Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "Derek da Silva" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: N64 on the PC Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 22:53:47 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 34 Message-ID: <7902h9$6fv2@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <78qua8$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> <78tdbr$ccr11@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <78ul52$ccr14@chuka.playstation.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: pC8s13a01.client.global.net.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 >Not for a very long time: to emulate a machine effectivewly you need a >machine an order of magnitude more powerful. > >John I'm not familiar with the GDROM standard, but it seems to me that "where there's a will (and the talent) there's a way" and, if the current PCs can't hack it, the upcoming Pentium3 and AMD K7 CPUs might well be up to the task - especially considering the architecteral similarities between PC and Dreamcast everyone keeps harping on about. I'm no expert :-) so do correct me if I'm making any wild assumptions. Stuart Cambell's article in today's (1/2/99) CTW raises some valid points regarding the counter-productive animosty toward emulators present in the industry. He's certainly correct regarding emulators beneficial effect in continuing interest and awareness in old games (and thereby maintaining the value of the intellectual property to the copyright holders) ; as opposed to the opinion held by the ISDA, but he's been proven extemely short-sighted regarding the emulation of contempory consoles. I hope, now the authors of UltraHLE have cancelled the project, it won't be resurrected by anyone else. It's not surprising Sony are suing Connectix, but it would have been far better for the industry (especially Apple!) - and brought a certain amount of respectability and regulation to the emulation scene - if some sort of compromise had been reached. Derek --- --- --- --- --- --- dasi@globalnet.co.uk