[In Progress] ZuNES - NES Emulator

chuckstudios · 06-12-2008, 07:09 PM

Just thought I'd give you guys a heads up that I'm working on an NES emulator. I know it may seem strange since I've only posted here a couple times, but I've been working on this for a little while now. Just managed to get reliable video output and control input today. Hopefully I'll have up pictures or a video in a day or two, and a release within the week.

rpgoof · 06-12-2008, 07:13 PM

I heard someone got one working, but it ran at 7 FPS. Hows this one run?

lpxxfaintxx · 06-12-2008, 07:16 PM

Sweet bro, I'll be looking forward to it.

birdman · 06-12-2008, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by chuckstudios

Just thought I'd give you guys a heads up that I'm working on an NES emulator. I know it may seem strange since I've only posted here a couple times, but I've been working on this for a little while now. Just managed to get reliable video output and control input today. Hopefully I'll have up pictures or a video in a day or two, and a release within the week.

LepZepp is working on one already, but 2 emulators would be 2x better

EDIT well, I thought he was....guess im wrong. you can slap me in the face when you see me.

LedZepp · 06-12-2008, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by birdman

LepZepp is working on one already, but 2 emulators would be 2x better

I call shenanigans on that one. I am definitely not working on that gameboy one, I dont understand most of it, i just tweaked a couple lines of code to make it semi functionable

birdman · 06-12-2008, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by LedZepp

I call shenanigans on that one. I am definitely not working on that gameboy one, I dont understand most of it, i just tweaked a couple lines of code to make it semi functionable

Oh, well nevermind then lol. Weren't you the one who posted the video though of a gameboy game on the zune though?

poseidon_waves · 06-12-2008, 08:14 PM

sweet!
but how would you get the roms/games into the program?

LedZepp · 06-12-2008, 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by birdman

Oh, well nevermind then lol. Weren't you the one who posted the video though of a gameboy game on the zune though?

Yes i did, but i just changed the lines i understood lol. Most of what needs to be fixed is the video processor and things that deal with output and i dont understand them at all.

lpxxfaintxx · 06-12-2008, 08:25 PM

And that was a Gameboy / Gameboy Color emulator, not a NES emulator. And it was started by Tiptut300.

birdman · 06-12-2008, 08:43 PM

Well, im in my own world then.

Sorry if i confused anyone or altered your thoughts.

I

chuckstudios · 06-12-2008, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by poseidon_waves

sweet!
but how would you get the roms/games into the program?

Visual Studio 2008 allows you to place miscellaneous data files into your project. I'm currently storing them in (AppDir)\Content\ROMs.

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Originally Posted by rpgoof

I heard someone got one working, but it ran at 7 FPS. Hows this one run?

Slow. I haven't actually done a FPS test on it, but it's definitely not at a playable level yet. If it were, I'd have released it today :P There's also some palette issues, so everything has wrong colors... But it runs!

ZGamer · 06-12-2008, 09:08 PM

Oh cool!
Man, I wonder how long is going to take.....

mrgoodnight · 06-12-2008, 09:33 PM

that is great man

soccerfreak24 · 06-12-2008, 09:41 PM

Great news! As long as you get it to a bearable FPS this will be awesome.

Pauliver · 06-12-2008, 09:41 PM

I got XNASharpNes running on the Zune @ 7fps, ChuckStudios toss me an IM or a PM on this board and I'll share what i have with you and what I have learned.

Masterchief3k · 06-12-2008, 10:00 PM

It'd be super tight if we could get a working NES emulator at least running 15 FPS. Just think. Mario, Metroid, F-Zero, zelda. Next we have our super nintendo emulator, moar!!!

chuckstudios · 06-12-2008, 10:16 PM

Since I'm still up at this hour, I decided I'd throw a video up on YouTube. Keep in mind that this is still an early, early version...

+ YouTube Video

LedZepp · 06-12-2008, 10:20 PM

Very nice, that is quite slow though lol.

ZGamer · 06-12-2008, 10:37 PM

Thats too slow...
are you sure is going to be able to go faster?

chuckstudios · 06-12-2008, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by ZGamer

Thats too slow...
are you sure is going to be able to go faster?

I was just talking with Pauliver, who says the majority of time is spent in the Draw function. If the PPU routines can be optimized, the speed will go up massively.

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chuckstudios Zewbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 8 Reputation: 11	[In Progress] ZuNES - NES Emulator Just thought I'd give you guys a heads up that I'm working on an NES emulator. I know it may seem strange since I've only posted here a couple times, but I've been working on this for a little while now. Just managed to get reliable video output and control input today. Hopefully I'll have up pictures or a video in a day or two, and a release within the week.

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Pauliver Zuner Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 56 Reputation: 27	I got XNASharpNes running on the Zune @ 7fps, ChuckStudios toss me an IM or a PM on this board and I'll share what i have with you and what I have learned.

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Masterchief3k Jr. Zuner Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 42 Reputation: 10	It'd be super tight if we could get a working NES emulator at least running 15 FPS. Just think. Mario, Metroid, F-Zero, zelda. Next we have our super nintendo emulator, moar!!! __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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LedZepp zB Programmer Experienced Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 975 Reputation: 119	Very nice, that is quite slow though lol.

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