Being realistic is good, but it is not incompatible with optimism...
Most people in this thread have so far been realistic and optimistic about the capabilities of this console. According to people who have seen the Zodiac version of this same emu, some games can reach 20FPS, by no means a shabby rate for most games. I doubt anyone expects fullspeed, sound, and massive compatibility- that's not realism, and it isn't optimism either.
Dictionary definition of "Optimism": "the tendency to be hopeful and to emphasize the good part of a situation rather than the bad part; the belief that good things will happen in the future"
And "Realism": "a way of thinking and acting based on the facts of a situation and what appears to be possible, rather than on hopes for things which are unlikely to happen"
So in this situation, optimism for this emu is that it will get better, and that the good points (like
hopefully being able to play some good PSX games on it) far outweigh the bad points (that it will never reach any sort of fullspeed rates and that sound may never work for it) It is NOT the blind belief that it will be perfect, merely the expression of hope that it will be good fun, which is, after all, what this is all about. Would Zodttd be coding it, with no guaranteed returns (not sure if he takes donations or not) unless of course he charges for it in future, unless he found it fun- ,or interesting, or otherwise enjoyable/worthwile? And isn't the whole point of then playing those games fun?
Realism in this situation is to concentrate on the
possible- that this emu could definitely get better- and ignore misguided, impossible hopes that it could mimic a real PSone to the extent of a PSX emu running on a decent PC, running at top FPS with full sound and near perfect compatibility.
OK, I'm sure someone can use those very same definitions as a counter argument, but that's life
EDIT: Oooh! I've just become a GP32 Hardkore, without ever having touched a GP32. Now that, children, is advanced telekenesis at work