Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: "JohnT" Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: Sony probably doesn't like this Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1998 15:49:24 -0000 Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 38 Message-ID: <6chk0p$b31@chuka.playstation.co.uk> References: <34295D09.8C4591C@ukonline.co.uk> <342A1541.4D88@interactive.sony.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 194.75.167.131 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.2106.4 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 Yes, I know this may be an old thread but I had to say this :) Yes you are cynical!! Even a 486DX266 could emulate the consoles from a decade ago! The only reason you need the faster machines of today to run the emulators is because of the bad programming of those creating the emulators. If you were to write the emulators so that the critical stuff used less fancy (and slower) commands in assembler then they would be much faster! As for today's consoles. It's only the custom chips that prevent a decent emulation. If the writers of the emulators used the sort of hardware available to the PC today then the emulator could match the consoles and in some cases better them! Comparable power? The heart of a PSX has as much power as a 386 PC! It's only the custom chips that give it the extra power. The GPU is now surpassed with the power of the latest 3D accelerators for the PC and as for the sound system, take a look at the SoundBlaster AWE range for a better system! Don't get me wrong though. In my first week of owning a NY I have enjoyed playing about with it. But when it comes to gaming power, if a game is available on the PC as well as the PSX then I will get the PC version every time. Developer Support wrote in message <342A1541.4D88@interactive.sony.com>... >Call me cynical, but since the latest PC's are only now being able to >emulate consoles from a decade ago, I would be surprised that they would >have much of a stab at emulating a machine with comparable power .... > >Paul > >Peter Dollochan wrote: >> >> hi all >> I see some clever chappy has written a psx emulater for the pc >> and guess wot the Yaroze stuff can be done to. >> Yaroze games coming to a PC near you or something I suppose. >> Pete.