Hacking N64 Emulation on 3DS
Brian10122 said:ether2802 said:It wont have, nor we'll see some hacker being able to create a full speed emulator for it, look at the Wii emu.....it has been there for like 2 and half years now, is it at least on beta state...?? so NO, cause by the time someone even think on starting an N64 emulator for the 3DS, "N" will present a new handheld...!!
....Are you... serious? Jesus, I'm guessing you've never played a PSP before, or even heard of Daedalus. Even then, I can imagine PJ64 being able to run on 3DS.
And you are right..!! I've never played a PSP before (nor after), Is the 3DS powerfull than the Wii..?? cause if it is then maaaaaaaaaybe...!!
ether2802 said:Brian10122 said:ether2802 said:It wont have, nor we'll see some hacker being able to create a full speed emulator for it, look at the Wii emu.....it has been there for like 2 and half years now, is it at least on beta state...?? so NO, cause by the time someone even think on starting an N64 emulator for the 3DS, "N" will present a new handheld...!!
....Are you... serious? Jesus, I'm guessing you've never played a PSP before, or even heard of Daedalus. Even then, I can imagine PJ64 being able to run on 3DS.
And you are right..!! I've never played a PSP before (nor after), Is the 3DS powerfull than the Wii..?? cause if it is then maaaaaaaaaybe...!!
Yes, 3DS is said to be more powerful than the wii. Also, PSP (if I'm correct) is less powerful than the wii (333MHz processor) and can run N64 games full speed
By the way, part of the reason N64 emulation is so hard on Wii is because it uses a rarely known IBM processor. The Wii has a processor of 729MHz compared to PSP's 333MHz, so we would probably normally be able to go full speed. All we need is hard work and progress and we could easily push even further past full speed. Even then, watching a video from April shows we've made a lot of progress. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPmUteexV3w )
So that would mean that it's not just about the raw power, other things are involved in an emulator working or not, right? Since Wii > PSP but Wii Emu < PSP Emu...
davidsl_128 said:
Well, it's also depending on the progress the devs have made in simplicity. Also sometimes even the amount of RAM can matter. The Saturn emulator for PSP, yabause, can only run on PSP slims because of the slim having 50mb ram, compared to Phat's 25mb.
From what I understand the only reason the psp can emulate the n64 is because they share the same architecture. both use a mips processor, so it only has to emulate specific n64 opcodes cpu wise.
It still has to emulate everything else, because the only the processor is common, and as of now, we don't know if the 3DS is using the tegra 2
It still has to emulate everything else, because the only the processor is common, and as of now, we don't know if the 3DS is using the tegra 2
If you're asking whether we think the 3DS is capable of running a N64 emulator, then I say yes. But if you're asking whether it will emulate the N64 as a fact, you're simply jumping the gun. We don't know squat about the 3DS, hacking, homebrew, etc., so what's the point of creating this thread?
If you're simply enthusiastic about the possibilites, then edit your topic to convey this. The Gameboy advance played Super Nintendo games, the DS (phat, lite, whatever) played N64 games, so if anything I might ask "What about GameCube games on the 3DS." I would ask, but I wouldn't because I'd expect to get flamed on every comment, plus I'd know beforehand that the thread would pointless, so I wouldn't post it in the first place.
If you're simply enthusiastic about the possibilites, then edit your topic to convey this. The Gameboy advance played Super Nintendo games, the DS (phat, lite, whatever) played N64 games, so if anything I might ask "What about GameCube games on the 3DS." I would ask, but I wouldn't because I'd expect to get flamed on every comment, plus I'd know beforehand that the thread would pointless, so I wouldn't post it in the first place.
Those are ports, and in order for those to happen the company needs access to the source code (whereas for VC you don't since you're running the original compiled version through an emulator). I'm willing to bet that many/most N64 games no longer have their source available within the company, or within easy access (when they could just emulate it if needed), that also counts out new features and upgrades for the ports... thankfully OOT is getting a ground-up remake. X3Brian10122 said:
Another system, another poll about Nintendo 64 emulation.
I'm thinking that once we know enough about what makes the 3DS tick (which may take forever, since we've barely even scratched the DSi's surface), and someone with excellent knowledge of our favorite 64-bit console comes around, we might just have something. Because even though the system may be powerful enough, we'll get nowhere if we don't know how it AND the emulated system work. That's why DS emulation is moderately cruddy so far.
Edit: Lay the smackdown, Rydian!
I'm thinking that once we know enough about what makes the 3DS tick (which may take forever, since we've barely even scratched the DSi's surface), and someone with excellent knowledge of our favorite 64-bit console comes around, we might just have something. Because even though the system may be powerful enough, we'll get nowhere if we don't know how it AND the emulated system work. That's why DS emulation is moderately cruddy so far.
Edit: Lay the smackdown, Rydian!
- Joined
- Sep 8, 2009
- Messages
- 8,079
- Trophies
- 2
- Location
- One's inner self
- Website
- 3dsdb.com
- XP
- 2,445
- Country
Similar threads
-
- Locked
