Homebrew List of DS Emulators

[AMPonzi]

Dualis notches its 4th update in less than a week this time to R13.3:

GPU: Added support for flipping of bitmap OBJs
GPU: Fixed a clipping bug for rotoscaled bitmap OBJs
MMU: Fixed a bug that would sometimes result in bad 32-bit reads from VRAM
GUI: Added support for zipped ROMs (only .nds)
GUI: Added support for the master char/screen offsets in the map viewer
GUI: Tile information is now diplayed when clicking on the map in the map viewer
GUI: Added a texture viewer (supports only 15-bit textures at this point)

Zipped NDS ROMS now that's a plus!

 

[krustydemon9]

DeSmuME has been update cause i noticed i can read the text of Trauma Center - Under the Knife clea now but still does not get past the same place also sprung the datin game does not flash as much just wish i could play trauma center its all i want

but i will take what i can get lol keep it comin people

 

[kernelPANIC]

Dualis notches its 4th update in less than a week this time to R13.3:

GPU:Â Added support for flipping of bitmap OBJs
GPU:Â Fixed a clipping bug for rotoscaled bitmap OBJs
MMU:Â Fixed a bug that would sometimes result in bad 32-bit reads from VRAM
GUI:Â Added support for zipped ROMs (only .nds)
GUI:Â Added support for the master char/screen offsets in the map viewer
GUI:Â Tile information is now diplayed when clicking on the map in the map viewer
GUI:Â Added a texture viewer (supports only 15-bit textures at this point)

Zipped NDS ROMS now that's a plus!

Hehe, I know it sounds silly but using zipped roms is something I find to be quite useful. It seems to me like the dualis team is building their emulator implementing first things you'd need once the core emuation is finished, not last (for those of us interested in emulating commercial roms). The dualis project really seems like the best choice to try out homebrew applications though.

 

[Dirtie]

Yeah zipped ROMs support for some of the other emulators would be good. I hate having to extract them all the time.

 

[AMPonzi]

Dualis strikes again... 5th update in 7 days, this time it's R13.4

GPU: Added partial support for capturing
GPU: Added support for luma effects on bitmap OBJs
GPU: Fixed luma increase for BGs
GPU: Fixed a bug with luma decrease enabled and no target layers selected
GPU: Corrected the master brightness algorithm

 

[AMPonzi]

Dualis R14 - 1 Year Anniversary Edition which boasts much better 3D

GPU: GPU: Fixed some matrix operation bugs (OGL only)
GPU: Modified 3D layer rendering (OGL only)
GPU: Added limited texture mapping support (OGL only)
GPU: Fixed capture source blending in the D3D renderer
GPU: Added support for luma effects on extended palette OBJs (non-scaled)
GPU: Master screen/char offset is now supported for rotoscale BGs

 

[Dirtie]

I guess the obvious question is, with all these updates, are they coming any closer to running commercial games?

 

[AMPonzi]

It still can't run any I have... but maybe it is who knows. Though that message on the site isn't exactly promising.

 

[AMPonzi]

DeSmuME 0.3.3 has been released, finally he goes with a naming scheme! So far this is probably the leader of the pack, so let's see how much better it is!

I did not work on the project this week but this morning thanks to bilou

I made a little update but with big consequences.
Change log :
Authorize the use of DMA with 16 bits registers
Correction of car_reg
WARNING COULD BE A LITTLE BIT INSTABLE DUE TO TEST CODE

 

[krustydemon9]

seems to be goin good plus another game is workin project rub but for some reason i downloaded the jap version so i got no idea whats goin on lol i am lovein this emu

 

[Dirtie]

iDeaS 1.0.0.8 is being worked on, screenshots here: http://www.gbarl.it//index.php?showtopic=13373

 

[Dirtie]

Stable version of DesMuMe 0.3.3 has been released, as well as Dualis 14.1:

CPU: Added one of the missing CP15 operations
CPU: Fixed flag updates for MVN instructions
GPU: Added preliminary support for lighting
GPU: Fixed rendering of extended palette OBJs in the D3D renderer
GPU: Added support for display lists
GPU: Added support for viewport commands
MMU: Fixed a bug with fixed destination DMA transfers
MMU: Fixed some bugs when writing to VRAMCNT_*
GUI: Fixed some bugs in the disassembler
GUI: Fixed some bugs in the texture viewer

 

[AMPonzi]

Thanks, main post will be updated

The new DeSmuME will be called 0.3.3a to avoid confusion.

 

[kernelPANIC]

iDeaS 1.0.0.8 released:
http://spazioinwind.libero.it/linoma/ideas.html

The changes are :

- Corrected extended palettes management in mode 3, 4 and 5.
- Corrected error in SER/DFR touchscreen management.
- Corrected error in Real Time Clock management.
- Buffered pipeline 3d commands (now Zbuffer works).
- Added 4 DMA channels and 4 timers for arm7.
- Fixed an error in double size sprites.
- Changed bios management (now it's emulated in some functions).
- Added firmware management with language selection and touch screen calibration.

Good stuff. Thanks Lino.

 

[Dirtie]

Nice, tested a few games out, and a lot had better compatibility. Still kinda freezes or something when you're just about to do the first operation in Trauma Center though

 

[krustydemon9]

dualis 14.2

2006-02-21

GPU: Added support for texture wrapping
GPU: Added support polygon alpha and wireframe rendering
GPU: Added support for material commands
GPU: Added polygon depth comparisons
GPU: Fixed OpenGL errors that occured when VTX_BEGIN/END pairs spanned across more than one frame
GPU: Fixed MTX_MULT_4X4 (missing break)

i know what you mean Dirtie but some of the graphics are prity bad now and it runs slower look like Trauma Center is goin backwards

 

[Paladin]

Graphics are a lot better in DeSmuME... Just there's a mite issue with sprites in the lower screen.. sometimes they are just invisible..
For instance in the most current game which is Romance of the Three Kingdoms (whatever it is in Jap) game after the intro (which runs really slow and offcolor in iDeaS) the main menu is invisible (but not in iDeaS). I see this also in PW:AA which i'd love to play.

Even though I like iDeaS, a lot more games run in DeSmuME and videos run at near prefect rates.

For instance Cool104 runs prefect in DeSmuME, and not in the most current iDeaS (1.0.0.8).

The biggest things to work on eventually will be the save creation.. Most games will not go very far about half or more of them because of the save check.

Sound isn't as important to me though it'd be fun =P.

 

[shadow theory]

One thing, it's fun to see how quickly they have all suddenly progressed, this will be the first time I'll be around to notice a programming scene come about, pick a subject and work through to a working emulator.

I came too late to pay attention for SNES, and wasn't really all that aware until late into GBA development, so it's very interesting to see these take shape. (This and saturn emulation, which has come farther than some give credit.)

 

[AMPonzi]

Both release items updated

 

[Zarcon]

Phoenix Wright is fully playable in iDeaS 1.0.0.8 now...not properly functional but playable.
If you can't see the menu options in the bottom screen just go to the court records and come back and you should be able to see them.
Shame there's no save or fast forward yet, I finished the first case though.