[Neville007]

Mednafen is a PC Engine, PC Engine CD, PC-FX, GG, SMS, GB, GBC, GBA, NES, NGP, Atari Lynx and WonderSwan emulator. I don't think I'm forgetting any system. Anyway, the author has just released v0.9.0 WIP at the Mednafen Phorums with the folowing news:

- Sega Genesis/Mega Drive emulation, from Genesis Plus, Genesis Plus GX(EEPROM emulator, general information), Yabause(68K emulator), Gens(YM2612 emulator), and of course the Z80 emulator core from FUSE already used in SMS and NGP emulation.

- Virtual Boy emulation(using the V810 emulator forked(and optimized and otherwise improved!) from Reality Boy ages ago for use in PC-FX emulation, along with original code for everything else).

- Multi-threaded CD-ROM reading code.

- Significantly more accurate(though not entirely perfect, and slower) PCE emulation.

- The "pce_fast" emulation module, which is a fork of 0.8.x optimized for speed, at the expense of *generally*-unimportant accuracy.

- Various accuracy improvements to PC-FX emulation, including ADPCM IRQ generation(fixes Sparkling Feather), correcting the ADPCM decoding algorithm, a new slightly more accurate V810 emulation mode to fix glitches in Chip Chan Kick and Kishin Douji Zenki FX, and greatly improved accuracy of KING->RAINBOW block transfers.

- A new experimental/unstable video driver, "overlay".

- "Slow forwarding" feature. Mednafen is too good for "slow-mo". ;b

- Support for WSR(WonderSwan sound rip format) playback.

Message thread (and download link) here.

This emulator doesn't have a GUI, it launches games from the command line. Usage is as simple as "MEDNAFEN.EXE OUTRUN.SMS", as the program will recognise the system automatically. ZIP files are also supported. In-game, ALT+ENTER and ESC do their usual tricks, for the rest, including savestates and controls, press F1.

I, however, found the third party frontend MedGUI far more comfortable.

 

[Stranno]

Is there any way to use the Handy "lynx screen filter"?

There's some filter, but no the "vertical scanlines" from Lynx

 

[Neville007]

I don't know. You should really ask in their message board for this.

 

[Gamer3000]

Wow, the Virtual Boy emulation seems pretty good, although only tested VB Wario Land, Mario's Tennis and Mario Clash, they worked great and, at least for me, faster than Reality Boy 0.84.

Just one thing... does anyone know if there's a command to adjust the "3D Mode" in the VB games? (because it displays in some 3D mode as default).

Thanks for the info!

 

[Stranno]

Just one thing... does anyone know if there's a command to adjust the "3D Mode" in the VB games? (because it displays in some 3D mode as default).

Thanks for the info!

And even games that writes directly to framebuffer, like Red Alarm, works perfect :wub:

You can disable the anaglyph mode on mednafen-09x.cfg

Check this options

;3D mode.
vb.3dmode anaglyph
;Anaglyph preset colors.
vb.anaglyph.preset red_blue
;Anaglyph maximum-brightness color for left view.
vb.anaglyph.lcolor 0xffba00
;Anaglyph maximum-brightness color for right view.
vb.anaglyph.rcolor 0x00baff
;Disable parallax for BG and OBJ rendering.
vb.disable_parallax 0

to

vb.3dmode anaglyph
vb.anaglyph.preset disabled
vb.anaglyph.lcolor 0xff0000
vb.anaglyph.rcolor 0x000000
vb.disable_parallax 1

You'll obtain the tipical red vectors. If u want something like black and white, use the yellow_blue on anaglyph preset and disable parallax

This emulator module is so configurable :yawn:

Here's the complete VB settings

static const MDFNSetting_EnumList V810Mode_List[] =
{
{ "fast", (int)V810_EMU_MODE_FAST },
{ "accurate", (int)V810_EMU_MODE_ACCURATE },
{ NULL, 0 },
};

static const MDFNSetting_EnumList VB3DMode_List[] =
{
{ "anaglyph", VB3DMODE_ANAGLYPH },
{ "cscope", VB3DMODE_CSCOPE },
{ "sidebyside", VB3DMODE_SIDEBYSIDE },
// { "overunder", VB3DMODE_OVERUNDER },
{ "pbarrier", VB3DMODE_PBARRIER },

{ NULL, 0 },
};

static const MDFNSetting_EnumList AnaglyphPreset_List[] =
{
{ "disabled", ANAGLYPH_PRESET_DISABLED },
{ "0", ANAGLYPH_PRESET_DISABLED },

{ "red_blue", ANAGLYPH_PRESET_RED_BLUE },
{ "red_cyan", ANAGLYPH_PRESET_RED_CYAN },
{ "red_electriccyan", ANAGLYPH_PRESET_RED_ELECTRICCYAN },
{ "red_green", ANAGLYPH_PRESET_RED_GREEN },
{ "green_magenta", ANAGLYPH_PRESET_GREEN_MAGENTA },
{ "yellow_blue", ANAGLYPH_PRESET_YELLOW_BLUE },
};

static MDFNSetting VBSettings[] =
{
{ "vb.cpu_emulation", gettext_noop("Select CPU emulation mode."), MDFNST_ENUM, "fast", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, V810Mode_List },
{ "vb.input.instant_read_hack", gettext_noop("Hack to return the current pad state, rather than latched state, to reduce latency."), MDFNST_BOOL, "1" },

{ "vb.3dmode", gettext_noop("3D mode."), MDFNST_ENUM, "anaglyph", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, VB3DMode_List },
{ "vb.disable_parallax", gettext_noop("Disable parallax for BG and OBJ rendering."), MDFNST_BOOL, "0" },
{ "vb.default_color", gettext_noop("Default maximum-brightness color to use in non-anaglyph 3D modes."), MDFNST_UINT, "0xF0F0F0", "0", "0xFFFFFF" },
{ "vb.anaglyph.preset", gettext_noop("Anaglyph preset colors."), MDFNST_ENUM, "red_blue", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, AnaglyphPreset_List },
{ "vb.anaglyph.lcolor", gettext_noop("Anaglyph maximum-brightness color for left view."), MDFNST_UINT, "0xffba00", "0", "0xFFFFFF" },
{ "vb.anaglyph.rcolor", gettext_noop("Anaglyph maximum-brightness color for right view."), MDFNST_UINT, "0x00baff", "0", "0xFFFFFF" },
{ NULL }
};

 

[Stranno]

My videos (using this WIP)

Check down
http://8esferas.blogspot.com/2010/04/virtual-boy-wario-land-nintendo.html

 

[Gamer3000]

That's just amazing!

And thanks for the info, works great =)

 

[Yogi]

Thanks.

Can anyone attach the GUI file here? I can't download from megaload.

 

[Stranno]

Thanks.

Can anyone attach the GUI file here? I can't download from megaload.

Lastest aditions are not supported yet

I recommend you learn to use scripts for the emulator

 

[Neville007]

It's not up to date, but it does load Megadrive games fine here. As far as the emulator can figure out which system the roms are, you're safe. Ah, and remember MedGUI requires .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 to work.

BTW, does the emulator officially support SNES? I've loaded a few games, they seem to work fine, but the system is veeeeeery slow, if you compare it to the rest.

 

[Yogi]

Lastest aditions are not supported yet

I recommend you learn to use scripts for the emulator

It's not up to date, but it does load Megadrive games fine here. As far as the emulator can figure out which system the roms are, you're safe. Ah, and remember MedGUI requires .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 to work.

BTW, does the emulator officially support SNES? I've loaded a few games, they seem to work fine, but the system is veeeeeery slow, if you compare it to the rest.

Thanks.

Add: I also tried SNES games, indeed, it's very slow. I then fiddled with the settings, turn on v-sync & it worked fine. Graphic filters doesn't seem to work.

 

[speedvicio]

The problem of snes emulation is not the emulator but the video resolution.
If you use a 640x480 res the emulator is slow (by contradiction).

I have done a small support for new system end bogfix any problems, if you want download by updater in the GUI.

 

[Neville007]

I've just tried a few SNES games in 640x480 (through MedGUI) and they seem to work better now. I think I was trying them in 1024x768 before, plus VSYNC.

If I'm correct, SNES emulation in Mednafen comes from bsnes, and should be fairly complete. I haven't tried many games that depend on extra chips, but "Super Mario Kart" works fine.

 

[byuu]

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[Neville007]

It certainly did put my Core Duo at 2'25 Ghz + Radeon HD4850 on its knees. Found that puzzling, because I have no performance issues with bsnes.

 

[Judentum]

am i right when i assume that this emulator is based on many other emulator projects?

 

[Grinch]

Yes, afaik it uses alot of code from existing standalone emulators (which is totally fine). Only problem I personally have with this is the imo weird key setup. I love how it automatically identifies the game system type which makes running it from commandline a breeze.

 

[ssj4bq]

This the download link the emu Mednafen 0.9.0 WIP configured.

Here I didn't get turn him when clicking in the executable. :drool:

 

[Stranno]

This the download link the emu Mednafen 0.9.0 WIP configured.

Here I didn't get turn him when clicking in the executable. :drool:

Mednafen doesnt have graphical interface and it doesnt load anything by default, this is why ur executable close when you click on

You need and script (BAT) or external GUI like MedGUI

 

[Stranno]

All 22 games recorded

Red Alarm (T&E Soft, 1995)

Teleroboxer (Nintendo, 1995)

3-D Tetris (T&E Soft, 1996)

Galactic Pinball (Intelligent Systems, 1995)

Golf / T&E Virtual Golf (T&E Soft, 1995)

Waterworld (Ocean Software, 1995)

V-Tetris (Bullet-Proof Software, 1995)

Mario's Tennis (Nintendo Research and Development 1, 1995)

Space Squash (Coconuts Japan Entertainment, 1995)

Vertical Force (Hudson Soft, 1995)

Virtual Bowling (Athena, 1995)

Virtual Fishing (Pack-in-Video, 1995)

Space Invaders Virtual Collection (Taito, 1995)

Mario Clash (Nintendo Research and Development 1, 1995)

Nester's Funky Bowling (Nintendo Integrated Research and Development, 1996)

Virtual Pro Yakyuu '95 / Virtual League Baseball (Kemco, 1995)

Virtual Lab (J-Wing, 1995)

Virtual Boy Wario Land (Nintendo Research and Development 1, 1995)

Jack Bros. No Meirô De Hiihoo! / Jack Bros. (Atlus Software, 1995)

Tobidase! Panibon / Panic Bomber (Hudson Soft, 1995)

Insmouse No Yakata (Be Top, 1995)

SD Gundam Dimension War (Bandai, 1995)