Post by patrickp on Mar 8, 2006 13:09:56 GMT -5
dw817 said:
patrickp said:
davidw817, downloading .bin files (or any sort of files) of Playstation games is illegal in most countries; they are copyrighted games. You shouldn't do it, and nor should you * Nice try, Patrick P:
I am referring to public-domain PSX roms, you can find some here, please don't make wild accusations.
www.megagames.com/psx/psx_demos.shtml
You'll notice that when to go to download any of those demos, the site points out that you shouldn't download them unless you own the original game. Therefore, they are _not _ public domain.
In addition, you may care to notice that I said "downloading .bin files (or any sort of files) of Playstation games."
dw817 said:
* If it can't run *.BIN DEMOS what CAN it run ?It can run properly ripped bin/cue files of Playstation games. It can also run the games from CD. I notice that later in this thread, you also complain that it won't do this properly. I think you should bear in mind that a) this is a new emulator; in fact, it's already showing better results than other PSX emulators did at comparable stages in their developments, and b) that you paid nothing to download this emu and that pSX Author (the developer) has no obligation whatsoever to make _anything_ work on this emulator. If you want helpful replies and results, you would do better to ask politely than to demand and insult.
patrickp said:
One of the nice things about having a CD-based game system like the Playstation is that you don't need any special equipment to rip your own games. There are several applications, some free, around that you can rip CDs to isos with.Some Playstation emulators can use different CD images, but pSX emulator can only use bin/cue files ATM. You could try using something like Burnatonce, from www.burnatonce.com/index.htm?news, which is a free application that will rip CDs to bin/cue files.
dw817 said:
* What about the legitimate playstation games I have purchased ? Can it run any of those with the absence of *.BIN and/or *.CUE for LEGITIMATE purchased games ?Sounds to me like more emphasis on NOT running games with the fear of them being pirated rather than the wide diversity of PSX games that I fully purchased through Gamestop that just do not have those two files on them.
pSX, at this early stage of its development, only runs bin/cue images, which you can rip from your games with free applications as long as they're not copy-protected (and you can rip copy-protected games with some paid-for applications), and CDs. Of course you won't find .bin and .cue files on the CD: they are the files that you rip the games _to_.
dw817 said:
Now EPSXE and PSXEVEN DO run my commercial games so there is something amiss in this emulator if for whatever reason it can't run purchased games that have exceeded beyond the need for early PSX games that relied on *.CUE and *.BIN to drive them.You're comparing a brand new emulator with ones that have been in development and have been through several iterations for a considerable length of time. What do you expect? I've found, myself, that pSX runs more than half the games I've tried on it; that's considerably better compatibilty than any other PSX emulator has shown so soon after its first release.
dw817 said:
Shall I list ALL the purchased games I have that do not have either *.CUE or *.BIN on them ?Don't bother. It's irrelevant, as explained above, in other posts in this thread and in the pSX emulator FAQs.
dw817 said:
Incidentally that DOS directory listing above are the exact contents on the disc of the legitimate purchased NASCAR RUMBLE videogame.David
Now, read what people have said, and come back and be rude again.
