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Title: Best Emulators for each system
Post by: badgerjohn on September 28, 2010, 06:54:23 am
Hi all

Wanted to get a general overview about the emulators you all use in your cabs. I have MaLa front end but am still deciding whether to set up another PC with Maximus Arcade or Hyperspin (or any other recommended FEs)… Planning to add emlulators for the following systems and wanted to see what was the most popular and integrates well with MaLa (or others) in full screen:

1)   NES
2)   SNES
3)   Sega Master System
4)   Sega Mega Drive (or should I say Genesys for my cross-Atlantic friends!)

Thanks in advance…
BadgerJohn
Title: Re: Best Emulators for each system
Post by: PsychoMikey on September 28, 2010, 08:09:25 am
I now have the following under Windows 7.


Front end -> Maximus Arcade

nes -> Nestopia http://nestopia.sourceforge.net/ (http://nestopia.sourceforge.net/)
Snes -> zsnes http://www.zsnes.com/index.php?page=files (http://www.zsnes.com/index.php?page=files)
Sega master system/genisses -> fusion 3.6 http://www.eidolons-inn.net/tiki-index.php?page=Kega (http://www.eidolons-inn.net/tiki-index.php?page=Kega)
Title: Re: Best Emulators for each system
Post by: mrtuesday42 on September 28, 2010, 12:03:27 pm
im using hyperspin with the same emulators. and of course mame.

is there a separate emulator for sega model 2's?

also going to add a psx emulator for the time crisis.
Title: Re: Best Emulators for each system
Post by: matsadona on September 28, 2010, 12:39:00 pm
is there a separate emulator for sega model 2's?

Yes, there is. http://nebula.emulatronia.com/descargas.php (http://nebula.emulatronia.com/descargas.php)
It runs extremely smooth even on older hardware. You can have multiple clients linked also, which is a great feature if you wan't to beat your friends in SEGA Rally etc :)
Title: Re: Best Emulators for each system
Post by: Frigo on September 28, 2010, 01:08:38 pm
Hi all

Wanted to get a general overview about the emulators you all use in your cabs. I have MaLa front end but am still deciding whether to set up another PC with Maximus Arcade or Hyperspin (or any other recommended FEs)… Planning to add emlulators for the following systems and wanted to see what was the most popular and integrates well with MaLa (or others) in full screen:

1)   NES
2)   SNES
3)   Sega Master System
4)   Sega Mega Drive (or should I say Genesys for my cross-Atlantic friends!)

Thanks in advance…
BadgerJohn


Running GameEx (Registered version) with the following emulators:

1) Nestopia
2) ZSNES
3&4) Kega Fusion.

So, basically, same as the above, just a different FE.
Title: Re: Best Emulators for each system
Post by: mrtuesday42 on September 28, 2010, 01:54:34 pm
cool. i heard house of the dead actually runs on the sega model 2 emulator...guess ill have to add that to my cabinet :D
Title: Re: Best Emulators for each system
Post by: upprc04 on September 28, 2010, 02:12:42 pm
How does Mess compare to nestopia?
Title: Re: Best Emulators for each system
Post by: badgerjohn on September 29, 2010, 02:58:02 am
Cheers guys! Makes it easier to choose when everyone uses the same! I'll get downloading those tonight. Any tips needed for any to run full screen or all petty straightforward?

Title: Re: Best Emulators for each system
Post by: Blanka on September 29, 2010, 03:30:23 am
On a Mac, go to:
http://www.bannister.org/software/ (http://www.bannister.org/software/)
This guy ported all the best emu's to the mac, so it's as easy as Mac is supposed to be :)

Oh, and for mame,
Get SDL MAME.
http://sdlmame.parodius.com/ (http://sdlmame.parodius.com/)
Title: Re: Best Emulators for each system
Post by: Digital Vandal on September 29, 2010, 04:36:29 pm
is there a separate emulator for sega model 2's?

Yes, there is. http://nebula.emulatronia.com/descargas.php (http://nebula.emulatronia.com/descargas.php)
It runs extremely smooth even on older hardware. You can have multiple clients linked also, which is a great feature if you wan't to beat your friends in SEGA Rally etc :)

I'm in the process of setting this up on my machine and all I get is either a black screen or the emulator crashes saying it encountered a problem. everything is pointing to the right place but the games won't start. I'm using a P4 3Ghz with 1gb ram and a geforce4ti 4200. Any suggestions as to why this is happening?

I believe my problem is the lack of Pixel Shader 2.0 compatibility with my graphics card. Would anyone happen to have a copy of 0.8 as it seems they have taken it off their site now 0.9 has been released. I'd be very grateful to anyone who can help. Thanks.