Gamecube Emulator. A Complete Hoax?

Confuzor

<div class="IPBDescription">Linux users willing to test?</div> I recently stumbled on a site by the name of <a href='http://benjamin.francois.free.fr/artwork/gcubix/' target='_blank'>gCubix</a>, claiming to be the first GameCube emulator. Well, I finally got the time to actually pay attention to the entire "port" gallery that they have, and I only discovered that those pictures were simply bloody photoshops, (but if they got rid of the crappy ones, I might still be fooled).

Still, I'm too sure whether to dismiss this as a entire hoax or not, and I'm especially curious as to what exactly the file is that they have for download. A virus, perhaps? I'm hoping a Linux user might be able to shed the mystery; otherwise I'll just see if UltimateZip can tell me what's inside.

[edit]nope; 99.9% sure it's a hoax now: <img src='http://benjamin.francois.free.fr/artwork/gcubix/gCubix_easel.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

My deductive skills are amazing!!! /stop sarcasm - It's what you get for not looking closely at the entire page. Still, I'm interested in what that Linux zip file holds... [/edit]

philmcneal

thanks for the warning

DOOManiac

<img src='http://benjamin.francois.free.fr/artwork/gcubix/gCubix_vt220.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

r00fles.

Thanks for the good laugh though.

On a related note, if you see an X-Box emulator out there, its really a trojan. I fell for it simply because a guy whom I had talked to for months on IRC tricked me into trying it. Jerk...

Talesin

Though an actual X-bucks emulator is in the works... more precise to call it a 'translator' though, as the hardware is just a low-mid range PC. It's called CXBX, and they've already had initial successes in faking the hardware layers. They do, however, need to emulate the OS kernel itself to get the games to play (they've just gotten the boot-tests to work so far).

Don't accept it as a download from anyone, go direct to their site to grab it if you want to futz around.
<a href='http://www.caustik.com/xbox/news.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.caustik.com/xbox/news.htm</a>

But no... Gamecube and (especially) PS2 emulators will not be out for a very long while, that are actually usable.
<chuckles at the sight of Metroid Prime being played on a... VT220?! weren't those text-only?>

Confuzor

I checked the compressed file that the site has, and to tell the truth, I don't know what to make of it. Seeing how I'm having an interest to the recently posted Knoppix though, I might use it to FURTHER investigate the contents... *argh*

DOOManiac

Confuzor is bound for a lifetime of disillusion and disappointment. :)

RoyGBiv

well if you noticed at the bottom of the page there is alot of text in white and a link that says morons.