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    I think you've got the question reversed... I've not used KEGA, but Zsnes now (finally) supports the Arcade VGA. Before it did, it was requested, and the responses from the devs (?) are pretty laughable, and not very forgivable for an emu authors. There are a few voices of reason in there though. Actually, it's not whether the emulator supports the actual card, it's whether the emulator allows you to use all resolutions supported by your card. Not all of them do. Magic Engine 1.0 certainly did not, nor did ZSnes up until somewhat recently (although there was a hacked version).

    Soft15khz looks pretty nice. Here is a thread you might find interesting. In it somewhere, a user states that many ATI cards (all?) are capable of 15khz display, and only require a firmware hack. I assume this is what Soft15khz does.

    I'm thinking of small-ifying my emulation machine. I'm most likely going to have an extra hard drive and memory that I don't need. I have an extra case as well, so might as well buy a cheap board and CPU. I might try that with a standard NVidia card. It would also allow me to make a dual boot and try some of that 15khz stuff in Linux. Apparently the Linux solution allows for certain refresh modes that the AVGA doesn't support (an issue with MAME). Setup is of course harder.

    Right now I want medium resolution games. I have a trisynch monitor. I've only one medium res game (Crackdown). The other one I want (Gain Ground) is freakin' balls expensive. I'd love to play it in MAME though!

    Oh, BTW, UNZ is a nice FM Towns Emu. It works with Soft15khz, and you might want to try it on ArcadeVGA to see if it works.
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    later tonight I'l compile a list of all the recommended emu for the systems.

    Think it would be good to have
    Thanks all for the input

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    Something else to keep in mind is if it has reconfigurabe inputs. Most do now but it still bugs me when they won't let you remap exit to esc key. I'e worked on several "Mame" cab projects and it was always a pain trying to set up all the emulator controls to match one another.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ghostangelofcky View Post
    later tonight I'l compile a list of all the recommended emu for the systems.

    Think it would be good to have
    http://forums.no.intro.free.fr/showthread.php?t=1547

    Atari 2600
    Stella v2.5.1 (updated 2008.04.09)

    Atari ST
    Steem v3.2
    SainT v1.99g

    3DO
    FreeDO v1.9

    Arcade
    MAMEUI v0.125 (Update monthly)
    Winkawaks v1.58
    Nebula v2.25b (SEGA Model 2 and others)
    FB Alpha v0.2.96.72
    CPS3 Emulator v1.0a (CPS3) (updated 2007.07.15)

    Bandai WonderSwan/BWS Color
    Oswan v1.73

    Commodore 64/C128/etc
    Vice 1.21

    Commodore Amiga
    WinUAE v1.4.3

    MSX/MSX2
    blueMSX v2.7

    NEC PC-Engine/NEC Turbo-Grafx 16/CD/SCD
    Magic Engine v1.1.0 (Shareware) (updated 2008.05.06)
    Ootake (Updated frequently)

    Nintendo 64
    Project64 v1.6 (Alternate: v1.7.0.49 unreleased beta)

    Nintendo Famicom/NES/Famicom Disk System
    Nestopia v1.39 (updated 2008.05.04)

    Nintendo Game Boy/NGB Color/NGB Advance
    VBA v1.8.0 beta3
    No$gba v2.6a (updated)
    KiGB v2.04 (updated 2007.11.27)

    Nintendo DS
    No$gba v2.6a (updated)
    iDeaS v1.0.1.8
    DeSmuME v0.8 (updated 2008.04.22)

    Nintendo Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System
    ZSNES v1.51
    SNES9x v1.51
    bsnes v0.031 (updated 2008.04.13)

    Sega Dreamcast
    nullDc v1.0.0 Public Beta 1.6

    Sega Mega Drive/CD/Master System/Game Gear/etc
    Kega Fusion v3.71
    Hazemd
    Gens32
    Gens32 Surreal

    Sega Saturn
    SSF v0.09 beta R4 (updated 2008.04.28)

    SNK NeoGeo CD
    NeoCD/SDL v0.3.1

    SNK NeoGeo Pocket/Color
    NeoPop v0.71 / v1.06b

    Sony PlayStation
    ePSXe v1.6
    pSX v1.13 (updated)
    Xebra

    Sony PlayStation 2
    PCSX2 v0.9.4 (updated 2007.11.11)

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    Replace VBA with VBA-M, Remove Gens, update a few of the others (Xebra, PCSX2, Final Burn Alpha), and remove the DS emulators other than No$GBA (the others don't even come close to it).

    I'd also add Mednafen to the PCE, NGPC (uses NeoPop core) and Lynx (uses Handy core) sections and possibly SSSPSX to the PS1 section (rivals ePSXe in compatibility for a plugin-based emulator, has a slicker interface, etc).

    Other than those little nitpicks, that's a pretty darn handy list.
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    i like to use some emulators to find cheat for games then use those codes i found on the real systems with an action replay device.

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