work in it, then test it on a better emulator.

Also note, that Mednafen is the continuation of FCEU (Same author), and has had many improvements to the core NES programming. It also has the NTSC filter, Reaper man. ;)

> FCE Ultra, upon ZD's recommendation. Anyone would be hard
> pressed to suggest a feature I need that it doesn't provide.

You are aware that this site hasn't been updated since the crucifixion of Christ, right? And that the only real reason it even still exists is to give Swampgas ad revenue?
<P ID="signature"></P>

[shawn]

That is your opinion on the ad revenue. I myself believe Sam is friends with many of the regulars here, and is compassionate. When there was an outcry for the site to stay up he gave in. He doesn't really have time to do anything because he has a real life and the staff just stopped updating but they are not paid either so it's not like they have to update. I would like to see new blood that would like to update but most just do it for a while and stop and that's an ongoing thing.

As for the revenue, he has to pay for bandwidth and other things and that is not cheap at all. He did other things for the staff here that I will not mention as a gift and took a lot of time doing it to and did not make a cent and if he added his time up he lost money. You should not say that he's only keeping it up for the money unless you heard it right from his lips since opinions and rumors are just guesses.

I'm not mad but that kind of hurt seeing that you are on his forum and it is his downing him like that. If it wasn't for this forum I don't know if I would be alive or the person I am since I came here after my mom died and my heart was gone and I had no self esteem either. The people here made me feel like a real person and if it wasn't for Sam taking over the site and keeping it up for those years I can't see my life being as good as it is because this forum was a key point in my life for almost 2 years and people like Ian, John, Roger, and many many others made me realize that I was a decent person and life may be worth living and not just a living hell. I remember when people here demanded you be booted because of the size of your sig images when you first arrived though I myself liked them very much. I remember PMing with you and just talking and explaining bandwidth and stuff and how some people did not have a fast connection. You listened and have been here for a very long time now. I really like you coming here to, your a decent person with a real gift for artistic expression and highly intelligent also. You are now also well liked and respected here and you know that is a good feeling. Now think if you took all that time programming, fighting with staff to get off thier asses to update the site the said they wanted to do and just fix shit hackers did, putting up with trolls, letters from nintendo lawyers, and just uncounted hrs of work to keep this site up. How would you feel after all that if someone said you *only* did it for the ad revenue. I think you'd feel like someone stabbed you in the heart. Sam does have feelings to and we should respect them and not act like he's just some corporate fatcat that'll fuck his sister for a dollar.

That did not need to be said, if that's what you think fine but you didn't have to put it in a post.
<img src=smilies/cwm11.gif>
<P ID="signature">Get off your ass and do it because it isn't going to happen on it's own no matter how much you wish it would.</P>

[Reaper man]

> Also note, that Mednafen is the continuation of FCEU (Same
> author), and has had many improvements to the core NES
> programming. It also has the NTSC filter, Reaper man. ;)

hmm, OK and what advantages, emulation wise, would it have over Nestopia?

Also, does it write to the SRAM file in real time, so that if the program/my PC crashes I don't lose any save data? I hate emulators that only write save data when it closes... <img src=smilies/banghead.gif>
<P ID="signature"></P>

[The 9th Sage]

>And that the only real reason
> it even still exists is to give Swampgas ad revenue?

This site has ads? At the risk of sounding like a moron, where?
<P ID="signature">http://www.xanga.com/ZeldaDDhttp://xc4.xanga.com/a19a76323353179582401/z54103151.png
In the post there is a cow...</a></P>

[shawn]

> >And that the only real reason
> > it even still exists is to give Swampgas ad revenue?
>
> This site has ads? At the risk of sounding like a moron,
> where?
>
There's one on the front page of the site along with the cute kitty ZD logo. <img src=smilies/magbiggrin.gif>
<P ID="signature">Get off your ass and do it because it isn't going to happen on it's own no matter how much you wish it would.</P>

[The 9th Sage]

> There's one on the front page of the site along with the
> cute kitty ZD logo.

Oh. Must be ad-blocking it, heh. I probably wouldn't notice it even if it was there anyway.
<P ID="signature">http://www.xanga.com/ZeldaDDhttp://xc4.xanga.com/a19a76323353179582401/z54103151.png
In the post there is a cow...</a></P>

[Cornellius]

> There's one on the front page of the site along with the
> cute kitty ZD logo.

... Front page ?? <img src=smilies/magbiggrin.gif>
<P ID="signature">http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/7617/guinessdrinker40fi.jpg
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/3997/poker27ma.jpg</P>

[Sliver X]

As for the revenue, he has to pay for bandwidth and other things and that is not cheap at all.

I paid for/adminstered a site of my own for over three years. If the bandwidth and disk quota usage on the only front page post are true, a burger flipper could afford to run this site out of pocket and not flinch.

(Good) hosting is ass cheap these days; this isn't the mid 90's anymore.

If it wasn't for this forum I don't know if I would be alive or the person I am since I came here after my mom died and my heart was gone and I had no self esteem either.

I'm not downing the boards, but I am downing the fact that what was once THE hub of the emulation community has turned into a shell of what it used to be. I've come here since 1996, and it's sad to see what's become of it, despite many people wanting to help bring it back to its former glory.

I remember when people here demanded you be booted because of the size of your sig images when you first arrived though I myself liked them very much. I remember PMing with you and just talking and explaining bandwidth and stuff and how some people did not have a fast connection.

Wait, what? As far as I can remember, I've never used an image in my signature. And considering the field I'm in, I hardly think I would need an explanation of network connections.

You listened and have been here for a very long time now.

I've been here (The message boards) since ZD absorbed Demi's ROM Hack Board... 1997/98?

That did not need to be said, if that's what you think fine but you didn't have to put it in a post.

Consider it the frustrated words of somebody who actually does care about this site. It's like watching a loved one waste away from some shitty disease, only this is actually fixable.
<P ID="signature"></P>

[Cornellius]

I find it funny that people are bitching about ZMD, but when they're asked to do some work, they say they don't have the time. It's the same thing for the staff, they grew older, changed priorities, etc. They're not at school anymore, they have a full time job, wife, kids, etc. It had to happen. If you really think you can help, ask to be a staff member and do some work then.

From Swamp's mouth: Work that needs to be done (http://www.zophar.net/wwwthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=suggest&Number=293055&page=0&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=0)

<P ID="signature">http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/7617/guinessdrinker40fi.jpg
http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/3997/poker27ma.jpg</P>

[Essee]

On the topic, I love Nestopia, myself. Works fabulously, although I am a bit disappointed with a lack of a rewind feature (not sure what other emulators would have it, though, and not all excellent ones need to). Frankly, though, the emulation in Nestopia works so well that I could care less!
<P ID="signature"></P>

[Reaper man]

> On the topic, I love Nestopia, myself. Works fabulously,
> although I am a bit disappointed with a lack of a rewind
> feature (not sure what other emulators would have it,
> though, and not all excellent ones need to). Frankly,
> though, the emulation in Nestopia works so well that I could
> care less!

you obviously don't have the <a href=http://nestopia.sourceforge.net/downloads.html>latest</a> version, which supports rewinding (must be enabled/configured in options --> timing) and is activated by pressing backspace (can be changed to another key by going to options --> input --> Emulation)

You can thank me for the heads up by fellating me later. /wwwthreads/images/icons/tongue.gif
<P ID="signature"></P>

[Essee]

> you obviously don't have the latest version, which supports
> rewinding (must be enabled/configured in options --> timing)
> and is activated by pressing backspace (can be changed to
> another key by going to options --> input --> Emulation)
> You can thank me for the heads up by fellating me later.

Really? Sweet! I didn't even think my version of it was old enough that it could be behind in the first place, sure shows me. I'll go nab it first thing in the morning (it's 3 AM, I shouldn't even be up at this point).

As for the fellatio, well... that will have to wait until at the very... very... ... very least... the morning, as well. =P All the same, thanks a lot for the info!
<P ID="signature"></P>

[Laminate]

I use snes9xW on windows

<P ID="signature"></P>

[Reaper man]

> I use snes9xW on windows

<center><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c196/reaper_man/facepalm.jpg></center>

1. That's an SNES emulator
2. You bumped a 5 month old topic with nonsense (see 1)

what a way to fail....
<P ID="signature"><center><img src=http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c196/reaper_man/rott_sig.png></center></P>

[Laminate]

> > I use snes9xW on windows
>
>
My bad, I meant to post that I use ROCKNesX
<P ID="signature"></P>

[Lillymon]

> My bad, I meant to post that I use ROCKNesX

That is a NES emulator, but RockNES X was last updated in 2002, making it one of the historic artefacts of emulation history. Ever thought about giving something like http://nestopia.sourceforge.net/Nestopia</a> or http://sourceforge.net/projects/mednafen/Mednafen</a> a try?
<P ID="signature"><marquee direction="left" scrollamount="8">http://home.graffiti.net/lillymon/images/kelet_av.gif</marquee>
!luos ruoy tae lliw stelek ehT</P>

[Cthulhu4U]

Nestopia for me

<P ID="signature"></P>

[SivakDrac]

> Nestopia for me

The near 1 year old thread got replied to! <img src=smilies/headshake.gif>
<P ID="signature"><HR>http://www.geocities.com/lordsivak/index.htmlVisit my Mega Man page</A>

- Sivak Drac</P>

[Gil-Galad]

I use a bunch of different emulators for various reasons.

Nesticle for the pattern table view and editing, ram dumping, NMI tracer and log dump.

Nesten for palette viewing, cheat search, code debugger, PPU dumping, RAM dumping.

Nestopia for accuracy in testing ASM hacks and the like.

FCEUD for the awesome debugger and the many features it has.

FCEU for the debuggerr, specific range memory dumper.

Nintendulator for it's accuracy. Trace code dumper and viewers.

Unofficial Nintendulator for additional debugging features.

FCEUDSP NSF version allowing you to debug NSF's without having the header set with bankswitch settings.

NesterJ for the additional expansion devices that you can use.

Nester for being a light weight and quick emulator that will work on slower systems. Has proved very useful for that reason alone.

FCEUMOD - will support newer dumps. Especially some Sachen games.

etc, for various support reasons.


<P ID="signature"></P>

[Lak]

I generally use RockNES, if I´m in an DOS machine, I use FCE ultra.

[Rattlehead]

I'm more of a NEStopia user, myself.

[Soushkin]

I'm using NNNesterJ because it's the only one that can actually run the Goonies without problems. Goonies 1 that is, not Goonies 2.

Other than that I use JNES because it has high compatibility, and runs just about everything real fine.

Using VirtuaNES for Famicom emulation.

[SamBeckett94]

I use VirtuaNES for everything NES/Disk System. Does the job for all the games I need to play.

[Reaper man]

I'm using NNNesterJ because it's the only one that can actually run the Goonies without problems. Goonies 1 that is, not Goonies 2.

Other than that I use JNES because it has high compatibility, and runs just about everything real fine.

Using VirtuaNES for Famicom emulation.

I use VirtuaNES for everything NES/Disk System. Does the job for all the games I need to play.

whyyyyy, why must you people use such outdated emulators?

I mean Nestopia, Nintendulator, and (from what I've heard) mednafen all work a lot better.

[SamBeckett94]

whyyyyy, why must you people use such outdated emulators?
I think that this can be answered with 'whatever floats your boat'.

[Soushkin]

whyyyyy, why must you people use such outdated emulators?

I mean Nestopia, Nintendulator, and (from what I've heard) mednafen all work a lot better.

Hey, if you can find me a NES emulator that runs a bad dump of the Goonies without any problems then I'll use that from now on. Besides that, I've been using those emulators for years, I like them. Why would I change that just because it's outdated?? It does the job and I'm happy with it. I have no need for other emulators.

[Iconoclast]

Here's something that happens with most emulators.

"Bases Loaded (U)

US Mode > letter J
game becomes unresponsive

This also happens on FCEUltra, Nestopia, and NNNesterJ."

Here's something that happens with just Jnes:

Start Chessmaster and choose a piece to move or press Select to pause.

Jnes supports up to mapper 113. (Nestopia documentation lists all 255 mappers.)

[Reaper man]

Here's something that happens with most emulators.

"Bases Loaded (U)

US Mode > letter J
game becomes unresponsive

This also happens on FCEUltra, Nestopia, and NNNesterJ."

you mean VS mode? Uhm yeah of course it's not going to be responsive, the 2nd player needs to input his team. I tested it out with "Based Loaded (U) (PRG1) [!].nes" on Nestopia Ver. 1.40 and everything seemed to work as it was supposed to

[Reaper man]

Hey, if you can find me a NES emulator that runs a bad dump of the Goonies without any problems then I'll use that from now on.

did it ever occur to you that it runs your bad dump because the emulator itself is flawed, and why would you want to run a bad dump anyway?

Besides that, I've been using those emulators for years, I like them.

ok, and a lot of us started on NESticle and at the time, we liked them. What a lot of us realized though was that new and better emulators came out and we moved on, which is what you should do.

Why would I change that just because it's outdated?? It does the job and I'm happy with it. I have no need for other emulators.

why would I trade my beat up pinto in for a free brand new porshe? It does the job and I'm happy with it. I have no need for other cars. *rolls eyes*

[Iconoclast]

"I tested it out with "Based Loaded (U) (PRG1) [!].nes" on Nestopia Ver. 1.40 and everything seemed to work as it was supposed to"

I guess it's system dependent then since by unresponsive I meant hung with the audio frozen. (I doubt that happened on the real hardware.)

[Rattlehead]

"I tested it out with "Based Loaded (U) (PRG1) [!].nes" on Nestopia Ver. 1.40 and everything seemed to work as it was supposed to"

I guess it's system dependent then since by unresponsive I meant hung with the audio frozen. (I doubt that happened on the real hardware.)


Exactly. Emulation isn't really ever going to be the real deal, thus the concept of "emulating" the hardware. Good point, Iconoclast.

[D--]

Nintendulator ... is what I'd like to say, but I don't have a 6GHz system. I use Mednafen.

[Reaper man]

"I tested it out with "Based Loaded (U) (PRG1) [!].nes" on Nestopia Ver. 1.40 and everything seemed to work as it was supposed to"

I guess it's system dependent then since by unresponsive I meant hung with the audio frozen. (I doubt that happened on the real hardware.)

or perhaps

A. you are using a bad rom.
B. you are using an outdated version of Nestopia

[Soushkin]

Look, I'm not going to defend my choice of emulators. If you don't like it, that's your problem. I'm using what I want to use and I don't care about what you say I should use.

I'm using outdated emulators and I'm happy with it. Got a problem with that??

[Antwan1500]

i used to use Jnes because of its simplicity but i moved up to Nestopia.

[Iconoclast]

"A. you are using a bad rom."
Three people tested what they called a good dump.

"B. you are using an outdated version of Nestopia"
I tested it on the latest versions of Jnes and like I said FCEUltra, Nestopia, and NNNester J.

[Rattlehead]

Go figure. Someone asks a question in a forum and next thing you know the beginnings of an argument start to rear their ugly heads. Good job, guys.

*shakes head and walks off*

[Reaper man]

Look, I'm not going to defend my choice of emulators. If you don't like it, that's your problem. I'm using what I want to use and I don't care about what you say I should use.

Sounds like someone is conceding to me.

I'm using outdated emulators and I'm happy with it. Got a problem with that??

Honestly I think your decision is stubborn and rather stupid, but whatever. Enjoy your inaccurate emulator.

"A. you are using a bad rom."
Three people tested what they called a good dump.

"B. you are using an outdated version of Nestopia"
I tested it on the latest versions of Jnes and like I said FCEUltra, Nestopia, and NNNester J.

I just now tested all 3 versions of Bases loaded on Nestopia, NNNesterJ(might not be latest) and FCEU. All of them work fine. I seriously bet that your ROM is bad, regardless of what your friends claim.

Go figure. Someone asks a question in a forum and next thing you know the beginnings of an argument start to rear their ugly heads. Good job, guys.

*shakes head and walks off*

you must be new here...

[Rattlehead]

Exactly. Though, I'm not at all surprised by the conversation (I call it an argument) that's developed.

[Soushkin]

blabla

What ever your problem is, don't bother me with it. Don't try to attempt me to go into pointless discussions about stupid things with you, if you feel bored go play a game. What ever it is that you do, don't bother me with your childish provocations.

[Iconoclast]

Obviously this thread is discussion for what emulators we actually do use and not what we should use. You can say gaming is a religion, but disrespecting others because of emulator preferences is more like a malformed reproduction technology cult. This sort of behavior should be moderated.

I have read so many arguments on the best Nintendo 64 emulator or emulator plugin, and about 40 percent of them all involve people who turn projects into superior religious cults instead of equally respectable works like all of the other projects.

"I just now tested all 3 versions of Bases loaded on Nestopia, NNNesterJ(might not be latest) and FCEU. All of them work fine. I seriously bet that your ROM is bad, regardless of what your friends claim."

You're right. The file I downloaded was marked as a good dump, but I see particular sites mark that label wrong.

[D--]

Go figure. Someone asks a question in a forum and next thing you know the beginnings of an argument start to rear their ugly heads. Good job, guys.

*shakes head and walks off*

http://cinnamonpirate.com/img/smack/BuddyBears.jpg

[Reaper man]

What ever your problem is, don't bother me with it.

Well since in this situation my problem is related to you, I think it goes without saying that I would bother you with it. Too bad.

Don't try to attempt me to go into pointless discussions about stupid things with you,

How was anything I said pointless? Actually I made quite a few decent valid points that you just can't argue back.

if you feel bored go play a game. What ever it is that you do,

Heh, funny you mention that... I was playing some Phoenix Wright 15 min ago or so.

don't bother me with your childish provocations.

Oooh, that's quite a bold claim. Care to back that up?

[leilei]

Oooh, that's quite a bold claim. Care to back that up?


He doesn't have to back that claim up when the obvious is presented. There's only one person escalating the drama. Dial up Sherlock Holmes and find out who!


Anyway:

LoopyNes.

OH NO THATS NOT ACCURATE well i'm using a 486 so eat it

[Reaper man]

He doesn't have to back that claim up when the obvious is presented. There's only one person escalating the drama. Dial up Sherlock Holmes and find out who!

*yawn* that question in a way was rhetorical, since I wasn't doing anything childish to begin with. The most I've even done was state that he was being stupid in sticking with that emulator to run a BAD dump for fuck sake, and guess what, it IS a stupid reason to be running an outdated emulator, especially when he could easily find a good, clean dump in a matter of minutes. He's so damn closed minded about the whole thing, if you would fuck it, it would bleed.


Anyway:

LoopyNes.

OH NO THATS NOT ACCURATE well i'm using a 486 so eat it

At least your reason is valid. Why you would be using a 486 is beyond me though. >.>

[Soushkin]

I can use what I want, the way I want, when I want. That's called freedom, maybe you don't have that in your country.

In case you try to reply, don't bother. You've been added to the ignore list, people who got nothing useful to say go right there. Have a nice day.

[Gil-Galad]

I still use Nesticle upon occassion, if you guys want to know. I don't stick to any one emulator. Compatibility is different between emulators, while some run a lot more games, even some of the more compatible emulators don't run a few games right. Emulation will probably never be perfect.

I'm a ROM hacker, so I use any emulator that has some type of tool. Also, I would use a particular emulator to run on low end machines. For example, Nester (Not the NN or J versions), because it's light weight and runs fast. When I don't want to take up the entire screen, such as Nesticle for example.

I probably use Nestopia least of all. I also use Nintendulator to test code as Nintendulator I think is more accurate as many of the information gathered was from actual hardware. Quietust and Kevin Horton would work for hours testing various things. Nestopia offers better compatibility because of the mappers it supports and the emulator is accurate in most areas as well. I think that there is a difference between accuracy and compatibility.

So I would use the following, for the following reasons.

Nesticle - Pattern table editor, some other viewers, NMI tracer and register dumper, memory dumper. GG support (cheating is a ROM hackers friend)

Nesten - Debugger, palette console, memory dumping, PPU dumping, cheating.

Nintendulator - Code accuracy, program flow logging, memory dumping, VRAM viewing. NSF player with error messages for NSFs with problems.

Nester NN and J versions - For support with devices.

VirtuaNES - Has a cool NSF player with a keyboard that plays as the NSF plays. This can help with picking out notes. VirtuaNES has also been updated quite a bit lately for the ton of dumps that's been coming out lately.

FCEU MOD - Debugger with a lot of functions, memory viewer, memory dumping, support for many mappers for new dumps.

FCEUXD(and others in this line) - Debugger, Hex editor, data logger, VRAM viewer, etc. Really is a great debugging tool. FCEUD was the original debugger by Parasyte.

Nester - Great for running on a lot of low end systems and it's fast. Doesn't support too many mappers though.

Unofficial Nintendulator - In addition to what is already supported, a debugger with a lot of functions. Some functions that the others do not have.

Nestopia - Supports a lot of mappers and many games without too many problems. Great compatibility.

There are more, just can't think of them at the moment. My main point is to not stick to any one single emulator. I don't.

[Umiliphus]

I like Vortendo because its name is funny.

[ThatSandersKid]

There's people starving to death, mass genocide, and theocracy that steps all over basic human rights.

And you're fighting about Nintendo emulators.

...WTF, mate?

[roxahris]

On the topic's subject, I generally use NNNesterJ, and occasionally FCEU (the movie version).

[Rattlehead]

There's people starving to death, mass genocide, and theocracy that steps all over basic human rights.

And you're fighting about Nintendo emulators.

...WTF, mate?


Not any more, he isn't.

[Naraku]

I use RocknesX :O