I've played emulated games for years and am wondering what most of you guys think about it. Is it as cool as actually owning them for their respective systems? or is just a cheap way to get something? For me, it brings back memories. I sold almost all 100 of my Snes games when I was 15 so I've spent the past 4 years living in total regret lol. As I said, do you guys find it cool to Download these games? is the functionality of a keyboard up to bar with that of Super Nintendos Controller? lol

If you don't know what Emulation means or is here is some information.

Snes9x
Windows GUI of the Snes9x emulator Developer: Snes9x Team Latest release: 1.51 / April 30, 2007 OS: Cross-platform Genre: Console emulator License: Snes9x License Website: http://www.snes9x.com/

Snes9x is a popular cross-platform emulator for the SNES. Initially the collaborative effort of Gary Henderson of snes96 fame and Jerremy Koot of snes97 fame, Snes9x was later maintained by Brad Jorsch and continues to be maintained by a small group of contributors.

Snes9x has several capabilities which its Super Famicom and Super Nintendo counterparts did not have; it can "smooth" the appearance of the screen through a variety of anti-aliasing schemes, and can be configured to have a better quality of sound output than the original console systems. In addition, it can create screenshots of games, it can "save" the game at any point by recording the game state, and it can capture sound files, saving them as SPC700 sound format files which can be played back by an external player or a specialized Winamp plugin, such as Alpha-II SPC player. Also included is a built-in Game Genie, which allows users to enter cheat codes for their games, and the ability to record tool-assisted speedruns. Unlike ZSNES, Snes9x is written in portable C++, and can easily be compiled and run on non-x86 architectures.