Naysayers run your self-checking routines!
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 5, Insightful
I'm really happy every time I see an update on the underground DC development. Its great to see some solid hardware released that is extremely affordable ($15 at regular retail stores!) and flexible enough to develop tons of applications for. Not to mention the amount of fun you get out of it. It's an exponential return on your investment.
Without a doubt though there will be countless people trashtalking this very post in a very short time. Why? "Dreamcast is dead", "Why would you want to waste your time with an old system?" "Don't you have a life?" "I bet you can't get laid!" Etc. etc. etc.
I see it every time, but I don't think people even stop and think about the crap that comes out of their minds when looking at a project someone put time into on a dead platform. They're too far gone and completely owned by the media. My point is: why do you people bother living? It's like you're dead already, seeing that a multi-million dollar corporation has it's fist firmly placed up your rectum and flapping your jaws away with whatever they'd like to hear you say. You should really stop and think where you get these ideas, and when you ask yourself: "Why do I clown on people modding old hardware", check yourself as soon as you hear that little voice say "because it's lame!". Is that really the reason? Where do you get that idea? Is it because the PS2 and Xbox look soooo much sexier on those MTV commercials? Because the voice on the radio tells you what to like? Just like they tell you when to be angry, sad or happy and what breakfast cereal to buy?
So yeah, that's about all I have to say. When you come into this forum and start trolling around other peoples hobbies, just remember to finish all your sentences with nice, clear "Mooo" so we all know where you stand.
Thanks.
Re:Naysayers run your self-checking routines!
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Goldberg's+Pants
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· Score: 3, Interesting
He does make a good point though. All the PS2/GC/XB fan boys will bang on about it, when the DC is a fantastic machine. Dirt cheap. Tons of home brew stuff. If you're not against downloading you can pretty much get every game ever made. (Not that you can get the majority through legitimate channels anyway.)
It's criminal the machine died. It's easily up there with the PS2 on graphics. It just got killed by shitty marketing and other companies not supporting it (Electronic Arts for example).
Some of the most eclectic games I've ever played are on my beloved Dreamcast. I'd rather sit and play Tokyo Bus Guide than the latest shovelware shit from EA anyway.
DC emulator
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 2, Interesting
Sorry if this is off topic, but for those who don't have a Dreamcast. There is a Dreamcast emulator that emulates Homebrews (such as this atari emulator) and commericals games at almost full speed. It hasn't been mention in/. before, so check Chankast out:
http://www.chanka.org
If you like it, don't forget to donate to encourage them for futher improvement. It will be open source once they release version 1.0.
Re:DC emulator
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Thing+1
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· Score: 2, Informative
It will be open source once they release version 1.0.
They obviously don't get the whole point of open source, then...
And what guarantee do we have that they will "eventually" open the source?
-- I feel fantastic, and I'm still alive.
Re:DC emulator
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Shakey_Jake33
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· Score: 2, Informative
Chankast does not actually run host homebrew titles yet.
The main issue is that most homebrew titles use a homebrew OS called KallistOS (that way there's no issue of legality). As of yet, Chankast seems to only run games using the official Sega 'Katana' OS. The emulator is also incompatible with commercial WinCE-based games.
Re:DC emulator
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drinkypoo
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· Score: 2, Interesting
What do you have to lose in the meantime by the fact that it's closed? It's not like they're expecting you to contribute to the program, or they'd make it open source. They probably just don't want to release code with which they are highly embarrassed. There definitely have been projects released to open source only after they have hit a certain preannounced point.
-- "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Emulator X for Platform Y is not news anymore
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Kris_J
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· Score: 3, Interesting
Seriously, anyone who cares about specific emulators for a given platform, are already reading DC Emulation, AtariAge, Zophar's Domain or something else that covers these events earlier and in more depth than/.
It's not like this was the first Atari ST emulator ever. It's a port for crying out loud.
Re:Emulator X for Platform Y is not news anymore
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aliens
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· Score: 3, Insightful
Not like we're getting inundated with news here in the Game section though.
And Dreamcast holds such a special place in so many hearts:)
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taking over the world, we are.
Re:Emulator X for Platform Y is not news anymore
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Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 2, Funny
Not like we're getting inundated with news here in the Game section though
Meanwhile, the politics section is full of stories. It's as if Slashdot is growing up before our very eyes. *sniff*
A full-speed Atari ST emulator for Dreamcast? This is really, really cool guys. There isn't even a full-speel SNES emulator for DC yet.
Re:Obsolescence - with new improved extra oldness!
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Dot.Com.CEO
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· Score: 4, Interesting
The Atari ST was by no means a failed computer. In fact, the home computer market was 60% Amiga's and 40% Atari's. Also, due to the inspired move of putting MIDI ports to STs, you could see Ataris in recording studios well after it was abandoned by Atari.
Also, the Dreamcast, even though a failed system had great games of excellent quality. Just because the market decided it didn't like the Dreamcast it doesn't necessarily mean it was a bad console. It was not. Compared to anything else at the time, it was the best console out there.
-- Mother is the best bet and don't let Satan draw you too fast.
Re:Obsolescence - with new improved extra oldness!
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Dot.Com.CEO
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· Score: 2, Informative
Germany was Atari ST territory. Some of the best software for the 68k architecture was made there including Callamus (sp?), an amazing dtp program, the fastest text editor I have EVER seen, Tempus, and of course Alladin's Mac Classic emulators that ran Mac software FASTER than Macs. Amigas were amazing machines as well, and yes, when I moved to England (1993 I think) I remember seeing Amigas much more than I did STs. The ST had a big presence in the continent...
-- Mother is the best bet and don't let Satan draw you too fast.
Re:Obsolescence - with new improved extra oldness!
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Goldberg's+Pants
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· Score: 2, Informative
I went from the Sinclair Spectrum to the Amiga. My friends went from the C64 to the Amiga. I was the last of my friends to abandon the Amiga (a move I've regretted ever since, but it lives on in the new awesome WinUAE which runs full tilt on my machine for the first time).
The fact is, it took Doom and Heretic to make us switch, yet looking back, the Amiga scene was far less of a creative vacuum than the PC. I've been revisiting old games on the emulator and the Amiga was such a great little machine. Check out some of the old demos and you see graphical tricks that I doubt even the most up to date PC's could pull off. Those custom chips were marvelous, and the system was ahead of it's time.
Too bad Commodore fucked it up with their marketing:(
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I'm really happy every time I see an update on the underground DC development. Its great to see some solid hardware released that is extremely affordable ($15 at regular retail stores!) and flexible enough to develop tons of applications for. Not to mention the amount of fun you get out of it. It's an exponential return on your investment.
Without a doubt though there will be countless people trashtalking this very post in a very short time. Why? "Dreamcast is dead", "Why would you want to waste your time with an old system?" "Don't you have a life?" "I bet you can't get laid!"
Etc. etc. etc.
I see it every time, but I don't think people even stop and think about the crap that comes out of their minds when looking at a project someone put time into on a dead platform. They're too far gone and completely owned by the media.
My point is: why do you people bother living? It's like you're dead already, seeing that a multi-million dollar corporation has it's fist firmly placed up your rectum and flapping your jaws away with whatever they'd like to hear you say. You should really stop and think where you get these ideas, and when you ask yourself: "Why do I clown on people modding old hardware", check yourself as soon as you hear that little voice say "because it's lame!". Is that really the reason? Where do you get that idea? Is it because the PS2 and Xbox look soooo much sexier on those MTV commercials? Because the voice on the radio tells you what to like? Just like they tell you when to be angry, sad or happy and what breakfast cereal to buy?
So yeah, that's about all I have to say. When you come into this forum and start trolling around other peoples hobbies, just remember to finish all your sentences with nice, clear "Mooo" so we all know where you stand.
Thanks.
Sorry if this is off topic, but for those who don't have a Dreamcast. There is a Dreamcast emulator that emulates Homebrews (such as this atari emulator) and commericals games at almost full speed. It hasn't been mention in /. before, so check Chankast out:
http://www.chanka.org
If you like it, don't forget to donate to encourage them for futher improvement. It will be open source once they release version 1.0.
It's not like this was the first Atari ST emulator ever. It's a port for crying out loud.
A full-speed Atari ST emulator for Dreamcast? This is really, really cool guys. There isn't even a full-speel SNES emulator for DC yet.
Also, the Dreamcast, even though a failed system had great games of excellent quality. Just because the market decided it didn't like the Dreamcast it doesn't necessarily mean it was a bad console. It was not. Compared to anything else at the time, it was the best console out there.
Mother is the best bet and don't let Satan draw you too fast.
Germany was Atari ST territory. Some of the best software for the 68k architecture was made there including Callamus (sp?), an amazing dtp program, the fastest text editor I have EVER seen, Tempus, and of course Alladin's Mac Classic emulators that ran Mac software FASTER than Macs. Amigas were amazing machines as well, and yes, when I moved to England (1993 I think) I remember seeing Amigas much more than I did STs. The ST had a big presence in the continent...
Mother is the best bet and don't let Satan draw you too fast.
I went from the Sinclair Spectrum to the Amiga. My friends went from the C64 to the Amiga. I was the last of my friends to abandon the Amiga (a move I've regretted ever since, but it lives on in the new awesome WinUAE which runs full tilt on my machine for the first time).
The fact is, it took Doom and Heretic to make us switch, yet looking back, the Amiga scene was far less of a creative vacuum than the PC. I've been revisiting old games on the emulator and the Amiga was such a great little machine. Check out some of the old demos and you see graphical tricks that I doubt even the most up to date PC's could pull off. Those custom chips were marvelous, and the system was ahead of it's time.
Too bad Commodore fucked it up with their marketing:(