Author Topic: On-calc Nspire emulators (Read 34358 times)

Augs · « **Reply #60 on:** June 02, 2013, 12:49:28 pm »

I think we should stick with the big consoles THEN go to the more obscure things such as Amiga Classic.

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think it's in high demand.

TIfanx1999 · « **Reply #61 on:** June 03, 2013, 12:19:32 am »

You are correct, but it's still another idea.

I think the vmac emu was easy because it was an sdl port and didn't require much to be done in order for it to work.

egag101 · « **Reply #62 on:** June 03, 2013, 05:41:32 pm »

I know that the Genesis has some kick ass titles that I would love to have on my calc!

Augs · « **Reply #63 on:** June 07, 2013, 06:13:28 pm »

The only one I can think of is sonic.

I kind of want the SNES more...

willrandship · « **Reply #64 on:** June 07, 2013, 09:53:35 pm »

If you want an emulator, make it yourself.

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #65 on:** June 09, 2013, 03:35:07 am »

Well he doesn't have to do it himself but he could maybe try (although that requires several years of experience in programming). Else we will have to wait until one of the big time programmer finds free time and motivation to do it, which I doubt will happen soon.

Quote from: willrandship on June 07, 2013, 09:53:35 pm

If you want an emulator, make it yourself.

By the way I think saying things like that was against the forum rules before, because this topic is located in the "Other Calc-Related Projects And Ideas" section. Unlike on MaxCoderz way back in 2004, people here are free to post emulator ideas for other people in the ideas section as they see fit, without necessarily making it themselves.

I agree that SNES, Sega Genesis and such console should be done first, though, because I doubt many people will care about a PC88 emulator, for example, since only like 8 people here probably even know what was a PC88. But of course, if the latter is the easiest and someone wants to make it first, then go ahead.

Dapianokid · « **Reply #66 on:** June 09, 2013, 09:50:44 pm »

I'm going to say: the source for the basis for my porting project is fully compatible with the Nspire. Seriously, the files for the actual emulation are all common to all hardware. just take a look

egag101 · « **Reply #67 on:** June 09, 2013, 10:37:41 pm »

Look up the game Shining Force. great RPG

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #68 on:** June 09, 2013, 11:13:27 pm »

Indeed. I wanted to buy an original copy and it's like $79-99 at stores here

egag101 · « **Reply #69 on:** June 10, 2013, 12:08:18 am »

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #70 on:** June 10, 2013, 12:29:20 am »

Yeah, some SNES and Sega Genesis/Mega Drive games are really expensive nowadays. The ones who are rare or in very high demand from collectors can go up in the $200-300 sometimes. They usually go down for a while when they get released on the Wii Virtual Console before slowly going up again.

willrandship · « **Reply #71 on:** June 10, 2013, 12:59:11 pm »

Perfect examples of that happening on more recent games include Harvest Moon 64 (cheapest is $55, cartridge only) and the Zelda Master Quest Gamecube Disc. ($35) Where other games on their consoles go as low as $10

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #72 on:** June 10, 2013, 05:16:42 pm »

Yep. Also the Starcraft Collector Edition bundles, although that's to be expected with games that has limited editions. I bet Star Ocean 4 for the 360 will go up soon, too, because it is discontinued already only after 1 year or so of sales.

As for the Zelda GC disc we got it for $49.99 back in the days, which was $35 in US dollars approximately, so it isn't too bad yet, but still high considering many PS3 games are $4.99-$12.99 at EB Games (even RPGs). The only thing that keeps PS games from going very high is the PSN store.

Seriously, though, avoid Play 'N' Trade (formerly called Dimension) for retro gaming: Almost all their games are overpriced! I saw Mega Man X Collection for GameCube there for $69.99 and Tecmo Secret of the Stars (a SNES RPG that actually looks more like a NES game) for $89.99. Yet, other stores where I saw these games had them for $49.99 and $39.99 respectively. I only got like three decent deals there before, and that was after they went bankrupt then got renamed.

Back on-topic, I wonder if an Atari 2600 emulator would run at full speed on a TI-Nspire? I heard it was a major pain to emulate. Also, what console emulators will run on the Nspire via Linucx?

willrandship · « **Reply #73 on:** June 10, 2013, 07:08:41 pm »

The atari may be painful, but it is still quite weak. I wouldn't be surprised to see a decent 2600 emulator for the nspire.

The painful parts have to do with the other chips, like the graphics chip and the sound generation hardware. The CPU is a 6507 running at just over 1 MHz, with 128 Bytes of RAM, so it's not exactly powerful. IIRC it's the same CPU architecture as the NES but with some features trimmed.

If you can find the source, this would be a good emu to start with.

Streetwalrus · « **Reply #74 on:** June 11, 2013, 03:07:12 am »

Wait. How could you do anything with 128 bytes of ram ?

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