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These are what you should check you've got on your computer before you download the roms
WinZip
| Most of the files on this site are ZIP files. ZIP files are archive files which can contain lots of other files. It also uses compression, which greatly reduces the download time by making the files smaller. To "unzip" these files there are many tools available, but one of the must popular and userfriendly tools for Windows is WinZip.
Note: WinZIP is shareware (not free) software, however the evaluation version can be used "for free" for an extended amount of time. To get rid of the nag screen however, you'll need to register of find an alternative freeware ZIP file manager. |
Download WinZip 8.1
DirectX
| Most emulators for Windows require a recent version of Microsoft DirectX. DirectX is a special library which allows programmers easy and fast access to your PC hardware. As such it is used mostly by games, but other programs which require fast graphics and sound, such as video players and emulators also make use of it.
By default DirectX 5 is included with Windows 98, DirectX 6 with Windows 98 SE and DirectX 7 with Windows 2000 and Windows ME. All versions of Windows can however be upgraded to the latest version of DirectX, with the exception of Windows NT and CE. Windows NT can be upgraded to DirectX 3 by installing the latest service pack, but as this is a rather old version of DirectX it may not work properly with many emulators.
Note: At over 11 Mb. DirectX may take quite some time to download. |
Direct X - Latest Version
Good Tools
| Cowering's Good Tools is a collection of utilities which can verify your ROM collection to make sure they're good "dumps" and to rename them uniformly. All tools are command line only, but fortunately the GoodWindows utility can be used as a frontend. |
GoodGBA 0.999.6 |
