The list: http://retro-gaming-world.com/emulators-for-ubuntu/

A ‘for loop’ is a bash programming language statement which allows code to be repeatedly executed. A for loop is classified as an iteration statement i.e. it is the repetition of a process within a bash script.

For example, you can run UNIX command or task 5 times or read and process list of files using a for loop. A for loop can be used at a shell prompt or within a shell script itself.

for loop syntax

Numeric ranges for syntax is as follows:

for VARIABLE in 1 2 3 4 5 .. N
do
	command1
	command2
	commandN
done

OR

for VARIABLE in file1 file2 file3
do
	command1 on $VARIABLE
	command2
	commandN
done

OR

for OUTPUT in $(Linux-Or-Unix-Command-Here)
do
	command1 on $OUTPUT
	command2 on $OUTPUT
	commandN
done

Examples

This type of for loop is characterized by counting. The range is specified by a beginning (#1) and ending number (#5). The for loop executes a sequence of commands for each member in a list of items. A representative example in BASH is as follows to display welcome message 5 times with for loop:

#!/bin/bash
for i in 1 2 3 4 5
do
   echo "Welcome $i times"
done

Sometimes you may need to set a step value (allowing one to count by two’s or to count backwards for instance). Latest bash version 3.0+ has inbuilt support for setting up ranges:

#!/bin/bash
for i in {1..5}
do
   echo "Welcome $i times"
done

Bash v4.0+ has inbuilt support for setting up a step value using {START..END..INCREMENT} syntax:

#!/bin/bash
echo "Bash version ${BASH_VERSION}..."
for i in {0..10..2}
  do
     echo "Welcome $i times"
 done

Sample outputs:

Bash version 4.0.33(0)-release...
Welcome 0 times
Welcome 2 times
Welcome 4 times
Welcome 6 times
Welcome 8 times
Welcome 10 times

Three-expression bash for loops syntax

This type of for loop share a common heritage with the C programming language. It is characterized by a three-parameter loop control expression; consisting of an initializer (EXP1), a loop-test or condition (EXP2), and a counting expression (EXP3).

for (( EXP1; EXP2; EXP3 ))
do
	command1
	command2
	command3
done

A representative three-expression example in bash as follows:

#!/bin/bash
for (( c=1; c<=5; c++ ))
do
   echo "Welcome $c times"
done

Sample output:

Welcome 1 times
Welcome 2 times
Welcome 3 times
Welcome 4 times
Welcome 5 times

How do I use for as infinite loops?

Infinite for loop can be created with empty expressions, such as:

#!/bin/bash
for (( ; ; ))
do
   echo "infinite loops [ hit CTRL+C to stop]"
done

Conditional exit with break

You can do early exit with break statement inside the for loop. You can exit from within a FOR, WHILE or UNTIL loop using break. General break statement inside the for loop:

for I in 1 2 3 4 5
do
  statements1      #Executed for all values of ''I'', up to a disaster-condition if any.
  statements2
  if (disaster-condition)
  then
	break       	   #Abandon the loop.
  fi
  statements3          #While good and, no disaster-condition.
done

Following shell script will go though all files stored in /etc directory. The for loop will be abandon when /etc/resolv.conf file found.

#!/bin/bash
for file in /etc/*
do
	if [ "${file}" == "/etc/resolv.conf" ]
	then
		countNameservers=$(grep -c nameserver /etc/resolv.conf)
		echo "Total  ${countNameservers} nameservers defined in ${file}"
		break
	fi
done

Early continuation with continue statement

To resume the next iteration of the enclosing FOR, WHILE or UNTIL loop use continue statement.

for I in 1 2 3 4 5
do
  statements1      #Executed for all values of ''I'', up to a disaster-condition if any.
  statements2
  if (condition)
  then
	continue   #Go to next iteration of I in the loop and skip statements3
  fi
  statements3
done

This script make backup of all file names specified on command line. If .bak file exists, it will skip the cp command.

#!/bin/bash
FILES="$@"
for f in $FILES
do
        # if .bak backup file exists, read next file
	if [ -f ${f}.bak ]
	then
		echo "Skiping $f file..."
		continue  # read next file and skip cp command
	fi
        # we are hear means no backup file exists, just use cp command to copy file
	/bin/cp $f $f.bak
done

Just about all webhosts also provide a method of adding cronjobs through their control panels including cpanel and plesk.

Method 1: Execute the script using php from the crontab

Just like how you call your shell script (As show in our crontab 15 examples article), use the php executable, and call the php script from your crontab as shown below.

To execute myscript.php every 1 hour do the following:

# crontab -e
00 * * * * /usr/local/bin/php /home/john/myscript.php

Method 2: Run the php script using URL from the crontab

If your php script can be invoked using an URL, you can lynx, or curl, or wget to setup your crontab as shown below.

The following script executes the php script (every hour) by calling the URL using the lynx text browser. Lynx text browser by default opens a URL in the interactive mode. However, as shown below, the -dump option in lynx command, dumps the output of the URL to the standard output.

00 * * * * lynx -dump http://www.randomlinux.com/myscript.php

The following script executes the php script (every 5 minutes) by calling the URL using CURL. Curl by default displays the output in the standard output. Using the “curl -o” option, you can also dump the output of your script to a temporary file as shown below.

*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/curl -o temp.txt http://www.randomlinux.com/myscript.php

The following script executes the php script (every 10 minutes) by calling the URL using WGET. The -q option indicates quite mode. The “-O temp.txt” indicates that the output will be send to the temporary file.

*/10 * * * * /usr/bin/wget -q -O temp.txt http://www.randomlinux.com/myscript.php

The -o and -O flags are only necessary if you want to log the output of the script that is being executed if this information is not needed these flags can be ignored.

1. Making a PSX ISO which we will later convert to an eboot (Skip this is you already have a PSX.iso)
2. Converting the ISO to an eboot. And making it look nice

Firstly if you haven’t already made an ISO image of your PSOne Game lets do that. For this example I’m using Resident Evil 2.

In order to convert this Playstation game to an ISO I’m going to use PSone ISO maker. You can also use Nero, Alcohol or an program that can make ISO images. Download Psone ISO maker below:

Download: psone_iso_maker

Note if your PSX disk is NTSC, select NTSC or PAL select PAL. NTSC PSX games will work best when converting to eboots.  (Alot of disk drives might have errors extracting the files or even reading the disk.) Hopefully this wont be an issue!

Wait for the PSOne ISO Maker to extract the image. It can take some time so please be patient. Now we have a Playstation image (.IMG and .CCD files) lets move on to converting this to an eboot which can be use on your PSP.

We are going to use PSX2PSP to make our Eboot.PBP. Download that below:

Download: PSX2PSP_v.1.4.2

1. Load the PSX_GAME_Title .IMG you just make or another PSX image you have.

2. Select the output for the Eboot

3. Insert the title of the game here

4. The game ID. This is found on the PsOne disk.  Or find it on our PSX Game ID list.

If you want a nice looking PSX2PSP eboot you can customize the images used. To do this click on the customize tab in PSX2PSP.

Above: I have added some custom images to my Resident Evil eboot. This way it looks much more professional. If your looking for icons and backgrounds for almost every American NTSC game I recommend this PSP2PSX Icon pack ->

If you download and extract files to “.\pics\pic1\” most games from USA will show the game cover as shown below.
Megaupload link: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XMJE8ZWN
The icon pack contains 1400 icons and is about 150MB.

Now you have the eboot looking good you can preview it by clicking the arrow tabs in PSX2PSP.

Preview your PSX Eboot in PSX2PSP

Once your happy with the Eboot preview, click the convert menu again and then convert. (Note if your making a Eboot from a PAL PSX game, please go to options and patches. Apply the PAL2NTSC patches) Once the PSX2PSP have finished making the eboot place the folder (example SLUSXXXXX) in your PSP memory stick \PSP\GAME. Start your PSP and launch the game from the XMB game menu.

Enjoy!

25. Bad Dudes.

“Are you a bad enough dude to save the president?” Yes, yes I am. This game is on list only because I find the writing humorous. The 80s and 90s were filled with jems just like this, we lived in a world where games didn’t need to be good they just needed to exist and they were made by the boat load.

 
24. Hogans Ally

   Hogans Ally was one of the very few games which made use of the light gun, Nintendo was great about coming up with accessories and new play methods but not very good at the time about providing  the games to back them up. This game provided a lot of fun and was just as fun or more than duck hunt and didn’t feature a spiteful dog.

23. Pro Wrestling
   To date this is the only wrestling game I have ever played and as far as I know is still the best wrestling game ever made. The only licensed fighting game was the re-released mike tysons punch out it would be over a decade before licensed wrestling games would come around this leaves you playing as generic wrestler dudes and guy with a star mask (which is what most people chose in my memory of playing. Just good simple smack down fun.

22. Metal gear

Solid Snake is here and is ready to kick some ass. This game was perhaps one of the best series beginnings and has a solid place in a world of few good shoots and mostly gimick games

 
21. RC Pro-Am

RC Pro-am perhaps is one of the best classic racing/kart games of the time and was a blast to play against another person the tracks were just tricky enough to trip you up and allow for a challenge and the additional road hazards made for fun competitive game play.a

 
20. Friday the 13th

This game caused me no end of frustration and generated a twitch gaming anxiety that I did get from many games at the time. Always in a rush against the clock to save some jerky teens (that are likely engaging in sexual acts or the use of illicit substances) from being murdered by Jason.
Having to run or boat from one end of camp knowing that it’s ticking ever onward to what seems like an inevitable death for those teens got my heart pumping hard barely making it through the door to still have to face off against the beast him self.

19. river city ransom

Simpy one of the best brawlers of its time, the story wasn’t that great but was better than the majority of brawler games that were out at the time. And the characters followed the same tried and true formula of nearly identical looking guys in white shirts which we all know means those fuckers mean business.

 
18. Yo Noid

Yo Noid! comes in at a time of commercial tie ins and product licensing. The game features the one time mascot of Domino’s pizza. With the slogan of “Avoid the noid”, I’m still not sure what this had to do with pizza or how or why eating their pizza preventing the noid from coming around not knowing what the noid really does. More beyond that it’s unknown how this becomes a game. What is known is all of that aside the game was actually really fun to play and would kill many hours just mindlessly platforming along to get to the end of each level. Gimick games YaY.

 
17. Ninja Gaiden

The only competition that Shinobi had, ninja gaiden was a fun game with jumping and latching on to walls, being pitted against dogs, and throwing massive throwing stars, the game provided a slightly different play style and presented obstacles which kept game play challenging.

 
16. Battle Toads

  This is a game I have played on every system that it was released on, Battle toads is solid just fun brawler with mixed play mechanics such as repelling down a tunnel and racing along a subteranian brain layer (That;s what it looks like who knows what the hell was going on there.) This game would keep me and my brother locked in for hours just trying to get as far as we can with out dying, This game is definitely a great time waster.

 
15. Wizards and Warriors

Perhaps the first game I was introduced to on the system and the first one I ever beat as a child. It was fun to hack and slash… and jump… man their was a lot of jumping.. through levels killing all the bugs and monsters that would get in your way wizards barely played any part of this game but it didn’t matter no one really complained you had plenty of things to strike down wizards or not.

 
14. Master Blaster

  This is another game which really shinned through with mixed game mechanics splitting between scroller and top down shooter varying game play as you switch back and forth between the two characters of the game.

 
13. Contra

Contra pretty much defined and dominated the shoot some shit up category of gaming every console had their king shooter and this was nintendos. While fun played single player it was definitely more fun co-op blazing through the levels it was frustrating when the other player sucked making you have to raise your game but that was another fun aspect of this type of twitch shooting game play.

 
12. Bubble bobble

  The game was simple, capture evil murderous toys in bubble and then pop them. The game play while not complicated was tricky and had it’s own “oh shit” moments when the speed would increase or one of those toys started coming down a path you might not be able to avoid getting hit by them. Definitely a blast to play co-op competing for fruit and “kills” trying to top each others score.

 
11. Double Dragon

While this didn’t turn out to be a good movie, double dragon was one of the best side scrolling brawlers of this or any time. A well written story helped back what would be just another brawler as two brothers fight their way through the streets.

10. P.O.W – Prisoners of War

This game made me wonder exactly how large POW camps where because no mater how far you got it always seemed like you were still stuck in the middle of the damn camp. Dispite that or my poor memory of it I locked many hours playing this game and appreciate it as a challenging top down shooter.

 
9. Kid Icarus

Why this game didn’t end up further on my list I’m not sure. Kid icarus was a fun game and was a tricky platformer, my biggest fear or peeve was definitely the eggplants that would turn you into a walking… well eggplant leaving you defencless until you could make your way to a healing pit to break the cure and those things were not conveniently located either.

8. Castlevania

Whipping your way through monsters and bats, castlevania was a challenging game and always had me on the edge of my seat with the variety of special weapons keeping things interesting or hating when you lose a favored weapon by accidently picking up the next you can kill a lot of time while killing your way to dracula.

7. Super Mario Brothers 3

This game was a must have for any one. The introduction across the world level play and introduction of a host of new power ups this game was excellent with each different world offering even more challenge than had been in previous mario games.

6. Guerrilla Wars

This was perhaps one of the most fun top down shooters I have ever played with various weapon power ups and terrain this game never got boring and was just as fun alone as it is with a second player.

5. Mega Man (Whole Series)

The whole series of megaman gave hours of blasting fun getting new powers as you beat each boss along with some tricky level designs you really hated dr wily for creating all those damned robots.

Side note I guess the artist didn’t know that mega man doesn’t use a gun as he is shown on this package. Shrugs.

4. Legend of Zelda

Just a great game all around, the dungeons in this game keep that “I almost had it, just one more try” sort of game play alive and made for an exiting experience.

3. Super Mario Brothers 2

Mario 2 is definitely the odd man out as it doesn’t follow the same game play as the other mario games but seeing how it was basically mario using some other japanesse games game mechanics and that it was still fun this can be over looked. Plus where else are you going to go up against a cross dressing dinosaur.

2. Teenage Muntant Ninja Turtles

  There was a point in my childhood where I wanted to be a ninja turtle and playing this game was about as close as that was going to get. This platformer was great fun with a lot of different environments and challenges (we all remember the bomb disarming in the sewer) kept the game play interesting.

1. Final Fantasy

Countless hours and days have been lost to this game. The starter of what is likely the longest running game franchise there has ever been. Building a team of adventures and fighting your way through the world. With endless ways to combine characters to do battle with made playing the game more interesting, the story lines in these games are also untouchable making a game more immersive  and making you part of the story.

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Now you could make an alias called netre to save yourself some typing and this tutorial will show you how.

Remember this tutorial is for BASH and not SH, CSH, Korn, etc. and more specifically for use with Ubuntu.  I cannot guarantee that this will work with other Linux distributions.

The first thing you will need to do if open your .bashrc file located in your home directory.  To do this type the following in a terminal:

gedit ~/.bashrc

This will bring up the Gedit text editor with the contents of the bashrc file.  Netx step is to locate the Alias definitions in the file.  You will need to uncomment the if statement to activate the alias definitions in a file or just add them directly in the .bashrc file.  The cleaner approach is to add them in a separate file for separation.  We will proceed with putting all your aliases in  separate file.  As you can see from the example listing I have uncommented the if statement to put all my definitions in a separate file.  Once this is done seave and exit gedit.

# Alias definitions.
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.

if [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then
. ~/.bash_aliases
fi

The next step is to create a new file called .bash_aliases in your home directory.  You can substitute another name other than .bash_aliases if you like.  To create the new file type the following in a terminal:

gedit ~/.bash_aliases

This will once again bring up the Gedit text editor with a blank text file.  We can now sart adding aliases to the file.  The format for adding an alias is as follows:

alias <desired alias>=’<linux_command>’

Here is an example:

alias netre=’sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart’

Make sure you use the tick mark ‘ when enclosing the linux command.  Once you are done adding the command hit the “Save” button.  Now the next time you bring up a terminal and type netre you will restart network manager.

You can add numerous alias commands to the file for your command line happiness.

Download: snes9x euphoria

A large number of machines including CPS1 CPS2 and Neogeo most notably.

*Credit to TTYMan for making this PSP emulator.

NOTE: This emulator will not function properly on 6.60 PRO 10 CFW, firmwares I know it has functioned on properly are
CFW 6.20 PRO-B9
CFW 6.39 PRO-B7
CFW 6.38ME
If you have run the emulator successfully with out crashes on other firmwares please leave a comment below including the CFW version.

Download: psp-mame4all-v49r2-installer-for-psp-slim-3xx

You will need a lynxboot.img placed in the emulators directory for this emulator to work.

Download: handyPSP-0.95.1-1.0

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RACE PSP 2.16 What’s New:

Time Rewind feature: map ‘Special: Rewind’ to any PSP button in the Controls menu to enable. See documentation for more information
Save state format has changed: RACE! PSP will still read the older save state format, but loading will be slightly slower

Not a new feature, but the documentation now includes a section on how to have RACE! PSP load a BIOS ROM file (instead of using the customized hardcoded version)

Official page: RACE! PSP Official site

Download: race-2.16-1.0