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Yes. That's one of the reasons Neo-Geo was/is so popular.

While it's nice that you give tips to Linux users, please do not resurrect dead threads just for this. Look at the dates and make a new thread.

I didn't say that GTK prorams would always have problems under Windows. I have used GAIM as well without any problems.

Except it uses GTK+ under Windows (if we are talking about the Windows port) GTK+ programs suck quite a bit under Windows. Still, I won't go around saying that GIMP is a poor choice on a Windows machine, it just isn't very stable with certain configurations and GTK+ framework doesn't blend too well with the rest in Windows.

No emulator hacks the romsets in any way. The only real hacking they do is if they happen to have a memory address editor for cheats. For emulators that support decrypting encrypted romsets on the fly, do it in memory. Emulators do not alter the contents of the files thmselves.

It's known that the latest Battlefield 2 update features at least one form of adware. Whether fans choose to accept it or not is another matter.

Well, first and foremost, the differences came into play when SNK started to deivse protectons for their Neo-Geo arcade boards so that they would be harder to pirate (this started with KOF99 and Garou). So the emulators at that time only had sets that didn't have any kind of protection. They couldn't run the newer games because they couldn't emulate the protection. Eventually, people circumvented the protections (or knew how to make code the emulators such a way that the protections would also be emulated - on the fly decryption). The emulators that were actively being worked on (Nebula, Kawaks MAME) quickly implemented the decryption routines into their respective code, but emulators like NeoRAGEx that didn't have virtually any development going on had to resort to hacking individual files in the romset. A further problem for NRX was that it could only handle files up to a certain size per file and it could anly work with romsets that had their filesnames follow a different pattern. Other emulators had strict rules of how they handle the files inside a romset (decrypting encrypted data, perfectly matching CRC values, size in hex, etc.), and could work with files of all sizes as long as the code was adjusted accordingly. NRX had to result in hacking Neo-Geo program code to remove the encryption but also keep all the filesizes between their size boundaries. As the files started to change, they had to be treated as completely different romsets.

I don't think that Olbermann is any different than any of the people at Fox News to be honest. It' just that Olbermann is actually trying to appeal to the left (or to anyone who doesn't like dubya). Well, I don't know much about how seriously one can take any news anchor in the US. I suppose you know better, and I'm fine with that. I just call them as I see them.

Exactly.

I THINK NOT. The scriptwriters must have been influenced by Metal Gear Solid in some way or the other.

At least Olbermann and Turley have the balls the truly speak their minds on TV.

The series is made of 50% WIN 50% LOL 50% GOD That's 150%. Need I say more? Oh yeah, the vampire twins were flocking nasty. Balalaika + her private army + The Triad + Eda ==

I never said I didn't support Opera; on the contrary.

I see no reason why it wouldn't be "out there".

Are you ResidentEvilzZz from EmuTalk? Have you tried closing the emulator, mounting the second disc and then starting the emulator again?

The "perfect" romsets are largely those used by MAME. The only way you are going to get yourself romset(s) that work with every emulator is to first get a sets that work in NeoRAGEx, then use Loaders for Kawaks/Nebula and make your custom DATs for the sets. Then you compile your own MAME build so that it accepts the NeoRAGEx sets you have. Same with FBA and whatever Neo-Geo emulator you use on your PSP. Yes. Easier said than done.

YES. Simply. Fucking. Awesome. I want these.

I'm just waiting for the FI localization for Firefox 2. Once you start to use Firefox and Thunderbird, you don't go back to IE or Outlook. Ever.

Devil May Cry 3 Special Edition. Review coming soon.

Quite a few actually, it's just that a surprising number of people don't think about whether an emulator is open source until they start wanting ports.

Moved to the XBOX section, where this belongs.

Like it was said earlier, there is practically no way to fix the ludicrous number of bugs that Chankast has nor has anyone heard anything from the developers (well, one of them popped up on EmuTalk one fine day, but dissappeared just as quickly). Chankast is dead and NullDC follows when it's ready. Still, despite Chankasts's flaws it palys many commercial games with good speeds. Just game Project Justice a shot not long ago and it was fabulous. Jet Grind Radio too.

The last arcade over here is about to get shut down by the end of the year, or so I've heard. All the other arcades have simply died over the course of 7 or so years. It's sad because there are so many arcade lovers in this country, yet at the same time it's abysmally expensive to maintain and run an arcade center.

Most germans that are fully aware of what kind of restrictions their country's *mindflock* laws impose on media and games expecially, import the games from another EU country. So there.

Yes.