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 Emulation with improved resolution 
#19286045 - 12/16/13 09:22 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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So I just found out about this.
If you have a pretty good gaming rig I'd totally recommend you to emulate some PS2, GC(/some Wii), and Xbox games. Turns out there are some pretty awesome emulators that can render these old games at high resolution and 16:9 aspect ratio.
I've been playing Zelda: Wind Waker and it looks INCREDIBLE! Really cool to get a chance to go back and play some great oldish games with a really nice boost in graphics!
Also been playing Pikmin 2, We Love Katamari, Super Smash Bros, and Mario Kart. All with my trusty Xbox 360 controllers!
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Yeah I use my wireless 360 controller with emulators.. I was looking at the PS2 and GC emulators.. I will have to check them out.
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Re: Emulation with improved resolution [Re: LordSenate]
#19286059 - 12/16/13 09:28 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I used to do SNES and Genesis emulation, but these new ones (particularly PS2 and Gamecube emu's PCSX2 and Dolphin, respectively) let you crank it up to 1080p in 16:9 (assuming your PC can handle it) and the improvement is pretty great.
Makes it feel like you're not even playing an old game (for some titles, anyhow)!
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What titles would you recommend? I know I have a few of the titles that were on PS2 on the PS3 remakes.. like the metal gear collection and ff vii.. I also have the originals of viii and ix.. Shit I forget what else i have.. but yeah I can't really think of what all I should check out. I damn near beat windwaker on gamecube when it was out a long time ago.
I think my shit could handle it.. I dunno.. I can run 3 monitors alright and I was running splinter cell ultra with surround screen so that should be enough right?
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Re: Emulation with improved resolution [Re: LordSenate]
#19286106 - 12/16/13 09:41 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Specs on your PC would be more helpful.
From what I understand CPU power is the most important for emulation. I'm running AMD Phenom II 3.4ghz quad core and I can do just about anything without slowdown.
I've been searching google for best gamecube games and best ps2 games (seperately, obviously) to get ideas for games. There are lots of good ones out there! Look around and see what kind of games entice you.
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Really, though. Wind Waker looks absolutely fantastic in HD. I saw a friend playing it on his actual GameCube the other day, and that's what got me going on all this.
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Yeah...sorry I was being retarded.
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LordSenate
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Yeah I will have to do some digging sometime.. I just got a ton of ds roms and some 3ds games for my 3ds... and I got a huge backlog for steam and console games so I probably should start knocking some of those out lol.. but I will probably fuck with this soon.
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Re: Emulation with improved resolution [Re: LordSenate]
#19286376 - 12/16/13 10:34 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah I think you should be fine. Maybe some games you'll have to turn it down to 720p (or 720i? I don't know.) Maybe.
It's definitely not plug and play. Be ready to tinker with the settings. There are plenty of articles written to help out, though.
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I mess around with it when I'm bored and don't feel like doing anything else but yeah it would probably be better spending my time killing the backlog I've already built up lol.
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Gah, have to go dig up my PS2 and find an old playstation game and everything to dump the bios. Why not just play it on your system if you still need all this stuff? Does it actually look a lot better?
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Try this emulator out. http://www.ppsspp.org/ It's the shizznit,and It's about time someone made a working PSP emulator! All the games I have for it are playable in full HD quality,and play darn near perfectly!Heck,I don't even own any console systems,except for my NES,because I have every single game ever made for most of the old systems,and a ton of games on the newer systems!All playable on my PC with my Xbox controller through the use of emulators They are also 100 percent totally free!!!!!!
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Re: Emulation with improved resolution [Re: KBG1977]
#19295418 - 12/18/13 10:05 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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What games for PSP would you suggest?
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Re: Emulation with improved resolution [Re: KBG1977]
#19295424 - 12/18/13 10:06 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Nice didn't realize there was a PSP emulator out
TY
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Re: Emulation with improved resolution [Re: LordSenate]
#19296788 - 12/19/13 06:43 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Quote:
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What games for PSP would you suggest?
1.Castlevania: Dracula X Chronicles
2.Wipeout Pulse
3.Soul Calibur
4.Tekken 6
5.Ridge Racer 2
6.Midnight Club
Just to name a few that I have that totally work.
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Re: Emulation with improved resolution [Re: Juicin]
#19296789 - 12/19/13 06:43 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Nice didn't realize there was a PSP emulator out
TY
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Gah, have to go dig up my PS2 and find an old playstation game and everything to dump the bios. Why not just play it on your system if you still need all this stuff? Does it actually look a lot better?
http://theisozone.com/downloads/playstation/emulators/playstation-2-bios-pack/
There ya go. BIOS for every region.
Yes. It does look a LOT better. Plus the aspect ratio change is very nice for playing on a new TV.
And I'm doing this because I never had a PS2, and I gave my GameCube to my younger sister ages ago. I had an Xbox, too, but no playstations after the first one. Now I can catch up on all those exclusive titles!
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ah cool, Thanks!
So your not using your own games then? You downloading them and using a virtual drive to run them?
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I think the emulators open the iso's directly. I don't believe you need to use a virtual drive.. Not sure though
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Re: Emulation with improved resolution [Re: LordSenate]
#19305424 - 12/20/13 10:14 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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You don't need a virtual drive for any emulators:-)
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Re: Emulation with improved resolution [Re: KBG1977]
#19305429 - 12/20/13 10:15 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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you can download ISO's,or use you own game discs for most.
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Re: Emulation with improved resolution [Re: KBG1977]
#19307306 - 12/21/13 10:34 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Yeah. You CAN mount it to a virtual drive, but it will actually result in slower performance. It's recommended if you do have your own games to rip them to an iso on your HD.
http://www.emuparadise.me/ ; is a great site to download iso's
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Under closer inspection I realised it was a funky ball of tits from outer space.
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Quote:
circularvortex said:
Yeah. You CAN mount it to a virtual drive, but it will actually result in slower performance. It's recommended if you do have your own games to rip them to an iso on your HD.
http://www.emuparadise.me/ ; is a great site to download iso's
And if you need emulators to go with those ISO'S,this is the best!
http://emulator-zone.com/
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Re: Emulation with improved resolution [Re: KBG1977]
#19311528 - 12/22/13 11:35 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Got Wii Mario Kart running well at 60fps pretty constant.
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Got Wii Mario Kart running well at 60fps pretty constant.
Yeah,I have it too,and it runs flawlessly.I just hate that double dash for the cube has no music.I can't play games without their music
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Re: Emulation with improved resolution [Re: KBG1977]
#19312003 - 12/22/13 01:55 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Huh, my music seems to be working on double dash. Maybe you got a bad iso?
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Huh, my music seems to be working on double dash. Maybe you got a bad iso?
every one I download is like that.The music will go for about three minutes into the first stage,and then it makes a scratch sound like a needle on a record,and then no music at all again.I guess this is minor,but I'm a video game music fan,and I Love the music in the game
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