SNEmulDS 0.5 alpha! - Snes Emulator for Nintendo DS

***wraggster*** · March 26th, 2007, 01:49

archeide posted a new release of his excellent Snes emulator for the Nintendo DS:

Heres the info.

This time, after sound and CPU, the big update is on graphics side! The graphics engine has been entirely rewritten and should offer a much better look for most games (especially RPG like Chrono Trigger)!

This alpha version also integrate a new configuration file, that allow you to choose the best options for each game.

New GFX engine that support tile address alteration (For RPG games and others)
Faster HDMA (Makes games like Chrono Trigger faster)
Much better line by line engine, which is now the default (Old tile mode is nearly broken in this alpha)
Better transparency support
Other GFX updates: Moved sprites 1 pixel down, Background color alteration by scanlines, fixed 16px tiles flip, better mode 5, better scrolling, new squish method…
Added configuration file support snemul.cfg (no saving support yet in this alpha) that allow specific configuration for each game.
And Thanks to Lestat for making the nice SNEmulDS Icon!

Please take a look in the configuration file, you can change the ROMs directory and other interesting stuff.

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**jester13** · March 26th, 2007, 01:54

What's the differenve between the two downloads? Can't you just patch it ?__?

**jester13** · March 26th, 2007, 02:19

This update is awesome. Crono Trigger is basically playable/beatable now. The text doesnt flash which is good. Need to see how Mode7 works for it though first. The only thing that's really left is fixing some graphical stuff and sound

**Junixx** · March 26th, 2007, 02:25

Zombies Ate My Neighbors broke

:Edit:

Whoops, my fault, forgot to patch with DLDI

Oh and yes this version is better, I can play ZAMN now with absolutley no tweaking of layers at all :thumbup: Sound could use some more work, but it is for sure better

**gruiz3** · March 26th, 2007, 02:30

I have the max media player and i have v5 of the emulator, but it will not load the games. Do i have to do anything specific?

**DanTheManMS** · March 26th, 2007, 02:32

Did you patch with DLDI? Did you put the SNES roms into the folder specified by snemul.cfg ("/SNES" by default)?

**gruiz3** · March 26th, 2007, 02:38

I'm new to this so, i put the roms and the emulator in a folder labeled roms. Now what do i do or did i screw up already?

**DanTheManMS** · March 26th, 2007, 02:51

First go to http://wiki.pocketheaven.com/DLDI to learn what DLDI is. Then go to http://chishm.drunkencoders.com/DLDI to download the tools you need to patch the file. I recommend using the "DLDIrc" program, which will add a patching option to the right-click menu of .nds files. Then put the patched file anywhere on your card, and place your roms in a directory called "SNES" that's on the root of your card. Place snemul.cfg on the root of your card. By opening this file in Notepad, you can change the location of the roms folder from "SNES" to whatever you want.

After some very basic testing, Chrono Trigger appears to be playable! Haven't tested any other games due to lack of time however.

**crookedmouth** · March 26th, 2007, 02:51

Originally Posted by gruiz3

I'm new to this so, i put the roms and the emulator in a folder labeled roms. Now what do i do or did i screw up already?

For now just put the roms in a folder named SNES on the root of your card.

You do need to patch SNEmulDS.nds with the DLDI patch also, of course.

Later on when you feel more comfortable,you can mess with snemul.cfg to change where the roms need to be found by the emulator.