Michael Robinson wrote: > Anyone know if there is a kit to play Super Nintendo Games > on a Linux PC or a Mac? On Ebay, Super Nintendos have > gotten ridiculously expensive. I was looking for one that > never sold, new in the box. Well, none of the ones I found > were new in the box and worse than that, the sellers were > asking for more than $100 for them. I found one which > hadn't been bid on that the seller insists works, but I > don't expect to win it for what I offered. > > I would need an IDE to Nintendo Cartridge or USB to Nintendo > Cartridge adapter. The old SNES cartridges are so wide that > I doubt a 5 1/4" slot is wide enough to install a compatible > cartidge port in. USB is necessary to run SNES games on the > MAC, unless I find a way to copy the games to something else > like say a CD. > > My brother has a working N64 and a game cube. If there's an > adapter for the old games, that might work as well. > > He is autistic, so the older SNES games are generally easier > for him to play than the 3D games that are popular now on > the newer systems. He is great at Super Mario World for > example, but he can't get very far in Mario 64. > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > I installed ZSNES and after figuring out the video settings it works pretty well. I think I got all the ROMS via torrents. I rarely actually play the games, I just wanted to see if I could get it to work.
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