Emulators inside games: Difference between revisions

==Dreamcast==

This compilation of Genesis games for the Dreamcast contained a Genesis emulator and a plain-text document on how to use it. [http://dcemulation.org/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=97250 You can read the full story about it here.]

Download: [http://romhustler.net/rom/dreamcast/sega-smash-pack-volume-1-usa-dc-echelon Sega Smash Pack - Echelon]

The first two Shenmue games feature emulation of Sega Arcade games as minigames during Ryo Hazuki's quest, notably, the Super Scaler ones. In the original, ''Hang-On'' and ''Space Harrier'' are playable; ''After Burner II'' and ''OutRun'', alongside the two former games, can be played in Shenmue II. The Arcade games remains playable in subsequent ports of Shenmue II for Xbox, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam.

==Game Boy Advance==

A game in the ''Ninja JaJamaru-kun'' series, which includes emulated Famicom (NES) games as bonus. The games are ''Exerion'', ''Formation Z'', ''City Connection'', ''Ninja JaJamaru-kun'' and ''Jajamaru no Daibouken''. The emulation of these games is powered by [[PocketNES]].

Many non-game elements were recycled later on a compilation called ''Moero!! Jaleco Collection'', which also features emulated Famicom games, however, there's no original games proper for the handheld inside.

An emulation of the NES (not Disk System) version of ''Metroid'' can be played after beating ''Metroid: Zero Mission'' once, regardless of the amount of items collected and play time. Unlike other re-releases, the NES version is used in all regional variants of the game, being introduced first in Japan and China (through iQue), as well in other areas where the Famicom (or its countless clones) were distributed over the NES.

==Nintendo 64==

An emulation of the original ''Excitebike'' can be played by completing the tutorial mode in ''Excitebike 64''.

''GoldenEye 007'' contains a fully functioning ZX Spectrum 48x emulator that was discovered in 2012. The game contains 10 ROMs, all of which were made by Rare. [https://web.archive.org/web/20141105005415/http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?38222-GoldenEye-(N64)-Spectrum-Emulation-Unlocked You can read more about it here.]

Download: [https://tcrf.net/images/1/1c/Goldeneye-ZXSpectrumPatch.7z Patch] <!--todo: replace with pre-patched version at some point -->

It's possible to play the Game Boy Pokémon games by using a Transfer Pak in Pokémon Stadium in GB Tower mode. This software emulator can boot many other Game Boy and even GBC games in SGB mode, but there seems to be a mechanism to detect the three officially supported games, and according to [http://krikzz.com/forum/index.php?topic=1283.0 this thread on the KRIKzz forum], it's possible to circumvent the checks in another ROM with a vanilla Transfer Pak and unmodified North American copy of Pokémon Stadium. Not many useful tools are available, but in theory a romhack of Stadium could disable these checks (considering they're documented) and could even be placed in Stadium's ROM instead.

==Nintendo GameCube==

The SNESticle emulator, which was made by the creator of [[NESticle|NESticle,]] was used in the game ''Fight Night Round 2'', and the game ''Super Punch-Out!!'' was included. The source code has been released on Github [https://github.com/iaddis/SNESticle here]; the source code is able to be compiled for PS2 and PC, with the repository including binaries for Windows and PS2.

Nintendo released a promotional disc with some GameCubes that contained some of the mainline entries in The Legend of Zelda series and a demo of The Wind Waker. To get the NES and N64 games running, Nintendo used in-house emulators to recreate the original experience, albeit with occasional crashes and analog sensitivity being a tad excessive for what the original console really offered.

Download: [https://web.archive.org/web/20160828164103/http://128bit.me/index.php?topic=181.0 Nintendo 64 Emu]

For some reason, these compilations tried to claim they worked by streaming the original cartridge data through a Link Cable in order to play them on a bigger screen. And while it is true that they require the GBA cartridges, the actual data the game needs is already on the disc itself, as the game uses a GBA emulator Nintendo developed in-house to run the games.

For some reason, these compilations tried to claim they worked by streaming the original cartridge data through a Link Cable in order to play them on a bigger screen. And while it is true that they require the GBA cartridges, the actual data the game needs is already on the disc itself, as the game uses a GBA emulator Nintendo developed in-house to run the games.

Like Stadium, Channel contained an emulator for playing Pokemon Mini games on the GameCube. It was later stripped out of the game as a stand-alone Pokemon Mini emulator for the GameCube. Later Pokemon Mini emulators have based some of their work on this feature.

Compatibility is poor though - the emulator heavily modifies the game's code. When the extracted ROMs are played on regular GBA emulators, or regular non-32&nbsp;MB GBA ROMs are injected in the compilation, the games do play but suffer a variety of glitches mostly involving sound.

Unlike the original version released for the Dreamcast, Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut includes all twelve Sonic games released on the Game Gear through emulation and all of them can be played by selecting "Mini Game Collection" in the menu. Such feature marks the debut of the original ''Sonic Drift'' and ''Tails' Skypatrol'' outside Japan. Sadly, Sega removed the Game Gear emulation support in the HD re-releases for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and its 2011 PC version.  

All Sonic games for the Game Gear would be available through Sonic Origins with its respective (paid) DLC, Sonic Origins Plus.

==Nintendo Switch==

Included with update 3.0.0, ''Animal Crossing: New Horizons'' features furniture items based on past Nintendo hardware. As the Villager, the player can play games in them. However, as with the company's ''Classics'', a [[Nintendo Switch Online]] subscription is required to play. It does not include games based on hardware locked to the "Expansion Pack", including GameCube, which is a Nintendo Switch 2-exclusive, and Sega Genesis, which is a third-party system.

===''Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition''===

==PlayStation Portable==

Hudson Soft re-released many of their PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 exclusives through compilations on the PSP through emulation, and for PS3 as well on both the Japanese and North American PlayStation Stores.<!-- original said western; no idea if that also included Europe --> These compilations use top-notch emulators with many scaling options, and the process of injecting other games is easy.

You can do the same with standalone [[wikipedia:List_of_PlayStation_Store_TurboGrafx-16_games|PSN releases]] of TG-16 games which were made available as well on the PSP/PS3/Vita PSN. You just have to sniff the PKG, extract it, decrypt it and replace the PCE files or ISO dumps just like with the other collections. After that, you just have to re-encrypt them and put the files on your console to play those. More detailed instructions exist [http://wololo.net/2015/02/06/injecting-roms-into-psps-official-turbografx-16-emulator-by-reprep/ on Wololo.net].

Pop'n Twinbee, originally a Super Nintendo title, was given an emulator for this compilation. However, the emulator they used is hacky. While the game ROM is unaltered, it was split across four individual pieces, making injections tedious but not impossible. This is similar to the approach used in the "I Love Mickey Mouse" re-releases of Mickey/Donald Mega Drive games for the Saturn.

Swapping the data with another ROM of the exact same size (like Tiny Toons Adventures) reveals occasional graphical glitches, and controller problems.

==Wii U==

===''NES Remix'' Series===

NES Remix, NES Remix 2, NES Remix Pack, and Ultimate NES Remix used an emulator called [[Heritage]]. NES Remix uses Heri1. NES Remix 2 uses an updated version called Heri2. Ultimate NES Remix, the last of the NES Remix series, uses HeriC. The NES Remix Pack has both Heritage 1 and Heritage 2 and switches between them depending on the selected game. This is the first official emulator to have wacky effects. No ROMs were tested.

==Xbox One==

While this compilation consists mainly of emulated games, re-imagined versions of several titles are included, as well a re-creation of ''Touch Me''. The hardware emulated includes [[Atari]] Arcade games, [[Atari 2600]], [[Atari 8-bit]], [[Atari 5200]], [[Atari 7800]], [[Atari Lynx]] and [[Atari Jaguar]].

Neither the base game or its respective DLC packs does not include games published or distributed by Atari Games, as those titles are part of the Midway catalogue purchased by Warner Bros. in 2009.

While this compilation consists mainly of emulated games, a new game, ''Haunted Castle Revisited'', is included. It runs on a similar engine as the ''Rebirth'' games from M2 on the Wii.

The emulated games are all ''Castlevania'' games for the Nintendo DS alongside the Arcade game ''Haunted Castle''. Their emulation is powered by [[m2engage]].

While this compilation consists mainly of emulated games, a new game, ''Salamander III'', is included. It runs on the same engine as ''Haunted Castle Revisited'' from ''Castlevania Dominus Collection''.

The emulated games are ''Gradius'' (both Bubble System, stand-alone and Nintendo VS. System versions), ''Salamander'', ''Life Force'' (a Japan-only revision), ''Vulcan Venture'' (''Gradius II: Gofer no Yabou''), ''Gradius III'' and ''Salamander 2''. Their emulation is powered by [[m2engage]].

A physical media-only game themed around the LEGO franchise for 7th and 8th generation consoles, ''LEGO Dimensions'' features a Midway-themed world known as Midway Arcade, distributed as a free downloadable content. It enables players to play games from the Midway catalogue purchased by Warner Bros., including games from Williams and Atari Games.

Unusual from many compilations, references (or even emulations) to ''Ms. Pac-Man'' or the ''Mortal Kombat'' franchise are not included in the game.

The following (emulated) games are playable in various ''Like a Dragon'' (''Yakuza'') games:

* Yakuza 0: ''Space Harrier'', ''Fantasy Zone'', ''OutRun'' and ''Super Hang-On'' (Sega Super Scaler and Sega System 16 games)

Custom Arcade minigames based on The House of the Dead, Puyo Puyo and Taiko no Tatsujin are featured through the series, but they are not emulated.

This compilation includes important titles in the ''Metal Gear'' series, both ported and emulated. ''Metal Gear'' (NES), ''Snake's Revenge'' and ''Metal Gear Solid'' (including the ''VR Missions'' discs) are emulated games, powered by [[m2engage]].

While the games ''Metal Gear'' and ''Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake'' from MSX are also included, they are based off their previous ports from ''Metal Gear Solid HD Collection'' rather than being emulated, likely to avoid licensing royalties with MSX Licensing Corporation.

As with the previous volume, it includes both ported and emulated games. In this case, ''Metal Gear Solid'' (known as ''Metal Gear: Ghost Babel'' in Japan) for the Game Boy Color is included as an emulated game.

This remake of ''Pac-Man World 2'' includes emulations of ''Pac-Man'', ''Pac-Mania'' (both Arcade games) and ''Pac-Attack'' (SNES). For the remake, ''Ms. Pac-Man'' was removed and for ''Pac-Attack'', the game is now the same edited version included on ''Pac-Man Museum+'', which replaced Ms. Pac-Man with Pac-Mom. This was made due to licensing issues between AtGames and Bandai Namco Entertainment.

In the original, the Arcade games (plus ''Ms. Pac-Man'') were ports from the ''Namco Museum'' games on PlayStation, while ''Pac-Attack'' was the PlayStation port featured in ''Namco Anthology 2''.

''Retro City Rampage'' (as well ''Retro City Rampage DX'') includes emulation of ''ROM City Rampage'', an unfinished prototype of the game released for the NES. ''ROM City Rampage'' runs through a NES emulator and can be played by interacting with the "NES" available in The Player's house.

The DLC for Sonic Origins includes all 12 ''Sonic the Hedgehog'' Game Gear games which were emulated rather than remade from scratch like the main games. Alongside, Gear-to-Gear Cable emulation were added for games that does support it, allowing Vs. matches against another player locally.