Homebrew Retroarch Emulation Thread (Nightly Builds Included)

[ShadowOne333]

Sounds like you have a bad dump. Works fine on all those on my end. Go download the no intro set off archive.org and use those dumps.

Screenshots for test with pocketsnes， the frames only suffers decline when there is a 3D model, such as the title screen of Yoshi‘s island.
It's very amazing in general，we don’t even need to use frameskip on n3DS except some 3D SFC game.

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I can enter buildings in Jurassic Park (U) without freezing.

Thank you both.
I'll get another dump of the game and test it out.
It's odd since it works in Snes9xGX.

Oh well, time to purge the library.

 

[Excalibur007]

Does anyone know if the PC Engine / TurboGrafx emulator is expected to be fixed soon? It's not worked for me since updating to Ninjhax 2.5, (or even with menuhax).

Also, will the Mednafen Lynx core be ported to the 3DS? I would absolutely LOVE to play my Lynx games on my N3DS XL.

 

[duwen]

Does anyone know if the PC Engine / TurboGrafx emulator is expected to be fixed soon? It's not worked for me since updating to Ninjhax 2.5, (or even with menuhax).

Also, will the Mednafen Lynx core be ported to the 3DS? I would absolutely LOVE to play my Lynx games on my N3DS XL.

Try this http://gbatemp.net/threads/release-handy-3ds-atari-lynx-emulator.394329/
...it's got a few problems, but generally works very well.

 

[sj33]

I've spent today trying out the full 32X game collection on Picodrive using dynarec. I'm very impressed overall! Quite a lot of games run near perfectly, more than I expected!

Things to note:

• This is using a New 3DS with kernel access, thus using dynamic recompilation.
• 'Great' means the games either run perfectly, or with only minor issues - they may not be perfect. 'Playable' games are much slower but maybe bearable. Some may disagree.
• PAL games are capped at 50fps. This includes Darxide, FIFA 96 etc.

Great

BC Racers (some frame drops but doesn't affect game speed)
Blackthrone
Chaotix
Doom
FIFA Soccer '96 (menus slow, in-game fine)
Golf Magazine 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples
Mortal Kombat II
Motocross Championship
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Primal Rage
RBI Baseball '95
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV (Sengokushi IV)
Shadow Squadron (Stellar Assault)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Starship Bridge Simulator
Soulstar X
T-Mek
Tempo
Toughman Contest
Virtua Hamster
WWF Raw
Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000

Playable

Darxide
Kolibri
Metal Head
Space Harrier
Star Wars Arcade
WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game
X-Men

Slow

After Burner Complete
Brutal Unleashed
Cosmic Carnage
NBA Jam: Tournament Edition (black screen entering match)
NFL Quarterback Club (crashes emulator on title)
The Amazing Spiderman: Web of Fire
Virtua Racing Deluxe (play the MegaDrive/Genesis version)
Virtua Fighter
World Series Baseball

Note that there is actually a patch for Doom which re-adds all the missing levels.

 

[RegularMoron]

Screenshots for test with pocketsnes， the frames only suffers decline when there is a 3D model, such as the title screen of Yoshi‘s island.
It's very amazing in general，we don’t even need to use frameskip on n3DS except some 3D SFC game.

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I can enter buildings in Jurassic Park (U) without freezing.

WHAT.
50 FPS on STARFOX WHAT.

WHAT??...

*downloading SNESPocket right now!*

 

[pdapanda]

WHAT.
50 FPS on STARFOX WHAT.

WHAT??...

*downloading SNESPocket right now!*

It‘s the highest fps I got in game，normally the performance would be like 45fps or so

 

[Clydefrosch]

so, i guess asking is kinda unnecessary, but hows performance on o3ds? anything close to 60fps?

 

[Vague Rant]

Assuming that you're talking about PocketSNES, which is kind of a big assumption from that context-free post:

Tested pocketsnes on o3DS 10.3 Ironhax. Getting 40-50 fps on average. Lowest fps occurred in Axelay with 20 fps; I tested it primarily for the heavy Mode 7 usage in the first stage.

edit: actually, it's more like 30-45 fps on average, after a few more tests.

If you're talking about Star Fox, then no, if it's not full speed on New 3DS then it's nowhere near full speed on original 3DS.

 

[NintendoGuy128]

I've spent today trying out the full 32X game collection on Picodrive using dynarec. I'm very impressed overall! Quite a lot of games run near perfectly, more than I expected!

Things to note:

• This is using a New 3DS with kernel access, thus using dynamic recompilation.
• 'Great' means the games either run perfectly, or with only minor issues - they may not be perfect. 'Playable' games are much slower but maybe bearable. Some may disagree.
• PAL games are capped at 50fps. This includes Darxide, FIFA 96 etc.

Great

BC Racers (some frame drops but doesn't affect game speed)
Blackthrone
Chaotix
Doom
FIFA Soccer '96 (menus slow, in-game fine)
Golf Magazine 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples
Mortal Kombat II
Motocross Championship
Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
Primal Rage
RBI Baseball '95
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV (Sengokushi IV)
Shadow Squadron (Stellar Assault)
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy - Starship Bridge Simulator
Soulstar X
T-Mek
Tempo
Toughman Contest
Virtua Hamster
WWF Raw
Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000

Playable

Darxide
Kolibri
Metal Head
Space Harrier
Star Wars Arcade
WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game
X-Men

Slow

After Burner Complete
Brutal Unleashed
Cosmic Carnage
NBA Jam: Tournament Edition (black screen entering match)
NFL Quarterback Club (crashes emulator on title)
The Amazing Spiderman: Web of Fire
Virtua Racing Deluxe (play the MegaDrive/Genesis version)
Virtua Fighter
World Series Baseball

Note that there is actually a patch for Doom which re-adds all the missing levels.

Oh damn I didn't know that we could play 32X on 3DS now!

Sorry for asking but, do we need 32X bios to play them? Thanks!

 

[Vague Rant]

@NintendoGuy128, Picodrive's 32X emulation relies on a dynamic recompiler, which can (currently) only be used on 3DS firmwares 9.2 or under. So unfortunately, you can't play 32X games at all on >9.2.

 

[RegularMoron]

It‘s the highest fps I got in game，normally the performance would be like 45fps or so

Just tryied. Not bad at all. Sound is broken, but still.
Almost playable. Some may even say it IS playable. Still hoping we'll eventually get full speed, though.
But never the less, Aliaspider already deserves it:

 

[sj33]

Yeah, if you're not using a New 3DS with 9.2 or below SysNAND then I doubt it's worth trying.

Still, this is the best (only?) 32X emulation on a mainstream handheld as far as I'm aware. Chaotix has never been ported to anything - it remains a 32X exclusive game so it's nice to see that run so well. In fact, the 32X had an awful lot of exclusives.

 

[NintendoGuy128]

@NintendoGuy128, Picodrive's 32X emulation relies on a dynamic recompiler, which can (currently) only be used on 3DS firmwares 9.2 or under. So unfortunately, you can't play 32X games at all on >9.2.

Oh, that sucks, thanks though!

 

[ShadowOne333]

Yeah, if you're not using a New 3DS with 9.2 or below SysNAND then I doubt it's worth trying.

Still, this is the best (only?) 32X emulation on a mainstream handheld as far as I'm aware. Chaotix has never been ported to anything - it remains a 32X exclusive game so it's nice to see that run so well. In fact, the 32X had an awful lot of exclusives.

Does the Dynarec for 32x also work for 3DSX versions in >9.2 now?

 

[Azel]

^

@NintendoGuy128, Picodrive's 32X emulation relies on a dynamic recompiler, which can (currently) only be used on 3DS firmwares 9.2 or under. So unfortunately, you can't play 32X games at all on >9.2.

 

[ShadowOne333]

^

Yeah but what I meant is if the 3DSX versions now support dynarec/dynamic for 32x in 9.2 or below too, since previously only the CIAs have it.

 

[Azel]

Does the Dynarec for 32x also work for 3DSX versions in >9.2 now?

I have no idea, but to me >9.2 means over 9.2 so yeah...

you should try and let us know. (I only use cia, and didn't give 32X a shot yet)

 

[mungry]

When will clean upscaling be implemented? I feel like this hasn't really been discussed. Is it difficult on the 3DS or has it just not been a priority?

 

[ShadowOne333]

I have no idea, but to me >9.2 means over 9.2 so yeah...

you should try and let us know. (I only use cia, and didn't give 32X a shot yet)

Ooops I meant <9.2.
Sorry.
I meant 9.2 and below haha I do have a N3DS at 9.0.0U but wanted to avoid using CIAs for the emulators.

 

[Azel]

When will clean upscaling be implemented? I feel like this hasn't really been discussed. Is it difficult on the 3DS or has it just not been a priority?

I'm not sure what do you mean ?
you are aware of the resolution of the 3ds and its pixels size, right ?