basicNES discontinued
posted in Emulator News by swampgas on Nov 25th, 2000Well, just hours after announcing a new version, Don Jarrett, the author, has discontinued basicNES for the same basic reason Pretendo was discontinued: too many emulators.
I disagreed and emailed him..here\'s my $0.02:
Just a quick note from the guy from ZD...
I wholeheartedly disagree with your motivation for quitting...How many other NES emulators are written in VB that work as well as yours? What you did was an acomplishment...they said it couldn\'t be done...and you did it.
basicNES isn\'t just \"another emulator\"...it\'s an NES emulator in VB. I think it\'s safe to assume ZD has the majority of emulators on it...and theres only 4 emulators written in VB for the NES section. Only 1 works. Yours.
-Sam
We\'ll see what happens...if you\'d like to email him yourself, it\'s d.jarrett@worldnet.att.net.
Update (3:43a):
The author responded to my email:
What\'s to come in the future is uncertain. The world is a twisted place of events and decisions. Coding basicNES was always just a measure of my ability and Visual Basic\'s. Is it really over? One can not say for sure. But a lot would have to change for me to simply bring it back.
peace,
Don Jarrett