Alright, things are starting to get really good with these hacks. Just after seeing a GameCube / Wii
Tetris,
Linux build, SNES emulator, and the first homebrew MP3 player for Nintendo's money-maker, we're getting a totally radical, native Genesis / Megadrive emulator for the console. Coder-extraordinaire Eke-Eke has created not only the first of its kind for the Wii (and GameCube), but it's also the first
ever that's capable of playing
Virtua Racing, a milestone in Genesis emulation. This latest feat utilizes the same backdoor
Twilight Princess hack, which is proving to be the best thing that happened to Wii development since... well... ever. Hit the read link and check it out yourself.
[Thanks,
Craig]
posted Mar 2nd 2008 1:02PM
Virtua Racer... I did not have money in those days so I could only view this game from afar but what i remember very well is that the game was selling for a ludicrous £60. And what do you get today for £60... this game for me puts it all into perspective.
Actually, PicoDrive for the GP2X emulated the Virtua chip first.
http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/Picodrive
On the page you referenced, it says PicoDrive isn't capable of *playing* the game, which is what this article mentions, not being able to look at the pretty menus. Foot, meet bullet.
It would be playable if the GP2X had more than a 200MHZ ARM CPU.
Not if the notes on your link are accurate. "Can't get game to start" sounds like more than just a horsepower issue. That's all semantics though, since you just admitted the GP2X can't play the game. The article is about it being playable, not who emulated it first.
Wii-hooo, Altered Beast!
Altered Beast is already available through the normal, legal Wii Virtual Console.
This too is legal, provided you own Twilight Princess and whatever Genesis game you wish to emulate.
Street Fighter 2 Special Championship Edition. Greatest version of all time. OK the Graphics couldn't match the SNES but the speed! Especially when cranked up. Really got the adrenaline flowing. Im drooling thinking of doing a dragon punch in my living room with a WiiMote!
It's Wii Remote you dingbat not WIIMOTE !!!!↓
@kawaiipikachu
I usually wouldn't reply to someone so hopelessly anally retentive but damn it I couldn't fight the urge.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wii_Remote
Google search for Wiimote results in 3,410,000 results.
Neither conclusive proof either way, but proof enough that Wiimote is pretty common vanacular. Am I not allowed to use shorthand or nick names on this blog??/ Get a life!
I wish to buy a Wii Remote so that I can purchase digital video discs to play first person shooters on my television.
GENESIS DOES!
What Nintendon't !
Super Nintendo, SEGA Genesis
When I was dead broke, man I couldn't picture this
You could always buy a Dreamcast, burn 1050 ROMs onto a disc and play those for free...
But that would illegal right? :P
Nice to see the games living on, I still have my Virtua Racer cartridge! Still works!!!
Not if you own a physical copy of all the roms on the disc!
So I take it you still need an SD card adapter for this exploit? I sure wish they'd let you load those files from a DVD instead...
You do know the sd slot is built in, right?
You still have to use the Gamecube SD card slot adapter right now. they haven't been able to load straight from the built-in SD card.
How freakin far ahead of the gaming industry is Nintendo? I think the engineers did this on purpose, because they want to relive their childhood days.
The list of reasons to get a Nintendo Wii keeps on growing like a leafy plant to low earth orbit heights.
too bad sega has kindof gone down the tubes a bit : (
I really don't like seeing "Backdoor" and "twilight princess" being used in such close proximity...
...after the NES emulator available for the SegaDreamcast, turnabout is fair play!!! I want the original Sonic series for this, though...