What emulators and emulation sites do you guys use?

[EmptyMemory]

For any console, what do you guys use to get your stuff? I just found my Logitech RumblePad 2, so I figured I might put it to good use this Christmas.

[buchno]

I use romhustler. They have plenty of stuff.

...although, for gamecube/wii games it's a bit tedious to download directly with all the size/time limits, so for them I use blackcats-games.
...and I have no invites, so there is no point in asking.

[zherok]

Most newer systems seem to really only have one solid emulator apiece; Dolphin does Gamecube and Wii games, PCSX2 for PS2, and JPCSP for the PSP.

The PSX has a number of emulators, but I've been using ePSXe and PCSX-r. Don't have webpages bookmarked for either but they weren't that hard to find.

The DS has at least two, DeSuME and no$GBA (which also does GBA, as it's name would suggest.) For SNES usually SNES9x or ZSNES.

There's a more hardware accurate emulator called BSNES, which supports a number of systems. I rarely bother since it's somewhat sparse, and it requires "purified" ROMs that can't be read by other emulators.

For games, I use Google.

[BronBron06]

PCSX2 for PS2, and JPCSP for the PSP.

You need to have a monster system to run games in full speed with those emulators btw

That's why the only games I ever enjoyed in my 4 yr old comp with the emulators are turn based games, like super robot wars, final fantasy, queen's blade and persona

[buchno]

You need to have a monster system to run games in full speed with those emulators btw
That's why the only games I ever enjoyed in my 4 yr old comp with the emulators are turn based games, like super robot wars, final fantasy, queen's blade and persona

Are they more demanding than Dolphin?
...I could run games in Dolphin without any problems on my e6750.

[FlyinPenguin]

I really only use emuparadise and The ISO Zone. I used to use snesorama until they all but shut down. It seems they are slowly rebuilding now.

For XBOX, PS1, and PS2 I don't use any emulators because I play on the original consoles.

I can't remember what I used for NES, SNES, and Genesis games as it has been awhile since I've emulated them. I really should do some emulation on my S3 and Nexus 7...

[zherok]

PCSX2 for PS2, and JPCSP for the PSP.

You need to have a monster system to run games in full speed with those emulators btw

They run fine on my i5 with a 6670. Pretty playable on my Core 2 Duo laptop too. I definitely recommend grabbing new SVN versions whenever possible.

Are they more demanding than Dolphin?
...I could run games in Dolphin without any problems on my e6750.

If Dolphin ran fine PCSX2 shouldn't be much worse. PSP emulation isn't as far along as either of those two, so JPCSP is really going to depend on what game you play. Some of them simply don't work yet.

[Bob2004]

PCSX2 actually tends to require a much more powerful PC than Dolphin, even though Gamecube games in general ought to be more demanding. Dolphin has developed really, really well (it's even becoming semi-reliable as a Wii emulator nowadays), but PCSX2 is still quite a way behind. It's not nearly as efficient as Dolphin.

Both are very good mind, and constantly improving. In another year or so, Gamecube and PS2 emulation could well be pretty much perfect, much like GBA emulation is now.

For reference, I've played Zelda: Twilight Princess in Dolphin, and it runs great everywhere except Hyrule field, where FPS drops to about half. Everywhere else in the game is pretty much full speed, or near enough. In PCSX2, I can only really play turn-based games such as Persona 3 and 4 (which both run perfectly). This is with a Q6700 CPU overclocked to 3Ghz, and an HD4890.

[zherok]

What might be a better comparison is the handful of games that were released on both systems. Okami maybe or RE4.

Both emulators recommend an i5 or higher though, but will run on the processors a few lines back from that.

[Bob2004]

What might be a better comparison is the handful of games that were released on both systems. Okami maybe or RE4.

Both emulators recommend an i5 or higher though, but will run on the processors a few lines back from that.

True. But even then, different consoles have things implemented differently, so there isn't really any possible direct comparison. Some games use particular features which others don't, and the vast majority of console games are full of all kinds of ugly hacks just to get them to run in the first place, which will work better or worse on different emulators. There is no direct comparison between games on two different consoles here.

[megido-rev.M]

VBA, DeSuMe, ePSXe, PCSX2

[Bookwyrm]

PCSX2 for PS2, VBA link for GBA, Dolphin for Gamecube..

I use doperoms and emuparadise for iso, and sometimes if i'm lucky i found a torrent with plenty of seeders 

[zherok]

True. But even then, different consoles have things implemented differently, so there isn't really any possible direct comparison.

I think it'd give you an idea of how demanding they are at least, given they're pretty much the same game.

It's a very developed emulator, I'd argue. Compared to the PSP for example, where many games just don't work at all, and many that do run fairly poorly, then this seems pretty solid (it's an overclocked i5, but an older video card. Also running at 1080p with 5x texture resolutions. Running settings closer to the baseline of the PS2 would drop requirements dramatically.)

[shabutie]

I use www.emuparadise.me for all my emulating needs

[Bob2004]

True. But even then, different consoles have things implemented differently, so there isn't really any possible direct comparison.

I think it'd give you an idea of how demanding they are at least, given they're pretty much the same game.

It's a very developed emulator, I'd argue. Compared to the PSP for example, where many games just don't work at all, and many that do run fairly poorly, then this seems pretty solid (it's an overclocked i5, but an older video card. Also running at 1080p with 5x texture resolutions. Running settings closer to the baseline of the PS2 would drop requirements dramatically.)

Oh yeah, it's second only to Dolphin and the various older console emulators (NES, GBA, etc) in terms of quality. It's just not as good as Dolphin yet.

[Hadouken]

Emulators: PCSX2 and Dolphin - Can play pretty much everything on both.
Sites: Blackcats, Emuparadise

[xShadow]

Pcsx2 doesn't really require a monster system,  as I would not consider my first gen i5 system to be any kind of monster at all (maybe in the heat department,  what with the cooling fan coming loose all the time). It also ran Dragon Quest (8 I think?) on my laptop quite fine iirc. Tbh,  I don't think it's about who is "behind". I think that the systems prolly have different architectures, and the Wii/Gamecube just happen to be much easier to create an emulator for. Pcsx2 has come a really long way,  and I think they're doing the best they can.

[JoonasTo]

Emulator-zone is good enough for your emulator search.
For roms, DGEmu is good if you want something specific, for everything else, piratebay collections.

[Saras]

PCSX2 for PS2, and JPCSP for the PSP.

You need to have a monster system to run games in full speed with those emulators btw

That's why the only games I ever enjoyed in my 4 yr old comp with the emulators are turn based games, like super robot wars, final fantasy, queen's blade and persona

I'm running PS2 titles at 4x the native resolution with 2x MSAA on a laptop.

There are basically like two games that are a bitch to emulate on the PS2, Shadow Hearts one because of fuckstupid monkey coding and Shadow of the Colossus, that basically requires an overclocked i5 to run decently, everything else is piss easy for any medium range laptop.

[zherok]

I hear the God of War games are pretty demanding, haven't tried them though.