From: jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz   
      
   Scott H  wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   Heh, well I'd better not have any more troubles then :-D I emulate just   
   about every classic console and home computer I ever ran across, and a   
   couple I never had the pleasure of using. But I still far prefer the   
   real thing. I really envy folk with access to the European and American   
   secondhand markets. Hardware is a PITA to come by here in NZ.   
   --   
   If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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