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by grecy 2274 days ago
> The truth is that the amount of work and dedication that goes into a great emulator, with all the quirks and ad hoc settings for the whole library... no corporation on Earth can get that within months

It can and has been done. Have a look at "Connectix Virtual Game Station"[1]. It's a commercial prodcut that played virtually every PS1 game flawlessly on a 233MHx iMac. I spent thousands of hours playing games on that thing, and glitches were very rare in a huge range of games, even the most demanding like Metal Gear Solid.

Jobs even demoed it on stage.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectix_Virtual_Game_Station

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It may have run most popular games with few glitches, but it was far from being accurate.