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How do you explain emulation to your Mom?
EightBySix:
When discussing your cabs with muggles, and if the concept of emulation comes up - how do you explain it in a simple way?
I usually like to find an analogy for these kind of things (i.e. an operating system is like a car dashboard, familiar controls that all hide the complexity of an engine) but I can never think of one for emulation.
Best I can come up with is the film Truman Show. The emulator relates to the made up world and the original game is Truman. It can run without knowing that it is in a made up environment. It's a bit of a stretch though.
How do you explain emulation?
codefenix:
I find myself always comparing it to ripping music from CDs. You have an original media which contains the music, and you extract (rip) the music from the CD so it can be played within a media player on other platforms, such as an MP3 player, iPhone, or Android device, and you preserve the original master CD in the process.
Emulation is very similar: You have an original media (arcade board or NES cartridge) which contains the game, and you extract (dump) the game data from it so it can be played in an emulator on whatever platform you desire, preserving the original game hardware. The only difference is that you can't get an account that lets you digitally download games for 99 cents each and play them anywhere you want. That's where emulation gets shady.
But for all intents and purposes:
* CD = Arcade board
* Ripping = Dumping
* Media Player = Emulator
wp34:
--- Quote from: EightBySix on November 29, 2011, 07:43:05 am ---When discussing your cabs with muggles
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:laugh2:
Malenko:
a computer program that replaces hardware. My muggles must be smart
Nephasth:
"It plays thousands of games." No use confusing muggles.
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