Saturday night adventures

Been tinkering with something I’ve never really messed with before: emulation.

One reason for me delving into this new territory is finally being able to play import PS2 and PS1 games that I’ve bought over the years but never got around to purchasing a modded console to play them. The other reason is finding better ways to capture gameplay footage for screenshots.

I’m really surprised at how far emulation has gone. Last time I fiddled with it was around 15 years ago when SNES emulation was all the rage. A friend handed me a CD-R with an emulator and some ROMs and said "have fun." A few nights ago I tested a PS2 emulator by using my physical copy of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3. For the record: socks were blown off. I couldn’t believe how well it played the game with no slowdown, jittering, and the such; even though it was rendering 3D environments in real time.

Now I’m trying to get my PS1 game saves from my non-official PS1 memory card to the emulator on my PC. There are lots of hoops to jump through, but at least there’s a solution for this.

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