gonna give emulating another chance

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gonna give emulating another chance

Post by phatrat1982 » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:41 pm

I figured I would download the FreeDO emulator one more time and try and see if maybe I can get it working with some games this time. I only have one question though, where is the best way to get ISO images or cheap copies of games to try out?

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Post by 3DO Experience » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:52 pm

You can buy games from eBay, amazon, estarland, gooddealgames... ect and then rip them into ISOs. There are also games up for sale by members in our Open Marketplace. I might suggest maybe buying a sampler disc so you can try out different games.
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Post by phatrat1982 » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:53 pm

I have one game, Immercenary I think I will start with that and go from there.

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Post by 3DO Experience » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:56 pm

Just make sure you rip it to ISO and not another format.
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Post by phatrat1982 » Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:13 pm

it won't load from the CD drive?

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Post by BryWI » Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:06 am

it will if you get the version that (i think) has the need for an aspi layer removed. Find freedo alpha 2.1, it wont be on the official freedo site. It's on a russian site, it's legit though. It's the guy who was actually doing most of the work once the other devs got perma-busy. It will run faster if you make an image of the disc. dont worry when you put the disc in a pc, yeah you wont see any files. still make an image of the disc. It will be good.

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Post by phatrat1982 » Tue Jun 21, 2011 12:47 am

can I use any cd ripping software or is there something specific I need to use and how do I go about doing that?

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Post by CasetheCorvetteman » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:42 am

Havent done this for years. Magic ISO worked back then.

Biggest issue i had was the controls, couldnt seem to get a joypad programed in, only keyboard functions.... Got round this with the use of Joy-to-Key though.

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Post by 3DOKid » Tue Jun 21, 2011 9:17 pm

The emulator is fine and dandy. I think later releases did away with the need for the ASPI driver. It should just boot a 3DO CD. I used the emulator all the time, but honestly, the real thing is, as Trip would say, "The R.E.A.L thing"

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Post by Calavera » Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:01 am

3DOKid wrote:The emulator is fine and dandy. I think later releases did away with the need for the ASPI driver. It should just boot a 3DO CD. I used the emulator all the time, but honestly, the real thing is, as Trip would say, "The R.E.A.L thing"

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Agreed, the emulator comes nowhere close to the real thing.
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Post by phatrat1982 » Wed Jun 22, 2011 2:19 pm

is that just personal preference or does the emulator underperform or something? Yeah I want a real console I do but I can't afford one right now butI do want to try out some of the games.

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Post by 3DOKid » Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:26 pm

phatrat1982 wrote:is that just personal preference or does the emulator underperform or something? Yeah I want a real console I do but I can't afford one right now butI do want to try out some of the games.
Some of the later Russian releases of Freedo are awesome. You have to throw a decent PC at it to get the best from it mind you.

One of things I didn't like about earlier releases was the changes they made to the graphics output. Smoothing and aliasing and stuff, the games didn't look 3DO to me. It's what put's me off some PS1 emulators. Sure they look a bit better, but the experience isn't authentic.

But it's not bad. I prefer the real machine, but... (that's just me :) )

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Post by phatrat1982 » Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:44 pm

I have a brand new laptop running i7 8GB RAM I am pretty sure it can handle this, the problem is I cannot get controlls to work when in fullscreen and I can't stand to play windowed mode so I am going to give up until I can get native joystick support.

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Post by 3DOKid » Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:46 pm

A nice I7 should it peachy. which version are you using of Freedo? Have a search on the forum for the 2.2 (?) Russian version, you have to guess the menu's unless you speak Russian but it's better than 1.9 in some ways, and an i7 should make it sing.

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Post by phatrat1982 » Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:48 pm

I got both versions I could not get anywhere with the russian one but so far the other one is working just fine. I had to download a different profiler for my game pad but I got it working now.

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Post by Calavera » Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:34 am

If you don't have a 3DO console then FreeDo is a great way to check out some 3DO games. I got lucky and found a 3DO for $5 or else I would still be using FreeDo too. :wink:
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