GunPei2X said:Some of those games, or ones very similar, should be playable through MAME/FBA or PSX4ALL.Zoppe said:i wonder if the dreamcast could be emulated. im not asking for sonic adventure 2 or shenmue 2, im asking for capcom vs snk 2, marvel vs capcom 2, guilty gear x, etc. is it possible?
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Those are all Naomi system games, which isn't emulated on PCs yet. There is no way you'll be seeing those games on the pandora, unfortunately.
If by 'ones very similar' you mean 'other fighting games' then yes, there will be lots of other fighting games to play on the pandora![]()
Dreamcast is extremely powerful hardware, and therefore requires a great deal of resources to emulate. It's unlikely the Pandora is powerful enough, but I will admit this is speculation on my part, but it's based in the current reality of DC emulationZoppe said:why the dreamcast will not run?
What I mean is Marvel vs Capcom 1 instead of 2, Capcom vs SNK 1 instead of 2, and Guilty Gear on PSX. Sure, not exactly the same but I would call those very similar.A_Llama said:If by 'ones very similar' you mean 'other fighting games' then yes, there will be lots of other fighting games to play on the pandora![]()
GunPei2X said:Some of those games, or ones very similar, should be playable through MAME/FBA or PSX4ALL.Zoppe said:i wonder if the dreamcast could be emulated. im not asking for sonic adventure 2 or shenmue 2, im asking for capcom vs snk 2, marvel vs capcom 2, guilty gear x, etc. is it possible?
The last system you would ever want to play 2D arcade fighting games on would be the PSX!
A CPS3 Emu may be within the pandora's capabilities though judging by it's specs. A big task for sure, but who knows?
Pandora has 128MB, so accomodating an extra 4MB of emulated RAM would probably be no big deal. It's everything else - emulating the N64 CPU, GPU etc.KRH said:Forgive me for asking, but should a N64 Emulator be made how easy would it be to also emulate the 4 MB Expansion
Pack for the games that require it?
Ah, Thank you.Prophet said:Pandora has 128MB, so accomodating an extra 4MB of emulated RAM would probably be no big deal. It's everything else - emulating the N64 CPU, GPU etc.
Prophet said:Pandora has 128MB, so accomodating an extra 4MB of emulated RAM would probably be no big deal. It's everything else - emulating the N64 CPU, GPU etc.KRH said:Forgive me for asking, but should a N64 Emulator be made how easy would it be to also emulate the 4 MB Expansion
Pack for the games that require it?
Yeah that's right, I followed N64 emulation for many years on emutalk.net. I remember to run a few games at full speed, the emu's needed a 550MHZ or 600MHZ P3 and 128MB ram to run at full speed. But games like Goldeneye and Perfect Dark required 1GHZ machine to be fully smooth.
But I'm mostly looking forward to Full speed SNES,GENESIS,32X,PSX
Also Prophet does the CPU power need to be 6 times faster then the unit your trying to emulate, or is that way off?
Thanks for clearer that up Tinnus I was not sure.Tinnus said:That "x times" statement is incorrect and imprecise simply because there a lot of variables in the mix, specfically the architecture of the host and emulated systems, and the techniques used in emulation (interpreter/dynarec, HLE/LLE etc).
For a pure CPU emulation point of view, the usual figure is around 10 times (with classic interpretation). But of course there's a HUGE more deal to consider.
I think you're asking if you can play DS games on the Pandora. If that is your question, then the answer is no, at least not right now. There may be a DS emulator at some point in the future, but do not expect one soon.Kid-Ras said:I have a question with the pandora i know it can hold an SD card now i have an R4 for the Ds and a Sd card goes in there and i can get anything for the Ds with it i was wondering if there was some sort of firmware that would pick up the info on my Sd card like my Ds and R4 do so i could use the pandora like my Ds/R4
Gruso said:I think he might be asking if Pandora can "just read what's on the card" - something a DS can't do without the help of an R4.
If that's the question, the answer would be of course, that's exactly what Pandora is all about! It's not a closed system like DS or PSP, that will only read "official" media. Think of it more as a computer, that you can put any old disk into (or SD card, in this case). It's an open system; no hacking or modding required. If you want to use your existing MicroSD, you'll just need an adaptor like this.
Kid-Ras, if you actually were asking about being able to play DS games on Pandora, that's a different story, refer to Chip's post above.
yes i think you got it i just want to know if i can get my pandora to work like my DS/R4 because with the R4 i can watch movies listen to music and have mltipul games on at once and all that info is on my SD i wanted to know if the pandora could read it like my DS cause i was planning to buy a new ds but if pandora is compatable with the r4 data why waste the money
Kid-Ras said:Gruso said:I think he might be asking if Pandora can "just read what's on the card" - something a DS can't do without the help of an R4.
If that's the question, the answer would be of course, that's exactly what Pandora is all about! It's not a closed system like DS or PSP, that will only read "official" media. Think of it more as a computer, that you can put any old disk into (or SD card, in this case). It's an open system; no hacking or modding required. If you want to use your existing MicroSD, you'll just need an adaptor like this.
Kid-Ras, if you actually were asking about being able to play DS games on Pandora, that's a different story, refer to Chip's post above.
yes i think you got it i just want to know if i can get my pandora to work like my DS/R4 because with the R4 i can watch movies listen to music and have mltipul games on at once and all that info is on my SD i wanted to know if the pandora could read it like my DS cause i was planning to buy a new ds but if pandora is compatable with the r4 data why waste the money
thanks for the help
ok cool thanks for the advice cant wait when it comes outGruso said:Yep, Pandora will do all that and more without the need for any mods or third party add-ons. And it's a whole truckload more powerful than a DS.
Just to pull you up on a technical point, there's no such thing as "R4 data", it's just data. But there may be some things on your SD card that are specific to DS, which won't work on Pandora:
- MP3s: They're a universal format, so naturally Pandora will play them fine (along with many other audio formats)
- Video files: If you've converted to .dpg format, they won't play on anything but DS. But the originals you converted from will most likely play on Pandora, in full DVD quality or better. Pandora will have very broad codec support.
- Emulators: The emulators you're using will be DS specific, but all those systems will be emulated on Pandora, and much better. You'll be able to get hold of these emus just as easily, as they're released. You *should* be able to use your existing ROMs.
- DS Homebrew: Again, that stuff is DS specific. But there will be no shortage of homebrew for Pandora, because homebrew is why Pandora exists.
In short (oops, too late for that), if you're considering another DS just for all the stuff you do with your R4, perish the thought. Pandora will be a million light years better.