Homebrew lolSnes -- SNES emulator for DS

[VMM]

I posted the source code for this many pages back. Only no one did anything.

It isn't about the source code, it's about Mbmax,
he is experienced and know people who have already worked with snes sound emulation on nds.
The idea is, if Mega-Mario contacted him, he could know people who could help with the project.

 

[user64]

Would SuperFX emulation be possible? Or is the DS just too weak?

 

[Normmatt]

It isn't about the source code, it's about Mbmax,
he is experienced and know people who have already worked with snes sound emulation on nds.
The idea is, if Mega-Mario contacted him, he could know people who could help with the project.

No. I was the one who ported SnemulDS to the latest devkitarm/libnds at the time. Mbmax isn't a developer. I don't know much if anything detailed about the snes either.

 

[futaris]

tried this on my 3ds (US Model). Crashes and bring up Software Closed.

I just tried it then on my 3DS (AU Model) - running v1.1.0-0E. It runs fine:

 

[piemastr]

It looks like all the existing emulators for the DS are dormant or discontinued, which is sad.

What about ichifly's gba emulator on the ds

 

[Arisotura]

Would SuperFX emulation be possible? Or is the DS just too weak?

Depends on how much power it'll take to emulate those games.

What is certain is that it won't be LLE.

 

[user64]

Depends on how much power it'll take to emulate those games.

What is certain is that it won't be LLE.

Sorry to be a noob, but what is LLE?

 

[soulrazor]

Sorry to be a noob, but what is LLE?

If i'm not mistaken i think he is refering to low-level emulation (for the average person: accurate but slow)
the oposite is HLE -> High-level emulation (less accurate but fast)

 

[Arisotura]

In the context of programmable chips, LLE is emulating the chip as, well, a chip. Executing every instruction, just like on the real thing. HLE is emulating the chip's overall functionality in high level.

HLE is faster, but less accurate. It also ignores the timings the original chip would normally have, causing special chip games to run faster than they should.

For a 3GHz PC, LLE is fine, but in the case of the underpowered DS, HLE would be the only way to go.

 

[VMM]

No. I was the one who ported SnemulDS to the latest devkitarm/libnds at the time. Mbmax isn't a developer. I don't know much if anything detailed about the snes either.

I remembered of Mbmax creating a thread for the rebirth of snesmulds,
I tought he was the main coder of the reborn project, sorry for the mistake.

 

[user64]

In the context of programmable chips, LLE is emulating the chip as, well, a chip. Executing every instruction, just like on the real thing. HLE is emulating the chip's overall functionality in high level.

HLE is faster, but less accurate. It also ignores the timings the original chip would normally have, causing special chip games to run faster than they should.

For a 3GHz PC, LLE is fine, but in the case of the underpowered DS, HLE would be the only way to go.

Oh... Low Level Emulation. So HLE causes speedups? I suppose that's better than frameskip 10 with 1 fps...

 

[the_randomizer]

Oh... Low Level Emulation. So HLE causes speedups? I suppose that's better than frameskip 10 with 1 fps...

In a nutshell, yes, HLE aims to speed up emulation as much as possible while sacrificing accuracy, LLE is the opposite.

 

[Yepi69]

If this plays EarthBound just fine, you sir are my hero.

 

[the_randomizer]

If this plays EarthBound just fine, you sir are my hero.

Oh, it will, this emulator has a lot of potential and I for one give him props for taking the challenge

 

[PROTOBOY]

I just tried it then on my 3DS (AU Model) - running v1.1.0-0E. It runs fine:

Looks great, can you make a small game play video showing us the performance?

 

[2ndApex]

If this plays EarthBound just fine, you sir are my hero.

If lolSNES eventually runs at 60 FPS with HUD squishing like SnemulDS and not give me a seizure every time the game changes areas like CATSFC you have all of my internet cookies.

 

[Yepi69]

If lolSNES eventually runs at 60 FPS with HUD squishing like SnemulDS and not give me a seizure every time the game changes areas like CATSFC you have all of my internet cookies.

I've been after WAYS to play EarthBound on the go, my only choice is only a PSP but hell, I'm not gonna buy a PSP just for portable EarthBound.

 

[loco365]

I'd love to try the latest version. I'll try getting it to build here.

..if I can lol

Edit: Got it built. F-Zero tries so damn hard to work (I can navigate the menus, however they are buggy, and the Training course selection kinda works. The GP course selection just fails outright. Absolutely no sound, either.). And Sutte Hakkun also tries (a single blip of blue), but gets errored out.

I'm really excited to see this emulator, and I can't wait for future versions.

 

[user64]

I was trying to build it on Mac but I have no idea what I'm doing and it can't find nds.h...

 

[Arisotura]

You need to get the latest devKitPro.