For me it was the whole sega lineup... Growing up as a Nintendo nerd and a later sony one. Finding old dos Kfusion was rather magical( I can safely affirm to be a believer in that Blast processing sect ).
My experiences with sega prior to the "Internet age" was quite limited( apart from enjoying a lot of their arcade lineup ) and seeing some of the megadrive, Dreamcast classics via shop kiosks.
Mine was "Seiken Densetsu 3" with English patch, no idea how I found out about it (years ago), but I did and enjoyed it on my pc. I think it's the first game I've ever emulated.
After that I felt like a space scientist when I made the ps1 emu work on my pc and I saw FF9 was working as well (had my eyes on that when saw it in the shops, but I had no consoles)! Then life got in the way (or other games), I stopped playing on the emu but later I finished FF9 on my psp.
Red Alarm for VIRTUAL BOY with Red Viper Emulator for 3ds in 3D is Amazing.
I always knew Nintendo VB was too advanced for the snowflakes_impaired puplic as same failed for 3DTV.
When Nintendo fox glassless 3D with New3DS even that advanced 3D Tech still failed by grneral peeps.
Nintenhope 3D HD will return in Switch3DS.
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for SNES i had all these games as translations
Tales of Phantasia, for a long time (until GBA) this was the ONLY port of the first Namco Tales game.
also an SNES game with a vocal anime intro, and voice acting that wasn't terrible!?
the GBA port sucks, sound and graphics wise, and english dub is laughable, i usually dont complain but they had no feeling like they just took literally anyone and handed them a script.
Final fantasy 5, wasn't on SNES in english, so patches, I lol cause the main guy named "BUTZ" (Bartz)
Final fantasy 4 in US SNES btw was STUPIDLY easier than original, about half the bosses are missing, enough said. i didn't find that out till GBA port
Seiken Densetsu 3, or as it's known since it's remake, Trials of Mana, the SNES game actually much much longer and feels challenging, it's about a good 30 hour game for ONE playthrough and you got 3 different endings, of course new game plus is a thing. the 3d remake is both too short and too easy
it's one the best SNES RPG games out there, in my opinion, also 3 players on SNES, only 1 on remake
Bahamut lagoon, it's a Square SRPG with dragons! if that didn't sell you, listen to the soundtrack
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square made a racing game, Racing lagoon (no relation to previous game above i guess)
it's literally racing RPG, think initial D but with random encounter races and levelling up (by parts)
it's cheesy as F story and cg scenes but the gameplay is quite tight (it's not easy and needs skill it's not need for speed or ridge race think more gran turismo 2)
Emulation is like the ultimate equalizer, isn't it?
For those of us who weren't born into insanely rich families, this is effectively what allows to explore and experience pretty much everything gaming has to offer without worrying about having the means or the (physical) space for it. Maybe that's why they are always trying to take it away from us...
Regardless! With so many awesome games to be found, we are almost bound to come across one that just seems to come out of nowhere and blow our minds to pieces.
What are the games that did that for you? Mine was Emerald Dragon on SNES:
Emulators are something the companies themselves would have to give support on, because they are the window to their hardware, and release demos into them for the people to see them.
The problem about emulation is that there is too many poor people who want too many games and have too unrespectful behaviour towards this industry. They buy the hardware (or try not to using the PC to the limit), download as many games without paying a cent, play them, finish them, then continue downloading more games, with virtually zero contribution to the industry.
Videogames is a hobby, and like any other hobby, it costs money. If your goal is to dive into this wonderful hobby, just prepare your wallet and work hard to get enough money for it. Nothing comes at ease, but when you get it you enjoy it, like when we were kids. We could get maybe 1 or 2 games a year, but we enjoyed them so much.
We don't need to become videogame hoarders, and nowadays you can get many games at discounted prices.
Back to the topic, my first freaking out emulator experience was when I saw Chrono Trigger running on a Pentium PC. I played the game 1 or 2 years before on the original cart at a friend's home and I got in love with it. It was like magic, but that didn't stop me from staying these 2 years saving money to buy it and I finally did :)
ff4 on vba
pokemon yellow on vba (i was so fucking happy that i could finally use pikachu like in the anime)
star ocean 1 and 2 on ppsspp (although i wish i played the ps1 versions, fuck the psp and the garbage sound quality and ass art by production i.g )
been emulating for 20 years or so, although it's only recently that i'm actually able to play a majority of the emulatable games cos i finally have a pc strong enough to play ps1 and ps2 games
Emulators are something the companies themselves would have to give support on, because they are the window to their hardware, and release demos into them for the people to see them.
The problem about emulation is that there is too many poor people who want too many games and have too unrespectful behaviour towards this industry. They buy the hardware (or try not to using the PC to the limit), download as many games without paying a cent, play them, finish them, then continue downloading more games, with virtually zero contribution to the industry.
Videogames is a hobby, and like any other hobby, it costs money. If your goal is to dive into this wonderful hobby, just prepare your wallet and work hard to get enough money for it. Nothing comes at ease, but when you get it you enjoy it, like when we were kids. We could get maybe 1 or 2 games a year, but we enjoyed them so much.
We don't need to become videogame hoarders, and nowadays you can get many games at discounted prices.
Back to the topic, my first freaking out emulator experience was when I saw Chrono Trigger running on a Pentium PC. I played the game 1 or 2 years before on the original cart at a friend's home and I got in love with it. It was like magic, but that didn't stop me from staying these 2 years saving money to buy it and I finally did :)
That's nice and all. But in reality most of these companies don't care about their history and think keeping everything but the most popular games alive is wasting money. The vast majority of games that people emulate minus the current and past 2 generations are pretty much abandoned by them.
If I go out of my way to buy a ps1 and my entire library of roms for it on original copies. the industry is not seeing a single cent of it. All of it is second hand. The money goes to the previous consumer. And when it dies that is another copy less in the world that won't come back. Emulation keeps all of this alive.
Yes, for the last 3 generations (ps3, ps4, ps5. Wiiu, switch, switch2. ...) these online storefronts are still open and I encourage everyone to play on original hardware when possible. I love my gameboy color and advance to death. Still play on my old ps3. And have sunk thousands into my steam and gog libraries over the past decade. The modern industry is bad, but there is a lot of good in there as well that is worth supporting. But the past of this industry is worth experiencing too. Whether through an emulator or og hardware.
Games I love, found through emulation:
God hand
Ape escape 2, 3
Armored core 1, 2, 4A (I know 4A is on ps3 but just mentioning because it is the best one)
Dino cirsis
Tunnel B1
Pokemon pinball ruby & sapphire
Castlevania symphony of the night
And sooo many lightgun games. Time crisis, house of the dead, elemental gearbolt...
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