paddy
Active Member
Unlike most other emulators on other systems apart from windows and linux there are features
thatdevelopers leave out even tho they would be best suited to the handheld or console
and the biggest feature for any emulator would be Netplay - log into a server or direct connect
and play with anyone anywhere. most
So the features listed here are what i would love to see as a standard for all pandora
emulators ,i hope you all agree and most important is that the devs read,agree and implement
what they also think would be a good idea.
NETPLAY (A MUST FOR US PANDORA USERS,WE CAN ALL SHOW OFF OUR RETRO SKILLS)
this could pull people on to the pandora especialy if there was a dedicated server just for
pandora users to get on and play each other,mabe even leaderboards,but most important
is just being able to play against or coop with others,mariokart,secret of mana and bomberman
come to mind.
LOCAL MULTIPLAYER (MABE USE BLUETOOTH FOR POWER SAVING INSTEAD OF WIRELESS)
this feature is a must once the second batch it out devs would be asked countless times to
add this feature in,so wouldnt it be a good idea,the posability opens further with two tvs
two pandoras and four usb slots.
SINGLE SYSTEM EMULATOR (I PERSONALY PREFER SINGLE SYSTEM EMULATORS)
this would be my prefered way of starting/running emulators,i have a passion for
every game system out there,even the not so good ones and feel its better to make
the most out of that system with a nice gui,icon set and emulator specific options tailored
to that system - im not saying multisystem emulators dont do these things but i dont think
they do them fully,many will disagree with me but its my personal taste.
FILTERS (SCANLNE - SUPER2XSAI -MAKING THE GAME LOOK THE BEST IT CAN BE)
filters are much needed and can make games look extremely good,the two filters that
i care most for are scanline and basicaly any smooth filter and would be even better
enabling both at the same time.
SCREENSHOTS - (MAINLY USED AS A PLACEHOLDER WHEN CHOOSING A GAME)
screenshots are cool for a tag when browsing the games list - defo just a finnishing touch.
RECORD - (ABILITY TO RECORD YOURSELF PLAYING A GAME)
loved the record feature in zsnes it you are really good at some games and you
record yourself playing it gives you a buzz that you try to play the best possible as
you might actuly show someone these vids showing off !!!! yey i know kinda sad but
i love trying to do a complete run on gradius 3 with 1 life or completing smb in under
6 mins with no assists.
FF RW GAMEPLAY - (ABILITY TO REWIND AND FAST FORWARD GAMEPLAY)
the rewind feature isnt important to me,never actuly used it but fastforward is really
good for skipping intros and slow parts of a game,its somthing i use all the time without
actuly thinking about it.
SAVESTATES - (WE ALL LOVE SAVESTATE FEATURES)
needed for sure ,we all will be playing on the go or in short bursts and then theres
games that should have had save support that didnt,games that take too long to complete
in one go and games with ultra large passwords.
SEPARATE CFG AND SINGLE CFG - (SAVE GAME CFG AND DEFAULT CFG)
the ability to save a cfg per game -so you might want one game to have different control
options,sound and display options when you start it up,or you might also want the option
for all games that dont have a specific game.cfg config file to load up a set default set of options.
VIDEO OUT - (EMPLOY PANDORA VIDEO OUT FUNCTION)
a pandora selling point in my book ,this really needs to be the norm and i hope we see support
on emulators for video out,pandora hooked up to the tv with a few wirless controllers is a great
idea.
THEMES - (CHOICE OF THEMES WOULD BE NICE BUT WOULD EXPECT AS A FINNISHING TOUCH)
themes are nice but i think its not really a needed feature - mabe even just the ability to have a
custom background when running the emulator - well anything is better than a dull black screen.
MUTE EMULATOR SOUND - (PLAY OTHER MUSIC/RADIO MEDIA AS BACKGROUND SOUND)
i would prefer if the pandora could handle this without the emulator support ,meaning you could
play music or radio on pandora at anytime as a multi tasking feature then you could just mute
the emulator sounds.
Im not asking or begging the authors of possible emulators on pandora for these functions
but would love to see at least the netplay on all system emulators,as would us all ,so thats all
i can think of that would be nice to have on an emulator,anyone got some more cool ideas ?
thatdevelopers leave out even tho they would be best suited to the handheld or console
and the biggest feature for any emulator would be Netplay - log into a server or direct connect
and play with anyone anywhere. most
So the features listed here are what i would love to see as a standard for all pandora
emulators ,i hope you all agree and most important is that the devs read,agree and implement
what they also think would be a good idea.
NETPLAY (A MUST FOR US PANDORA USERS,WE CAN ALL SHOW OFF OUR RETRO SKILLS)
this could pull people on to the pandora especialy if there was a dedicated server just for
pandora users to get on and play each other,mabe even leaderboards,but most important
is just being able to play against or coop with others,mariokart,secret of mana and bomberman
come to mind.
LOCAL MULTIPLAYER (MABE USE BLUETOOTH FOR POWER SAVING INSTEAD OF WIRELESS)
this feature is a must once the second batch it out devs would be asked countless times to
add this feature in,so wouldnt it be a good idea,the posability opens further with two tvs
two pandoras and four usb slots.
SINGLE SYSTEM EMULATOR (I PERSONALY PREFER SINGLE SYSTEM EMULATORS)
this would be my prefered way of starting/running emulators,i have a passion for
every game system out there,even the not so good ones and feel its better to make
the most out of that system with a nice gui,icon set and emulator specific options tailored
to that system - im not saying multisystem emulators dont do these things but i dont think
they do them fully,many will disagree with me but its my personal taste.
FILTERS (SCANLNE - SUPER2XSAI -MAKING THE GAME LOOK THE BEST IT CAN BE)
filters are much needed and can make games look extremely good,the two filters that
i care most for are scanline and basicaly any smooth filter and would be even better
enabling both at the same time.
SCREENSHOTS - (MAINLY USED AS A PLACEHOLDER WHEN CHOOSING A GAME)
screenshots are cool for a tag when browsing the games list - defo just a finnishing touch.
RECORD - (ABILITY TO RECORD YOURSELF PLAYING A GAME)
loved the record feature in zsnes it you are really good at some games and you
record yourself playing it gives you a buzz that you try to play the best possible as
you might actuly show someone these vids showing off !!!! yey i know kinda sad but
i love trying to do a complete run on gradius 3 with 1 life or completing smb in under
6 mins with no assists.
FF RW GAMEPLAY - (ABILITY TO REWIND AND FAST FORWARD GAMEPLAY)
the rewind feature isnt important to me,never actuly used it but fastforward is really
good for skipping intros and slow parts of a game,its somthing i use all the time without
actuly thinking about it.
SAVESTATES - (WE ALL LOVE SAVESTATE FEATURES)
needed for sure ,we all will be playing on the go or in short bursts and then theres
games that should have had save support that didnt,games that take too long to complete
in one go and games with ultra large passwords.
SEPARATE CFG AND SINGLE CFG - (SAVE GAME CFG AND DEFAULT CFG)
the ability to save a cfg per game -so you might want one game to have different control
options,sound and display options when you start it up,or you might also want the option
for all games that dont have a specific game.cfg config file to load up a set default set of options.
VIDEO OUT - (EMPLOY PANDORA VIDEO OUT FUNCTION)
a pandora selling point in my book ,this really needs to be the norm and i hope we see support
on emulators for video out,pandora hooked up to the tv with a few wirless controllers is a great
idea.
THEMES - (CHOICE OF THEMES WOULD BE NICE BUT WOULD EXPECT AS A FINNISHING TOUCH)
themes are nice but i think its not really a needed feature - mabe even just the ability to have a
custom background when running the emulator - well anything is better than a dull black screen.
MUTE EMULATOR SOUND - (PLAY OTHER MUSIC/RADIO MEDIA AS BACKGROUND SOUND)
i would prefer if the pandora could handle this without the emulator support ,meaning you could
play music or radio on pandora at anytime as a multi tasking feature then you could just mute
the emulator sounds.
Im not asking or begging the authors of possible emulators on pandora for these functions
but would love to see at least the netplay on all system emulators,as would us all ,so thats all
i can think of that would be nice to have on an emulator,anyone got some more cool ideas ?
