help please

[HarvestMoon]

Ok I don't know if this fits here or not but I have a question. Can you have more than one emulator on your computer? Please and thank you for your help!

[GameGeeks]

Yes you can.

[HarvestMoon]

Ok well I have tried to put more than one on but I can't get it to work. Also do you know how to take one off your computer?

[GameGeeks]

They're self contained files so the trash bin will do nicely.

[HarvestMoon]

Ok thanks just one more question. Which nintendo ds emulator is the best?

[GameGeeks]

Can't help you there since I con't emulate the DS. Ask Ryu.

[HarvestMoon]

Oh ok thanks I will. Thanks again for answering all my questions!

[tatsuya1221]

They're self contained files so the trash bin will do nicely.

Actually you should have said most are, i think project 64 is an actual program type, not self contained.

[GameGeeks]

Didn't know that.

[Johnbear]

Ok well I have tried to put more than one on but I can't get it to work.









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[N1ghtWalff]

Ok well I have tried to put more than one on but I can't get it to work.


you'll have to give more info because I think we're not understanding you. It's like if you're asking if you can have more than one mp3 on you computer.

Exactly what are you trying to do and how? Put the emulators in different folders and it will work fine. What emulators are you using?

As for NDS, no$GBA seems to be the only emulator with decent speed at the moment, so I'd recommend that one.

[vido93]

i have an emulator for just about every system and they all work fine. here's a list of some emulators i have that work, if it helps anyone:
N64: Project64
Gamecube: dolphin (still working out a few tweeks)
GBA: batgba
NES: 80five
Playstation 1: PSXeven
Sega Genesis: Gens32 Surreal
Sega Saturn: Satourne
Xbox: Cxbx (haven't quite got it to work yet, but i think it's do-able)

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i got many of these off of coolrom btw

[FNQer]

Ok I don't know if this fits here or not but I have a question. Can you have more than one emulator on your computer? Please and thank you for your help!

i may be late here -

of course, you can have many emulators on your pc.

whether you can run the emulators on your particular pc depends on the pc's specifications and on the emulator itself (some emulators are more at the developmental stage, thus buggier than others emu which runs smoothly). i am assuming here that the ROM itself is not corrupt as well.

to give you a personal example, i have various emulators installed and running on my netbook (MSI Wind U100). now, the hardware specifications of the netbook is a Intel Atom N270 1.67 GHz, 2 GB RAM with onboard GMA950 graphics. given those specifications which are rather restrictive, I play:


Nintendo 64 using 1964 emu
DS using iDeaS emu
Super Nintendo Entertainment System using ZNES emu


At present, I am playing GoldenEye 007 on the N64 emu - and the game is thusfar very playable, with minor graphical glitches occasionally (the doors are coloured funny). I am also playing Mario Karts on the ZSNES without any major complaints.

i did try a number of DS emulators - and many were very glitchy. now, whether this is because my netbook is rather limited in terms of its computing performance or the software itself is a bit buggy is a question I may find later. iDeaS emu plays on my netbook sluggishly and iDeaS is a on-going project.

There seems to be at least two good choices of each platform emulated - so if one emu doesn't work, try another.

I also recommend that you have a game controller for your emulators. You can configure the game controller for each emulator.

Different emulators of different gaming platforms means you will have a collection of ROMs in its various file formats. you will need to get familiar with each different file types of these 'ROMs'. you might then want to consider a ROM manager - something like ROMcenter.

Stick with the emu that are popular in terms of the number of downloads and reviews, etc. get the latest version of the emulator for the right PC platform you have (windows? XP or vista? 32-bit or 64-bit? linux? etc) and get some appropriate ROMs (dont ask me where) for that particular emulator - and see if you can get it running on your machine. you might also need to get plug-ins, etc. check the documentation on the official emulator software developer's website - first with the pc specifications minimum required to run the software. Then refer to instructions, FAQs, forums to get more information about the particular emu...

many of the emulators were first developed many years ago, on older pc platforms - if you have the latest generation PCs then it is likely to meet the minimum requirements to run these softwares.

as for installing, uninstalling the emu - that question is more about navigating within windows (or whatever operating system installed). install/remove programs in control panel typically lists the software you have installed. everyone needs to familiarise themselves with extraction of compressed zipped files and what the different filename extension are...