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MikeB on 13 March 2009

Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 is quite capable on the PS3 for running OpenOffice.org, Firefox, watching high definition videos, etc, etc like you can on a PC. But I found this interesting, Win95 (which is x86! and thus very hefty to emulate on the Cell's PPE, which is PPC) and then running Starcraft:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQHlFPRPhHA

Maybe useful to a few if you are using a keyboard and mouse on your PS3 and want to play a RTS. To me its more interesting this runs at all and actually works pretty well! Looks like SPE usage in Linux is increased.

Early 68k MacOS and AmigaOS releases are also already emulated on the PS3 using Yellow Dog Linux and usable enough to run some classic applications.

Regarding games emulation Snes, Amiga and classic Arcade games are fun to play, if for example you want to use the wireless PS3 controller and want to play on your living room HDTV.

Arcade games running on the PS3:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T2g2ekZETs (YDL 6.0)

Amiga games:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEklKwJoyjI



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

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NicholasCage on 13 March 2009

This is old...

Nice for people who didn't know about it though. I'll still play on my comp though.



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MikeB on 13 March 2009

@ NicholasCage

Was there a thread here on VGChartz? Due to moving to a new home I was little online, I was on a temporary lousy connection for about 2 months.



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

PS3 vs 360 sales

MikeB on 13 March 2009

@ NicholasCage

I'll still play on my comp though.


Me too, at least with regard to most mouse and keyboard controlled stuff. I don't want that lying around in my living room. But with regard to classic games which play well with the PS3 controller, I prefer this.

I thought this is more interesting from a technical perspective.



Naughty Dog: "At Naughty Dog, we're pretty sure we should be able to see leaps between games on the PS3 that are even bigger than they were on the PS2."

PS3 vs 360 sales

TheThunder on 13 March 2009

wow first time I know about this

that it's nice



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Ajescent on 13 March 2009

what consoles can the ps3 emulate with linux?



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1337 Gamer on 13 March 2009

lol running windows 95!!! lmfao the cell is indeed powerful haha. lol i know that PPC is different than an intel x86 cpu but its still funny i remember running linux and playing alot of games on my old Xbox. Mostly N64 and PS and SNES roms



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SnesTea on 13 March 2009
NicholasCage said:
This is old...

Nice for people who didn't know about it though. I'll still play on my comp though.

 

That video was posted 3 weeks ago dude...



Squilliam on 13 March 2009

You could always run Starcraft on a PC running windows? Actually its probably more interesting that they got Windows running on it more than anything. That in itself is worth a little lulzsor.



Tease.

sieanr on 14 March 2009

And pc games One tenth the power of a ps3 can run this game twice s well. Then again, running obsolete games obsolete an obsolete architecture is always fun.



Leo-j said: If a dvd for a pc game holds what? Crysis at 3000p or something, why in the world cant a blu-ray disc do the same?

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