What are some inaccuracies in emulation that annoy you?

[kuroninneko]

I noticed with Sega Saturn emulation the timing is not stable enough to perform moves in a game like Fighter's Megamix. A move like ←→+Punch will not always work. Tried lots of settings and emulators and nothing seems to work.

Another is PS2 emulation for an action game like Shinobi. I cant remember if it was like this on actual hardware but the analog stick input is not true 360 degrees on emulator. The character snaps to 8 directions and it makes the game difficult to play.

 

[Waffles]

Just thought about how link cable capabilities used to be way beyond the scope of Gameboy emulators for ages... out of the billion Gameboy emulators that were first available, only No$GBC and TGB Dual seemed to be able to, with VisualBoyAdvance coming late to that party. Always found that both frustrating and interesting.

 

[ObscureJigglypuff]

I remember No$GBC having audio issues with Suikoden Tierkries long time ago and there was an specific problem with Hotel Dusk, in the original game on some point you had to touch the screen with two fingers at the same time but for No$GBC there was a weird trick for this.

 

[thanonyx]

Stuttering

Nothing irritates me more than when a game stutters

 

[χKai]

Implying the existence of accuracy in emulators.

But seriously, I haven't had an emulator work as reliably as Mesen. I play all kinds of homebrew, bootleg, and pirate ROMs, and a lot of them don't work on most of your main go-to emulators, designed to be printed onto cartridges, sold, and played on real hardware. So I don't know any in particular that ever gave me grief; only certain sussy-ass ROMs.

 

[laughingoctopus]

The feeling of being a care free kid. Can't be replicated.

 

[Ikagura]

Layer issues. I hated Kirby Dreamland 3 for a long time because of that.

 

[Xdqwerty]

Sega Génesis emulation in a lot of emulators

 

[thanonyx]

Sega Génesis emulation in a lot of emulators

I still use Kega Fusion myself since it's the only one that plays Sega SG-1000, SC-3000, SF-7000, Master System, Game Gear, Genesis/Mega Drive, SVP, Pico, Sega/Mega CD and 32X games.

Plus I have all of my games for those all in one folder and I just really don't want to go through the hassle of sorting them all into separate folders.

 

[Xdqwerty]

I still use Kega Fusion myself since it's the only one that plays Sega SG-1000, SC-3000, SF-7000, Master System, Game Gear, Genesis/Mega Drive, SVP, Pico, Sega/Mega CD and 32X games.

Plus I have all of my games for those all in one folder and I just really don't want to go through the hassle of sorting them all into separate folders.

I meant to say Sega Génesis SOUNDCHIP emulation

 

[McDoob]

One that immediately comes to mind is lr-flycast/lr-reicast and Sega GT. The rear-view mirror is always behind any non-skybox texture on the screen. So, if you're driving through a tunnel, for instance, the rear-view is blocked. Very annoying.

-McD