Date: Sat, 16 Nov 1996 12:34:43 +0100 From: se@freebsd.org (Stefan Esser) To: asami@freebsd.org (Satoshi Asami) Cc: erich@lodgenet.com, peter@spinner.dialix.com, erich@freefall.freebsd.org, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-ports@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/emulators/ines - Imported sources Message-ID: <199611161134.MAA01130@x14.mi.uni-koeln.de> In-Reply-To: <199611161112.DAA01126@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>; from Satoshi Asami on Nov 16, 1996 03:12:47 -0800 References: <199611151804.MAA03709@jake.lodgenet.com> <199611161112.DAA01126@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Nov 16, asami@freebsd.org (Satoshi Asami) wrote: > * apparently so. There's docs somewhere on the net for building > * a cartridge copier. Just buy Donkey Kong Country, dump it out > * and have at it... I think it only works in 8bpp though. > > Wow. Thanks for the import, they all build and package fine. > > However, these three ports should have gone to games, not emulators. > If you take a look at the handbook's "sup collections" section or > /usr/ports/emulators/pkg/COMMENT, you will see that it's for other > operating systems, not game machines. ;) Well, I think those are fine emulators. Try playing a game after building one: They are no more suitable for playing games than anything else, unless you find some game cartridge images ... :) The game cartridges might go into the games directory (with the emulator being a prerequisite for installing them), but the Z80 emulator with the hardware support for some particular game console has its place in the emulators directory (IMHO). (No, and I'm not suggesting to have those cartridge images available from lots of servers become available via ports. I'm not even sure we should tell how to obtain those games, it is explained in the README of each emulator. People will find the information in the work directory, but not in anything that comes with FreeBSD.) Regards, STefan
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