Homebrew Help with SNES Emulator on CycloDS Card

[Hem600]

Hi,

So for the first time I tried to put a SNES Emulator on my CycloDS card. I have managed to put the emulator on fine (SNEmulDS) and it loads just fine. However due to being, most likely, an uneducated fool ( ), i'm struggling to put games on.

I put Super Mario Kart on and when I press to load the game all I get is a screen with many options (options below) and no way to begin the game. Any help will be much appreciated.

Options:

Select Rom
Load State
Save state
Options
SPC Jukebox
Advanced

Thanks.

 

[Another World]

your .smc files need to go in a SNES folder in root.

-another world

 

[Hem600]

your .smc files need to go in a SNES folder in root.

-another world

Thanks for the response. I tried that and yet the game still just gives me the options I mentioned in my first post, instead of actually loading the game. Not sure what i'm doing wrong.

 

[Another World]

anyways, moving on...

not all snes games are supported. there is a compatibility list floating around. it could be you are trying to play games that won't work. make sure your files are .smc files.

check these links:
http://www.pocketheaven.com/ph/wiki/SNEmulDS_Compatibility_List
http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/SNEmulDS_Compatibility_List

-another world

 

[Hem600]

anyways, moving on...

not all snes games are supported. there is a compatibility list floating around. it could be you are trying to play games that won't work. make sure your files are .smc files.

check these links:
http://www.pockethea...patibility_List
http://wiki.gbatemp....patibility_List

-another world

Thanks a lot. The problem was compatibility.

Do you know if there's any better emulators out there for the DS than the one i'm using?

 

[Another World]

unfortunately, there really aren't many choices. if you want to play snes games on a ds then you should pick up a supercard ds2. they have an snes emu (that also saw a few homebrew developer revisions) that has a much higher compatibility. it is a port of snes9x and can run a lot of games, homebrew, and demo roms, except for the special chip games. like snemulds it isn't perfect, but it is a much better choice.

check out my review of the first revision of the emu:
http://gbatemp.net/topic/232281-supercard-dstwo-review/page__p__3254876#entry3254876

here is more info on ds snes emulation, if you are interested:
http://www.pocketheaven.com/ph/wiki/SNES_DS
http://www.pocketheaven.com/ph/wiki/index.php?title=SnezziDS
http://www.pocketheaven.com/ph/wiki/index.php?title=SNEmulDS

-another world

 

[DanTheManMS]

Super Mario Kart will definitely not work, as it uses a coprocessor chip that is not emulated. Try a more well-known game like Super Mario World first for testing.

 

[Hem600]

unfortunately, there really aren't many choices. if you want to play snes games on a ds then you should pick up a supercard ds2. they have an snes emu (that also saw a few homebrew developer revisions) that has a much higher compatibility. it is a port of snes9x and can run a lot of games, homebrew, and demo roms, except for the special chip games. like snemulds it isn't perfect, but it is a much better choice.

check out my review of the first revision of the emu:
http://gbatemp.net/t...76#entry3254876

here is more info on ds snes emulation, if you are interested:
http://www.pockethea...ph/wiki/SNES_DS
http://www.pockethea...?title=SnezziDS
http://www.pockethea...?title=SNEmulDS

-another world

Thanks for that. I don't suppose you know much about PSPs? Just curious as to whether SNEs Emulation, amonst other emulators, works better on a PSP?

 

[Another World]

yes, it does. while still not perfected by any means, it is a much more enjoyable experience.

-another world

 

[raulpica]

unfortunately, there really aren't many choices. if you want to play snes games on a ds then you should pick up a supercard ds2. they have an snes emu (that also saw a few homebrew developer revisions) that has a much higher compatibility. it is a port of snes9x and can run a lot of games, homebrew, and demo roms, except for the special chip games. like snemulds it isn't perfect, but it is a much better choice.

check out my review of the first revision of the emu:
http://gbatemp.net/t...76#entry3254876

here is more info on ds snes emulation, if you are interested:
http://www.pockethea...ph/wiki/SNES_DS
http://www.pockethea...?title=SnezziDS
http://www.pockethea...?title=SNEmulDS

-another world

Thanks for that. I don't suppose you know much about PSPs? Just curious as to whether SNEs Emulation, amonst other emulators, works better on a PSP?

As AW said, a PSP will run almost everything, except some titles with a minimal slowdown (Starfox, Super Mario RPG). But trust me, if you have a PSP, go with that for SNES emulating!

 

[Hem600]

unfortunately, there really aren't many choices. if you want to play snes games on a ds then you should pick up a supercard ds2. they have an snes emu (that also saw a few homebrew developer revisions) that has a much higher compatibility. it is a port of snes9x and can run a lot of games, homebrew, and demo roms, except for the special chip games. like snemulds it isn't perfect, but it is a much better choice.

check out my review of the first revision of the emu:
http://gbatemp.net/t...76#entry3254876

here is more info on ds snes emulation, if you are interested:
http://www.pockethea...ph/wiki/SNES_DS
http://www.pockethea...?title=SnezziDS
http://www.pockethea...?title=SNEmulDS

-another world

Thanks for that. I don't suppose you know much about PSPs? Just curious as to whether SNEs Emulation, amonst other emulators, works better on a PSP?

As AW said, a PSP will run almost everything, except some titles with a minimal slowdown (Starfox, Super Mario RPG). But trust me, if you have a PSP, go with that for SNES emulating!

Thanks for the replies. I don't have a PSP but have been considering getting one primarily for emulating.

 

[Rydian]

Yeah a PSP's much better than a DS for emulation. High resolution screen so it doesn't have downscaling issues, much more RAM (DS units have 4MB of usable RAM for homebrew, PSP has 32MB-64MB depending on the model with only the oldest series having 32MB), much faster processor, etc.

http://gbatemp.net/topic/268289-psp-hackingmodding-faq-start-here/

http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/Emulation_on_PSP
http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/Game_Engines_on_PSP