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SNES (snes9x) Emulator Ported to PS3

"A user on github named eiz has released a early PS3 port of snes9x, the Super Nintendo emulator. We’ve tested the emulator and at least on the game we tried the emulator is working very good. Speed seemed to be 100%, controls, sound implemented etc. The sound was a bit staticy and low quality, but this is a work in progress. This project is open source so the author is inviting others to improve the foundation he has laid."

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ALFAxD_CENTAURO5733d ago (Edited 5733d ago )

Is nothing new this Emulation, but it was possible on Linux on PS3. You can even emulate N64 Virtual Games on PS3 with Linux without piracy like PS Groove.

liveActionLeveler5734d ago (Edited 5734d ago )

first they got the psp games runnin on it now this, next it's prbly gonna be wii emulation with move controls!

KratosGirI5734d ago

This is why I like homebrew!

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WildArmed5734d ago (Edited 5734d ago )

Me too.. not for SNES support though. I already have computers for that..
But more interestingly, PSP support! :D

Too bad I dont plan on getting working this stuff.
Already upgraded fw

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MGRogue20175734d ago (Edited 5734d ago )

... It's just a matter of time until they get Xbox 360 ISOs running on the PS3 which will no doubt blow all of our F**king minds away.. And Sony will be pissed & release PS3 firmwares all over the damn place lol

You guys definately know that it's possible it may happen.. And I personally can see it coming, for better, or for worse. :D

Chuk55734d ago

Sony would have to squash that super quick, or they could be facing a bankrupting microsoft lawsuit.

sashimi5734d ago (Edited 5734d ago )

How could M$ sue Sony over something Hackers are doing... and i doubt any law suit can bankrupt Sony.I don't see Lawsuits filed @ Apple...yet for those emulators running on those itouch/phones/mac.

Chuk55734d ago

Ya but this is a current gen system. It's one thing to run 8-32 bit era emulators but the 360 is a whole nether thing all together.

LightofDarkness5734d ago

No, it won't. Emulation works by interpreting (and dynamically recompiling) machine code so that the host system can understand it. This can be an incredible strain on the CPU, depending on how well the emulator is coded, how accurate the emulation is and how much of a gap there is between the power of the system being emulated and the system running the emulator.

The PS3 and 360 are, contrary to popular belief around here, very similar in terms of power, but very dissimilar in terms of processing and operation in general. Even if some miracle worker managed to streamline things so much with the cell, the GPUs are too close in power to imagine an amateur coder making it run anywhere NEAR full speed.

Which leads me to believe you either know very little about emulation or you're trying to incite something.

siyrobbo5734d ago

no way the ps3 would be powerful enough to emulate 360 games

gaffyh5734d ago

I seriously doubt it, the only reason PSP emulation may work, is most likely Sony already has that functionality in the PS3 firmware. That is probably how all the PSP minis work on PS3 as well, and it is very unlikely that a PSP emulator would be released for PS3 when the PC version of it is very inadequate.

The same is the case with the 360, while it may be possible from a technical standpoint, it's very unlikely because there are major issues because usually emulators require 3 times the power of the original system, and I don't think the PS3 can handle that. It may be able to handle 3 times the processor power (just about), but it's graphics card is weaker than the 360's (this is a known fact, it does not mean that games cannot look better on PS3) meaning graphics emulation is pretty much impossible. Also, there is not even the slightest hint of a 360 emulator on PC, meaning whoever made it, would have to start from scratch.

It is actually more likely that we could see a Wii and Gamecube emulator, because the Dolphin emulator is well-progressed on the PC, and it would be a matter of porting it. How they would map IR controls to camera tracking though, I have no clue.

raztad5734d ago (Edited 5734d ago )

I dont know how can you get disagrees in that thoughtful comment.

PSP games work because the needed software layer IS there to begin with. Hackers just enabled it.

The PS3 is substantially more powerful than the xbox, IMO, but it is not powerful enough to run its games w/o proper recoding/recompiling. That would require an insane amount of power. Hell, I doubt the highest end PC available can run xbox360 games off pure emulation.

Chuk55734d ago

honestly, if it's not pro sony, it will disagrees. No mater how well put together and valid, like the gentlemen atop, is. People seem to think the graphical gap between the ps3 and 360 is as big as the xbox1 and ps2. It's not.

MarkyMarky5734d ago

* It's just a matter of time until they get Xbox 360 ISOs running on the PS3

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Ch1d0r15734d ago

Thats what these guys should be working on 360 isos on ps3. Who the fuck wants to play old roms on the ps3?? the ps2 and pc can already do that... If they could get 360 isos running on the ps3, now that be news worthy.

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Final Fantasy X 25th Anniversary Website Launches With New Nomura Artwork and Merchandise

Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.

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-Foxtrot33d ago

Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.

They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.

solideagle33d ago

they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.

Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted

Relientk7733d ago

Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments

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15 Years Ago, Mortal Kombat (2011) Saved Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise

A brutal reset, a smarter story, and a return to what made it great—Mortal Kombat (2011) revived the series.

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italiangamer42d ago

"Gaming’s Biggest Fighting Franchise"

Press X to (seriously) doubt.

DarXyde40d ago

Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

Soy40d ago

And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12540d ago (Edited 40d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7741d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga41d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit41d ago (Edited 41d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199241d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga40d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman40d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger41d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box41d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion40d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7241d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7541d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit41d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14941d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7741d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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