mezrabad
12-23-2002, 08:59 PM
Been playing Shenmue lately. It's given me an idea for an emulation "front end."
For those not familiar: You run around a small town interacting with the citizens and the shops. One of the shops is an arcade. The game takes place in 1986 so the games in the arcade are Hang-On and Space Harrier (also Sega games.) Well, wouldn't it be cool if there were a "front end" that let you walk around (In a year of your choice) and go to Arcades, PC Stores and Video Game shops from the era and purchase/play systems and games which you could take home and play? It would be like a virtual collecting sim. In later years there could be garage sales selling stuff from previous years.
The only way I can imagine doing this would be to use the Unreal or Quake (or Thief or System Shock) construction kits make a little town, make each level a different year in the life of that town and then SOMEHOW (here's where I haven't a clue) connect the environment to existing emulators which would run the game you'd be playing.
Is this a fun idea or am I crossing the line into obsessive compulsion again?
For those not familiar: You run around a small town interacting with the citizens and the shops. One of the shops is an arcade. The game takes place in 1986 so the games in the arcade are Hang-On and Space Harrier (also Sega games.) Well, wouldn't it be cool if there were a "front end" that let you walk around (In a year of your choice) and go to Arcades, PC Stores and Video Game shops from the era and purchase/play systems and games which you could take home and play? It would be like a virtual collecting sim. In later years there could be garage sales selling stuff from previous years.
The only way I can imagine doing this would be to use the Unreal or Quake (or Thief or System Shock) construction kits make a little town, make each level a different year in the life of that town and then SOMEHOW (here's where I haven't a clue) connect the environment to existing emulators which would run the game you'd be playing.
Is this a fun idea or am I crossing the line into obsessive compulsion again?