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st3v3irvine

Posts: 237
From: Area 51

Posted on: February 7, 2011, 7:56 pm

can it be done ?

love it to see it

darkweezil

FR33DOM!!

Posts: 495
From: !!XboxIsoZone!!

Posted on: February 7, 2011, 8:26 pm

The ps1 is ported the xbox so I really dont see why the dreamcast isnt. Didnt they both share similar hardware and processing power?

Dreamcast.
CPU: 128-bit Hitachi SH-4 RISC processor (200MHz 360 MIPS)
Graphics: NEC CLX2 processor
RAM: 16MB, 8MB Video RAM, 2MB Sound RAM
Colors: 16.7 million
Polygons: 3 million per second
Game Media: 1.2GB GD-ROM, 12x access speed
Resolution: 640x480 pixels
Sound: Yamaha 64 channel
Operating System: Custom Windows CE with DirectX support*
Modem: 56Kbps (US/JP NTSC), 33.3Kbps (PAL)

Ps1.
CPU: 32-bit RISC (33.9MHz)
RAM: 2MB, 1MB Video RAM
Graphics: 3D Geometry Engine, with 2D rotation, scaling, transparency and fading and 3D texture mapping and shading
Colors: 16.7 million
Sprites: 4,000
Polygons: 360,000 per second
Resolution: 640x480
Sound: 16-bit 24 channel PCM

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Straycatstrat

I am the Stray Cat.

Posts: 1586
From: 0 degrees Latitude, 0 degrees Longitude

Posted on: February 7, 2011, 11:27 pm

I think you just answered your own question darkweezil:
"Didnt they both share similar hardware and processing power?"

First, let's look at the specifications that you post on there. It looks like the Dreamcast is more powerful. The Dreamcast (if your specs are correct) has a processor that is a little over 6 times. 8 times the RAM, 8 times the video memory, etc, etc.

Second, the XBox has a 433 MHz CPU, 64 MB RAM. Sadly, the XBox is not powerful enough to emulate the Dreamcast.

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Wersaq

The Janitor

Posts: 165
From: Sweden

Posted on: February 8, 2011, 12:40 am

Straycatstrat - Wrong. It's actually 733

Maybe it'll emulate good on my 1.4GHz/128MB RAM Xbox, but i doubt it.

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st3v3irvine

Posts: 237
From: Area 51

Posted on: February 8, 2011, 7:12 am

what about sega saturn emulator

Straycatstrat

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Posted on: February 8, 2011, 9:38 am

Lol, my bad, I got my older computer specifications mixed up! But, the point still resides that the Xbox isn't powerful enough.

Not sure about a Saturn...

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xanderten50

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From: UK

Posted on: February 8, 2011, 9:43 am

I think a Saturn emulator would be out as well - its one of the most convoluted consoles ever! I think there were working dreamcast emulators before a playable Saturn emulator was actually working - and you needed a mighty powerful PC to do it!

Wersaq

The Janitor

Posts: 165
From: Sweden

Posted on: February 8, 2011, 7:21 pm

Yeah, i don't see why emulating Saturn would be a problem. But there aren't any Saturn emulators, correct?

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bobthebender

Feel free to ask

Posts: 363
From: The Midwest U.S.

Posted on: February 8, 2011, 9:01 pm

well, the problem with emulating saturn is simply how it is designed. Not too tech savy myself, but i think it has 9 processors if i remember right.
And there is Yabuse, but it runs slow on everything

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Oveneise

Posts: 63
From: Minnesota

Posted on: February 9, 2011, 4:27 am

Won't happen. When emulating another system, the said system that is emulating it needs to be considerably more powerful.

Take his BED.

openupyourmind

XBOX GOD

Posts: 706
From: INSIDE THE BOX

Posted on: February 9, 2011, 8:03 am

sega cd is a beauty on the box even runs cds from the emu

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xanderten50

Biscuit Dunker

Posts: 177
From: UK

Posted on: February 9, 2011, 10:03 am

Yeah, the saturn had lots of processors - some of which were bolted on after Sega saw the specs for the original playstation, so I highly doubt any console will have saturn emulation for a long time! (unless Sega finally rejoin the hardware race and make a console that plays all their previous games? no? oh well

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bobthebender

Feel free to ask

Posts: 363
From: The Midwest U.S.

Posted on: February 9, 2011, 5:06 pm

What program do you use to run sega cd?

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Badboy9997

Gamertag: badboypatrick10

Posts: 104
From: germany ;)

Posted on: February 12, 2011, 7:01 pm

the psp can emulate dreamcast and the psp has a 333mhz processor but it runs slowly. so why isnt there a emulator for the xbox?

lionheart138

Posts: 105
From: UK

Posted on: February 16, 2011, 8:05 pm

The long and short of it, because no one can be arsed atm. The xbox can potentially emulate the dreamcast but probably not at stable framerates. Also in regards the sega saturn emulator even on a pc it's hard to get one of them running properly so it's probably not going to happen on the xbox, unless if someone spends months on end optimizing.

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Droog

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Posts: 62
From: Hell

Posted on: February 16, 2011, 8:16 pm

I would have to agree with you on that one. The Saturn is a pain alone.

Flip your coin, heads or tails, The Droog always wins.

Badboy9997

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Posts: 104
From: germany ;)

Posted on: February 18, 2011, 2:29 pm

yeah true

Droog

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Posts: 62
From: Hell

Posted on: February 19, 2011, 6:58 pm

Just remember new things are always coming. The Dreamcast was my favorite system, so I still have it, but I think to run it on the xbox would be really cool.

Flip your coin, heads or tails, The Droog always wins.

lionheart138

Posts: 105
From: UK

Posted on: March 4, 2011, 12:16 pm

Dreamcast on xbox will happen eventually. Just wait on someone with enough free time to get it done

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openupyourmind

XBOX GOD

Posts: 706
From: INSIDE THE BOX

Posted on: March 9, 2011, 6:02 pm

once you have a perfectly dumped bios for a console it all depends on what you can do with it and on what . i 150 percent believe you can emulate these systems on a xbox. 1 Sega Saturn ... 2 A $ony Psp 3 A ps2 ---there is even a emulator that is fully working if i can recall a conversation with my friend he said there is a possibility that the Virtualboy can do it too

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nbafreak

Posts: 419
From:

Posted on: March 22, 2011, 2:59 pm

Forget dreamcast. Just buy one.

Next you be asking for blue ray playback.

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