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  Emulation on RISC OS
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Chris Gransden Message #119903, posted by grannyg at 16:58, 29/3/2012
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I've ported quite a few emulators to RISC OS recently which hopefully I'll
be able to release in the near future. I was wondering if there any others
that anyone would like to see ported to RISC OS?

These are the ones I've got working so far. All have playable frame rates for games
on a Pandaboard.

Hatari 1.7.0 (Atari ST emulator)

Mednafon 0.8.D (Multi system emulator) http://www.riscos.info/packages/EmulationDetails.html#Mednafen
Atari Lynx
GameBoy (Color)
GameBoy Advance
NES
PC Engine(TurboGrafx 16)
SuperGrafx
Neo Geo Pocket (Color)
WonderSwan (Color)
Sega Megadrive

E-UAE 0.8.29-WIP4 (Amiga Emulator)

BeebEm 0.0.13 (BBC and Master Emulator) http://www.cgransden.co.uk/emulation.html
Mame 0.145 (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) http://www.riscos.info/packages/EmulationDetails.html#Mame

Fuse 1.0.0.1 (Spectrum Emulator) http://www.riscos.info/packages/EmulationDetails.html#Fuse
Snes9x 1.53 (SNES Emulator) http://www.riscos.info/packages/EmulationDetails.html#Snes9x

jzIntv 1.0beta3 (Intellivision Emulator) http://www.cgransden.co.uk/emulation.html
stella 3.7.2 (Atari 2600 vcs emulator) http://www.cgransden.co.uk/emulation.html

mess 0.146 (Multi Emulator Super System)

RetroArch 0.9.6 (Multi-system emulator)
Genesis Plus GX 1.6.0 (Sega Megadrive) http://www.cgransden.co.uk/emulation.html
Prboom 1.6.0 (Doom 1/2)
imame4all 0.37Beta 5 (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator)
VBA 1.0.2 (Gameboy Advance Emulator)
FB Alpha 0.2.97.26 (CPS1 & CPS2 Emulator)
Gngeo 0.8 (Neogeo Emulation) http://www.cgransden.co.uk/emulation.html
Vice 2.2 (Various Commodore emulators) http://www.cgransden.co.uk/emulation.html


[Edited by grannyg at 12:09, 15/9/2013]
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Rob Heaton Message #119904, posted by robheaton at 17:30, 29/3/2012, in reply to message #119903
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Nice work!

An updated port of VICE would be great!
http://www.viceteam.org/

There is an older version for RISC OS, but it doesn't work on ARMv7 unhappy


[Edited by robheaton at 18:45, 29/3/2012]
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Bryan Hogan Message #119908, posted by helpful at 13:58, 30/3/2012, in reply to message #119903
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Great stuff! I look forward to having a play, particularly with MAME and BeebEm big smile

As all these ports reply on SDL is there any scope for optimisations (e.g. to better utilise newer ARMs or features of BB-xM) to be made to speed them all up? Or is it just a case of rebuilding with newer gcc?
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Chris Gransden Message #119917, posted by grannyg at 07:12, 31/3/2012, in reply to message #119904
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An updated port of VICE would be great!
I got VICE 2.2 to compile but it crashes on startup. I'll take another look at it.
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Chris Gransden Message #119918, posted by grannyg at 07:18, 31/3/2012, in reply to message #119908
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As all these ports reply on SDL is there any scope for optimisations (e.g. to better utilise newer ARMs or features of BB-xM) to be made to speed them all up? Or is it just a case of rebuilding with newer gcc?
Depending on the emulator using gcc 4.6 and targeting armv7 can produce a significant speed up. Plus running on a Pandaboard helps too!
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Rob Heaton Message #119919, posted by robheaton at 07:42, 31/3/2012, in reply to message #119917
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I got VICE 2.2 to compile but it crashes on startup. I'll take another look at it.
Ace! Hopefully it won't take too much work to get it up and running!
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Mike Message #119922, posted by MikeCarter at 15:01, 31/3/2012, in reply to message #119903
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I'd love to see a Gameboy Color or Advance emulator.
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Rob Heaton Message #119970, posted by robheaton at 21:28, 4/4/2012, in reply to message #119922
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Chris, any chance of releasing some of these for the easter weekend?

Long weekend = plenty of time to play!

[Edited by robheaton at 22:29, 4/4/2012]
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Trevor Johnson Message #119989, posted by trevj at 12:25, 7/4/2012, in reply to message #119903
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Excellent stuff! How about Mupen64Plus? (Pandora -A8, Android Edition)

[Edited by trevj at 13:27, 7/4/2012]
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Rob Heaton Message #119992, posted by robheaton at 18:02, 7/4/2012, in reply to message #119989
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How did I forget the N64???
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Trevor Johnson Message #119994, posted by trevj at 23:13, 7/4/2012, in reply to message #119992
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Confusion with Kronenbourg?
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Jon Abbott Message #120004, posted by sirbod at 06:35, 9/4/2012, in reply to message #119903
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How about an Intellivision emulator?
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Chris Gransden Message #120008, posted by grannyg at 08:05, 9/4/2012, in reply to message #120004
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How about an Intellivision emulator?
Thanks. I've now got jzintv up and running.
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Chris Gransden Message #120009, posted by grannyg at 08:08, 9/4/2012, in reply to message #119989
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Excellent stuff! How about Mupen64Plus?
I've not got this to compile yet. Hopefully it won't be too difficuly to get it up and running.
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Chris Gransden Message #120064, posted by grannyg at 08:59, 12/4/2012, in reply to message #119922
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I'd love to see a Gameboy Color or Advance emulator.
Mednafen is now available to download http://www.riscos.info/packages/EmulationDetails.html#Mednafen

It includes a Gameboy/Color/Advance emulator. I've only tested it on a Beagleboard xM and Pandaboard. Anything slower than these may have problems running at full speed.
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Chris Gransden Message #120065, posted by grannyg at 08:59, 12/4/2012, in reply to message #119922
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I'd love to see a Gameboy Color or Advance emulator.
Mednafen is now available to download http://www.riscos.info/packages/EmulationDetails.html#Mednafen

It includes a Gameboy/Color/Advance emulator. I've only tested it on a Beagleboard xM and Pandaboard. Anything slower than these may have problems running at full speed.
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Jason Togneri Message #120066, posted by filecore at 09:11, 12/4/2012, in reply to message #120065

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Anything slower than these
That's... everything else in the RISC OS hardware world.

But good work on these ports! Balloons

[Edited by filecore at 10:11, 12/4/2012]
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Jon Abbott Message #120070, posted by sirbod at 22:56, 12/4/2012, in reply to message #120008
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How about an Intellivision emulator?
Thanks. I've now got jzintv up and running.
In 1.5 hours...impressive! Is it publicly available?
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Chris Gransden Message #120071, posted by grannyg at 09:22, 13/4/2012, in reply to message #120070
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In 1.5 hours...impressive! Is it publicly available?
You can download a test version of jzIntv from http://www.cgransden.co.uk/jzintv.zip
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Jon Abbott Message #120079, posted by sirbod at 12:38, 14/4/2012, in reply to message #120071
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In 1.5 hours...impressive! Is it publicly available?
You can download a test version of jzIntv from http://www.cgransden.co.uk/jzintv.zip
Ooh, exciting...Stalker here we come smile
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Chris Gransden Message #120294, posted by grannyg at 16:16, 8/5/2012, in reply to message #119919
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I got VICE 2.2 to compile but it crashes on startup. I'll take another look at it.
Ace! Hopefully it won't take too much work to get it up and running!
I've got VICE 2.2 up and running. I just need to do a bit more testing before making a version available.
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Chris Gransden Message #120720, posted by grannyg at 08:17, 28/6/2012, in reply to message #119908
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Great stuff! I look forward to having a play, particularly with MAME and BeebEm smile
You can download a test release of !BeebEm at http://www.cgransden.co.uk/beebem.zip .
Make sure you read the !Help file for instructions on how to load a game. Not all the emulator features are working but it works ok with most of the games I've tried.

It plays at full speed (50fps) on a Pandaboard in the desktop. On a beagleboard Xm to get full speed it needs to be run full screen.

Although unconfirmed it may even be just about playable on a Iyonix or Raspberry Pi.
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Philip Webster Message #120721, posted by pwx at 08:19, 28/6/2012, in reply to message #119903
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I was wondering if there any others
that anyone would like to see ported to RISC OS?
I'm looking for an Atari 2600 emulator that will work on an A3010 and supports the two built-in joystick ports (which can take Atari 2600 joysticks).
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Chris Gransden Message #120777, posted by grannyg at 13:25, 5/7/2012, in reply to message #120294
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I've got VICE 2.2 up and running. I just need to do a bit more testing before making a version available.
A armv6+ friendly version of VICE 2.2 can be downloaded from http://www.cgransden.co.uk/vice22.zip
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Chris Gransden Message #120778, posted by grannyg at 13:32, 5/7/2012, in reply to message #119903
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I've added two more emulators to the list,

stella 3.7.2 (Atari 2600 vcs emulator)

mess 0.146 (Multi Emulator Super System)

Test versions of both will be available in the near future.
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Philip Webster Message #120781, posted by pwx at 09:08, 6/7/2012, in reply to message #120778
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stella 3.7.2 (Atari 2600 vcs emulator)
Is this likely to work on an A3010?
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Philip Webster Message #120782, posted by pwx at 09:44, 6/7/2012, in reply to message #120781
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stella 3.7.2 (Atari 2600 vcs emulator)
Is this likely to work on an A3010?
Spotted this a while ago - ports of older versions of a variety of emulators:
http://www.acornemus.freeserve.co.uk/
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Trevor Johnson Message #120797, posted by trevj at 08:45, 11/7/2012, in reply to message #120778
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Would a port of RetroArch be feasible/worthwhile?
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Philip Webster Message #120798, posted by pwx at 09:42, 11/7/2012, in reply to message #120797
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Would a port of RetroArch be feasible/worthwhile?
Worthwhile if only to be able to play Cave Story on RISC OS.
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Chris Gransden Message #120799, posted by grannyg at 10:32, 11/7/2012, in reply to message #120797
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Would a port of RetroArch be feasible/worthwhile?
Yes it would and it is. I've only tried the Sega Megadrive emulation so far. I'm getting a constant 60fps on a Pandaboard.
I'll make a test version available shortly.
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