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NES Emulator for Xbox 360?
jayintune writes "2old2play is reporting on a new Nintendo emulator for the Xbox 360. Someone has apparently figured out a way to stream emulation via Media Center to the 360 in 480p. At this time sound is not currently available, but they are said to be working on a fix as well as other emulators including GEN and TG16. You can check out the emulator in action from this link to a YouTube video."
Can't wait until I can get a supercomputer to run the XBox 360 emulator!
Even after the next generation people still want to play Nintendo on their Xbox?
it's to bad any progress they make can be completly undone in the blink of an eye with an "update" to the 360.
Let me get this straight. Is a PC required to play Nintendo on the xbox 360 without sound? That doesn't sound very useful to me. If you really want free (as in illegal) NES games on your tv, you should consider getting a used dreamcast with 1 or 2 rom cds. You can even use game genie codes and saved states.
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So basically you're running a game on your PC, and using the XBox 360 as a thin client to remotely display the PC's screen output.
Why not just take one of the XBox 360's PC-compatible USB controllers, plug it directly into your PC, and play the game there?
If you have an MCE Computer, why not just hook that up to your TV?
I can play NES games on my phone (Nokia N70). Also Spectrum, Mame (z80 and 6502), Gameboy, Snes (too slow, though) etc. Why is this on Slashdot?
if you take a NES and hook it up to your tv, via RF or RCA cables, you can actually play NES games on your TV. The best part is, it has native support for NES controllers, and the sound works too. Imagine that. It even runs in 244i. :P
The Nintendo Rev will be able to play NES, SNES, N64, GB, GC, Genesis, and TurboGraphx games out of the box. Big deal. I think I can wait :)
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This is not an emulator for the Xbox 360. It is being emulated on the Windows Media Edition PC, and "streamed" to the Xbox 360.
First, who the hell has Windows Media Edition? People who use Windows because they have to use Windows XP Pro or something like that, low end home users use XP, and everyone else uses Linux / OSX... but really, Windows Media Edition is for Media PCs that you hook up in your living room, and why not then just run your emulator directly.
A NES emulator on Xbox 360 would be cool, but this is not it! Now, if Microsoft didn't intentionally cripple their products, and let XP or XP Pro users stream to the Xbox, that would at least be something. But no-one I know actually owns Windows Media Edition, and I certainly am not going to buy it or set it up just to play NES games.
But you're missing the important part. You can play NES in 480p!!!
I can beat that: Nestopia for PC supports hq3x, which scales NES graphics up to 720p. And I don't need an Xbox to do that.
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Because some people would rather play on a comfortable couch with their big screen TV rather than at a desk with an office chair and a small monitor?
Then use your television set as your PC's monitor. Many PC video cards have composite, S-video, component, or DVI outputs, and many HDTVs have VGA inputs. If you fear that an ATX/BTX case would look too out of place in your living room, get a nice Mac mini or Mini-ITX PC. In fact, a Mac mini is perfectly sized to fit under your GameCube.
The Nintendo Rev will be able to play NES, SNES, N64, GB, GC, Genesis, and TurboGraphx games out of the box. Big deal. I think I can wait :)
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Not only that, but if you use the xBox360 solution, you still have to buy a Windows box to play Windows Media Center output and broadcast it to the xBox360.
However, it may be easier to crack. The xBox360, that is.
Decisions, decisions. I think I'll wait two years and enjoy my GameCube and xBox just a tad longer. I still haven't completed Sims2 (xBox)
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I doubt that any company would sell an emulator, especially after Bleem got sued out of existence over their PSX emulator for DreamCast. (I think Bleem won the law suit but went out of business fighting.)
Unless the Connectix and Bleem cases have resulted in a binding precedent in at least one federal circuit. Once one defendant achieves a pyrrhic victory, the rules of precedent under the common law let another defendant in a similar situation win more easily.
After all, the virtual console games are almost pure profit for Nintendo (they have to pay for bandwidth).
Unless some of the exclusive right holders involved get residuals, as may likely be the case for sport-league-related and movie-related titles.
"Hello Mr. Balmer"
"Not very fine at all! Our japan sales are terrible!"
"What do you want me to do about it? Those japanese love their Nintendo games."
"Wait a minute I have an idea."
"Whats that Mr. Balmer?"
"We punch a hole in our highly proprietary and expensive desktop product and one in our highly proprietary 360 console then pay some paid 'hacker' to release a Nintendo emulator for it."
"Sir, itsn't that illegal?"
"No such thing. We own the technology end to end so we can do whatever we want with them. Just make sure the 'hacker' can't be connected to the company! If you think the Windows dev group got gored, gutted, and spread on my rug, just imagine what would happen if this got traced back to us. You hear me?!"
"Erm, yes sir!"
Bye!
I don't see why anyone whould be clamoring to play the SNES game John Madden Football '93 or Acclaim's NES adaptation of Total Recall today, anyway.
One word: Goldeneye.
Two words: Perfect Dark
Two words: Slide show. Two more words: Xbox 360.
... and here's the link: http://www.conmicro.cx/hercules/
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Now, the only question is..
Does it run linux? (so it can emulate Big Iron)
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