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  1. NESticle? Try LoopyNES. by yerricde · · Score: 1 · on New Front In The Copyright-War: Abandon-Ware

    I used to use NESticle from Bloodlust Software, but then I found LoopyNES. LoopyNES has a much more accurate simulation of the timing in the NES's blitter, which lots of games depend on. It also supports more game boards (what the ROMs fit on; commonly called mappers). (E.g. LoopyNES runs Klax; NESticle doesn't.) Get LoopyNES at Zophar.net.

  2. Emulator? by yerricde · · Score: 3 · on No More Unreal Ports For Linux?

    The definition of "emulator" has a slippery slope: NES virtual machines emulate the NES binary interface. Java virtual machines emulate the Java binary interface. Linux emulates the UNIX® source interface (most of POSIX® and much of the Single UNIX Spec). XFree86 "emulates" the X11 source interface. GTK+ emulates the GTK+ source interface. So you're saying an emulator is any program that exposes APIs, that all libraries are emulators?

  3. Emulator? by yerricde · · Score: 3 · on No More Unreal Ports For Linux?

    The definition of "emulator" has a slippery slope: NES virtual machines emulate the NES binary interface. Java virtual machines emulate the Java binary interface. Linux emulates the UNIX® source interface (most of POSIX® and much of the Single UNIX Spec). XFree86 "emulates" the X11 source interface. GTK+ emulates the GTK+ source interface. So you're saying an emulator is any program that exposes APIs, that all libraries are emulators?

  4. Emulator? by yerricde · · Score: 3 · on No More Unreal Ports For Linux?

    The definition of "emulator" has a slippery slope: NES virtual machines emulate the NES binary interface. Java virtual machines emulate the Java binary interface. Linux emulates the UNIX® source interface (most of POSIX® and much of the Single UNIX Spec). XFree86 "emulates" the X11 source interface. GTK+ emulates the GTK+ source interface. So you're saying an emulator is any program that exposes APIs, that all libraries are emulators?

  5. Re:Other games by _xeno_ · · Score: 1 · on Minibosses Rock Nostalgic
    You can get the original music from a ton of games from Zophar's Domain which is mensioned in the article. Look for the NSF, GYM, and SPC archives.

    Links to the archives:

    There are links to get players on the archive pages.

    There is actually a Linux SPC player released on the GPL, so you can actually play the songs in Linux! Otherwise, you'd need DOS or Windows. And AFAIK, there is NO support for these formats on other platforms, sorry!

  6. Re:Other games by _xeno_ · · Score: 1 · on Minibosses Rock Nostalgic
    You can get the original music from a ton of games from Zophar's Domain which is mensioned in the article. Look for the NSF, GYM, and SPC archives.

    Links to the archives:

    There are links to get players on the archive pages.

    There is actually a Linux SPC player released on the GPL, so you can actually play the songs in Linux! Otherwise, you'd need DOS or Windows. And AFAIK, there is NO support for these formats on other platforms, sorry!

  7. Re:Other games by _xeno_ · · Score: 1 · on Minibosses Rock Nostalgic
    You can get the original music from a ton of games from Zophar's Domain which is mensioned in the article. Look for the NSF, GYM, and SPC archives.

    Links to the archives:

    There are links to get players on the archive pages.

    There is actually a Linux SPC player released on the GPL, so you can actually play the songs in Linux! Otherwise, you'd need DOS or Windows. And AFAIK, there is NO support for these formats on other platforms, sorry!

  8. Re:Other games by _xeno_ · · Score: 1 · on Minibosses Rock Nostalgic
    You can get the original music from a ton of games from Zophar's Domain which is mensioned in the article. Look for the NSF, GYM, and SPC archives.

    Links to the archives:

    There are links to get players on the archive pages.

    There is actually a Linux SPC player released on the GPL, so you can actually play the songs in Linux! Otherwise, you'd need DOS or Windows. And AFAIK, there is NO support for these formats on other platforms, sorry!

  9. Does "Metallica v. Napster" mean anything to u? by yerricde · · Score: 2 · on Sega Supports Emulation

    This just means that Sega is going to step up its anti-piracy campaign. (get paid) Nintendo of America Inc., for instance, doesn't even want players having ROM images of cartridges they own and even discredits freebeerware ROM development by claiming "emulators only support piracy."

  10. Clarification by tomservo3000 · · Score: 1 · on Maybe Video Games Don't Make Kids Kill
    The first link I gave isn't just a picture, it is an actual article, just a scanned picture of the article. The article itself it from Maximum PC, which is a very good magazine in my eyes.

  11. have to disagree by mushroom+blue · · Score: 0 · on ZD "Objective Reporting" Not Just For Linux
    not that I'm a friend of EGM anymore (it's totally gone to crap after Steve, Ed, Martin and Sushi left. RIP the original Review Crew), but I do have to disagree with you. If you would recall a recent issue of EGM where they reviewed Superman. The main editor of the mag (john Davidson or something), gave it a 0.5 out of 10... Stating that it should get at least half a point for just booting up. The kicker is, the magazine had been hawking it up for months. it was hysterical. They also gave low points to Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver because of the fact that it was unfinished... and they had a huge feature on it a few issues back. Luckily, there are still things at EGM that won't change, such as:

    THQ is a half-assed outfit.
    Acclaim games will always suck.
    Movie-Based Games will always suck (except Goldeneye).
    Games based on licenses (spawn, McKids, etc) will suck worse than a broken hoover.

    I do have to agree with you on the "Linux VS. NT" test, as they borked it all up. Although I really don't think they were "paid" by micro$haft, they most likely fixed the outcome to stay in microsoft's favor. Considering all the "alternative OS" crap they've been mentioning, Microsoft's gotta be pretty peeved at their little llamas.

    For official Magazines, here's my picks:
    PC: Maximum PC. they like linux, and are pretty straight-up. They even interviewed Linus Torvalds in their last issue of Boot (when they were still called that).
    Linux: either Linux Magazine or Maximum Linux.
    PC Gaming: PC Accelerator. good, and funny.
    Console Gaming: GameFan. They're also keen on emulation (as seen by www.vintagegaming.com)

    DavesClassics is dead. Long live Zophar.net

  12. have to disagree by mushroom+blue · · Score: 2 · on ZD "Objective Reporting" Not Just For Linux
    not that I'm a friend of EGM anymore (it's totally gone to crap after Steve, Ed, Martin and Sushi left. RIP the original Review Crew), but I do have to disagree with you. If you would recall a recent issue of EGM where they reviewed Superman. The main editor of the mag (john Davidson or something), gave it a 0.5 out of 10... Stating that it should get at least half a point for just booting up. The kicker is, the magazine had been hawking it up for months. it was hysterical. They also gave low points to Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver because of the fact that it was unfinished... and they had a huge feature on it a few issues back. Luckily, there are still things at EGM that won't change, such as:

    THQ is a half-assed outfit.
    Acclaim games will always suck.
    Movie-Based Games will always suck (except Goldeneye).
    Games based on licenses (spawn, McKids, etc) will suck worse than a broken hoover.

    I do have to agree with you on the "Linux VS. NT" test, as they borked it all up. Although I really don't think they were "paid" by micro$haft, they most likely fixed the outcome to stay in microsoft's favor. Considering all the "alternative OS" crap they've been mentioning, Microsoft's gotta be pretty peeved at their little llamas.

    For official Magazines, here's my picks:
    PC: Maximum PC. they like linux, and are pretty straight-up. They even interviewed Linus Torvalds in their last issue of Boot (when they were still called that).
    Linux: either Linux Magazine or Maximum Linux.
    PC Gaming: PC Accelerator. good, and funny.
    Console Gaming: GameFan. They're also keen on emulation (as seen by www.vintagegaming.com)

    DavesClassics is dead. Long live Zophar.net

  13. Re:so.. the implications? by razorwire · · Score: 1 · on Preliminary Ruling in Sun/Microsoft Case
    or are we just up against the basic truth that people like the SNES9X group simply don't live under the same set of laws as huge corporations with lawyers such as MS?

    Bingo. Although, to be fair, emulation of ROM-cartridge-based systems is a bit more of a gray area than something like PSX emulation, since you have to make a copy to use the emulator.

    whatever happened to SNES9X, anyway? the way i understood it from the earlier /. story they got some letter from nintendo saying they were illegal, and they immediately ceased to exist.

    The ISP hosting www.snes9x.com got a nastygram from Nintendo and shut the site down. AFAIK, Jeremy Koot (the guy behind SNES9X) hasn't been threatened with any legal action. The SNES9X project is still around and looking for a new home (see Zophar's Domain for the latest news).

    Overall, I'd say this ruling is a Good Thing[tm] for emulation... but it may not make a difference until a company with deep pockets gets sued by Sony/Nintendo/whoever.
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