Seeing Pcsx2 progress so far ive been wondering is this what happened in the early days of psx emulation? Did one emulator break the barrier for all or was it a more competitive beginning compared to ps2 emulation?
Beginning of psx emulation
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yeah, well think about people who remember playing videogames before you were born.Kazuya Mishima said:Believe it or not it made me realize that i'll be 30 and possibly with kids when waiting for the Ps4 to come out
I'm 24 now.
now where the crap is sxamiga to back me up.....
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Simple exaggerationhushypushy said:
What a wonderful thread! Makes me feel kinda old though
I remember watching the PSX emulation scene when it first came out. I never actually got into the PSX emulators until ePSXe since it brought with it much room for options/compatability. Kinda like what I'm doing now, watching the PS2 scene
Back then there were so many PSX emulators it was crazy, in a good way. It doesn't seem like there is nearly as many PS2 emulators as PSX (if memory is serving me faithfully), but perhaps in time.
Heh, I remember SNES emulators barely running games - but that's when I got started (my friend got me in).
I remember watching the PSX emulation scene when it first came out. I never actually got into the PSX emulators until ePSXe since it brought with it much room for options/compatability. Kinda like what I'm doing now, watching the PS2 scene
Back then there were so many PSX emulators it was crazy, in a good way. It doesn't seem like there is nearly as many PS2 emulators as PSX (if memory is serving me faithfully), but perhaps in time.
Heh, I remember SNES emulators barely running games - but that's when I got started (my friend got me in).
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ePSXe released Sep. 9 2001 http://www.ngemu.com/psx/epsxe.phpliquid said:
(Although I thought it was Oct. 2000)
PCSX released Aug. 31 2000 http://www.ngemu.com/psx/pcsx.php
PSinex released Nov. 5 2001 http://www.ngemu.com/psx/psinex.php
Perhaps emulation really began to take off for a different reason.
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While others feel old, I'm feeling like a newb again
A cousing brought me VGS, and he also told me about bleem! being able to accelerate graphics with my TNT2. Unfortunately I was never able to get hold of it. Later I got internet and went to look for other PSX emulators and got linked to the website of ePSXe. Although my system was too slow for it, I used it to play FF9 later on. I do remember seeing a Bleem! package in a store near my old school. I don't remember the price of it anymore, but I think it was too expensive for my tastes, for I was just a 13 year old kid back then.
A cousing brought me VGS, and he also told me about bleem! being able to accelerate graphics with my TNT2. Unfortunately I was never able to get hold of it. Later I got internet and went to look for other PSX emulators and got linked to the website of ePSXe. Although my system was too slow for it, I used it to play FF9 later on. I do remember seeing a Bleem! package in a store near my old school. I don't remember the price of it anymore, but I think it was too expensive for my tastes, for I was just a 13 year old kid back then.
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When was this?Cid Highwind said:
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I think it was 2000, but I don't know for sure. It might have been in stores around the same time when I bought FF8 pc version for the full price. So it might also have been by the end of '99.Rand Linden said:
How much did you pay for your copy Samor?
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I'm not sure, but IIRC, (some of?) the international distributors were gouging customers by a lot, and little could be done about it.Samor said:
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Well it's kinda normal for us to pay more for games than people living in the US. The switch the $ sign with a €, and sometimes add 10 bucks on top of it...
Though back then we were still paying with the good old dutch currency we all long back for
Though back then we were still paying with the good old dutch currency we all long back for
I forgot the exact amount....I just remember it was a bit pricey.Cid Highwind said:
it's indeed normal that the stuff is sold more expensive in the Netherlands. Some charge ridiculous prices though; bleem! was just a bit on the expensive side.
My biggest mistake was paying a lot of money for the act-labs gameport lightgun (I think something like twice the amount of the US price) , and support for it was discontinued a few months after that. Well, last year I finally got a creditcard, so I'm not dependant on expensive Dutch importers anymore....
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RANDY LINDEN LOVES A good challengeclouds bro said:
Edit: urgh, second visit and it's a subscription site
Oh well, it was just a hit from a quick Google search
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Go learn your historyclouds bro said:
Does the name Bleem ring a bell?
Kids these days
@ Samor: I don't have a creditcard but Paypal helps a lot as well when buying overseas, though mostly I buy on ebay.
Ive never heard of him before as my knowledge on the programmers is still average really, but google is my friendCid Highwind said:Go learn your history
Does the name Bleem ring a bell?
Kids these days
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BTW Rand, Bleem was a nice piece of work IMO.
how much was Bleem! here in the US? i remember my friend buying it, i seem to recall $29 or $39....i remember seeing Bleemcast at Fry's for $9.99, i got the MGS one but left the Tekken2 and GT2 on there. man, if i saw those for 10 bucks nowadays i'd scoop them up in an instant...
well start learning, so when you see those red stars, you know to show your respect
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