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Play NES games on Vita without VHBL (slow though)
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 9:55 pm
by ReapersRage
First off, thanks to Demonchild for posting this first on a different forum.
Now that the SDK has been out for a while for the Vita, people have been trying to see what they can do to it. Well, here goes an early treat of what you can do to it.
Right now, this NES emulator can only run around 15 fps which is really slow, but knowing that this will run on the Vita without any VHBL (for those who missed the three times that the exploits came out) seems like it is a great step forward with using legitimate $ony software.
Here is the link to the tutorial on how to get this running on your vita:
http://glichxp.com/?p=1986
Re: Play NES games on Vita without VHBL (slow though)
Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 10:38 pm
by xerotyme
I wish there were something like this to look forward to on the Mac. VM Ware just sucks up too much resources and I don't have the spare cash for a PC atm...
Re: Play NES games on Vita without VHBL (slow though)
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 7:49 am
by m0skit0
Try VirtualBox instead of VMWare.
Re: Play NES games on Vita without VHBL (slow though)
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:09 am
by xerotyme
m0skit0 wrote:Try VirtualBox instead of VMWare.
Thanks! I can't import my existing virtual machine but I can try a fresh one to see the difference.
Re: Play NES games on Vita without VHBL (slow though)
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 12:05 pm
by GonnaGetPSVita
bootcamp ??
Re: Play NES games on Vita without VHBL (slow though)
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 12:06 pm
by WeskerPSVita
Good, open doors using legitimate software from Sony, but when you start producing emulators without the VHBL, what Sony will do with your software?
Re: Play NES games on Vita without VHBL (slow though)
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 12:24 pm
by m0skit0
Btw this has nothing to do with programming. Moving to correct forum.
Re: Play NES games on Vita without VHBL (slow though)
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 12:29 pm
by Drakon
Well - author didn't posted any source code...
Main slowdown on Vita is caused by RenderBackground() function in PPU.cs. With is quite weird because there isn't any heavy computation going there...
In release mode on PC it takes about 2 ms to update frame vs ~70 on Vita... I also added timers to know how long it take to update and render frame.
Re: Play NES games on Vita without VHBL (slow though)
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 2:09 pm
by xerpi
Drakon wrote:Well - author didn't posted any source code...
Main slowdown on Vita is caused by RenderBackground() function in PPU.cs. With is quite weird because there isn't any heavy computation going there...
In release mode on PC it takes about 2 ms to update frame vs ~70 on Vita... I also added timers to know how long it take to update and render frame.
In my Android Xperia Neo it takes:
Frame: ~70
Update: ~54
Render: ~56
Re: Play NES games on Vita without VHBL (slow though)
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 10:55 pm
by sirauron14
Thanks for the news, I hope this can bring ideas into the scene to hopefully soon develop a GBA EMU.