The Concept is the same for all
Consoles
- You need to get a program called "emulator". An emulator enables you to run the software made for a specific console/ group of consoles. Therefore, if you're a big fan of retro gaming, you might need more than one emulator to run the games of multiple consoles.
- You need to get the games. In console emulation world, they are known as ROMs. I think there might be a legal problem with me referencing how to get software you don't own. I am not sure Google has this liability though, they have better answers in court to "download ROMs for ......"
- Configure the
- Know that this is not 100% perfect! Some games will not work. Some others might be slow because they need hardware specifications that you don't have (especially PS 2, XBox, Wii & the likes). Google is your friend. Or even Bing for that matter.
- Before you start downloading, to know which games will work with your emulator, google "[insert emulator name] compatibility list"
- You need to configure the emulator's graphics, sound and controls the same way you would a regular PC game. There are some guides on Youtube for each emulator that you can watch and follow.
- What's relatively new in emulation world is that you can get many emulators working on your Android or iOS smartphone/ tablet. A few are available for Symbian & Blackberry. And starting from the last generation of consoles, you can emulate consoles on other consoles.
List of Emulators
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Atari
2600
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Stella for PCRetro Nintendo, Sega
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Nintendo
GameCube, Wii
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Nintendo
64
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DaedalusX64 Windows,
PSP
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Nintendo
DS
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NDS4Droid Android
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Sega
DreamCast
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nullDC Windows, Android, Wii, PS
3
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Playstation
1
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PlayStation
2
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PlayStation
3
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Rpcs3 not working
for games now, but you might want to keep an eye on this one too
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PSP
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PPSSPP Available for all
platforms and phone OS’s
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X
Box
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cxbx; not very useful now,
but you might want to keep an eye on it
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