I have been starting work on Consolebox, which will be a tremendous grouping of emulators and complete game sets. This will all be completely user friendly (your grandma could sit down and choose games to play) and all controllable from any controller plugged into it.

 I have been deciding how far I want to emulate, as the hardware I have will start to matter the higher up the chain I go.  For example I have a Wii, but the Dolphin emulator is extremely compatible and has the ability to output at 1080p.  There is also the added convenience of having all of the games in one place along with everything else. I believe as of now I am going to do everything except for PS2, just because of how good the Wii/GC emulation is.

I have fast been filling the 3 terabyte hard drive with lots of things.  The first thing I did was unzip the files from the Hyperspin project at Underground Gamer.  I had been out of the Hyperspin scene for awhile and while I was away a very nifty tool was created called Hypersync.  Hypersync is basically an artwork syncer, encompassing wheel and box art and game intro videos.  With the right configuration it matches what you have in your HS lists against what is on their servers and updates everything you tell it too.  In short, it is one of the most useful, time saving tools out there.

There are also updated sets on UG that further expands on the original HS project, which I grabbed and updated where neccessary.  I found that a lot of the original project is now outdated and now with the introduction of Hypersync can perhaps be made smaller.  This is something I would like to help out with I think.

I also ordered a drive bay Bliss Box that I am still waiting for, and has been holding up some of the progress.  I have been going through some systems and making sure the initial configuration is complete like launching and such but I have to do the controller configurations before I make the final changes to things like resolution and permanent full screen in the emulators.  My original idea was to order 2 Bliss Box's, but at $110 each I'd rather see how well it works first before committing more to it.

I am starting to get into the more difficult things emulators like Daphne and PSX, and I still have to figure out an xpadder solution soon, something that I am not looking forward to.  Believe it or not I have even found a little time to play some games!  I just completed Zelda: The Minish Cap and am now playing the fan translated Mother 3.

I will try to do updates more regularly or where progress allows.