PCSX2 is the first!

step aside Xeon, PCSX2 is the first!

XBox emulation is going awesome! Xeon is showing that emulating Halo is possible. Gamecube emulators are booting commerically released software. PS2 emulators have shown us the PS2 bios booting and other amazing things. But, Speaking of PS2...Enter PCSX2! At this point I am declaring PSCX2 the first 2nd generation next generation emulator that actually plays games to a completely playable level. (side note: dreamcast is not a 2nd generation next genaration system in my opinion & emulation64.com does not condone piracy in any way)

I could tell you all about it, but instead, I'll let you see for yourself. Head over to this thread on the official PCSX2 forums to see a great game of Super Bust a Move!

btw, thanks to passive(news submissions) & Malcom(on IRC) for this news...

woah... sorry I did not read the replies sooner. Indeed, I am not saying Xeon is not a great accomlishment. Nor do I think that it's a competition between authors. I was merely trying to set up a certain level of excitement.

It's 2 diffrent systems and 2 completely diffrent kind of games, both are great steps foward. By comparing the 2, I am trying to point out advancements in both.

Maybe saying 'so who cares about that!?' was a bad way to put it. As was pointed out, I do care, I tried Xeon myself despite the fact that I knew my computer would barely do anything with it.

so with that in mind, after I write this, I will edit it.

And I apoligize to anyone who thought it was a bit rude, but I'm not a fan of boring 'only news posts' I like to put some excitement in it, after all I am the one who posted news 6 times in a row, I ask any of you to do that, and not want to have some fun with it.

lastly, I posted this news when i was half asleep so it was hard for me to think of good ways to build excitement. If any of you hang out on IRC you know that I barely swear until after 1am central time. As I get tired, my vocabulary is a little less 'nice' sounding sometimes. I could have swore or done worse then I did, the fact that I did not shows how much I respect the authors of emulators. But again, I apoligize.

P.S. - I asked in #emulation64 after I edited the post if it was better or not and here is what I was asked:

(8:36pm) {pyrokenx} what does halo have to do with pcsx2?

my reply was that there both 2nd generation next gen systems (xbox and ps2), but beyond that, there is no connection, so why give some glory to Xeon in a post about PCSX2? Why was I thinking about Xeon when I was writing news about a PCSX2 emulator? Because I respect it that much as an accomplishment. So don't insult me so much for being a little controverisal. Think outside the box a bit!

firestarter said:

Um...That's different. That's comparing apples (Final Fantasy) and oranges (Bust-A-Move). And for the record, nothing amazes me (and besides, no matter what game it would've been, if something showed, I'd be more glad than amazed)....except maybe the incompetency of the American people. No wonder everyone is being sucked into the void that is self-destruction. (NOTE: I'm not saying every American's incompetent. Just the majority)

Oh, and you're forgiven, apexad.

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Well, I must say I totally agree with everything you just said.

Anyway, with the recent post by _SF_ telling people to use the debug build of directx 9, it seems more people are getting Xeon to run, but most importantly, it actually runs pretty fast. The biggest problem is that graphical glitches plague it. I'd still call Halo fairly unplayable though, as getting in game is one thing, but as I said, CKEmu was actually able to win a bit.

Your comparing apples to oranges brings up a good point, so with that in mind, I radically changed the post to reflect that a bit more. Because comapring Halo or almost anything to super bust a move is a big comparison.