Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Derek da Silva" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: N64 on the PC Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 22:40:07 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 30 Message-ID: <78tdbr$ccr11@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <78qua8$ccr1@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <78sf9o$ccr2@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <78sm7j$ccr3@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <78sml6$ccr4@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <78tbfg$ccr9@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: p2As08a01.client.global.net.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 >I've also heard about it: as best I can tell it's an 'underground' effort, >and is likely to stay that way, i.e. no right-minded company is going to >attach their name to it. The problem is that the only way an N64 emulator >works on a PC is using images of N64 cartridges. Previously N64 piracy has >been limited to people with specialist hardware, e.g. CD burners and >'doctor' peripherals. An N64 emulator broadens the market for N64 ROM images >to everyone with a PC. As N64 carts contain at most tens of MB of data, >comparable to PC demos, they can be easily downloaded. If this emulator does >well it will provide a massive boost to the N64 piracy market. > >John I agree completely (and had posted something along similar lines at virtually the same time - so cancel that ;-) ) As I looked at those amazing hi-res N64 screenshots at IGN64, I couldn't help feeling this UltraHLE, Bleem, VGS situation is very bad news indeed. Imagine the possible impact a working Dreamcast emulator could have if it arrived before the machine's official US/European release. Derek --- --- --- --- --- --- dasi@globalnet.co.uk Ooops - didn't mean to reply directly (email) to you John, sorry