PenkoDS v0.2a - MSX Emulator for DS Released

[wraggster]

Via Ketchup site comes a new MSX Emulator for the Nintendo DS:

Heres the translated info:

PenkoDS?
PenkoDS is an emulator MSX2 for Nintendo DS. It is based on fmsx of Marat Fayzullin.
The speed of emulation is currently 75% on average (either about 30 to 40% faster than the port fmsx of nyagosu of which I took again the management of the keyboard and the joystick).

Among the functionalities, one finds:
- A resize mode to manage the various resolutions of the MSX.
- Support DLDI
- Support of the roms and the discs
- Management of the sound (with the same problems as under CrocoDS)

Level use, it is enough for you to copy the Romanian one in the root or the /roms/msx repertory of your chart flash, patcher the nds with patchor DLDI and of launching this homebrew from your Nintendo DS

To test with the version msx bombjack of Kralizec or with one of the releases of the MSXDEV' 06.

One of the large bugs current is the impossibility of rebooter after the insertion of a disc MSX. (On the other hand, not of problem of reboot with the roms). This version is a version alpha, therefore I await all your remarks in order to improve it.

Heres whats new in this new release:

2nd version alpha. I mainly worked on the speed of emulation. The 100% are atteinds in many plays. Some bugs were corrected such as the management of the transparency in mode 2, the redundancy of the files in the selector of files,… the support of DLDI should be better. The sound too.

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[Metaluna]

It now works on my M3 SD. Vampire Killer (aka the very first Castlevania), Bombjack, Twin Bee and many more launch at 100% speed! :thumbup:

[crookedmouth]

Truly great news, Ketchup is awesome. First CrocoDS then this.

[koki373737]

It now works on my M3 SD. Vampire Killer (aka the very first Castlevania), Bombjack, Twin Bee and many more launch at 100% speed! :thumbup:

Helllo!

It booted on my R4, but I couldnt find out how to load a game... should I put it on a specific directory? Using <select> some options appear, but neither "Autostart Rom" or "Load Disk" seem to do anything... should I use a ROM file or a DSK file?

Thanks!

[souLLy]

Helllo!

It booted on my R4, but I couldnt find out how to load a game... should I put it on a specific directory? Using <select> some options appear, but neither "Autostart Rom" or "Load Disk" seem to do anything... should I use a ROM file or a DSK file?

Thanks!

Make sure you DLDI patch the nds file and that the roms are in a roms/msx/ folder

[Mikaa]

...An MSX emulator? Now there's something I haven't tried in a while. Here's hoping this project turns out alright! ^^;

[koki373737]

Make sure you DLDI patch the nds file and that the roms are in a roms/msx/ folder

It worked, thank you! I ran Thexder. The sound was a bit off and got some slowdowns, but besides that its great!

[Dark_Link]

So, how do I go about getting the .dsk files to run?

[crookedmouth]

Patch PenkoDS with your cards dldi patch. Place the patched emulator on your card anywhere. Make a folder named roms, inside the roms folder make another one named msx. Place all your .dsk files there. So /roms/msx/.dsk files. Run penkods.

[Dark_Link]

Thank you.

Now, I still have a question, though...

I didn't need to patch anything to get the ROMs working, so I figured I'm fine as is...but, the .dsk files are supposed to load up games as well, right? I was wondering if you think patching would help if everything else is running fine.

Though I did need to load a Metal Gear 2 disk file in order to save the Metal Gear 2 ROM...but I don't remember that being all they're for.

I'll patch it anyway, just to make sure, though.