jEnesisDS v0.7 + ApprenticeMinusDS v0.2.6 released

[myuusmeow]

How does ApprenticeMinusDS compare to DSMasterPlus (the second newest version, newest one is abysmal IIRC)

 

[leetdude_007]

This emulator is an epic optimization adventure with a dash of nostalgia. Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse works like a charm.

 

[Destructobot]

How does ApprenticeMinusDS compare to DSMasterPlus (the second newest version, newest one is abysmal IIRC)

It's much better than DSMasterPlus. So far it's run every game I've tried perfectly, though I haven't tried that many games yet. The games not only run at full speed, but you can even overclock the SMS CPU to reduce the slowdown that the games had on the original system.

The only issue I've run into is that you can't force it to emulate a US system, so games that have both the Japanese and English versions in the same rom will display the Japanese text.

 

[Destructobot]

I tested a bunch of SMS games in ApprenticeMinusDS. I mostly just played each one for a minute or so, just long enough to see if it loaded and if there were any obvious problems. I haven't tried any Game Gear games yet.

I used these as my default settings, only changing them if the game wasn't running well:
CPU Overclock - off
Perfect Sync - on
Wait VSYNC - on
Codemasters Mapper - off
Rewind - off


The following games ran without any noticeable problems:

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Aerial Assault (UE) [!].sms
Air Rescue (E) [!].sms
Aleste (W) [!].sms
Alex Kidd - The Lost Stars (UE) [!].sms
Alex Kidd in High Tech World (UE) [!].sms
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (UE) (V1.1) [!].sms
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World (UE) [!].sms
Alien Storm (E) [!].sms
Alien Syndrome (UE) [!].sms
Astro Warrior (U) [!].sms
Aztec Adventure - The Golden Road to Paradise (UE) [!].sms
Batman Returns (UE) [!].sms
Battle Out Run (E) [!].sms
Blade Eagle 3D (UE) [!].sms
Bomber Raid (UE) [!].sms
Bonanza Bros (E) [!].sms
Bubble Bobble (E) [!].sms
Buggy Run (E) [!].sms
California Games (UE) [!].sms
Captain Silver (E) [!].sms
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (U) (V1.1) [!].sms
Choplifter (UE) [!].sms
Cloud Master (UE) [!].sms
Cyborg Hunter (UE) [!].sms
Daffy Duck in Hollywood (E) [!].sms
Danan the Jungle Fighter (E) [!].sms
Dead Angle (UE) [!].sms
Deep Duck Trouble (E) [!].sms
Double Dragon (UE) [!].sms
Double Hawk (E) [!].sms
Dynamite Duke (E) [!].sms
Enduro Racer (UE) [!].sms
Fantastic Dizzy (E) [!].sms
Fantasy Zone - The Maze (UE) [!].sms
Fantasy Zone (UE) [!].sms
Fantasy Zone II - The Tears of Opa-Opa (UE) [!].sms
Forgotten Worlds (E) [!].sms
Ghost House (UE) [!].sms
Ghostbusters (UE) [!].sms
Ghouls 'n Ghosts (UE) [!].sms
Global Defense (UE) [!].sms
Golvellius - Valley of Doom (UE) [!].sms
Incredible Crash Dummies, The (E) [!].sms
Incredible Hulk, The (E) [!].sms
Jungle Book, The (UE) [!].sms
Kenseiden (UE) [!].sms
Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (U) [!].sms
Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (U) [!].sms
Master of Darkness (UE) [!].sms
Masters of Combat (E) [!].sms
Maze Hunter 3D (U) [!].sms
Ninja Gaiden (E) [!].sms
Ninja, The (UE) [!].sms
Penguin Land (UE) [!].sms
Phantasy Star (UE) (V1.3) [!].sms
Psycho Fox (UE) [!].sms
R.C. Grand Prix (UE) [!].sms
Rampage (UE) [!].sms
Rastan (UE) [!].sms
Renegade (E) [!].sms
R-Type (UE) [!].sms
Running Battle (E) [!].sms
Sagaia (E) [!].sms
Scramble Spirits (UE) [!].sms
Secret Commando (E) [!].sms
Shadow Dancer (E) [!].sms
Shinobi (UE) [!].sms
Smurfs Travel the World, The (E) (M4) [!].sms
Smurfs, The (E) [!].sms
Sonic Chaos (E) [!].sms (runs fine with CPU overclock turned on, choppy otherwise)
Sonic The Hedgehog (UE) [!].sms
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (UE) (V1.0) [!].sms
Star Wars (UE) [!].sms (runs fine with CPU overclock turned on, slows down when jumping otherwise)
Streets of Rage 2 (E) [!].sms
Strider II (UE) [!].sms
Taz-Mania (E) [!].sms
Thunder Blade (UE) [!].sms
Vampire (E) [!].sms
Vigilante (UE) [!].sms
Wonder Boy (UE) [!].sms
Wonder Boy III - The Dragon's Trap (UE) [!].sms
Wonder Boy in Monster World (E) [!].sms
Zillion II - The Tri Formation (UE) [!].sms

These games had some minor issues, but were still quite playable:

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Cool Spot (E) [!].sms (Graphical glitches. Framerate is low but even, possibly normal for this game)
Galaxy Force (U) [!].sms (I can't tell if this game is glitchy, or if it just sucked to begin with)
Strider (UE) [!].sms (entire game feels like it's in slow motion, but this might be how it was designed. slight audio glitching, unless that just normally sucked too)
Ys - The Vanished Omens (UE) [!].sms (very minor graphical glitches)

These games had big problems, but were still playable to some extent:

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Bonkers Wax Up! (UE) [!].sms (gameplay is very choppy and uneven, even with CPU overclock enabled)
Cosmic Spacehead (E) [!].sms (Major graphical glitches, requires Codemasters mapper to be enabled)
Xenon 2 (E) (Virgin) [!].sms (sprites flicker horribly, runs very slowly unless CPU overclock is enabled, and then it still slows down a lot. nearly unplayable)

These games were unplayable for one reason or another:

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Cyber Shinobi (UE) [!].sms (Locks up after the game starts)
Galactic Protector (UE) [!].sms (couldn't do anything but shoot straight down, possibly needs a special controller)
Rambo III (UE) [!].sms (gun game)
Rescue Mission (UE) [!].sms (gun game)

These games displayed the text in Japanese instead of English:

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Time Soldiers (UE) [!].sms
Wonder Boy in Monster Land (UE) (V1.1) [!].sms
Zillion (UE) (V1.1) [!].sms

 

[Downloaderz]

What a great release. Warsong seems to play very smoothly now, best srpg ever.
I am loving the L+R button to move the screens. Is the ds hardware capable of doing it vertically?

 

[Saylient_Dreams]

Wah.... so many games so many games..... now to add Tails Adventure to my replay list T_T, my ever growing replay list.....

 

[Fun_Zephyr]

My initial thoughts is that ApprenticeMinusDS seems much better than DSMasterPlus. I find more games seem to run smootly with ApprenticeMinusDS. Though I have noticed a number of issues already pointed out like the Japanese writing etc.

The one weird one I found was Wonderboy III - Dragons Trap.

On DSMasterPlus it loads and shows Wonder Boy III BUT on ApprenticeMinusDS it Shows Monster World II after loading. Also once you beat the first monster, turn to the dragon and leave the castle the text refers to Wonder Boy II with ApprenticeMinusDS

However the games runs exactly the same and still in English.

With jEnesis_v0.7 as stated in the change log there are issues with save states and loading a save state in v0.7 which was from v0.6 but i have also noticed that after loading a save game using purely v0.7 there is still some issues with sound but it does catch up at times and also sometimes when you load the top of the screen is all scewed and not very readable whereas with v0.6 it was fine with those games in the way of sound and display after loading.

Lordus is working on more updates with lots more changes and hopes that this will all be fixed then. I can't thank Lordus enough for what has been supplied so far.

Both programs are fantastic.

 

[marko1986]

Can`t wait to try them now

Thx!

 

[Elrinth]

Awesome.. Thanx for game working report!

Also, this Lord dude who released this rocks!

 

[Cyburn2008]

Thanks, downloaded it today, sound is better in this version than in v0.6

 

[m3rox]

Destructobot, you did it wrong. The post on the main page is supposed to be the discussion thread, not a closed thread with a link to a discussion thread.

 

[xJonny]

Oh well. Good job on the find, Destructobot.

 

[Hero-Link]

Destructobot, you did it wrong. The post on the main page is supposed to be the discussion thread, not a closed thread with a link to a discussion thread.

No, this was created before the topic so this became the discussion thread first, no need for two.


Also, does anyone have a list of Genesis games working at 100% with jEnesisDS?

 

[SylvWolf]

Press L+R to go into the save state menu. You have 10 slots per rom.

O_O

What?

...

ApprenticeMinusDS now officially blows SMSAdvance out of the water, and that was damn good, too.

 

[DanTheManMS]

What a great release. Warsong seems to play very smoothly now, best srpg ever.
I am loving the L+R button to move the screens. Is the ds hardware capable of doing it vertically?

Vertical scaling is already enabled by default (unless he changed it in this version) so you should already be able to see the entire vertical component on the DS screen as it is. Horizontal scaling is not possible, hence why he allows L and R to be used to move the screen horizontally for easier adjustment.

 

[ViRGE]

Sweet, another release. Kudos to Lordus, he's one of the few big emulator authors to keep the updates coming for his stuff (is anyone even still working on SNEmulDS?). I especially like this release, Sonic 3 is now rather playable and approaching perfection.

 

[Mr Slug]

Great update love this emu for the DS fantastic work thank you very much

would it not be possible to use extra ram in slot 2 ram carts to load larger games ie games that were bigger than 3MB??

 

[MegaShark]

... but then why not horizontal scaling rather than vertical scaling...?

 

[Jerme]

Alien Soldier works if you turn on H-INT Emulation in the config menu (touch the controller icon).

will this work with road rash (loads, but gets stuck at a red screnn)

 

[toymin80r]

wow, this emulator works pretty good. Thanks (even though the topic's pretty old..)