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[DJMOJO]

So i briefly went over the "FAQ" and newbies thread. I just recently (yesterday) purchased gameex. i love it! glad i don't get the nag screen! haha anyway i was looking to see what were the best emus for specific consoles ie... im using zsnes because i know it already but what is the best emu to use for NES or genesis and other home consoles.

Issues that i am hoping not to have are wide screen support, i don't want it to stretch the image in full screen

Universal Exit button (other than esc button) so like being able to map button combination to exit (such as both p1 and p2 buttons and like down on both joysticks to exit the emu) similar to mame.

anyone know what might work best? thanks in advanced and im happy to be a part of the community!

[Ninja Rygar]

I think we have a thread for this already, but I'll take it seriously anyway.

Well, right off the bat, you shouldn't have to worry about the Exit button mapping for ANY emulator, as that's an option you can set in Gameex itself very simply. So don't concern yourself on weather the emulator has an option for that or not... it's not an issue with GameEx.

NES

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What it boils down to here is FCEUltra (and it's many knockoffs) vs Nestopia.

Both will give you what you're looking for with GameEx... but Nestopia wins for me because of it's higher compatability rate (So in case you want to play all those shitty Sachen games, go right ahead...)

Both are great in fullscreen, and sound perfect... and aren't very complicated. They're hidden well in gameEx.

Nestopia also has 7zip support, with isn't an issue since GameEx adds that support to basically any emulator, but it just means it's easy to configure things OUTSIDE of GameEx, which is always nice. You don't have to extract any of your 7zips. I really can't think of any advantages to using FCEUltra... so try out Nestopia.

GENESIS

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It's going to have to be Gens32 Surreal (the latest version) vs. Fusion.

When it comes to Genesis, Fusion is the way to go. Gens32 Surreal is a bitch to get running in GameEx (though I can't remember why, I just remember it being a bitch) and doesn't offer any better Genesis support than Fusion.

Fusion definitely sounds better... I read that Gens32 Surreal has a customizable sound engine, but one false move and your Genesis will be sounding like a forehead banging against a piano.

Doesn't mean Fusion doesn't have it's hiccups... but it does have tons of full screen options and good speed (Turn on VSync again, trust me) which is what you're looking for.

(On another note, not only is the SegaCD compatability very low, but a good number of Game Gear games don't work at all either, which is why you'll want to keep Gens32 around.)

[Brian Hoffman]

So i briefly went over the "FAQ" and newbies thread. I just recently (yesterday) purchased gameex. i love it! glad i don't get the nag screen! haha anyway i was looking to see what were the best emus for specific consoles ie... im using zsnes because i know it already but what is the best emu to use for NES or genesis and other home consoles.

Issues that i am hoping not to have are wide screen support, i don't want it to stretch the image in full screen

Universal Exit button (other than esc button) so like being able to map button combination to exit (such as both p1 and p2 buttons and like down on both joysticks to exit the emu) similar to mame.

anyone know what might work best? thanks in advanced and im happy to be a part of the community!

Well there is already a couple old threads here regarding this. However.

Nes-nestopia

Snes-zsnes

Sega 32x-fusion

Sega CD-fusion

Sega Game Gear-fusion

Sega Mastersystem-fusion

Sega Genesis/megadrive-fusion

Atari Lynx-Handy

Atari 5200-MESS

Atart Jaguar-Project Tempest- Not very good system tho

Nintendo Gameboy-Visualboyadvance

Nintendo Gameboy color-Visualboyadvance

Nintendo Game boy advance-Visualboyadvance

Sega Dreamcast-NullDC 1.03

ARCADE Sega Naomi-Makaron

ARCADE AtomisWave-Demul

ARCADE VECTOR GAMES-AAE

Sega Saturn-SSF

Panasonic 3do-Freedo

[DJMOJO]

I think we have a thread for this already, but I'll take it seriously anyway.

Well, right off the bat, you shouldn't have to worry about the Exit button mapping for ANY emulator, as that's an option you can set in Gameex itself very simply. So don't concern yourself on weather the emulator has an option for that or not... it's not an issue with GameEx.

NES

-----------

What it boils down to here is FCEUltra (and it's many knockoffs) vs Nestopia.

Both will give you what you're looking for with GameEx... but Nestopia wins for me because of it's higher compatability rate (So in case you want to play all those shitty Sachen games, go right ahead...)

Both are great in fullscreen, and sound perfect... and aren't very complicated. They're hidden well in gameEx.

Nestopia also has 7zip support, with isn't an issue since GameEx adds that support to basically any emulator, but it just means it's easy to configure things OUTSIDE of GameEx, which is always nice. You don't have to extract any of your 7zips. I really can't think of any advantages to using FCEUltra... so try out Nestopia.

GENESIS

--------

It's going to have to be Gens32 Surreal (the latest version) vs. Fusion.

When it comes to Genesis, Fusion is the way to go. Gens32 Surreal is a bitch to get running in GameEx (though I can't remember why, I just remember it being a bitch) and doesn't offer any better Genesis support than Fusion.

Fusion definitely sounds better... I read that Gens32 Surreal has a customizable sound engine, but one false move and your Genesis will be sounding like a forehead banging against a piano.

Doesn't mean Fusion doesn't have it's hiccups... but it does have tons of full screen options and good speed (Turn on VSync again, trust me) which is what you're looking for.

(On another note, not only is the SegaCD compatability very low, but a good number of Game Gear games don't work at all either, which is why you'll want to keep Gens32 around.)

sweet thanks for that helpful info. where might i find that comand in gamex to close the apps?

Well there is already a couple old threads here regarding this. However.

Nes-nestopia

Snes-zsnes

Sega 32x-fusion

Sega CD-fusion

Sega Game Gear-fusion

Sega Mastersystem-fusion

Sega Genesis/megadrive-fusion

Atari Lynx-Handy

Atari 5200-MESS

Atart Jaguar-Project Tempest- Not very good system tho

Nintendo Gameboy-Visualboyadvance

Nintendo Gameboy color-Visualboyadvance

Nintendo Game boy advance-Visualboyadvance

Sega Dreamcast-NullDC 1.03

ARCADE Sega Naomi-Makaron

ARCADE AtomisWave-Demul

ARCADE VECTOR GAMES-AAE

Sega Saturn-SSF

Panasonic 3do-Freedo

Awesome! thanks so much brian you've helped me out so much on this forum and i haven't been around that long haha

[Brian Hoffman]

sweet thanks for that helpful info. where might i find that comand in gamex to close the apps?

Awesome! thanks so much brian you've helped me out so much on this forum and i haven't been around that long haha

Your welcome,Gameex has a built in exit game feature, were you look for an alternative?

Sometime I dont put in consideration for how long I have been here, or some of our other regular contributors.

Happy Gaming

Brian Hoffman

[Ninja Rygar]

In "Advanced Configuration"... when you configure your emulators, you'll notice one of the options says "Advanced config" and you might see something like "[Mapping off] Process exit (Close)"

That's the advanced config file, and if you press the "Edit" button next to it you'll see all sorts of interesting options in Ben Baker's advanced config editor... including what you're looking for... the gamepad exit option.

You can set up different advanced config files... I usually use the same one, but had to make different ones for Mugen and stuff like that. Go for it.

Also Brian, I disagree with Fusion being the best emulator for Sega CD, as I've noticed alot of games won't work beyond playing the intro. Maybe it's just my experience, or maybe it's the roms I downloaded... but try playing Time Gal, or Power Rangers. They don't work.

Gens32 runs them just fine.

[Brian Hoffman]

Also Brian, I disagree with Fusion being the best emulator for Sega CD, as I've noticed alot of games won't work beyond playing the intro. Maybe it's just my experience, or maybe it's the roms I downloaded... but try playing Time Gal, or Power Rangers. They don't work.

Gens32 runs them just fine.

Its ok to disagree, Those roms work fine in fusion for me, it must be your cd images. I also forgot to mention

Sony Playstation- PSX

Sony Playstation2- pcsx2

Nintendo Gamecube- Dolphin

Nintendo Wii- Dolphin

Nintendo DS- No$Gba

[DJMOJO]

awesome thanks so much guys! i figured out how to set the exit thing but i cant seem to figure out how to use keys from both controllers.