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My first emulator experience was back in 1999, you have to keep in mind Internet access wasn't exactly everywhere then. Our family had dialup internet which myself and my brother we're allowed to use for 1 hour each on a weekend, as internet access was quite expensive back then and you were charged for the time you we're online. Our School didn't even have internet access then for some context, well non students could use anyway.
Through the limited internet access we had my friend who got me in to Pokemon told me he knew someone who had this new Pokemon game that was out in Japan called Pokemon Gold and could play it on his PC with something called an Emulator. None of us really had any idea what was back then, however we managed to find a Geocities website with a download of NO$GMB and a partially translated JPN Pokemon Gold Rom. This was like wow, mind blown moment. Their was so many new Pokemon, the game was in colour and two of us could play at the same time using the NO$GMB emulator and trade Pokemon. Needless to say beyond the first couple of towns / cities the game only had the menus translated, however we still pretty much got the first 8 gym badges, not really understanding much of the story, but just been amazed by all these new Pokemon no one really knew anything about at the time.
I remember we copied the emulator and partially translated Pokemon Gold on to a floppy disk so my friends could play it at their granddads and at home too, as they didn't have internet access at the time.
That's really what got me started on Emulators, I remember emulating the Mega Drive with Gens and then the OG PlayStation with Bleem. At the time Bleem was really cool as it essentially turned your PC in to a PlayStation. My friend used to bring his legit PlayStation games around on a weekend, we put the disc in my PC and played them, I remember thinking they actually looked better than on an actual PlayStation too! I ended up buying a few PlayStation games, despite not actually having a PlayStation.
Through the limited internet access we had my friend who got me in to Pokemon told me he knew someone who had this new Pokemon game that was out in Japan called Pokemon Gold and could play it on his PC with something called an Emulator. None of us really had any idea what was back then, however we managed to find a Geocities website with a download of NO$GMB and a partially translated JPN Pokemon Gold Rom. This was like wow, mind blown moment. Their was so many new Pokemon, the game was in colour and two of us could play at the same time using the NO$GMB emulator and trade Pokemon. Needless to say beyond the first couple of towns / cities the game only had the menus translated, however we still pretty much got the first 8 gym badges, not really understanding much of the story, but just been amazed by all these new Pokemon no one really knew anything about at the time.
I remember we copied the emulator and partially translated Pokemon Gold on to a floppy disk so my friends could play it at their granddads and at home too, as they didn't have internet access at the time.
That's really what got me started on Emulators, I remember emulating the Mega Drive with Gens and then the OG PlayStation with Bleem. At the time Bleem was really cool as it essentially turned your PC in to a PlayStation. My friend used to bring his legit PlayStation games around on a weekend, we put the disc in my PC and played them, I remember thinking they actually looked better than on an actual PlayStation too! I ended up buying a few PlayStation games, despite not actually having a PlayStation.