Okulungileyo kuhlala kulungile. Ngokuqinisekileyo oku akunjalo kwaphela, kodwa kubonakala ngathi kukwiimidlalo zevidiyo. Ngaphandle koko ayinakuchazwa ukuba i-emulators iphumelele kakhulu. Eyokuqala endadibana nayo kwiminyaka emininzi eyadlulayo yayingu-MAME, i-emulator evumela ukuba sidlale oomatshini be-arcade ukusuka kwiminyaka yama-80 ukuya kuma-90. Kamva ndadibana nabanye abandivumelayo ukuba ndidlale iingoma ezifana neMega Drive, iSuper Nintendo okanye iMaster System II. Emva kwexesha kwafika abavelisi ababhetyebhetye ngakumbi njenge RetroArchI-emulator equlathe yonke into esiyifunayo ukuze sikwazi ukudlala izihloko zeekhonsoli ezahlukeneyo.
I-emulator yathatha iminyaka embalwa ukufumana udumo. Yaqala ukukhutshwa ngo-2010, kodwa emva apho uninzi lwethu lwalukhetha ukusebenzisa ii-emulators ezahlukeneyo kuba besele sizazi kwaye kuba zinomdla ngakumbi. Namhlanje, iRetroArch ibuyile ezindabeni, kwaye ayisiyiyo kuba ikhuphe uhlaziyo olukhulu, kodwa kuba kamva kule nyanga ziya kufumaneka kwiqonga lomdlalo wevidiyo Steam. Njengoguqulelo lwakho lwe Linux, Esiza kuyifumana kwiStam iya kuba simahla.
I-RetroArch kaSteam iya kufana noko besele sikwazi
Iya kuba sesona sikhululo sikhulu singekho sesorhwebo sokukhululwa sivelise iValve. NguLibretro ngokwakhe owayephethe phula iindaba NgoLwesihlanu ophelileyo echaza indlela eza kulandelwa kukusungulwa:
- Uya kukhululeka.
- Inguqulelo yeWindows iya kuba yeyokuqala ukufika (yintoni eyothusayo…), ngelixa iinguqulelo zeLinux kunye neMacOS ziza kufika kamva.
- Ekuqaleni, ngekhe kubekho mahluko phakathi kwenguqulelo eya kuba kwiStam kunye naleyo sinokuyifumana kwiwebhusayithi yabo. Akuyi kubakho kusebenza kwe-Steamworks SDK okanye izinto ezongezelelweyo zeStam. Benza izicwangciso zokuhlaziya i-emulator kamva ukongeza ukusebenza kweStam njengeqonga.
- Ukukhutshwa kokuqala kuya kuba malunga ne-30 kaJulayi (i-ahem… yeWindows).
Inqaku lesithathu liyamangalisa, elichaza oko akukho nto iya kongezwa kwi-Steam kuhlobo lokuqala. Kungenzeka ukuba ekuqaleni ayihambelani ne-Steam Link, eya kusivumela ukuba sidlale kwizixhobo ezingasekelwanga, ezinje nge-Apple's iPad, iPhone okanye Apple TV. Ngayiphi na imeko, kuya kufuneka silinde ukumiliselwa kwayo ngokusemthethweni ukuze sazi oko singenakukwenza kwiRetroArch yeSteam kuhlobo lwayo lokuqala.
Ngokungafaniyo neApple, Ivelufa ayinayo nayiphi na imigaqo ethintela ukusetyenziswa kweemulators kwiqonga labo, kodwa bayazinqanda iingxoxo zabo kwaye bazimakishe njengo "Pirate" kwiiforamu zabo. Inkampani ayikhange ipapashe nasiphi na isitatimende esimalunga nokufika kweRetroArch kwiqonga layo, kodwa singacinga ukuba izakuba semthethweni kule nyanga emva kokupapashwa kweLibretro.
Ngokwam, ndicinga ukuba iRetroArch ayinantlonelo ngaphandle kwayo nayiphi na i-emulator yevidiyo eyenzelwe ikhonsoli enye kwaye ndihlala ndisebenzisa ezilula. Mhlawumbi ukufika kwakhe kwiSteam kuya kundenza nditshintshe ingqondo.