Pokémon General

[Nichi]

Meanwhile, you can do full-speed Game Boy Color emulation on just about anything from a 200Mhz Pentium MMX on up via BGB -w-

[alfonso_rd_30]

Peronally I'm all up for VBA (link) for pre DS games, while I recccommmeenndd No$ or Ideas for anything DS... I'm sure there's a Mac verion of the 333 Emuses.... as for games... pretty much anyone is cool (Running 3 games here (Heart and Sacred Gold and Soul Silver Surfer))

[Chocofreak13]

i'm pretty sure VBA has a mac version.

[Bella]

Thanks for the advice, I have VBA installed on my Mac and have played Gold before, so I'll probably just get back into that. Though I seem to recall VBA being rather crashy on OS X (I think I usually ran it on my virtualized XP machine because it was too troublesome on OS X)...

[Chocofreak13]

i haven't tested it on mac, so i can't say.

get crystal. it's superiour.

[Nichi]

Indeed. I can hook you up with a ROM of Crystal, if interested :3

[Chocofreak13]

any chance someone can provide me with a concensus on which DS emulator to use? given that i don't even own the physical console idk what to look for in one.... .~.

[Nichi]

DeSmuMe seems to be the most popular, since I heard NO$GBA (Which offers DS support) is no longer actively developed

[alfonso_rd_30]

but desmume is buggy as hell!!! Ideas is a better replacement for No$

[Nichi]

I guess. It's not the buggiest I've ever used, thankfully (Red Dragon, a Virtual Boy emulator, was slow and awkward to use...but it did offer support for the system's stereoscopic 3D via the classic red-and-blue glasses -w-)

[alfonso_rd_30]

ugh! I remember Red Dragon... and the Virtual Boy... shittiest console EVER!

[Nichi]

Indeed. The only game that'd make me consider buying one is Virtual Boy Wario Land; which I greatly enjoyed regardless of the buggy emulator.

Back on the subject of Pokemon, I think I've played a game from each generation in an emulator at least once; usually before owning a copy, or in a few cases, after the point (Challenge runs, etc.)

[Chocofreak13]

emulation is so easy. most of my cartridges don't even save anymore ;v;

[NejinOniwa]

Desmume isn't buggy at all once you get it running, really. It's just that you have to get your save file type right, which can be difficult...

[Nichi]

@Kari: That's why I want to learn how to solder; so I can replace the batteries in old games (My copy of Donkey Kong Land 2, especially)