Homebrew blargSnes -- SNES emulator for the 3DS (WIP)

[cracker]

Anyone interested in a modified version with PAR cheat support?

 

[igivenup]

3D effect is already boring on 3DS games.
Also what do you think it's gonna happen? You think all SNES games will suddenly become Paper Mario?
All you gonna get is some weird combination of 2D sprites floating over 2D layers...

The idea of 3D Snes Emulation was already worked on when Nvidia 3D Vision first came out. It works pretty well in all honesty. There are occasional issues but some basic blanket support for it and maybe customization options on deciding how far out each layer goes would help to make this a fantastic emulator. Otherwise, as a Nvidia Shield owner, I'm probably just better off emulating Snes on that device with shaders/better speed/more functionality. Although nice work on the emulator. It's nice to see progress is actually being made.

 

[piratesephiroth]

The idea of 3D Snes Emulation was already worked on when Nvidia 3D Vision first came out. It works pretty well in all honesty. There are occasional issues but some basic blanket support for it and maybe customization options on deciding how far out each layer goes would help to make this a fantastic emulator. Otherwise, as a Nvidia Shield owner, I'm probably just better off emulating Snes on that device with shaders/better speed/more functionality. Although nice work on the emulator. It's nice to see progress is actually being made.

Yeah, it's awful indeed. Thanks for providing evidence.

 

[cracker]

I got 16bit and 24bit border support added if anyone cares.

 

[c80n]

Yeah, it's awful indeed. Thanks for providing evidence.

Of course because a barebones, experimental build of a 3D emulator, that displays the effect depending of the layers as opposed to doing it correctly will make for an awesome 3D effect, right?!.
Honestly, if it were for a SNES emulator I already have thousands of devices capable of emulating it. The thing that I expect the most and that will most likely make this emulator stand out of the others is, guess what again, 3D, and I'm not the only one to agree to this fact.
Also, that's quite a bold statement you made there, saying the 3D effect is boring. It might not be your cup of tea, but to me and others it helps for immersion.

 

[Rob Blou]

I would love to play my snes games in glorious 3d!!

 

[igivenup]

Yeah, it's awful indeed. Thanks for providing evidence.

We must not have watched the same video so it seems.

It was great for most games even in the most simplest proof of concept form. They aren't quite as good as Nintendos 3D Classics but if we started creating 3D Profiles on a game to game basis it could go above and beyond what Nintendo has done themselves.

 

[DiscostewSM]

We must not have watched the same video so it seems.

It was great for most games even in the most simplest proof of concept form.

It's decent for some games, but there was a part in the Street Fighter 2 portion that had a layering issue, where the background is constructed of multiple layers to form one, and it made it bulge out in various squares. Same goes for many of Squaresoft's RPGs.

 

[igivenup]

It's decent for some games, but there was a part in the Street Fighter 2 portion that had a layering issue, where the background is constructed of multiple layers to form one, and it made it bulge out in various squares. Same goes for many of Squaresoft's RPGs.

Blanket support is never going to be perfect. His suggestion was adding profiles on a game to game basis which I think is a fantastic idea.

 

[DiscostewSM]

Blanket support is never going to be perfect. His suggestion was adding profiles on a game to game basis which I think is a fantastic idea.

Oh, I don't disagree with the profile thing. Some games may simply not work well for the 3D effect at all, while others may feel like they were designed for the effect all along.

 

[Arisotura]

Border support is coming in the next blargSnes release anyway.

I had a hard time getting the PICA200 Picky200 to cooperate, but now it's all good, I should be able to get shit done.

 

[MyJoyConRunsHot]

I have also noticed that your emulator displays colours in a funny way (they're accurate, but it looks like there's movement on them) and after activating the 3D slider, pressing home and going back to the emulator, the colours somehow get fixed.

If I had to guess, I would say that maybe your emulator is using the full 800x240 resolution of the 3DS, but then it gets back to 400x240 after doing all of the above.

I think I discussed whether this was possible in another thread:
http://gbatemp.net/threads/can-hacking-open-up-the-other-400-pixels.358365/

 

[MOHRCORE]

I think I discussed whether this was possible in another thread:
http://gbatemp.net/threads/can-hacking-open-up-the-other-400-pixels.358365/

!Sorry! Wrong quote! (It was aboud quote quoted in this quote )

That's issue with a lot of homebrew - 3DNES has something similiar to it - in 3D mode it displays right screen black, and in 2d mode it's flickering. You need to go home and then resume software to get rid of flickering :/

 

[parsimony]

Can someone let me know what I'm doing wrong here?
No games show up in the menu. I've got them in a folder named snes in the sd with the emulator.

 

[MOHRCORE]

Can someone let me know what I'm doing wrong here?
No games show up in the menu. I've got them in a folder named snes in the sd with the emulator.

Is the SD card the 3DS memory, or Gateway microSD? It should be 3DS memory.

 

[parsimony]

Oh jeez, yeah I got mixed up I guess, thanks!

 

[SpaceJump]

Border support is coming in the next blargSnes release anyway.

I had a hard time getting the PICA200 Picky200 to cooperate, but now it's all good, I should be able to get shit done.

Awesome! When can we expect that release?

 

[Ericss]

Honestly 3D is the last priority. (Who the hell plays anything in 3D anyway?)

Most 3DS owners?

 

[piratesephiroth]

Most 3DS owners?

lolwot

Do you watch TV with 3D active all the time too?

I hope you don't becuase that's plain dumb. Just like playing games in 3D all the time.

 

[spinal_cord]

lolwot

Do you watch TV with 3D active all the time too?

I watch 3D content in 3D and 2D content in 2D. Why is it so difficult for you to believe that people playing 3D games want to play them in 3D?

I hope you don't becuase that's plain dumb. Just like playing games in 3D all the time.

I suppose you walk around all day with one eye closed? the world is a 3D place don't ya know.