I don't think there is anything I don't or can't play emulators on is what my friends say to me. Before I use to carry around my PSP with homebrew playing Nintendo and Sega emulators whenever I got bored waiting around someone. People couldn't help but notice the nostalgic sounds from Super Mario Brother 3 and say to me "Let me get this right, you bought a Sony PSP to play Nintendo on it?"
These days I carry around my netbook with a NES or Sega Saturn USB pad in my Jack Bauer messenger bag when I am not busy fighting off the bad guys
I get so many double and triple glances from people that walk by when they see me with NES controller in hand playing on my netbook and looking around for the actual NES unit.
Heck lately I have been playing around with MAME on my iPhone but doesn't seem to play all the roms very well and the controls leave much to be desired unless one day they make a NES, SNES or SEGA style controller that can link up via bluetooth.
My HTPC which already blows guests away when they either see my pimped out Media Portal setup with enough movies, tv series, documentaries and music to keep them entertained for years to come which recently has been setup with Hyperspin. I figure why not enjoy playing emulators from the comfort of my living room couch my 50" plasma. Initially I was using my custom made fight stick I ordered last year which is just a pad hacked wired original Micro$oft 360 controller.
Now the problem is my living room is my 1 year old daughter's playground most of the day so having wires dangling around is a huge hazard so I had to look at other alternatives. I knew Micro$oft made a 360 wireless receiver for PC and seeing that I own a 360 and two wireless controller this became my first choice.
http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-Wireless-Gaming-Receiver-Windows-Pc/dp/B000HZFCT2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1267802800&sr=8-1Picked one up from my local electronics store, FutureShop, otherwise known and owned by BestBuy up here in Canada for $20. Hooked it up and worked flawlessly except for fighting games like Street Fighter and Mortal Kombat it felt lousy and reminded me why I bought my custom fight stick last year because of the horrible D-Pad on the 360 controllers.
I was doing my usual lurking on craigslist and kijiji for arcade related stuff and came across someone selling a brand new Hori T6 360 wireless stick only from their Tekken 6 Limited Edition bundle for $60.
The guy said he already had a Madcatz SFIV TE stick and he said he didn't want to have a
"please reconnect controller" in the heat of a battle but wanted the game and collectors artwork book since he is a fan of Tekken. Offered him $50 and he took the offer and now I had a wireless fight stick to use on my 360 and HTPC. But before I can celebrate and call it a day, I was very disappointed in the stock HORI stick and buttons. They are playable but been reading on other forums that they will inevitably fail and need to be swapped out for Sanwa or Seimitsu after some modification which I will show you guys later on when I get pics. I was curious to see what the insides of the stick was like and got the idea to make a custom stick using the internals paired with my favorite HAPP/iL parts.