The DCEmu Network Public Interview (Question #3)

[vettacossx]

does anyone remember THE PSX CHEAT DEVICE/VIDEO PLUGIN! THAT WAS A RARE GEM INDEED! what was it you ask?
a video plugin for your epsxe playstation 1 emulator, but more than a video plug it was the best damn cheat device ive ever used for anything!!! imean this thing had every game ...of every region ....and went by the "slus number" of the game so you had a list of every game made for the ps1 and cheats for every game made!!! wow!!! still i think its amazing too play ff7 on my lap-top on the go with a team like " 1 young cloud 1 sepheroth and 1 chocobo for my charichter moddifier cheat in this plug-in it has charicter moddifier codes !!!! i think this was my fav. and the Project64 emulator is a close second!

mad props too zillmar from the pj64 team for helping out our very own beloved psmonkey on the m64 too!!!

[Hawq]

Ah yes PEC I remember it well, a very usefull little plugin that was but now to the question.

What has been the most Amazing Homebrew or Emulation Release you have Played with ?

I think I'll have to rank UltraHLE up there as well for largely the same reasons as wraggster, despite having a N64 at the time I was rather blown away by the ability to play my games on the PC & as this was firmly within 3DFX's Voodoo lifespan it was brilliantly done, it did kind of leave nVidia or ATI users out in the cold though, didnt matter to me I had a Voodoo 3 2000 & it got used a lot even though using a keyboard for Mario64 wasnt exactly easy. It also stands out for me for the swift action of Nintendo to try & stamp it out, it was something like just under a day it was on the original homepage before they demended it was removed, by then though it was too late as every emu site in the world had it pretty much, you cant stop emulation it seems.

Also contenders of course are Callus & then Final Burn for giving us CPS1 & CPS2 emulation respectively, Final Fight & SF2 on the PC was a marvel to behold the first time round, though for CPS2 games we had to wait for the arcane magic of xors to run them & put up with the hoarding that went on for some of them. It didnt take anything away from having all the classic Capcom fighters & shooters available though, if anything it made it all the sweeter when we could finally play them.

On the homebrew front I think even though its not a game the homebrew dashboards for the Xbox must get a mention, I use EvoX myself but XBMC is a dash in its own right, I mainly just use it for video & music thoguh as it handles just about everything I throw at it with no problems. What does this have to do with emulation & homebrew games? simple without the homebrew dashboards we wouldnt have the ports & emu's on the Xbox.

While the many great emulators on the DC hold a strong place in my heart & could feature here in my answer I have to give it to the Xbox emulators I'm afraid & of the large amount out there the award probably has to go to Xports ports with the exception of Surreal64 of course, with this I can finally play my N64 games on my telly again without getting it out or dragging my PC downstairs (sure its got some bugs in it but damn its good when they dont rear up) Hang on! I've come full circle to N64 emulation, I wasnt expecting that when I started typing.

For a proper homebrew response then I reckon its got to be eitehr the Xrick Rick Dangerous port to the Xbox, the Rise of the Triad port, Doom port or Quake 2 port on the Xbox. Veering into portable though its got to be A Touch Of War I reckon, even though I havent fired up the latest version yet I've liked it since it started & from the shots its just getting better & better.

Special mention for Rice's N64 emu video plugin that lets you use hi res textures in games as well for its outstanding & when it came out totally unexpected brilliance.

[grin.ch]

thanks to SamuraiX, I would say it is Beats of Rage for an emu, other than that, PSP Bruce Lee has brought the most entertainment by way of homebrew games.

[felonyr301]

almost forgot about the xbmc now that is the best homebrew app because of its extensive support from people its a must dont bother selling your xbox just mod it for media purposes..

[DCDayDreamer]

What has been the most Amazing Homebrew or Emulation Release you have Played with ?

Bleemcast!, although a commercial product, it broke the mould, there is nothing else that can practically transform one console into another with no hardware mods, hacks, and by simply using disc swap - pure genius!.