If you had a Sega Genesis, raise your hand.

If you still have a Sega Genesis, raise two hands.

If you still have a Sega Genesis and have just played it within a week ago, scream out “Hoopla!”.

*screams out “Hoopla!”*

Yeah, the Sega Genesis.  The good ol’ days of Sonic the Hedgehog, Toejam and Earl, and Paperboy.  They were all great games that I used to be addicted to when I was little.  (Well, I kinda still am I guess…)  Those pixelly, 8-bit graphics were just the most amazing things I’d ever laid my eyes on.

But what if you no longer have a Genesis and still want to indulge yourself in the fun-ness that only Sega’s console could provide?  (Yes, fun-ness, got beef?)  Not to worry.  See, with the aid of computer emulators, you can still play all your favorite games from back in the day right here on your computer.  And guess what?  All for free.

I, myself, use Gens32.  What this small little app does is basically “emulate” a Sega Genesis console right on your computer so you can play all your favorite games without a hassle.  Before you can play however, you would need to get the ROMs of the games you want.  You’d simply google “genesis roms” or something similar and you’ll easily find what you’re looking for.  These ROMs are surprisingly small.  The ones I have for the Sonic games are all 1MB or less.

Once you have the ROM, you just need to open it in Gens32.  Once it’s open, you’ll see and hear that classic Sega logo and jingle.  Brings back memories, doesn’t it?

Link time.

Download Gens32:

http://gens32.emubase.de/download.htm

Get ROMs:

http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/genesis.html

http://www.rom-world.com/dl.php?letter=A&name=Sega_Genesis

http://www.coolrom.com/roms/genesis/

There are emulators out there for more modern systems, such as the PS2 and Xbox, but I haven’t ever tried using or downloading one.  It seems like a little more of a hassle and I don’t really want them.  I’m good with just the Genesis .

Hope you can get some fun out of this like I did.

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Ever get really bored while you’re on the computer?  Just sittin’ there with nothing to do, circling the same websites over, and over, and over waiting for someone to update something?  I know I sometimes feel like this.  I don’t feel like animating, working on websites, I don’t feel like doing anything.

Well, I used to feel like that.  Not anymore.

Ever since I’ve stumbled across Phun, I’ve never really had nothing to do at the computer.  It’s a small little application that is just tons of… well… fun.  It’s official name is “Phun - 2D Physics Sandbox,” and I have to admit, it’s a somewhat addiciting little program.

What Does Phun Do?

Simply put, Phun takes real life physics and makes it fun.  (See where the “ph” comes from?)  When you open the small application, you are welcomed by an empty canvas.  Here you can draw circles, squares, or anything you want.  You can connect items to eachother or make them hinges so they swing from side to side. These hinges can be turned into motors so you can basically create your own vehicles.  (If you want, you can make these motors run by using the arrow keys.)  There are other features aswell, such as chains and springs to connect things to eachother.  The possibilites are endless.

Ever want to make a monster truck drive up a see-saw into a cannon which then flings it into a pool of water on the other side of the room?  No?  Well you can still do it here if you want.  It will take some time and effort, but it can be accomplished.

Lets see… is there anything I forgot?…  Well, just for the sake of mentioning, you can also edit such things as gravity, friction, the weight of objects, and how bouncy objects are.  There are probably a few more things I’m forgetting, but I’ve told you guys the gist of it here in this post.

I haven’t made any videos of me working with Phun lately, but here’s something I made a few months back, it’s nothing special, but it just gives you an idea of how Phun works.

Want To Download Phun?

The best thing about Phun is that it is free.  That’s right, no charge at all, ever.  And if you’re worried about downloading a big clunky program, don’t be.  Phun is only 3MB big.  Here are the download links.

Phun Website: Phunland.com

Phun Download Page: Download

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First, as you can probably tell from the banner, today is a special day.  It’s Rid’s birthday.  (For those of you that are oblivious or new to the site, he’s the co-owner and sometimes makes a post here and there.  You’d know him from “Rid’s Reviews.”)  So make sure you wish him a happy birthday or else .

Alrighty, onto todays topic.  I’m sure we’ve all played around with Google Earth, right?  It’s probably the most famous satellite-imaging online map system on the internet.  This doesn’t necessarily mean its the best, however…

Just a few weeks ago I read about Microsoft Virtual Earth.  It’s basically the same as Google Earth - you got your map view, your satelite view, you can zoom in and out, you can pan left and right, you can rotate the screen, etc, etc…  There is one really nifty difference though.  In Virtual Earth, you can get a nice 360 degree 3D view of your house, the Empire State Building, whatever by using their “BIrds Eye View.”  It’s better than viewing a flat 2D image of everything from Google Earth.  It’s definitely really cool.

I can’t believe I haven’t heard more about this.  It seems like it’s better than Google Earth and Google Maps, and since it’s from Microsoft, I’d figure they can get the word out easily.  Either way, I’m glad I found it.  I like just going around and looking at places I’ve been when I was younger and such.  It’s real entertaining.  Remember, there’s no need to download anything, it’s a free online application.

Who here has used this before?  What do ya think?

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