Re: The future of emulation?

Posted by Tricob on .

Actually, a PC *can* react to mere touches with the use of a "Touch Screen".  There's isn't much reliable software that uses them, however.

As for the future of emulation, there are always "rare and forgotten" gems Nintendo doesn't sell simply because they didn't do well in the market the first time around.  It's games like this that will keep interest in emulators going.  Same goes for consoles with great games but crummy controllers (Yes, Atari 5200, we're talking about you).

Finally, it's not just Nintendo who's doing the Nostalgia games thing.  Check out the Atari Flashback consoles, which have both Atari 2600 and Atari 7800 games installed on them.  There's at least two different models of these out now, possibly a third in the making.

- Tricob.

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In reply to: The future of emulation? posted by captainobvious on .

So... the Wii ("wheeeeee!" aka "dabbayoo two"). Virtual Console. Millions of people playing older games. What of the Emulator market?

Why would people get an emulator if they can already play all their favorite old (Nintendo) games? People might use emulators for savestates and slow-down to make the game easier, like game-genies or cheat codes. If Nintendo charges for playing the old games ("buying" them), emulators would be a free alternative. Will emulators actually become more popular? Which means more ROM downloading (pirating?)... Will the pirating cause the eventual legal downfall of emulators?

Assuming emulation continues into future years, there is still the hurdle of motion-sensitivity (Wii controller) and touch-reactions (Nintendo DS). I can't throw my computer around, and it doesn't do much when I poke it.