will soon see Saturn games on the VC

[choirsoftheeye]

DarkNight_DS said:

choirsoftheeye said:

DarkNight_DS said:

krik said:
You can play Saturn games on the computer with GameTap (http://www.gametap.com)

We already have a few Saturn games in our catalog but more are coming every week. Phanzer Dragoon anyone?

http://www.gametap.com/home/play/gameDetails/130001150

PS: Without an harddrive Saturn games will never make it to the Wii. Saturn games are over 600Mb+

What system specs do you require to play these games? Also control pad support has always been sub par on the PC. I've got a 360 controller that I use sometimes on my PC and the computer reads the one analog stick as being off center. It works fine on the 360 though. The games may be cheaper on the PC but it's definately not as easy.

I've actually found that using a PS2 controller with an adapter from Radioshack is amazing in terms of a PC joypad experience. The PS2 controller is also capable of imitating most controllers that came before it, so if you've got old semi-functional games you'd rather play emulated... (Or if you're a pirate, I suppose)

I have an adapter for my PS2 controller... it only works half the time, the other times I have to mess with the drivers because it detected it wrong upon insertion into the USB slot. BTW those specs for what kind of computer you need is pretty ridiculous. You end up using aprox 200watts of electricity playing the game on your PC, while on a console you only use about 20watts.

It's a great service in theory but unless it supports every OS, comes with a decent controller etc. it will never win true console players over.

 Weird, I've never had any issues with my controller - not once.  It just detects it as a Joystick.

 Those specs are a little high, but software emulation requires a much more advanced machine than what's being emulated, especially when the specifics of how things are done within the emulated machine aren't available.  I have to assume that's what this service does, since decompiling each games code and porting it to the PC is stupidly hard.

 That being said, I know nothing about GameTap.