An emulator is a program that allows a computer or modern console to emulate a different OS or video game console's behavior. Emulators are most often used to play older video games on personal computers and modern video game consoles, but they are also used to play games translated into other ...
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Difference between 3ds and nds roms
Are there any difference between both console roms?
Is it possible to play 3ds games on nds emulator?
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Visual Boy Advance Invalid or Not Recognized Save File
Today after an annoying problem with my PC I had to format it and reinstall everything.
Of course I made backup of my files but, as always seems I lost something.
I use Visual Boy Advance, ...
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How do I create custom savestate files in PCSX2 0.9.7 using the “Other…” option?
I'd like to be able to use the "Other" option when creating savestates in PCSX2, but whenever I try I get the following message:
If this were hooked up, it would save a savestate file.
I'm ...
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How to add more ROMs to MAME on X-Arcade
We take the off-hours entertainment seriously here at Stack Exchange, so we got one of the X-Arcade cabinets installed at the office.
Trouble is - we can't seem to be able to add more ROMs to it.
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How do I use cheat codes in emulated PS1 games?
How can I use Action Replay–type cheat codes for PS1 games that my computer (Windows) emulates?
I would like to play games I used to play when I was younger, such as Final Fantasy VIII, but I ...
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Grapple doesn't work in Zelda Wind Waker
Problem
For some reason my grapple has never quite worked in Wind Walker.
The only way I can latch on is by aiming very high above the grapple zones.
Solution?
Has anybody ever seen this problem ...
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Emulator problems with Brigandine
I have a scratched copy of Brigandine, an old game by Atlus on PSOne. I also have a PSOne. Now that we got that out of the way ...
I'm having trouble emulating this game from a ROM, and all of my ...
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Can I run an SNES emulator without it having input focus?
I'm trying to let someone play an emulator on another monitor while I use my computer normally on the main monitor.
I need to set up an emulator for SNES that will continue the emulation and accept ...
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How do you load a saved game in FFVI
So, I finally started playing Final Fantasy 6 (well, Final Fantasy 3 technically) and I'm really enjoying it. Except, now I've saved my game after a few hours of play, but when I (yes, you guessed it) ...
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Using Rin-gameboy emulator with VisualBoy Advance
Started playing pokemon with my android phone. I used my cartridge image with the RIN gameboy emulator. It's a port of the PSP one.
my save games (when uncompressed) have 70Kb.
on visual Boy advance ...
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Why do my controls stop working when I start a new game?
I am emulating Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards using Project 64, but every ROM that I have found says "Issues (plugin)" under the status column. When starting the game, the controls work up until the ...
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Do PS2 emulators support joypads with varying button sensitivity
The PS2 joy-pads had variable button sensitivity. For example, in MGS3, slightly holding the square was used for aiming, and pressing it all the way to the end meant shoot. Does any Playstation 2 ...
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How to fix pSX error Incorrect Header
I have pSX v1.13 running on my computer, but when I downloaded CTR: Crash Team Racing from doperoms.com, the emulator comes back with the following error on the console:
iso9660: incorrect header
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Does Dolphin Emulator do proper 3D as supported by a 3D TV?
I can't figure out if the Dolphin emulator just does that red/blue 3D or actual 3D. I'm thinking about purchasing a 3D TV soon and I'm wondering if it'll be compatible.
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Emulate green-screen monochrome monitor on DOSbox / D-Fend Reloaded
I'm using DOSbox to play really old games I had on my PC XT with a green monochrome monitor. D-Fend Reloaded is set to run these games on CGA mode, it has colors, is there a way to make it more ...
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Can I play games that existed in the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive platform in my PC? [closed]
Is there any way to play Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games in the PC?
e.g. Games like NBA Live 97, FIFA Soccer 95, or any other games?
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Playing oldgame in Dosbox, is sound blaster or Roland better?
I'm playing an old game in Dosbox. The game asks me whether my sound card is Sound Blaster or Roland. What should I choose for best sound?
Game happens to be ...
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Setting up custom arcade machine [closed]
Currently I want to build my own arcade machine out of an old pc and other spare items. My current problem is I need to know the best way to display the available games and launch them(some are ...
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How do I delete a save in a slot in Final Fantasy 1 for GBA?
I accidentally saved to the 3rd slot by mis-clicking (I use an emulator). Now I have two copies of the save. How do I delete the save I have on the 3rd slot? If it's not possible natively in-game, are ...
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How to prevent sound being sporadically choppy when playing Amiga games on WinUAE?
I find that when playing Amiga games in WinUAE, the sound goes choppy for no apparent reason. Sometimes this happens right away when starting emulation, other times sound is fine for a while then ...
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Retrolink SNES USB controller not working
The Retrolink SNES USB Controller says that it works without drivers or anything, but then doesn't seem to work with any of my SNES emulators. Here's a link to it.
i tried it with snes9x and ...
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SNES9x slow when fullscreen on Windows 8
When I run SNES9x emulator in fullscreen I get seriously bad FPS.
If I run windowed mode it's perfect, and it runs fine before when I had Windows 7 on.
I've updated my drivers from the Nvidia site ...
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Linking with Gameboy Advance Emulators?
Are there any Gameboy Advance Emulators that can simulate linking, that way two computers running the emulator can link with each other over an Internet connection?
If one does support this ...
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How to use the HORI Real Arcade Pro EX stick for Xbox 360 in WinKawaks?
Gaming.SE, this is my first question here, I am not sure if a question involving a NEO-GEO simulator is appropriate here, so mods please feel free to delete it if this question has crossed the line.
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GBA Emulator for iPad [closed]
Is there an iPad emulator for the Gameboy Advance? I don't want to jailbreak my phone.
I am using the new iPad.
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Gameboy emulator to play Pokemon 1st gen on? (PC) [closed]
I recently sold my Gameboy, but I now regret it because I want to play Pokemon :P. I have no clue where I could find an emulator though... I want to play Pokemon 1st gen if it matters, could anyone ...
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Why doesn't the cpu full load to make PCSX2 (PlayStation 2 emulator) run game faster? [closed]
My CPU Q6600 (QuadCore) only loads 50-70% when I run PCSX2 (PlayStation 2 emulator) and only has fps around 30-50 when I disable speed hacks. See picture :
I wonder why the cpu doesn't load more to ...
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How can I get my copy of Murder to play?
I've got a ROM of Rabbit Software's 1983 classic, Murder. I've got it as a .t64 file, what do I need in order to play it?
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retrieving game names, year, manufacturer with MAME
I need a vanilla ASCII, tab-separated list of the arcade games which I have in my "roms" directory of MAME, with at least the following entries: game name, year, manufacturer. Also good would be to ...
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A way to make memory card loads faster with epsxe?
I've googled around for this but couldn't find a result. Besides using the quick-save/load feature of epsxe, is there a way to make the memory card become "detected" quicker for certain games?
I'm ...
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How Do I Play Original Xbox Games On the Xbox 360?
Is there anything special I must do or can I just insert a xbox game into a 360? I'm most interested in playing the original Halo and the Call of Duty games.
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Play n64oid saves on laptop?
Is there any way to play the game saves from n64oid on my Win7 laptop? Basically I'd like to be able to hook up my USB controller and take over from a game save I have from traveling and playing on my ...
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How do I run “Frogger 2 - Swampy's Revenge” on newer Computers
Someone gave me this game as a birthday present. Unfortunataly the installation does not even start under Windows 7, Compability Mode does not help with that. It is a Windows 95 game. How can I get it ...
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Easiest way to play Super Mario World on Macbook laptop
I'd like to play Super Mario World (SNES Mario) on my Macbook laptop using a controller that's somewhat similar to the SNES controller. What's the easiest way to do this (Software, controllers etc)? ...
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How do I play an old Net Yaroze game?
I used to really enjoy the game Super Bub Contest that was given away on a few Playstation magazine cover discs.
It was a Net Yaroze game, for the original PS.
I no longer have the discs, or a ...
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Why does my GBA emulator run slow on my i7 iMac?
I have a Game Boy Advance emulator (Visual Boy Advance) on my iMac (specs below), and it has an extremely choppy frame rate. Gameboid on my Droid X however runs smooth as silk. What gives?
I know ...
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Looking for a Good/Reputable Source for Hardware to Dump Old Cartridge Based Games [closed]
I love retro-games! What kid from the 80's doesn't! I'm also a software engineer by trade. Recently, I've also had to transition into designing actual embedded computer hardware which has meant that ...
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iCade bluetooth keyboard mappings for MAME?
I just got an iCade -- it is technically for an Apple iPad, but it is basically a generic bluetooth keyboard arcade controller.
It's great! But once I paired it with my laptop as a bluetooth ...
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Emulation problems with Paper Mario
Has anyone successfully emulated PaperMario for N64?
I'm using Project64 1.6 on Windows 7
Using Jabo's video plugin there is lots of flickering which was really annoying so I tried Glide64. Which ...
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Crash and Reboot When Running mame.exe (MAME Emulator)
I downloaded the latest version of the MAME Emulator (version 0.142 - mame0142b.exe) from the address below recently:
http://mamedev.org/release.html
Unfortunately, when I execute the mame.exe file ...
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Recent M.A.M.E. for MacOS [closed]
Is there any version of MAME for MACOS that is still up to date? (Still maintained).
http://www.macmame.org/ last update: 2006
http://mameosx.sourceforge.net/ last update: 2009
GUI would be nice, ...
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Why is it so difficult to emulate PS2 games in a PS3?
I know that PS2 games can only be played in a 'fat' PS3 with the right hardware to run it. But why is so difficult to emulate a PS2 game in the PS3 without that hardware? Is the processor, the ...
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How to fix USB gamepad problem with Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) Classics 1
Lately I bought Sega Mega Drive Classics 1 on Get Games, featuring Golden Axe, Shadow Dancer, Crack Down and several others (also available on Steam). The games work perfectly with my ancient, ...
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Home page for 3d Analyze
I want to try 3d Analyze to see if it can get Battlefield 2 working for me.
When I Google 3d Analyze I get a thousand mirror sites. Not one of them looks like the actual "Home Page" of 3d Analyze.
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How do I optimize PXSX2's performance?
I'm looking for a PS2 emulator guru who knows the ins and outs of PXSX2. I'm currently trying to play my all time favorite game, Final Fantasy X, on the emulator and I'm constantly running at around ...
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MAME “distributions”: which one is better for what thing?
I use MAME almost from the begginning of the project and love it. But today exists so many variations and "distributions" of the original that I can't keep the count. I used the MAME Plus project but ...
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Does XBox gamepad emulator software exist for the PC?
What I'm hoping to do is use a second keyboard and/or mouse in the place of a gamepad for games that require a gamepad to enable multiplayer gaming. I've noticed a few games that are XBox ports have ...
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Joystick D-Pad not working on sdlmame
I wasn't sure on which StackExchange site I should ask this, so I'll give it a try over here.
I installed sdlmame (0.140-1) and qmc2 (0.2.b17-1) as a frontend on ArchLinux.
I enabled a USB joystick ...
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How to run PlayStation 1 CDs on my PC?
I have an old PlayStation 1, and I am a big fan of old games. I have a lot of game CDs for this PlayStation.
Is it possible to run these games on my PC? If so, how?
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Is it possible to use a playstation save on a pc version?
I almost finished Final Fantasy VII on a PSX emulator running on Ubuntu, but now I would like to play the last hours on the pc version, maybe with graphical and audio mods (non-MIDI music and ...
