Windows is the paradise of emulators: we tell you how

Console emulators for desktop computers have been around for quite some time; It's nothing new and you'll notice it especially on the pages of some programs, which has a very early 2000s feel to it. As computers get faster and developers work, ways are being found to emulate newer consoles. so that we can recover that nostalgia for the old games.

However, the final result may not be what we expect, and in some cases emulating the original performance is often difficult and laborious due to the effort and reading required from U.S.

Therefore, it's important that when you download and install an emulator, you take the time to read the documentation to get it working the best possible. That will require a bit of Google (or whatever they use), reading and seeing what people are saying. But if they persevere, the result may be what they expected or more.

The number of emulators available is numerous, so I want to thank the ASPEB Gamers community (listen to the Podcast that have, it's a one-way trip), for recommending some emulators they use to play.

We start backwards with the emulators for users, perhaps more hardcore, because in many cases they are managed by a command console. We have Atari PC, which emulates an Atari 2600, CCS64 that brings you the blue interface of a Commodore 64 and WinUAE for a Amiga (the console).

Leaving aside the commands, we move on to the consoles that many here surely had in their childhood. Obviously we were going to include the NES, which can be emulated with the RockNESX, and for the SNES , we have ZSNES and SNES9X. Moving on to SEGA consoles, like the Mega Drive, Genesis, Master System and others, we have KEGA Fusion and RetroCopy (which also runs SEGA games). NES). And without neglecting the GameBoy, we have the VisualBoyAdvance, which emulates games from the three versions of Nintendo's portable console.

Moving to the newer consoles, we have Project64 which works with games from Nintendo64, WinDS for Nintendo DS and Dolphin for GameCube and Wii And on Sony consoles, we have ePSXe for Playstation 1, PCSX2 for Playstation 2 and PPSSPP for PSP

And of course, we are not going to forget about possibly the best known emulator by all: MAME. With it we can enjoy arcade games like Snowbros or Burger Time (I never went beyond the second level in this one).

All emulators are free, and most are driven by user donations. The ROMs of the games are going to have to look for them, since by this means we cannot recommend sites because it is not legal.

These are all emulators for our desktop computer, but of course, there are also alternatives for Windows Phone 8/7 and Windows RT/8 (Modern UI).

Emulators for Windows RT (Modern UI)

I must confess that when I entered the Windows Store and put the word “emulators” in the search engine, I got quite interesting results.Although it is true that there are not many alternatives, each emulator is very well developed and designed for both desktop computers and tablets.

First I want to talk about the three emulators that developer m.k has: SNES8X (SNES), VBA8 ( GameBoy Advance) and VGBC8 (GameBoy Color). All three were available on Windows Phone, but apparently the developer didn't pay his developer bill and doesn't plan to (shame). So don't forget to download these before they are suddenly removed from the store.

These three emulators work very well and do their job perfectly. These have three types of integrated controls: with the keyboard if we are on our desktop PC or notebook, with the screen if we are on a tablet or with our joystick Xbox 360 (no setup required, just turn it on and it's ready to play).

This flexibility in the controls was undoubtedly what I liked the most along with the fact that it is very easy to use and without configuring anything. Also, all three emulators are free.

Nesbox is another application that I found interesting to comment on. And although with SNEX8X we already have a good emulator for Super Nintendo games, this adds two interesting things: support for SEGA games and a game browser.

Getting games for Nesbox is quite easy, because titles that work with this emulator can be downloaded from the official website. It is simply downloaded and then launched so that it takes us to the application. Unfortunately, it does not support joysticks, although it does support touch screens and keyboards.

And finally, we have two more emulators worth mentioning. The first is EMU7800, an emulator for Atari 7800 and 2600 games that brings a large number of titles available in its library, so you don't need to download anything ( although you can add games via Skydrive).And the second is Frodo, an emulator for Commodore 64

Emulators for Windows Phone 7/8

Moving on to the emulators for Windows Phone 8 and 7, we're not too bad either as there's a good selection of apps to choose from that all work well.

First we'll name Samuel Blanchard's: Purple Cherry (GameBoyColor) and Blue Tomato (Master System and Game Gear). Both emulators are quite similar in interface (not to say the same), and they work very well. They have different ways to add ROMs to our smartphone such as via Skydrive or downloading it directly via a link (useful if they send us, for example, a download link to Dropbox) .

Both are priced at $1.29, although it has a trial version that will only allow us to add one game to our library. They are available for both Windows Phone 8 and Windows Phone 7.

Now we move on to Andre Botelho, who also has two emulators uploaded to the store: EmiGens Plus (Sega) and EmiPSX ( Playstation 1). Both applications are the same in design, and it allows you to include games from your internal memory, MicroSD or Skydrive, which makes this task easier (especially in Playstation games that are heavy enough to be uploaded to the cloud).

The price of EmiGens is $1.29 as a donation, meaning that the trial version is the same as the paid one. Meanwhile, EMIPSX is priced at $2.49, though it also has a trial version. Both apps are only for Windows Phone 8.

Lastly, we have the EMU7800, which, like its version for Windows 8/RT, allows you to play titles from Atari 7800 and 2600The interface and games available is the same as the version for tablets and desktop. And then we have vNESLight, which allows emulate NES gamesGames are uploaded via Skydrive, and there is a free version with and a paid version without.

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