Optical-media consoles are just so easy to play backups on, and the consoles are dirt cheap to buy used. Thats another reason why Emulation is not going to have much demand for PS2. Have me on the lookout for a cheap one to mod. This was mostly due to licensing issues with developers (Rare being the most commonly discussed one). Its probably safe to say that a large percentage of the interest behind N64 emulation was because Nintendo did almost nothing to give gamers any remakes or rereleases of some of the best N64 games.
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Sony is pretty good about re-releasing titles on newer consoles, and the Kingdom Hearts remake for PS4 was pretty good. Is it enough to push for emulator progress? Time will tell. Theres definitely a community of Kingdom Hearts fans. Those titles might be a small exception to my opinion.
Dreamcast emulation could be supported by Shenmue fans alone, but there are dozens of titles that draw lots of emulation interest.
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I could be wrong, but I don't feel like nearly as many people are holding out for PS2 support like Gamecube and Dreamcast has.ĭolphin gets lots of support and updates because there are huge communities around games like Super Smash Bros, and the Zelda titles. Outside of those franchises, they didn't really have many "this game defined my childhood" titles. Also the MMO connectivity will never be supported. They had their fan bases, but not the kind of fanbase that drives emulation development. And by that, I mean that they aren't FF7. I'm a huge GT fan, but I've never felt compelled to play the old titles.įinal Fantasy X/XI/XII - Not very popular releases in the series.
Gran Turismo - Unfortunately, racing sims are all about the experience, and the joy of living your car fantasy in the new technology of the day. I don't see much reason to emulate these games when I can play them on a Smartphone or a GPD XD+ GTA 3/Vice/SA - These titles were all available on PC, and they were all released for iOS and Android. Take a look at the most popular and top-selling PS2 titles: My feelings on this are that the PS2, despite being the best selling console of that generation, isn't going to have nearly as much demand for emulation as the others, simply because there aren't enough PS2 games that have demand to be emulated. It will certainly get further emulation support, but I don't feel like there is a ton of demand driving it. I'm probably going to start a flame war here about this, but I don't feel like PS2 is going to get as much attention as Dreamcast and Gamecube did. People who want to play PS2 already own smartphones. Nobody is going to build something like that right now, because there is no demand. A device with something that powerful would need to cost $200+, maybe more. The types of SOCs that are powerful enough for PS2 emulation are the kinds of chips that are in flagship smartphones. Promotion / self-promotion of sbc and retro gaming sites, streams and videos is allowed.Do not link to copyrighted roms or images containing copyrighted roms.Be respectful to others and follow the rules of reddit and reddiquette.Limit posts to topics relating to single board computer gaming, emulation, retro gaming etc.r/SBCGaming is not paid for any of these links, nor do its operators implicitly recommend any of the products represented. Multiple evaluations are linked when available in order to provide as many perspectives as possible. Product links and videos are provided for informational and research purposes only.
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