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How to crash the emulator?

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:38 am
by HCKTROX
Time for a goofy question now... but here it goes:

Years ago, while trying to learn the basics of the console, I had bugs, lots of bugs. But in a single ocassion, I made it bad enough the game didn't crash, but the emulator. Until today I haven't been able to do it again; I don't remember how I done it, nor if happened on Gens, Kega, nor any emulator I know.

There's some really odd joke I thought on days ago.. and I'd like to do it again. Do anybody know how to cause this? thank you!

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 6:17 am
by Mask of Destiny
Crashing the emulator with a guest program is supposed to be impossible given a bug-free emulator. So the answer to your question is going to be limited to a specific emulator and possibly a particular version. I'm not personally aware of any crash bugs in the popular emulators, but I wouldn't be surprised if they existed.

Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:13 am
by Stef
I think I already got almost emulator to crash with faulty code, at least I got fusion, exodus and gens to crash... Note that they does not crash under same situation. I don't remember code I was using...

Re: How to crash the emulator?

Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2015 4:09 pm
by slobu
Use a proprietary size/bank switching scheme. Emulators expect certain formats and sizes.