Emulators - doing any good for you?

[b9_2mr]

I'm still anxiously awaiting my Axim (ordered it 1-13, expected to arrive about 2-9), and I'm kinda planning what I'll be doing with it. I'm in calculus right now, so I'll definitely load the HP49G emulator on, but I was wondering if anybody knows the speed/quality of console emulators for the Axim. In particular, the following: GB, NES, SNES, Genesis. I'll be getting the 300Mhz version if that makes a difference in speed, can anybody tell me if I'm getting in over my head with the emulator thing?

[Home Skillet]

I've got the Pocket NES and it plays games perfectly. The sound could use some help and if I have some applications open the emulator will freeze once in a while. The 'save' and 'load' option are great so you can save a game to an exact spot on a level or whatever. Plus all the games for that emulator are free. :D

[dellboy]

I have loaded pocketnes OK but am having difficulty in finding the actual games. Any hints?

[andsoitgoes]

I'm a big fan of YameCE. I have a 400 and I notice that on PocketNES the sound chops out quite a bit.

But with Yame, it's smooth as can be. And Yame also supports SNES and a few other systems (I haven't been able to get the TG-16 emulation working in Yame, yet, but it's there!).

However, don't expect perfect control using the D-Pad. It works, but don't try to play something that's button-mashing intensive, it just DOES NOT work! :(

I'd love to see a little snap-on control stick ala the GameBoy systems for the Axim. I'd buy it, and I'd use it...

Anyway, s'my two cents.

Nick

[red-i]

wow yamece plays snes? coool!

I've expereicned the same thing with pocketNES , i.e. sound issues.. however yame works well.. I've found, however, that there are a bunch of roms that won't play in yameCE but play in other emulators on windows.

[Logan]

Good to know, something to keep me busy while I wait for my Axim, look for ROMs ;)

It plays NES & SNES flawlessly? What other systems does it support and what systems does it run flawlessly?

[Raynne413]

SNES emulators are kind of slow, but if all you want to play is RPG games then you should not have much of a problem. I use MorphGear for GB, GBC, and NES and it works great. Yes, you have to pay for it, but I had the money a few years ago. :D