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Dreamcast Emulation Hits PS3: nullDC In Action

Exophase.com writes, "What better way to leverage the PS3′s computational prowess than with a Dreamcast emulator? It’s quite a jump from the 16-bit SNES, however, homebrew developer drk||Raziel has taken to the challenge with a port of his very own nullDC."

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qface645346d ago

too bad there are no dreamcast games considering the few good games it had have been re released and ported to pretty much every thing in existence

Blaze9295346d ago

what in the world are you talking about? I can't even....

EYEamNUMBER15346d ago

im loosing all hope in N4G mixing with any form of sarcasm or joking whatsoever

qface645346d ago (Edited 5346d ago )

don't see how its so hard to understand that

k let me put it this way
i don't see how this is a big deal considering you can play dreamcast games on pretty much everything (joking tone) seeing as how the good worthwhile dream cast games have been pretty much ported to so many different things as well as being able to play any dreamcast game on any PC

Baka-akaB5346d ago

well grandia 2's ports were incredibly crappy , so here is one at least

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OneSneakyMofo5346d ago

Honestly, if you want a Dreamcast emulator that bad, download it for the PC. Guess what? You can use a USB controller too, and here's the kicker... since you're download emulators, cracking consoles, I'm gonna go out and say that you're download pirated games too. Well, well, well... today's your lucky day as PC's have over hundreds of different torrent websites to download unlimited amounts of Dreamcast games.

OneSneakyMofo5346d ago

Sorry for the typos. I have the flu :D

ReservoirDog3165346d ago

A lot of people's pcs suck though.

Not justifying anything, just saying.

dragonelite5346d ago

Uuh how are we suppose to download iso to emulate not touching the ps 3 browser with a ten foot pole flipping open my laptop starting it up and go to a website is already faster then ps 3 browser.

inbe4 360 fanboy but you have to either use fanboys timers to not see that ps 3 browser is slow as fuck and no internet is fine enough 35mb/s.

madpuppy5346d ago

was better supported and lasted longer in Japan, and that there are plenty of games released in Japan that they could mine for other regions.

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killa916065346d ago

The PShackers find an exploit to go online with this, can you imagine you scroll to your friends name and it says: PLAYING:NFL 2K

Elite_7375346d ago

This is awesome. I want to get a new ps3 so i can Homebrew. Also, I don't get why people are against this jailbreak. The Ps3 is now Open source, that is fantastic.

Sure, piracy is bad, but being open source out-weighs all the cons. Just look at the wii, it made me love it all over again when i hacked it. Quake is fucking awesome on it.

Blaze9295346d ago

yeah I honestly don't get it either. All anyone ever thinks about is piracy and sure, maybe some hacks going on with trophies and PS3 games but man, when I say custom firmware absolutely MADE my PSP I tell you no jokes. The things I can do with my PSP (still on PSP-1000) heavily outweigh everything Sony originally intended for that device and since I paid $250 - I should be able to do whatever I want with it.

If it wasn't for custom firmware on PSP, I honestly would've gotten rid of that device years ago.

I say bring on the PS3 Jailbreak developments. I'm very excited with ever progress made towards it. could care less about getting banned or going online - would just buy another PS3 for that sole purpose.

f7897905346d ago

Anyone who says a hacked PSP is a bad thing doesn't know what they are talking about. Go look at the themes you can make. The best part is playing ANY PS1 game you want without waiting for Sony to put it on the store.

xAlmostPro5345d ago

not really.. no online play or PSN use, and at some point insane piracys.. it hasnt done any good for the psp

DeadIIIRed5345d ago

I can see why so many people are excited about this kind of stuff, being able to play SNES and Dreamcast on a current gen system. Regardless of how much of a thrill you get from home-brewing, it doesn't outweigh the tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars publishers and developers lose because of the inevitable piracy that comes with this kind of stuff. The more they lose the more budget cuts. The people who create the games you buy work hard (well most of them) just like you or your parents. The people who developed this hack only take advantage of hard working people. Don't support this crap.

akaFullMetal5346d ago

Have they cracked the firmware past 2.4? Any of them?

El_Colombiano5346d ago

They never "cracked" any firmware. The only reason the PS3 is open to unsigned code now is because of the leaked data from Sony. I love how all these "1337 haxxorz" claim they "busted open" the PS3. All they did was use code that should have never left Sony. So I really doubt they'll be able to apply the exploit to any new firmwares.

ReservoirDog3165346d ago

Better to be smart or lucky?

They weren't smart enough but got lucky.

In the end though, you can do this on the PS3 though.

Biggest5346d ago

It's better to be smart in this case. There isn't much of a chance of getting lucky again. Maybe in four more years. Anyone using their PS3 with these "tools" is basically using a crappy PC for something that a normal PC could already do. Well, I guess every exclusive PS3 game up to this point as well. But since nothing is actually hacked, you won't be able to play anything new. And you won't be able to play online. If you want to spend $300-$600 for that, more power to you.

Ratchet_Co5346d ago

How ironic, Sonic Adventure just came out lol

El_Colombiano5346d ago

And I'm torn whether I should buy it or not. I absolutely loved it on the Gamecube.

Nitrowolf25346d ago (Edited 5346d ago )

First Video Game i ever played
i bought it
its a lot buggy then i remembered it (camera and some walking issue in the forest jungle thingy)

although i am loving it, bought the director cut never got to play Metal Sonic my dreamcast died on me when i almost had all the emblems for the original and then my gamecube ended up doing the exact same thing.

I have to say graphics are not that bad, i mean compared to nearer Sonic really all what they are just less jags and more texture.

This game was beatiful the only thing i hate about it is the F'n retarded cat missions

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Why Dark Souls 2 Deserves a Second Chance in 2025

As difficult and frustrating as it is, people should consider reliving the Dark Souls 2 experience, especially because of what's coming to the game.

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PrimeVinister11h ago

Many of those who hate Dark Souls II hate it because it's not Dark Souls. The same people love Dark Souls III because it isn't Dark Souls II.

And so many of the issues at the centre of common complaints about DS2 are present in DS3 and sometimes even DS1. The hatred and bile spewed over this perfectly decent game is ludicrous.

CrimsonWing6910h ago

I don’t think it’s a terrible game, but like a movie sequel by a different director, for me, it does NOT capture any of the “magic” felt from the Miyazaki entries. Boss battles don’t feel epic, environments don’t have the same sense of awe, the enemy variety isn’t particularly interesting, the art direction just feels bland, about the only thing I can give it praise for is some of the music.

Now, again, this is only how I feel about it, so I’m not trying to invalidate his you feel about the game, but it is the worst entry in the series due to those factors and it’s the least re-visited entry, for me.

Is it decent as a game on its own? Sure. But in comparison to the Miyazaki entries, it does not stack up and I believe that’s where many were disappointed with it.

PrimeVinister7h ago

Completely fair. I cannot disagree either, mate.

MrWood9h ago(Edited 9h ago)

You can also play it in VR flawlessly on PC & controller with the LukeRoss mod so… another reason to jump back in with extra immersion.

jznrpg9h ago

It’s not a bad game it’s just not as good as the others

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15 Years Ago, Skate 3 Marked the End of an Era

Today marks the 15th birthday of Skate 3, a truly special entry in EA's seminal skateboarding trilogy, and the last true AAA skateboarding game.

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Abear212m ago

Best skateboarding game ever made

Yi-Long1h ago

Agreed. Skate 3, Def Jam FFNY, Black, Burnout 3, NBA Street v3, TimeSplitters FP, SSX3, Mirror’s Edge, etc etc. Fantastic era, and after that EA just dropped off completely.

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How Sony Fixed Their PS3 Launch Mistakes

This is the story of how the creators of the all-time best selling console almost crippled its own successor’s early life.

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ABizzel11d 16h ago

They retired Ken Kutaragi, moved away from overly expensive custom hardware, and went with more traditional hardware available to the market and listened to developer needs.

Profchaos4h ago

It's true but also PlayStation publicly came out and stated third party wasn't important to them.

ironic that what worked for them the previous generation caused them significant pain in the subsequent one.

The PS2 was actually a significant challenge to develop for far worse than the PS1 ever was but the competition at the time was struggling so much they couldn't make up the ground Dreamcast had a stigma of being a last gen console by the time the PS2 came around and looked inferior compared to games like grab Turismo 3, the GameCube and Xbox were still a ways away and PlayStation had the reputation as being the place to play it was a perfect storm for them and the GTA games not coming to Dreamcast and Sony's embrace really helped.

Third party basically drove PlayStation yi success over more capable consoles Xbox may have looked better at the time but it didn't have GTA 3, vc, Sa or the stories games the mainline entries didn't hit the Xbox until many years after being on PlayStation.

Then the PS3 with it's cell architecture ramped it up again and just hurt Devs they didn't focus on the GPU as much as they should have and they didn't realise their deals they made with IBM could have resulted in the cell architecture being shared with Microsoft which it was and it did help them develop the 360

But really the 90s and 2000s were a wild time for game consoles now it's a little boring it's all off the shelf components and everything is mostly the same

gunnerforlife6h ago

After losing so many 3rd party exclusives, they buckled down and concentrated on amazing first party games! God of war 3, Killzone 2, resistance, uncharted, the last of us, MgS4, little big planet, demon souls and so many more games!! They won the gamers back by playing smart! Even though the media and all big gaming websites from ign, gamespot, kotaku etc were all against it!! I had fun with ps2, but it's ps3 where I really grew up and had the time of my life.