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wraggster
December 7th, 2006, 21:11
via ps3fanboy (http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2006/12/07/well-it-was-only-a-matter-of-time-but-snes-emulators-are-here/)

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!).

Video Here -->
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZcj8zoYtHY

JKKDARK
December 7th, 2006, 21:17
Yeag, glad to hear it. There are nice snes games that we want to play in our PS3's :)

Emeriastone
December 7th, 2006, 21:30
I mean, it's linux, how long was it supposed to take?

NoQuarter
December 7th, 2006, 21:36
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
December 7th, 2006, 21:51
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
December 8th, 2006, 01:29
The biggest accomplishment will be getting the 3d consoles to work

mavsman4457
December 8th, 2006, 01:45
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
December 8th, 2006, 03:18
yeah this it awesome, about time...