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> This is why I don't like ARM platforms being promoted for emulators because it's hard enough to get people with a powerful PC to play a game like it was intended, good luck even getting half the accuracy out of a weak ARM part. I keep waiting for ARM to catch up on performance. We keep inching cl...

Python tools can be converted to nondependent executables with py2exe: http://www.py2exe.org/index.cgi/Tutorial How well do py2exe and executables produced with py2exe work under GNU/Linux? The laptop into which I am typing this post does not and has never run a Microsoft Windows operating system, ...

A graphic tool for converting bmp/png files (Tepples made one but it has Python dependencies) to the SNES formats If "Python dependencies" are bad, are GCC/clang dependencies better? No. If you want someone to use a devkit, it has to be self-contained. If the tools are cross platform, you...

Might want to be careful with testing against benchmarks or diagnostic tools, because you might "fix" the reporting only but not the actual problem. This is how hardware vendors end up shipping products that catch fire when actually used even though it passed tests :) My only worry here (o...

Weird. All I know is Best Buy sells it as a "tv". Lets hope that tv/display/monitor ect does not become an interchangeable phrase. I get the feeling that will destroy classic gaming abilities very quickly. It's interchangeable as long as you are only talking about the HDMI connection. Mos...

My point was more in line with people claiming they can totally tell the difference between lossless CD-quality audio and 24-bit 192KHz audio. Everyone wants to imagine themselves as some kind of god with superhuman abilities. Pretty much everyone else misses the point of audio sampling >96khz, whi...

Don't the old-school Mario games have a ~4 frame input delay anyway? No. Maybe the original SMB did something with acceleration that had that result when walking or running, but jump timing? No way. I would never describe Mario controls as "tight". This may be a terminology issue. I alway...

H/V tile flipping has been implemented - here is a screenshot (no flipping, H-flip only, H&V-flip). Only took about 2min to do. Probably should have done it before I made the last video. Lol. >< But then we wouldn't get to see how the PPU actually works, which I think is what that video demonst...

@Kismet: I have done some more research and it turns out I would need a better, more expensive FPGA to drive a DVI or HDMI signal. The Cyclone II does not have the required TMDS Interface, and LVDS seems to be not suited to drive TMDS. And if the FPGA had the TMDS Interface, it would allow only for...

[...]What I'd like to see is a SNES-FPGA kit that has a switch between HDMI-pixel-perfect scale (up to 8K) and Accurate (puts out 240p, use with external capture or upscaler) and can use original carts and controllers. A complete kit would need to emulate all the known chips if it doesn't have the ...

As kind of a response to this thread , saying: [...]Is SNES homebrew dying, yet again?[...] Would some SNES Development Hardware revive it? More than likely. I'm sure there is interest, it's just currently a rock-and-a-hard-place situation with emulating 16-bit systems (includes things like the Ami...

"4K TV/Monitors" I've said it before: Whether something is marketed as a "TV" or a "monitor" makes a big difference in how likely it is to have legacy inputs such as composite. Here in the USA, the All-Channel Receiver Act requires that non-mobile TVs receive both ATSC...

https://games.slashdot.org/story/16/11/08/0054222/the-sega-genesis-is-officially-back-in-production I had a big long write-up about my concerns with this device (from a legal and "oh look, those old games from the 90s are still making us money, so hey, time to sue people" standpoint), but...

Hello all, I'm really excited to finally share this with you. I've been working on implementing the SNES in an FPGA using Verilog HDL. In the past I've implemented an NES, SNES APU, HQ2X filter, etc in an FPGA so I figured full SNES was the next logical step. I've been making lots of progress and I...

Apparently, it's just a $1000 Raspberry Pi. I now understand even more why Apple gets no respect among computer people. Okay, sorry for the rant... :lol: One last thing though, is if I get the first computer I showed, what would be the feasibility of replacing the hard drive with an SSD one? I know...