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I've been playing about with some good emulators lately, e.g. Megadrive (finally gonna complete Road Rash)
They work really well on the Windows desktop, as a window that you can hide behind work etc
Got me thinking: it's difficult to run 'legacy' PC games in DOS mode on XP, so has anyone made a 'legacy' PC emulator that sorts out stuff like Sound card IRQs etc and lets me play classic PC games on a Windows desktop?
They work really well on the Windows desktop, as a window that you can hide behind work etc
Got me thinking: it's difficult to run 'legacy' PC games in DOS mode on XP, so has anyone made a 'legacy' PC emulator that sorts out stuff like Sound card IRQs etc and lets me play classic PC games on a Windows desktop?
I've found a PC emulator!
It's called BOCHS and requires a little PC knowledge to get it up and running. It's GPL software with a Windows port so you can run Windows on Windows if you want to
You can set up image files as floppy and hard discs and even use network cards.
http://bochs.sourceforge.com
The Megadrive emulator (and many others) is at www.zophar.net/genesis.html
(I use Kega, it's got everything)
at the ROMs (remember, you shouldn't download them unless you own the original game!)
www.edgeemu.com/
(need to register, and get a popup blocker)
It's called BOCHS and requires a little PC knowledge to get it up and running. It's GPL software with a Windows port so you can run Windows on Windows if you want to
You can set up image files as floppy and hard discs and even use network cards.
http://bochs.sourceforge.com
The Megadrive emulator (and many others) is at www.zophar.net/genesis.html
(I use Kega, it's got everything)
at the ROMs (remember, you shouldn't download them unless you own the original game!)
www.edgeemu.com/
(need to register, and get a popup blocker)
Anyone tried MAME? It emulates hundreds of old arcade machines, so you can play all the old arcade classics as they were. Amazing.
I also got hold of an N64 emulator and played Goldeneye, runs quite well. I even have a USB converter that lets you use N64 and Playstation joypads on your PC! Crazy!
I also got hold of an N64 emulator and played Goldeneye, runs quite well. I even have a USB converter that lets you use N64 and Playstation joypads on your PC! Crazy!
Neil_H said:
Anyone tried MAME? It emulates hundreds of old arcade machines, so you can play all the old arcade classics as they were. Amazing.
I also got hold of an N64 emulator and played Goldeneye, runs quite well. I even have a USB converter that lets you use N64 and Playstation joypads on your PC! Crazy!
Yep, I play MAME games, and KAWAKS game on my PC.
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