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Post by Gleasonator on May 19, 2007 0:52:43 GMT -5
Emulators = legal;
ROMs = illegal.
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Post by Gleasonator on May 5, 2007 15:55:23 GMT -5
I've been playing around with these... the best are: DeSmuME desmume.org/And iDeaS spazioinwind.libero.it/linoma/ideas.htmlDeSmeME was best by a long shot until just a week ago when iDeaS released their new version of the emulator. Neither play at good enough playing speed, but both play reasonably.
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Post by Gleasonator on Mar 3, 2007 11:38:29 GMT -5
Yeah, but I don't find it a crime if you already own it. It's still a crime. Don't look at it like that though. Ask if it's right or wrong. Even if you own the game and you download it it's illegal. You MUST make the backup yourself.
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Post by Gleasonator on Mar 3, 2007 11:06:15 GMT -5
*Thinks for a minute* Ok, what? You're the one who's all anti-piracy. Plus torrents take about two days longer and there's a better chance you'll get caught. Plus, because of Rawdump and these DVD drives, the dumping has become something that is no longer professional so it's more likely that faulty dumps will be out. All my discs are clean, and it's possible that scratched ones will still be able to be dumped with the loss of information. I trust Paradox with an ISO, but not Joe, Bob, and Mike down in Iraq who accidentally spilled beer on their Wii Sports.
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Post by Gleasonator on Mar 1, 2007 23:03:14 GMT -5
Yeah, but what's the point in that if you can just get them online? Look who's talking.
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Post by Gleasonator on Mar 1, 2007 20:33:12 GMT -5
I ordered an external enclosure for an IDE hard drive and a DVD ROM disc drive compatible with Wii discs. In English, I ordered a kit that lets me copy my Wii and GameCube games to my computer, by connecting a CD drive (we know what THAT is at least, right? The thing where you press the button and the thing comes out that you put your CD in?! Well, believe it or not, the computer is actually not one piece and you can take those out) to my computer through USB (Please tell me you know what USB is. Universal Serial Bus. The little squares you connect things to on the front of your computer). (Sorry for the sarcasm ) So it's cool, anyways. I'm ripping Wii Sports and the internal name (which is the name Nintendo recognizes it as) is "SPORTS PACK for REVOLUTION". I'm going to rip Zelda next.
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 25, 2007 18:31:22 GMT -5
Is anyone interested? Get a Bluetooth adapter! It's very fun.
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Post by Gleasonator on Jan 15, 2007 20:35:13 GMT -5
*thinks about posting something then stops himself*
World's number one rule... be nice... number one rule... nice... rule... nice.......
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Post by Gleasonator on Jan 15, 2007 20:14:38 GMT -5
You posted that after I told you about that.. >.> Em.... *checks Trillian logs* OK, you first said something to me on December 8th. I made the post in SCDev on December 4th.
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Post by Gleasonator on Jan 15, 2007 16:21:16 GMT -5
You've been cheating on Gleasonator Forums!? There is... Another!? I feel so ashamed! JK! Dude... I go to like ten different forums a day. XD
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Post by Gleasonator on Jan 15, 2007 14:21:36 GMT -5
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Post by Gleasonator on Jan 15, 2007 0:03:39 GMT -5
Just buy a Wiimote and a Bluetooth adapter... actually that's about 80-90 dollars right there. *is almost done downloading Red Steel*
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Post by Gleasonator on Jan 14, 2007 20:56:36 GMT -5
It's actually pretty easy... just half an hour into it I can already write simple codes for the Wii remote. Also, all you need is a bluetooth adapter and it'll pick up your Wii remote.
*is using Wiimote as mouse*
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 17, 2007 18:56:25 GMT -5
I'm going to dedicate this thread to all Wii modchips. Once I get an update I'll just edit this post and reply to the thread. Right now, Wii-wise, we have three chips (and about eight clones... basically by that I mean people are taking the chips, scratching off the labels, and selling them under a different name). They are: 1. WiinjaThough most people don't consider this a "modchip", it is a mod, and it is a "chip", so there's really nothing they can say to convince me that it's not a modchip. This chip's primary function is Wii and GC backups. However, it is also it's ONLY function... (Note that this is the first Wii modchip, assuming you consider it a modchip. If not, it is the first Wii modification that allows you to play backups) 2. CycloWizDubbed the first "real" modchip (even though it's the second), the CycloWiz is a bit more functional than the Wiinja, and cheaper too. It also allows you to play Wii and GC backups, plus it apparently has homebrew support (meaning with this chip, you can play homemade Wii games). But most importantly it has an updater via DVD. Though it would be very hard, Nintendo COULD find a way around the chips through firmware updates. With the update function, you can update the chip after a firmware update to keep it working. The negative is that you have to make yourself a DVD for every new update. Oh well. It also has "quicksolder" points which are easy to to use for people who haven't soldered anything before. You jus put the chip down and put some solder in the hole. The thing with this is that if you screw it up or decide you want a new chip, it would be very hard to get off without damaging your Wii. Whereas you could simply snip the wires off, the get the CycloWiz off you have to unsolder the whole thing. 3. WiiKeyThough there are no current pictures of it, the WiiKey is by far the best modchip I've seen. It requires only four wires, but then it needs to be "quicksoldered" (which is the only downside from any of the other chips). It has all the features of the other chips but it also has better Wii compatability* and has some other cool features, such as putting multiple GameCube games or Wii games (assuming they're small enough... expect about three GC games or one Wii per disc) on the same disc. *Some Wiis have a chip in them that make the current chips incompatable. Currently, WiiKey is the only one that supports the new Wiis but CycloWiz promises to soon (estimated within the next batch or so). Right now I'm not buying any of them. I want Virtual Console support too, so I can play my pirated VC games. But I also want to be able to upgrade the chip via USB, because I don't see the point of upgrading considering thatthe firmware update will kill the chip enough to not be able to upgrade it and it'll be too late... Besides that the WiiKey looks pretty nice. I like the support it has for all the different kinds of DVDs.
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 17, 2007 18:55:23 GMT -5
It's working 100%. It means that I'm playing just about anything you can think of, created from the N64 back, with the classic controller! And I'm almost done with a sideways Wiimote one (even easier) to use with my Nintendo games.
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 14, 2007 22:54:02 GMT -5
Man... I can only get the axis's to work with the coding I know... that means that tilting it either left OR right will have the same function. So that means in N64 games you would have to navigate using TWO joysticks and not use C buttons unless you're willing to use them on the keyboard. Scratch that. }: ) I figured it out already. Man this's gonna be awesome...
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 14, 2007 22:42:54 GMT -5
Man... I can only get the axis's to work with the coding I know... that means that tilting it either left OR right will have the same function. So that means in N64 games you would have to navigate using TWO joysticks and not use C buttons unless you're willing to use them on the keyboard.
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 14, 2007 22:36:19 GMT -5
Sucess. Classic controller works great. I'm going to try to configure the joysticks now. I just did a little "test" with Zelda and Super Mario Bros. 2 and it works nicely.
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 14, 2007 22:18:46 GMT -5
And the control stick that gives you blisters. *Thinks of the Boo pedaling game from Mario Party* I think they got sued for it. SUED for it? Why? People got blisters? XD
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 14, 2007 21:53:16 GMT -5
If you want to. I don't care... I figured either way. I think I'm going to change the layout though. Change the emulation one to computers, coding and such then make an emulation subforum in Video Games. Can you also make only one skin? So spoilers can be easier to create? Uhhh... no. OK I got the classic controller working and I'm writing the code now. If anyone get's a Bluetooth adapter I'll post it here. It's easier than actionscript, though. I imagine that the hardest to code will be the joysticks. I'll start with a simple one for 2D emulation.
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 13, 2007 23:31:51 GMT -5
If you want to. I don't care... I figured either way. I think I'm going to change the layout though. Change the emulation one to computers, coding and such then make an emulation subforum in Video Games.
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 13, 2007 22:43:26 GMT -5
And the control stick that gives you blisters. Not anymore. XD My thumbs have hardened over from the old N64 days. And yeah, I meant "fell". By the way, GlovePIE does support the classic controller but any code I tried didn't work so I searched for one and those didn't work either... I'm using the newest version. The classic controller is harder to code for, though, because of the two control sticks. I already know enough GlovePIE code to make the Wiimote rumble on cue or set the controller LEDs and that kind of stuff... and sideways for NES emulators.
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 11, 2007 16:55:16 GMT -5
I want one of those too. I just like the feel of the N64 controller. I'll also probably get the new SNES one when it comes out. The old one got discontinued because Lik Sang got shut down. I'm also going to see if GlovePIE supports the classic controller, then I can play stuff with that, too.
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 11, 2007 14:48:57 GMT -5
They rock. Let you connect your N64 controller to your PC and play games like that. Zelda is awesome.
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 14, 2007 20:50:14 GMT -5
Hahaha. I "lol"d at the thing about computer stuff. Sorry, I had just had a spazz. My spazzes are usually triggered by something small and pestering but I get into bigger stuff and I make baseless judgments from "anger". Computer teacher? The parts are easy. You have the motherboard, which is what everything basically clips on (it's what connects all the pieces). You have the CPU (central processing unit... or processor) which determines how fast your computer can run, the GPU (graphical processing unit... or just graphics card , which determines how detailed your computer will look... the sound card which determines the clarity (plus how loud it can get) of the sound. Then you have disc drives which store your information and RAM (random access memory. Thank SF for my remembering that ;D) which basically determines how much stuff can be going on before your computer crashes. That's why our older computers we all had as kids used to freeze. Because of lack of RAM. Now we have way more than we even need though so it doesn't happen very often. That's basic stuff though. The rest are embedded into the motherboard. Isn't RAM temporary memory? It is. It's space used for stuff that's running, loading, whatever. I think of the computer as a bowl sometimes... yeah corny analogy but whatever it gets the point across. Your programs are basically the stuff that's put in the bowl. The RAM determines the size of the bowl, and assumming it's salad, the CPU determines how fast it spins.
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 14, 2007 18:24:10 GMT -5
Jeez! How do you know all this computer stuff!? I remember my old computer teacher pulling apart the computer tower, but I only remembered a few names. None of the parts. Hahaha. I "lol"d at the thing about computer stuff. Sorry, I had just had a spazz. My spazzes are usually triggered by something small and pestering but I get into bigger stuff and I make baseless judgments from "anger". Computer teacher? The parts are easy. You have the motherboard, which is what everything basically clips on (it's what connects all the pieces). You have the CPU (central processing unit... or processor) which determines how fast your computer can run, the GPU (graphical processing unit... or just graphics card , which determines how detailed your computer will look... the sound card which determines the clarity (plus how loud it can get) of the sound. Then you have disc drives which store your information and RAM (random access memory. Thank SF for my remembering that ;D) which basically determines how much stuff can be going on before your computer crashes. That's why our older computers we all had as kids used to freeze. Because of lack of RAM. Now we have way more than we even need though so it doesn't happen very often. That's basic stuff though. The rest are embedded into the motherboard.
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 13, 2007 22:36:58 GMT -5
I can easily see now that you are t3h haxxorz. Right now, Wii-wise, we have three chips (and about eight clones... basically by that I mean people are taking the chips, scratching off the labels, and selling them under a different name). They are: 1. WiinjaThough most people don't consider this a "modchip", it is a mod, and it is a "chip", so there's really nothing they can say to convince me that it's not a modchip. This chip's primary function is Wii and GC backups. However, it is also it's ONLY function... (Note that this is the first Wii modchip, assuming you consider it a modchip. If not, it is the first Wii modification that allows you to play backups) 2. CycloWizDubbed the first "real" modchip (even though it's the second), the CycloWiz is a bit more functional than the Wiinja, and cheaper too. It also allows you to play Wii and GC backups, plus it apparently has homebrew support (meaning with this chip, you can play homemade Wii games). But most importantly it has an updater via DVD. Though it would be very hard, Nintendo COULD find a way around the chips through firmware updates. With the update function, you can update the chip after a firmware update to keep it working. The negative is that you have to make yourself a DVD for every new update. Oh well. It also has "quicksolder" points which are easy to to use for people who haven't soldered anything before. You jus put the chip down and put some solder in the hole. The thing with this is that if you screw it up or decide you want a new chip, it would be very hard to get off without damaging your Wii. Whereas you could simply snip the wires off, the get the CycloWiz off you have to unsolder the whole thing. 3. WiiKeyThough there are no current pictures of it, the WiiKey is by far the best modchip I've seen. It requires only four wires, but then it needs to be "quicksoldered" (which is the only downside from any of the other chips). It has all the features of the other chips but it also has better Wii compatability* and has some other cool features, such as putting multiple GameCube games or Wii games (assuming they're small enough... expect about three GC games or one Wii per disc) on the same disc. *Some Wiis have a chip in them that make the current chips incompatable. Currently, WiiKey is the only one that supports the new Wiis but CycloWiz promises to soon (estimated within the next batch or so). Right now I'm not buying any of them. I want Virtual Console support too, so I can play my pirated VC games. But I also want to be able to upgrade the chip via USB, because I don't see the point of upgrading considering thatthe firmware update will kill the chip enough to not be able to upgrade it and it'll be too late... Besides that the WiiKey looks pretty nice. I like the support it has for all the different kinds of DVDs.
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Post by Gleasonator on Feb 3, 2007 12:28:51 GMT -5
please. benefit the situation. pointless comments REALLY tick me off. dont make the hulk angry. how long does it take to make chips like taht? To MAKE them? Well that hardware isn't the problem. Most of the guys who make them know exactly how to make the hardware. It's the coding that they really have to think about.
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Post by Gleasonator on Jan 30, 2007 20:57:09 GMT -5
Wuold it do the same thing? Yeah. It'd play GC and Wii backups. There's already a few chips out but none worth getting yet.
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Post by Gleasonator on Jan 30, 2007 20:43:22 GMT -5
Sometime this year the you can expect a thread titled "My HAXXORD Wii".
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