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   Scott H to benstylus   
   Re: Shining in the Darkness - trapped in   
   18 Nov 08 14:02:40   
   
   From: weaponx013@yahoo.com   
      
   benstylus wrote:   
   > BelPowerslave wrote:   
   >>> Huh - precisely when? Like - I turn on the system, the old guy appears   
   >>> and then... what _should_ happen if there are no saves?   
   >>   
   >> As far as I recall, he should immediately ask you your name. From   
   >> there you type it in and he keeps going with the story.   
   >>   
   >>> P.S. Anyone else tempted to go 100% with emulation nowadays? Maybe I   
   >>> take gaming way too seriously, but with more and more hardware dying on   
   >>> me as the years pass I REALLY don't like the idea of losing high scores   
   >>> and important saves. The trouble is of course that emulation still   
   >>> leaves much to be desired compared to the real thing *sigh*   
   >>   
   >> It depends on the system, for me. For stuff I don't care anything   
   >> about, like the NES, N64, Lynx, Turbografx, etc., or the stuff where   
   >> the hardware is way too expensive and/or shitty, like the Neo Geo, Neo   
   >> Geo CD, any given arcade game, etc. I don't mind emulation.   
   >>   
   >> For stuff that I own the actual hardware, I won't emulate it for   
   >> anything other than testing purposes(to see if the game is even worth   
   >> buying, etc) or getting screenshots. That's just me though...a lot of   
   >> people don't mind emulating everything...   
   >>   
   >> Bel   
   >   
   > emulating sega is a sin.  ;-)   
   >   
      
   That's right, do it and the next time you have a hardware problem we'll   
   ignore you.   
      
      
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