Wanna go “Old School” but don’t have the equipment? Check this out. Althoughthis isn’t anything new, I still thought it was worth writing about.

So you wanna play Super Nintendo but you don’t have a working console. The good news is you can play all your favorite SNES games right from your PC. All you need is a piece of software called an emulator. The emulator takes the place of the console. There are many snes emulators out there that can be downloaded  for free. The two that I recommend are SNES9x and ZSNES with the second being the better of the two due to sound issues with SNES9x.

Now that the console (emulator) half  is taken care of, you need games. Obviously you can’t just plug the old cartridges into your computer. In the world of emulators the games are referred to as “ROMs”. They are just a soft copy of the original game. You can find just about every title ever produced and they can easily be found by doing a simple search on Google. Most sites that have the emulators available also have roms.

OK, now that you have your emulator and some roms, go ahead and install your emulator. Once thats done all you have to do is configure your controls and load the rom you want to play.

Something else worth mentioning. Both SNES9x and ZSNES are compatible with gamepads and joysticks. Yes, you could just use the keyboard, but why not make the experience a little more authentic. If you don’t have a gamepad, a wired Xbox 360 control will work on a pc.

Emulators and Roms Available at : Dope ROMs