Hacking How is SNES emulation on homebrew?

[anab0lic]

I'm really fussy when it comes to emulation... if there is input lag or fps drops i am super sensitive to it and find it off putting to the point where i dont really want to play the game most of the time... so with that said, just how accurate is Wii U emulation of SNES games?

 

[Obveron]

Snesgx for vwii runs at full speed, and I don't notice any lag with any games I play. but it's not cycle accurate. Vwii is not powerful enough for a cycle accurate snes emulator. If we ever get wii-u homebrew it may be possible to get closer to cycle accurate, but really if you want perfect accuracy you'll want a fast PC, or a SNES.

 

[wiitf]

I haven't tried out many games, but from what I recall, games that used the Super FX chip either don't work or have issues.. Even some non-Super FX games have frame drops, too. Let me go try Yoshi's Island again and get back to you.

 

[the_randomizer]

Snes9x Next actually doesn't use frame skipping (whereas GX does), so games like Star Fox and Yoshi's Island run full speed, this is through RetroArch, a front-end/GUI.

 

[Bladexdsl]

it runs fine as long as you leave h2qx (that makes it look great) off on nearly all games otherwise you get terrible lag with it on.

 

[Magnus87]

, this is through RetroArch, a front-end/GUI.

Ewwww


http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/220/e/6/i_puke_rainbows_by_cameron_rutten-d45wbmk.png

 

[the_randomizer]

Ewwww


http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/220/e/6/i_puke_rainbows_by_cameron_rutten-d45wbmk.png

If you want tinny menu sound bugs and frame skipping issues and random crashes, to each their own. I was merely making a suggestion, nothing more. Snes9x Next > GX in terms of stability and no tinny audio glitches, just saying. What do you mean by "ewww" anyways? I assume you've tried it on the Wii?

 

[Bladexdsl]

i've never had snes9x gx crash on me and what do you mean tinny menu?

 

[Magnus87]

If you want tinny menu sound bugs and frame skipping issues and random crashes, to each their own. I was merely making a suggestion, nothing more. Snes9x Next > GX in terms of stability and no tinny audio glitches, just saying. What do you mean by "ewww" anyways? I assume you've tried it on the Wii?

RetroArch GUI is very ugly, unfriendly and uncomfortable for use with the Wii.
Yes, S9xN works better than GX but i dont like RetroArch Style

 

[the_randomizer]

i've never had snes9x gx crash on me and what do you mean tinny menu?

This https://code.google.com/p/snes9x-gx/issues/detail?id=142

 

[Bladexdsl]

never had that problem either

 

[Oak]

And I believe the Wii U Pro controller works with Snes9xGx.

 

[Bladexdsl]

And I believe the Wii U Pro controller works with Snes9xGx.

you have to use a special version though and can't use the game box cover mod

 

[Obveron]

I was under the impression that GX only frameskips if the emulation is running slow. I'd rather a few skipped frames than slo-mo.

 

[minexew]

If we ever get wii-u homebrew it may be possible to get closer to cycle accurate, but really if you want perfect accuracy you'll want a fast PC, or a SNES.

...or an FPGA. Not sure if it's been done already, but probably yes.