PC Gaming Suggestions for Console-like Fun?

jayminer writes "We are a relatively newly married young couple who enjoy spending our spare time at home. We don't own a console but have a gaming laptop with DVI output to play games on our TV. My wife is also a CS major so she's computer literate enough. She does not like strategy games, MMORG or any other role-playing game. Apart from "Find the Sausage" jokes, we need quality gaming advice, preferably games which we can play with a single laptop connected to a single large screen, with two gamepads, a console-like experience. What are your suggestions?"

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And the $500 modchip

[tepples]

Just buy a console. That can be more expensive than a PC. An Xbox 360 console (USA version) costs $844: $349 for the console and $99 per year for a 5-year subscription to XNA Creators Club, which is required to run any title that isn't published by a large company.

Re:Smash Bros

[tepples]

Aside from that I recommend getting n64 roms Which N64 copier do you recommend, and where do you recommend buying it? I tried searching Google, but that turned up a lot of "want to buy a used copier" posts on forums, not online stores offering to sell goods.