Posted: 9/1/2016 3:20 AM
Post subject: Should we obsolete Dega?
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dekutony
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No one uses it anymore since BizHawk is much better, but it's something I've been wondering for quite some time now. (With obsolete I mean to no longer accept movies using it, like PSXjin or something.)
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Posted: 9/1/2016 8:00 AM
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Noxxa
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It's probably safe to say nobody uses Dega anymore. The latest Dega movie submission was back in 2011. BizHawk has cleanly obsoleted it. We can probably safely stop supporting Dega movie files by the end of the year without any harm done.
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Posted: 9/1/2016 10:21 AM
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creaothceann
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Isn't it a matter of how accurate it is, instead of popularity?
Posted: 9/1/2016 11:15 AM
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I don't think that there is any question that BizHawk's SMS/GG core is more accurate and that BizHawk is better compatible than Dega for judges and publishers for playback and AVI capturing purposes. All of these are relevant in terms of obsoleting an emulator.
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Posted: 9/1/2016 2:41 PM
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feos
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If it was up to me, I'd remove submission support and announce it right away, but staff might probably want to give a timeout.
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