What was the first ever emulator for dreamcast and who...

zack6924 · Post by **zack6924** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:14 pm

What was the first ever emulator for dreamcast what system was it for and who made it also what langue was it made in and how long after the dreamcast was out im just curious.

Post by **Quzar** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 7:57 pm

Bleemcast I think. For the Playstation.

LyingWake · Post by **LyingWake** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:06 pm

Wasn't it Gleam, the NES emulator?

Strapping Scherzo · Post by **Strapping Scherzo** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:23 pm

Better question. What was the first homebrew of any kind, emu or not? I came into the DC scene way to late to know this info.

abydos1000 · Post by **abydos1000** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 8:52 pm

I came in way later than you, but...

I'd have to guess Bleamcast was one of the earliest. Other than that, wasn't Feet of Fury one of the first to be packaged on a disc that you can actually buy?

But I'm sure before Bleamcast, there must have been early demos of stuff.

DCDayDreamer · Post by **DCDayDreamer** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:10 pm

http://www.dreamcast-scene.com/index.php/Main/AGE

Post by **Quzar** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:10 pm

No, I am fairly sure bleemcast was released prior to homebrew software running on the DC. Although the smash pack may have been out before bleemcast (can't remember the release dates).

404NotFound · Post by **404NotFound** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:29 pm

I'm guessing it was the Utopia Boot Disc...

Post by **Quzar** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 9:52 pm

That wasn't homebrew though.

MetaFox · Post by **MetaFox** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:14 pm

And it also wasn't an emulator.

The first publically demonstrated emulator was the commercial Playstation emulator bleem! for Dreamcast (bleemcast!) - which was displayed at E3 2000 (created by Rand Linden of Bleem!).

The first released emulator was the NES emulator gleam! by Chuck Mason, released on August 21, 2000.

Rand Linden · Post by **Rand Linden** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:14 pm

If you're looking for the first "operational" emulator, b!DC had a couple games running in Dec. 1999 and a public showing at E3 2000.

If you're looking for the earliest that the general public could play with, that was almost certainly a homebrew emulator.

SmashPack's release date is listed as April 25/2001 -- so that's out completely.

Rand.

edit: Metafox posted while I was writing!

zack6924 · Post by **zack6924** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 6:17 am

lol cool didn't think this many people would post about it we should make a poll of Bleem and others that you guys metioned and see wich one every one thinks was released first.

MetaFox · Post by **MetaFox** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 7:49 am

Rand Linden wrote:edit: Metafox posted while I was writing!

Heh, yeah. I was editing my post while you posted yours. I went back to look, and had a bit of a laugh at the fact that we posted the same thing at the same time.