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I did that... I got this...

I would have bought this collection but I already own the games. Most people that are Fallout fans have everything already...

I don't know if I could get behind this. I love Dragon's Lair. It is a great game. It was also a lousy cartoon. I envision an hour and 45 minutes of a fantasy genre movie about a knight storming the castle, overcoming obstacles and rescuing the princess from a dragon. Just because it is stamped with "Dragon's Lair" name branding does not mean it will be any good. Hell hasn't this been done repeatedly? More power to him if he gets his backing. I wouldn't knock anyone trying to bring their vision to reality but I can't back this. Sorry just my $0.02...

How well do these run in Win 7 / Win 8.1 / Win 10 environments? DOSBox is set up so that's not an issue if I need it.

It's about time you finished my order Duglim! Now if you'd be so kind as to drop it off I'll love it forever.

It's always about the latest and greatest... or the oldest. Stella gets updates all the time yet there's no great N64 or DreamCast emulators just fair ones.

Huh... looks like an interesting platformer but while I was trying to play it I noticed that the music is harsh - that hurts after a while. If I play this on a regular basis it's going to be sans sound.

Just thinking about it I would think - from a home build point of view - that it would be a lot of work for very, very little reward. Aside from someone wanting a "perfect re-creation" I don't see why anyone would do this. I dunno. Maybe someone who's actually done it or worked with these cabinets could explain it.

I have only ever done one AMD build (did two at the exact same time so I could also have a gaming tower - I count that as one) and it was the worst experience I ever had. I went through 5 processors to get 2 good ones. The 3 bad processors destroyed 2 motherboards as well. That snowballed into burning out 2 RAM chips. All told it took 3 months of RMA, phone calls and testing before I could get 2 working systems. I will never buy or build another AMD anything again. Just my $0.02 of course. And to be fair the 2 builds have been working flawlessly for the last 7 months.

Damn that's also when I started playing M:TG. I was hooked the first hand and by the end of that week I had found 2 card shops nearby and had 4 full sets of 3rd edition in card sleeves in a binder. Aah what an expensive week that was!

I was playing it for a little while. Unfortunately it didn't hook me and just made me want to play Magic again so I installed Magic: The Gathering which runs very well on my MSI GT70 Dominator laptop with Windows 10. Doesn't run too fast - used to fly across the map with one keypress in Win7 - and it's Magic! I may pick it up again because Hearthstone IS a good card game. If I do I'll keep that in mind.

When I set up my X-Arcade I intentionally installed everything to the D: drive and all the games to the E: drive. I used the SSD for OS only. Last night this paid off in spades and worked out exactly as I hoped it would if I had a crash... I built a PC for a friend a few weeks ago. Since this is also my part time business I take all builds seriously even if it is for a friend. Turned out the PC case I ordered never came in. Seller refunded me and made good but I had every component except the tower case so I yanked out my X-Arcade case and built his PC into it. Had to be done to get the customer his system. My new case finally came in and over the last 2 nights I put it all together. I connected everything exactly where it was. All cables and slots were marked so I would be able to put it together exactly as it was and avoid trouble. Yeah that didn't work... the system insisted the install was corrupted because of new hardware. No clue where this "new hardware" was but after an hour long frustration-fest I wiped the drive and re-installed Windows 7. At that point - since I'm starting from scratch anyway - I upgraded to Windows 10. So... my SSD drive was ready to go. I downloaded GameEx because the new OS didn't know it was installed. I installed it over the old directory on the D: drive so now the system sees it and it shows in my Installed Programs list. I ran my regkey and all set. This also has the added benefit of being current to 14.40. EVERYTHING worked perfectly. Since the emulators were installed on D: and the game drive was already E: all I had to do was reconfigure Mednafen, Stella and Nostalgia to use the proper controllers. I also installed LAV codecs since I had a clean install to work with. What I thought would take me days of reset and reinstall took 2 nights. Keep that in mind next time you do a build! Saved me a ton of trouble. If this post helps one person it's worth it. Oh, and Adultery? I'm still using GameEx Launch! As an aside - what are people using in Windows 10 for an ISO mount program? Haven't tried it yet but I still use ePSXe and Daemon Tools was uninstalled on my laptop when I upgraded to 10 due to incompatibility. I'm probably going to switch to Mednafen for PSX but since it's all set up I thought I'd ask first.

**SOLD** I hate to sell this because it's just freakin' awesome... but adult stuff keeps getting in the way. Damn responsibilities... I am selling my nVidia Shield Portable via eBay auction. I completely reset the unit so when you get it and turn it on it will start with the setup process. I have also purchased a 32gb microSD card for added storage. Comes with the adapter, charging cable, system, 32gb card and box. Adult owned - I'm 43 - and I was the only user. It has been used a lot however the screen is perfect. Case has minor scratches from putting it down/picking it up. It's not BRAND NEW condition but I'd call it very good to excellent.

Hmmm maybe I should give this a shot next time I need a networking solution.

Blaspheme!! Cast out the infidel! No I get it. It IS a command only emulator so if you're using it outside of a front end you need a GUI. MedGUI seems to be the frontrunner these days though I've never tried it personally. MedNaffe is still out there though if that's what you're used to. Again I don't use a GUI for it so I have no opinion on these.

Yeah but with GameEx you don't need a GUI.

I used to be a huge fan of FCEUX. Technically I still am however I've been sold on Mednafen for a while now. One emulator that works across multiple platforms makes it an easy choice for me. I haven't seen a bad emulation out of it so far. FCEUX has accurate emulation, debugging options, rom hacking, LUA scripting and so many tools that will keep the nuts n' bolts emulation fan happy. It's also easy enough to use that the casual "I just wanna play" type person can plug it in and go. NEStopia used to be the king of NES emulation as it was the only emulator that ran cycle exact emulation at the time - great for timing-specific moves in games - but it hasn't been updated in about 6-7 years. It still works well but there are better programs with more options available now. I tried RockNES a long time ago but it had slowdowns in the emulation. Wasn't a bad program. I haven't tried it in a long time though. Seems it is current and being updated again.

I realize I'm late to this party but I have found that some of my best emulation information came from console-specific sites. I used to belong to a PSP community (can't mention it as they have ISO posted) that always had these discussions for all platforms not just the PSP. Found out in a lot of instances I was using the wrong emulator. NEStor vs Nestopia vs FCEUX as an example.

I use Netgear WiFi Adapters on all my computer towers that are too far away from the routers in my house. I also use one for my Denon Surround Sound system. This woud definitely work for you. Once it is configured through your PC the device you attach it to believes it is wired to a router and takes the IP address from the adapter. I have 5 in my house and I honestly can't recommend them enough. They're also great for the PC repair business as I don't have to have a router on my workbench. This meant when I moved to my new house I could put the testing bench anywhere I wanted.

Not a big shmup fan but I like to play them now and again. I'll be looking for these titles. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Heh... from the title of the thread I was expecting something like this: