As much as I love my 360 controller, the D-pad sucks balls, and that makes playing NES and SNES games a pain in the ass.
It does suck, but it's not so bad. I have actually noticed that newer 360 controllers have better d-pads, and I'm not talking about the twisty silver one either.
I've found that between XBox controller and fight stick there is very little I can't play nicely in an emulator. My major problem is N64 games actually. There is no good way to do the c-buttons.
The PSP is amazing for emulation. The standard emulators run great and are complimented by the fact that you can run PSX games flawlessly (Though lacking the L2 R2 buttons.) and there's even an okish N64 emulator called Deadelus which runs well enough to play a fair few games.
As ever, the N64's insane layout makes play hard but you can set custom controls per game.
There's also a Capcom CP1 and CP2 emulator for your arcade needs (Mostly Progear for me.).
[PSP] can run PSX games flawlessly (Though lacking the L2 R2 buttons.)
I've noticed a lot of the PSOne Classics remedy this by mapping L2 and R2 to left and right on the analog stick. Obviously, this wouldn't work for all games, but it has the potential.
I don't know if it's just me failing or what but I haven't had good luck with snes emulation on psp or DS. There's always some slowdown or graphical errors or lagging. Maybe playing around with the graphics settings could help, but it's kinda frustrating to do when you just want to play little bit of Super Mario rpg or something and all the other emulators just work without tinkering with the settings. That's why I play snes games on the PC.
I'm running SNES9x Euphoria on the PSP, make sure you have it set frame-skip to auto. Familiarizing yourself with the typical options of emulators is a good idea. Oddly, I think S9x doesn't set frame-skip to auto by default (Though you can assign it the default value with triangle, I think.). There is also the option of running the core at it's maximum 333MHz clock speed instead of the default 300MHz which will improve your framerate at the cost of battery.
Even with Frameskip SNES emulation on the handhelds isn't that great. Most of the SNES games that I want to play were re released on GBA so I usually just play the GBA roms. GBA emulation is pretty much perfect on the psp.
Even with Frameskip SNES emulation on the handhelds isn't that great. Most of the SNES games that I want to play were re released on GBA so I usually just play the GBA roms. GBA emulation is pretty much perfect on the psp.
That's what I have been doing, playing the GBA games on my PSP (when I'm not playing PSP or PSX games).
Even with Frameskip SNES emulation on the handhelds isn't that great. Most of the SNES games that I want to play were re released on GBA so I usually just play the GBA roms. GBA emulation is pretty much perfect on the PSP.
That's what I have been doing, playing the GBA games on my PSP (when I'm not playing PSP or PSX games).
Yeah its just a lot more convenient. I say play the genesis or GBA version of games if there is one and otherwise fiddle with the settings. I does seem to depend on the game. Some games work great on my PSP but others are unplayable even with my settings fiddled with. Sigh, if only the Open Pandora wasn't $500 and takes years to get.
Comments
Also, USB SNES gamepads are easy to come by.
As ever, the N64's insane layout makes play hard but you can set custom controls per game.
There's also a Capcom CP1 and CP2 emulator for your arcade needs (Mostly Progear for me.).
Emulators: NESDRoid, etc.
Oddly, there is no way to use the anolog stick as a simulated analog stick.
Oddly, I think S9x doesn't set frame-skip to auto by default (Though you can assign it the default value with triangle, I think.). There is also the option of running the core at it's maximum 333MHz clock speed instead of the default 300MHz which will improve your framerate at the cost of battery.