Re: NES emulator hack that might be interesting

From: smf <smf_at_null.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 21:56:55 +0100
Message-ID: <7e0119ff-9359-6008-5a7f-13f94f84e352@null.net>
It wouldn't be directly applicable to vice because (apart from vsp, 
which is rare in games) you have to move the data around manually, there 
isn't a handy equivalent to PPUSCROLL.

But you could detect screen scrolling by comparing how the data in 
memory is moving around.

I think he's missing a trick as well. With modern cpus you have enough 
spare processing power to save stae, fast forward the emulation to see 
what data will scroll on screen & then restore the state. That gives you 
a problem for dying, but you can always add optional cheat codes while 
it's fast forwarding.

On 30/08/2018 19:54, Justin wrote:

> I ran across this hack today that is I thought might be interesting, though probably not generalizable on Vice.  Still.. kind of a cool way to use the real estate on a wider aspect modern display with an old console and maybe food for thought.
>
> https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/08/widenes-emulation-expands-nes-scenes-past-the-usual-sd-screen-borders/
Received on 2018-08-30 23:00:54

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