A friend of mine on IRC has been working on a special project related to emulation. I'd have to say it's pretty damn cool and we're going to let you try to figure out what exactly he's doing that has never been done before!

CAN YOU GUESS WHAT IT IS?

for those who don't know -- i stopped working on olafnes to work on a new emulator, which i'm now code-named "znes", until i find a better name. znes is based off a different version of basicnes 2000 than olafnes. znes contains code from olafnes as well as new code. i started working on this new emulator because olafnes is slow on old pcs and the code is getting clunky and jumbled. below is the work i've done on it in textual context...

- added various amounts of support for new mappers (26, 41, 46, 51, 53, 73, 74, 77, 79, 83, 86, 87, 88, 95, 96, 107, 113, 119, 129, 130, 145, 161, 177, 184, 188, 193, 200, 201, 222, 228, 229, 231, 232, 234, 241, 243, 245, and 248)

- added memory mapper chip substitution support

- added game genie support (6 letter codes only)

- added 2 player support

- added audio channel disabling (noise, rectangle, and triangle)

- added video filters (scale2x (advancemame), 50% horizontal scanlines, and 50% vertical scanlines)

- added rewinding

- added multiple sram support

- added directional pad inversion option

- added snapshot support (bitmap)

- added higher frame skips (4 through 9)

- added input switching

- added an auto saver

- added detection of emulation when close button is clicked, it will now stop emulation if clicked while emulating

- added directory memorization to the 'load rom' dialog, it will now go to the directory last accessed

- added option to keep window "on top"

- added ability to recenter the window on screen

- added command line input support

- added md5 calculations to new rom information window

- added gamepad support and a gamepad window

- changed key configuration window

- changed rom information window

- changed configuration loading/saving to windows registry accessing (also, it now saves all configurations, not just controls)

- changed audio output to stop after emulation is stopped

- changed about window to a standard windows information message box

- changed how resets are handled

- changed default palette to kevin horton's palette

- changed the executable's icon

- changed the way palette selection is performed (it is now a dialog)

- removed execution speed toggling

- removed 'new scroll code' toggling

- removed 'tilebased' toggling

- removed the status bar

- removed the "unsafe" optimization option

- removed compression/decompression of save states

here are some screen shots of znes running games...

Bubble Bobble (U)

Castlevania II - Simon's Quest (U)

Oeka Kids - Anpanman no Hiragana Daisuki (J)

Dragon, The (As)

Punch-Out!! (E) [!]

Super Mario Bros. 3 (U) (PRG0) [!]

Fist of the North Star (U)

Mega Man 6 (U)

yeeaaahhh

10th December 2005 - GameEx 5.26

 

* Fixed picture viewing in pictures module.

* Last MAME game snap now shows at correct aspect ratio.

* Upgraded Microsoft.net Managed DirectX to newer version.

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Bliss is an Intellivision emulator.

Bliss for Treo!!! 

Written by Kyle    

Friday, 09 December 2005 

I have just posted a download for an all-new version of Bliss for Treo devices, dubbed BlissPalm. For those of you who just want the goods, go here.

 

I'm pleasantly surprised with how this first release turned out. On my Treo 650, it has full sound, great video output speed, complete input support for both players, and the entire core Intellivision Master Component is fully emulated.

 

Now here is the important info you should know.

 

#1 - Although I've only tested this on a Treo 650, I’ve done nothing specific to limit the use of other Palm OS 5 devices, but please be forewarned that any Palm OS 5 platform *other* than the Treo 650 is entirely untested.

 

#2 - Most importantly, to use BlissPalm, you must create a /INTV directory on your SD card. In this directory, you must include the Executive ROM in a file named "exec.bin" and the Graphics ROM in a file named "grom.bin". If you have no idea what these files are, please don’t email and ask me what they are and where to get them.

 

#3 - Also place your cartridge ROM files in the /INTV directory on your SD card. Although this version will attempt to load ".bin", ".int", and ".rom" files. I *highly* recommend the use of.rom files for reasons I won’t go into here. You can convert your.bin/.int files to the.rom format using the bin2rom utility contained in Joe Zbiciak's excellent sdk1600 development kit. I realize this procedure precludes a lot of the less-experienced users from being able to use BlissPalm for much, so better.bin/.int support will be integrated into a future release.

 

#4 - The keys you can use for input are as follows…

 

Intellivision Discpad – touchscreen, 4-way rocker, or U/I/O/J/L/N/M/.

Top Action Buttons - Center rocker button or Q/W/K/SPACE

Bottom Action Buttons - A or S

CLEAR - Z or Backspace

ENTER - B or Enter

Number Keypad - Number Keys

Second Hand Controller – Hold “Shift”

 

#5 - There is not yet any support for either the Intellivoice or the ECS peripherals.

 

Enjoy!

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