XBOX or PS2 Which one? I want mostly for Emulation

[Epoman]

My wife is buying me a PS2 or XBOX for our anniversary, but I don't know which one I want one or the other mostly for emulating other systems ex. NES SNES MAME SEGA etc etc etc.

which is better for emulation?

 

[FuZoR]

err ps2 cant play emulation

modded xbox!

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Just use your PC. 😛

- M4H

 

[SoylentGreen]

PC!

 

[amnesiac]

WTF are you buying a next gen console for if you're going to EMULATE?

Freak.

In any case, Dreamcast is so far the best out-of-the-box emulator. Xbox needs to be hax0red in order to emulate AFAIK.
PS2 can't do it at all.

I'd say your PC is the best bet.

 

[yllus]

*scratches his head*

You must know that the Xbox is more powerful all-around for the same price as the PS2. Why even bother asking the question? 😛

 

[Epoman]

actually thats not true PS2 can emulate. Several systems are emulated for it search google if your curious!

 

[Epoman]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
WTF are you buying a next gen console for if you're going to EMULATE?

Freak.

In any case, Dreamcast is so far the best out-of-the-box emulator. Xbox needs to be hax0red in order to emulate AFAIK.
PS2 can't do it at all.

I'd say your PC is the best bet.

Well I want it for new games too 🙂

but yeah dreamcast is out of the box its great NES works GREAT on it!!

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

Xbox, or build an HTPC.

 

[pray4mojo]

Originally posted by: Epoman
actually thats not true PS2 can emulate. Several systems are emulated for it search google if your curious!

You brought it up...now where is the link??

 

[Smolek]

For what you want, I would suggest an xbox.

 

[Kraft Single]

Xbox has perfect(to me) emulation of SNES. The dreamcast snes emulator is too dog slow.

There's also a ps1 emulator for the xbox which is compatible with many games.

Then there's the NES, Mame, amiga, sega genesis/cd32, daphne, etc emulators that pretty good too. The N64 and gba ones are so so right now.

 

[Kraft Single]

Oh, and the media player for XBox can play divx, xvid, vcd, svcd, mp3, pictures perfectly. You can even stream those media from your pc to the xbox through the network.

 

[ndee]

Originally posted by: yllus
*scratches his head*

You must know that the Xbox is more powerful all-around for the same price as the PS2. Why even bother asking the question? 😛

hey sullster,
more powerful doesn't mean it has the better games 😉