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Re: Emulators better than the real thing?
« on: August 06, 2007, 10:50:27 PM »
A nice bonus of emulation for games is that you can save the emulator state, which is handy for games that don't have a save option.
 

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Re: Emulators better than the real thing?
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2007, 12:01:15 PM »
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An emulator can never be better than the real thing. If it emulates something so that the whole system runs faster than the original you're not emulating the original anymore. Look at the definition of emulation.
You're still using an A500 then, because anything faster wouldn't be better?

(And in fact, UAE _does_ win on this argument, as you can set the speed to match A500 speed, or give it a range of speeds, where as a real Amiga that's faster than the "original", you're stuck with it.)