Well, it was only a matter of time, but SNES emulators are here!

[wraggster]

via ps3fanboy

You know it was coming. Linux opened so many doors and windows with its Yellow Dog iteration, this shouldn't be such a big surprise. I mean, Snes9x operates in Linux, so... you know. While the video on YouTube has a guy going really, really slow in loading Chrono Trigger (he's really typing like he's eating a hot dog with one hand and balancing a soda in the other), the truth of the matter is that it works! It runs nearly at full speed and with those fun little 16-bit sounds. The sounds are, however, slightly off-kilter. No biggie, though.

Personally, I'd rather play all my SNES emulator games for free than download the classics on that virtual library thingy. But for all you perfection buffs, know that it's not a completely, absolutely perfect rendition of your classic SNES titles. So, take your pic. If I had a PS3 right now, I'd be loading up... hmm... probably the translated Seiken Densetsu 3... A.K.A. Secret of Mana 3 (let me break that down right quick: the first game was titled Final Fantasy Adventure for the Game Boy, the second was actually Secret of Mana and this was the third! Ta-da!).

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[JKKDARK]

Yeag, glad to hear it. There are nice snes games that we want to play in our PS3's

[Emeriastone]

I mean, it's linux, how long was it supposed to take?

[NoQuarter]

I can't wait to see some more emu's
I wonder if anybody has sucessfully installed aiglx or xgl on this thing yet?

[Cap'n 1time]

good job to the coders who ported it to that hardware, but still.... not exactly a HUGE accomplishment.

as for the ati drivers mentioned above, im sure it is going to take very modified ati driver, though im sure it will be done.

[Makaveli777]

The biggest accomplishment will be getting the 3d consoles to work

[mavsman4457]

The biggest accomplishment will be getting the 3d consoles to work

I agree, and if we don't get those consoles working, I will be very upset. I have said this many times before, and it is pretty optimistic, the ultimate program for PS3 linux would be an xbox emulator.

[Russoxley187]

yeah this it awesome, about time...