How far can emulation go? (Pyra vs. Pandora)


I think PC games will be one of the most promising emulation targets on the Pyra.
 
DS is almost perfect on Pandora, the only game I found to be too slow (on a ghz unit) is FF, the four heroes of light, which has a strange visual aspect that may be the cause of the bad performance.

Still it can get improvements, Exophase was said that in the future there will be a double resolution filter for it. That will be a great improvement from Pandora to Pyra version.
 
Well i think it depends on the Pandora you switch from to the Pyra: if you have only a Circuitco Model (First Batch) like me, then the Pyra Emulators will be a big stepp forward, even if its is clocket to Rebirth or GHZ Speed..


Its like if you switch from the GBA to the New 3DS..


D


Whit only 900 mhz, and 256 mb Ram, DS isnt that perfekt..


Well, i will try Chinatown Wars whitout frameskip tomorow evening..
 
I think PC games will be one of the most promising emulation targets on the Pyra.
I agree.  That is why I'm trying so hard to ensure that we get proper US key pairs and a number row and F1-F12 row that can be 'locked forward' together on the new keyboard.  To me, PC gaming and X86 compiled Linux games could very well be the Pyra's 'killer app'.  I really want the Pyra's keyboard to behave like and be usable as a highly efficient PC gaming keyboard.

Not trying to derail here - if you're wondering what I'm going on about, check the keyboard area/threads.
 
I think PC games will be one of the most promising emulation targets on the Pyra.
GOG games and Diablo 2 would be a great start :)
Diablo 1 and Half Life are working on the Pandora. I never thought I'd see that. Don't count out amazing things on the Pyra.
Even Diablo 2 could work on the Pandora if someone took the time to do it. Though it would be a lot of time and work, I suppose.


I've alredy asked for it to the great Notaz but I don't think my wish will come true... :)


I know about the qemu version but it is not playable :(
 
Just a little question (I am a noob) :

Will it possible to emulate 2DS? (probably not?)
 
Plus I already proved it will run good with all effects and at full 800x600 resolution (Max for D2) .
Looking good, well, besides the wrong aspect ratio of course. :D Is it stable full speed? (Which was afaik not more than 30 fps in D2 if I remember correctly). I also miss the unique "parallax" effect of the graphics bit I guess it was only available in Glide. Time for a propper glide wrapper I guess, had one for my PC, D2 never looked better than in Glide. ^^
 
Plus I already proved it will run good with all effects and at full 800x600 resolution (Max for D2) .
Looking good, well, besides the wrong aspect ratio of course. :D Is it stable full speed? (Which was afaik not more than 30 fps in D2 if I remember correctly). I also miss the unique "parallax" effect of the graphics bit I guess it was only available in Glide. Time for a propper glide wrapper I guess, had one for my PC, D2 never looked better than in Glide. ^^
Yeah the wrong aspect ratio irked me as well, after I recorded the video I found a setting on my monitor that wouldn't stretch 4:3 resolutions. Yeah I should've said all effects outside the parallax. It seems to play fullspeed to me, although I could've checked by using the /fps command. I guess 25fps was the max from what I've read.
 
Will it possible to emulate 2DS? (probably not?)
There is no 3DS/2DS emulator available at all right now that we can make any sort of judgement with.The 3DS clocks at about 2.5 times what the NDS does, with a dual core main processor. From what I understand, emulating the NDS on the Pandora was tight, Exophase did some amazing work getting it to work. Scaling that up, hypothetically speaking, the 3DS/2DS hardware could be emulated on the Pyra, it should have enough power, but just like NDS on the Pandora it'd be tight and would need another brilliant developer to handle it.

First thing that needs to happen, however, is for the 3DS to be fully documented and a desktop emulator created. That doesn't look very likely but you never know.

Second thing that needs to happen is figure out how were going to emulate the 3D effect. ;) (do not respond to this, is troll line)
 
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Will it possible to emulate 2DS? (probably not?)
There is no 3DS/2DS emulator available at all right now that we can make any sort of judgement with.The 3DS clocks at about 2.5 times what the NDS does, with a dual core main processor. From what I understand, emulating the NDS on the Pandora was tight, Exophase did some amazing work getting it to work. Scaling that up, hypothetically speaking, the 3DS/2DS hardware could be emulated on the Pyra, it should have enough power, but just like NDS on the Pandora it'd be tight and would need another brilliant developer to handle it.First thing that needs to happen, however, is for the 3DS to be fully documented and a desktop emulator created. That doesn't look very likely but you never know.Second thing that needs to happen is figure out how were going to emulate the 3D effect. ;) (do not respond to this, is troll line)
This forum has also got some brilliant developers? Ok, I knew it is impossible at some point, or it is not possible now. But as far as I understand from your post, it could be possible. Just "not now" or next one year.
Second thing that needs to happen is figure out how were going to emulate the 3D effect. ;) (do not respond to this, is troll line)
Meh - been called worse.I had an idea for this - or similar - though.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-3D-Photo-Viewer-Underwood-Underwood-Wooden-Stereoscope-Excellent-/151753595451?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2355381a3bPut the Pyra screen at the focal point of something like that with the keyboard underneath.
That seems like a good idea :)
 
Second thing that needs to happen is figure out how were going to emulate the 3D effect. ;) (do not respond to this, is troll line)
Meh - been called worse.I had an idea for this - or similar - though.http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-3D-Photo-Viewer-Underwood-Underwood-Wooden-Stereoscope-Excellent-/151753595451?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2355381a3bPut the Pyra screen at the focal point of something like that with the keyboard underneath.
That seems like a good idea :)
Or there is something akin to Google cardboard - but then you'd be typing with your nose.  At least the old-school stereoscopes were at a comfortable viewing/holding/controls distance.
 
Umm.

Terraria have been released in Linux now. (Open Beta) I think people who have exagear will be able to try it. (QEMU makes it slow)
 
Isn't it running in Mono? We don't need an emulator for that, just OpenGL.
 
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