emulators?

[aimeekitty]

sooooo I haven't looked into emulators for years... but I'm trying to figure out the best way to keep and be able to play some older classic games I like. Those of you who use them, could you tell me more? :) Can you use them with MAC & PC?
Do they really work like the old games actually did, or are there drawbacks?
which do you use?

I think once the holidays are over and we start converting the garage, I'm going to set up the Xbox, ps2 and maybe the dreamcast and Snes on a switchbox on the living room tv so that we could play any of them easily. But I'm not sure if my SNES even works anymore. :) I'm trying to figure out the best way to do all this.

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[sweetmary.livejournal.com]

I use Zsnes and Visual Boy Advance.
They're right here on my compy (PC) and I grab a PC controller and play me some games.

ZSNES is..that's right..SNES oooh, aaah. Chrono Trigger and Harvest Moon all night long! (hasn't happened in ages..but when I have time..oh boy howdy!)

The best part about emulators is that you can DL Japanese games..and some folk create translated patches. :D (Totally have Sailor Moon SNES game. :D Dorkery!)

I don't now how helpful I am. Back when I didn';t have my own compy, my brothers showed me the magic of emulators and roms. I have no idea about transferring them to actual consoles..b/c I'm not that cool. Although, you can do it for gameboy, gba, and such if you buy this cartridge..and upload games to it..then play them. I'm hazy on that, since it's my brothers' territory and not mine.

Good luck. :D It's all such fun to say "I think it's time to kick it old school.." and do just that..immediately.

Speaking of which, I need to get me some NES goodness. >_>

[aimeekitty.livejournal.com]

WAH?? you can play like, say, old SNES games emu'd on a GBA system itself? O_O?!