Emulator Red Viper - Virtual Boy emulator

[splaca]

Have save states been added?

No, still on the list of future additions.

It's a pretty big feature, it probably won't go unmentioned when added

 

[Floogle]

Have save states been added?

I think I can pretty confidently say they'll be in the next update.

 

[Maeson]

Thank you for your work on this emulator, Floogle, it is really appreciated.

...I had no idea the Virtual Boy was a 50Hz machine, wow. I was surprised by that feature being added, but after checking out yeah, it makes total sense, I always thought it was a 60Hz one, like pretty much every other handheld system. I need to check it out later when I get back home.

Thanks again!

 

[Floogle]

Red Viper v0.9.4​

Save states are in! You can save up to 10 per game.

 

[CrashMidnick]

Thank you ! This emulator is awesome.

 

[Logans]

Honestly, I don't like the new splash screen.
I go back to the previous version.
thank you

 

[raxadian]

Red Viper v0.9.4​

Save states are in! You can save up to 10 per game.

Cool, that was really needed for games without saves like certain Mario game demo that ended launching as a full game.

I definitely would love to update it to include saving or a scoreboard but one I haven't coded anything in over two decades, two not gonna learn VR coding cause the VB limitations annoy me and three Nintendo loves to sue.

A IPS patch that adds a scoreboard and saving would still be awesome, same for two player play even if it is turn based of the "Player 1 must lose all lives before player 2 can play" kind. Because unlike in the Nes for the Virtual boy it actually makes sense to have two player that way cause headset.

 

[Vague Rant]

Cool, that was really needed for games without saves like certain Mario game demo that ended launching as a full game.

I definitely would love to update it to include saving or a scoreboard but one I haven't coded anything in over two decades, two not gonna learn VR coding cause the VB limitations annoy me and three Nintendo loves to sue.

A IPS patch that adds a scoreboard and saving would still be awesome, same for two player play even if it is turn based of the "Player 1 must lose all lives before player 2 can play" kind. Because unlike in the Nes for the Virtual boy it actually makes sense to have two player that way cause headset.

Beep.

Over the last few weeks I've been making save patches for Virtual Boy games. So far, I've got the following games saving:

• Golf
• Jack Bros.
• Mario Clash
• Red Alarm
• EDIT: Space Squash
• EDIT: V-Tetris
• Vertical Force
• Waterworld

I have a couple more in the pipeline, (EDIT: just added) just working on figuring out an issue that's occurring on real hardware that doesn't affect Red Viper or other VB emulators like Mednafen.

For some of those games, you're basically looking at saving the high scores and any options screen settings, e.g. Red Alarm, Vertical Force and Waterworld are all like that, but Golf, Jack Bros., Mario Clash and one of the other pipeline games (Space Squash) are all saving/loading your actual in-game progress as well.

For something like Mario Clash, I absolutely think the save patch fundamentally changes the game into something that's better than it was at launch. Saving your Waterworld high scores isn't going to change how you feel about the game, but Mario Clash is a lot more enjoyable when you can progress through the stages at your leisure.

Jack Bros. is a bit of a middle ground--it had password saves in the original, so you're not really gaining anything you didn't have already, you just don't have to futz around looking for passwords to get back to where you were up to last time. It does have some quality of life changes though, like re-enabling the sound test and debug modes and allowing you to toggle between English and Japanese, since the ROM itself supports both but was originally locked to English.

Golf is a really unique case: the save hack there is barely my work; T&E Soft intended to include save support in the game but cheaped out by not ordering battery-backed cartridges for an admittedly dying system. I was able to restore the originally intended save support, which actually automatically removes the entire password system and replaces it with normal loading/saving of ongoing tournaments, player stats, etc. It's a huge change which will really benefit you if you ... enjoy playing Golf on Virtual Boy.

 

[raxadian]

Mario Clash definitely is a better game with saves.

 

[Datbo]

Awesome to still see this project getting better and better. The new features are excellent and the games working well is great.

 

[Floogle]

Red Viper v0.9.5​

Featuring fully remappable controls, including toggle and turbo modes!

 

[raxadian]

Cool that will help on fighting and racing games.

 

[Floogle]

Red Viper v0.9.6​

Featuring an antiflicker mode to mitigate image retention issues on IPS models, and an optional input display for speedrunners!

 

[Maeson]

Thank you for the updates, Floogle! The Antiflicker mode is of any help to the other type of panels?

I wanted to ask, we can change the "palette" of the Virtual boy, but could be possible to also change the black color? So, let's say that I choose a blue color, could the black be changed into a darkest tone blue according to the particular rgb value (I imagine that's what you're choosing with that option) you set?

OH, also, I remember looking for the 50Hz option on I think it was 0.9.4, but I did not found it. Is it ON by default, or I just missed it?

 

[Floogle]

Thank you for the updates, Floogle! The Antiflicker mode is of any help to the other type of panels?

It could, though I was told IPS panels were particularly susceptible to flicker-induced image retention.

I wanted to ask, we can change the "palette" of the Virtual boy, but could be possible to also change the black color? So, let's say that I choose a blue color, could the black be changed into a darkest tone blue according to the particular rgb value (I imagine that's what you're choosing with that option) you set?

This would be the only way to expand on the colour system that wouldn't slow down processing. Thank you for the suggestion, I'll keep it in mind!

OH, also, I remember looking for the 50Hz option on I think it was 0.9.4, but I did not found it. Is it ON by default, or I just missed it?

It's not an option, it's always enabled.

 

[Maeson]

Thank you for your answers!

 

[N7Kopper]

Red Viper v0.9.6​

Featuring an antiflicker mode to mitigate image retention issues on IPS models, and an optional input display for speedrunners!

TN Supremacy boys

And the IPS Enjoyers told me the superior refresh times of TN were irrelevant...

 

[Garcimak]

Having a blast with this, thank you Floogle for all those new features.

 

[Wargla]

Any chance to make it work with Gateway 3ds ?
I have an Old 3ds, with latest 11.17.0-50 on emunand, and DSP firmware installed.
Red Viper is the only homebrew that is not working on my 3ds.

With v0.9.0 or v0.9.1, I can launch the emulator without pb, but when I select a game, it doesn't start.
And with latest 0.9.6, I never reach the splashscreen.

If you have any idea about what could be the issue, please let me know.

 

[raxadian]

Any chance to make it work with Gateway 3ds ?

Use Luma, and a SD card, that's all you need. I tested the thing in an old 3DS, an old 2DS and a HD 2DS.