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I think I posted in a similar topic like this one. I'll just repeat it adding a bit more details that I remember just now.
Sometime in 1998-2000, I can't remember the year exactly, I was wandering through the computer section of a local mall in my country infamous for bootleg or counterfeit items especially with regards to PC and console games. I saw a bootleg CD with the label King of Fighters 94-whatever the latest KOF was. I was more of a Capcom fan those days and was just getting into KOF after watching people in the arcade duke it out in KOF 97 and 98 and seeing the amazing gameplay and combos of the local regulars. I already bought KOF 97 (and subsequently, 98) for the PS1 and really liked it even with the atrocious loading times. I was also buying games for my Dreamcast from Hong Kong and the U.S. like King of Fighters 98 Dream Match, KOF 99 Evolution and paid a lot of money to have it imported in my country.
Now back to that CD, since I paid so much for those importing those KOF titles, I couldn't believe what was in those CD's as possibly true. I actually ignored those CD's for a time and on a whim, bought the CD one day which cost less than a hamburger-soda value meal.
I got home, found a program called Neorage X, some roms...and after fiddling with it...amazed the games worked great on my computer.
They worked even better when I bought a cheap PC controller and hooked it up. I couldn't believe my eyes. I was playing a Neo Geo game, a title that cost hundreds of dollars for one cart working right there in my computer. And after I spent all that money on importing those KOF titles and here it is, working nearly as good as the ones I bought...notwithstanding the very slight frameskips...I think. (But to be honest, the imported games did have some things emulation didn't have like arranged music, Athena's song being sung with vocals, Extra Strikers not available in the Neo Geo version of 99 and 2000, gallery mode from SNK artists that gave insights on the characters personality, ingame drama and so forth)
When KOF 2001 was released, I already found a CD with the ROM in it at the same time our local arcades brought it out. I suppose this could have been one of the reasons why SNK went bankrupt the first time but I did import the Dreamcast game for KOF 2001 as well so I paid my dues for that one.
Anyway, that's how I learned about emulation. And it was good timing too since Capcom vs SNK 1 and 2 was about to come out and I got to learn all about the earlier KOF games and other Neo Geo titles just in time to see the references and moves they were lifting the SNK characters out from.
Sometime in 1998-2000, I can't remember the year exactly, I was wandering through the computer section of a local mall in my country infamous for bootleg or counterfeit items especially with regards to PC and console games. I saw a bootleg CD with the label King of Fighters 94-whatever the latest KOF was. I was more of a Capcom fan those days and was just getting into KOF after watching people in the arcade duke it out in KOF 97 and 98 and seeing the amazing gameplay and combos of the local regulars. I already bought KOF 97 (and subsequently, 98) for the PS1 and really liked it even with the atrocious loading times. I was also buying games for my Dreamcast from Hong Kong and the U.S. like King of Fighters 98 Dream Match, KOF 99 Evolution and paid a lot of money to have it imported in my country.
Now back to that CD, since I paid so much for those importing those KOF titles, I couldn't believe what was in those CD's as possibly true. I actually ignored those CD's for a time and on a whim, bought the CD one day which cost less than a hamburger-soda value meal.
I got home, found a program called Neorage X, some roms...and after fiddling with it...amazed the games worked great on my computer.
They worked even better when I bought a cheap PC controller and hooked it up. I couldn't believe my eyes. I was playing a Neo Geo game, a title that cost hundreds of dollars for one cart working right there in my computer. And after I spent all that money on importing those KOF titles and here it is, working nearly as good as the ones I bought...notwithstanding the very slight frameskips...I think. (But to be honest, the imported games did have some things emulation didn't have like arranged music, Athena's song being sung with vocals, Extra Strikers not available in the Neo Geo version of 99 and 2000, gallery mode from SNK artists that gave insights on the characters personality, ingame drama and so forth)
When KOF 2001 was released, I already found a CD with the ROM in it at the same time our local arcades brought it out. I suppose this could have been one of the reasons why SNK went bankrupt the first time but I did import the Dreamcast game for KOF 2001 as well so I paid my dues for that one.
Anyway, that's how I learned about emulation. And it was good timing too since Capcom vs SNK 1 and 2 was about to come out and I got to learn all about the earlier KOF games and other Neo Geo titles just in time to see the references and moves they were lifting the SNK characters out from.
I wanted to play Pokemon Red in 2016 with my friend after playing Go and downloaded a GB emulator on my phone. I remember trading with my friend and being like "this can do that??" I was mindblown to say the least.