taking screenshots
 

forgive me if i sound stupid but how do you take a screenshot. i dont mean simply taking a shot of a pc game, i mean how would you take a screenshot of a genesis or master system game so it doesnt look like a home photo of a tv screen.

Get some decent video capture cards and equipment/

1) Find an emulator that decently emulates the game console.
2) Load game in emulator and run at it's native resolution
3) Press the Print Screen key.
4) Open your favorite image editor, press ctrl + v.
5) Edit the picture to your hearts content.

This is the best way to go if you don't have a capture card, make sure you dump your own games though!

Here is a shot of me playing mega man 2 via an emulator on my XP box. :)

http://www.vbulletin.org/bradfiles/megaman2.png

I use my TV tuner. I hooke up my console such as the NES to my console and play it through my TV tuner and take screenshots that way. The TV tuner was $50 a few years back and lets me record tv shows onto my PC.