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Jason Dunn
06-07-2002, 11:56 PM
<a href="http://fpsearm.psxfanatics.com/">http://fpsearm.psxfanatics.com/</a><br /><br />Yup, you read that right - although there are no screen shots of this thing running, it's apparently real. Not my cup of tea, but if you're hardcore, go check it out...
beyondallcom
06-08-2002, 01:03 AM
While this is great for gamers... how many of us have memory to store such a big rom/iso file?

Regards,
Kevin
Robotbeat
06-08-2002, 01:38 AM
64 MB for a demo game? I have a 128 MB CF card!
beyondallcom
06-08-2002, 01:53 AM
I mean like a full game ISO, you would have to have an a big CF card or a pc/cf card drive.
Robotbeat
06-08-2002, 12:36 PM
True. However, not all games use all of a CD. Besides, a lot of the time, most of that space is simply just cutscenes. Those can be removed. Also, I think that some regular games are only like 64 MB.
Reza
06-08-2002, 03:22 PM
Regardless of these significant speed and ISO size issues, most PlayStation games are simply unplayable without at least a basic Sony controller…
http://pscache.us.playstation.com/img/temp/conp_94031_f_a.jpg
JMountford
06-09-2002, 02:50 PM
I would LOVE to be able to take some of my PS1 games with me on my iPaq. I would especially like to be able to play Legends of Dragoon. The game is going on forever. 8O :) But I enjoy it. Still I think memory and speed will be a big hurdle. Plus I wonder what will happen if Sony gets wind of this as they are usually real terds about things they do not authorize.
Dave Conger
06-09-2002, 09:14 PM
Regardless of these significant speed and ISO size issues, most PlayStation games are simply unplayable without at least a basic Sony controller…

I agree. I have always had a problem with emulators because until there is a connectable controller, usually I think they tend to be hard to play on a PDA.
JonnoB
06-10-2002, 04:14 AM
Plus I wonder what will happen if Sony gets wind of this as they are usually real terds about things they do not authorize.

Only if turned into a commercial project. Sony put Connectix (purchased and then killed project) and Bleem (repetitive lawsuits) both to sleep. The other PS emulators still survive as underground projects.
madmaxmedia
06-13-2002, 05:52 PM
There are controllers and some hacks (one with the pretty cool and compact Gravis Stinger), but none with analog sticks which some PSX games use.

But storage is more of a problem. I would fathom to guess that most games will still take a couple hundred megabytes. This is a cool little project, but only really useful if you have a microdrive (what's the largest these days?)

I wouldn't mind playing Metal Gear Solid, Tekken 3, or FF 9 on my PPC.