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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."
"I believe most people won't care about emulation, perhaps buying 1-3 games at most. I would guess most people interested in the old games already have emulators running on other machines and would be unwilling to pay to do the same on a revolution, unless it was really cheap, as in 0.99"
First, I do think NES games will be this cheap. They won't be able to get away with charging 5-10 dollars for a 3k file of a 20 year old game. I'd be willing to bet it's a few dollars per NES game. I'd guess maybe it'd be something like 2 dollars for NES, 5 for SNES, and maybe 7 or 8 for N64.
And second, if my first statement is true, I'd definitely buy a lot more than two or three games. Just becuase they're old doesn't mean the games aren't fun anymore. And I haven't played them in years, becuase there isn't enough room for all the systems, and most of my older systems I've since sold anyway. But, eventually the nostalgia sets in and you wish you hadn't sold them...
I've downloaded emulators and roms on the computer, but it isn't the same. I'm really looking forward to easily downloading and playing the back catalog of NES games on my tv.