[ New Pandora Use ] 3doh, 3DO emulator

[ekianjo]

Another entry I am working on, a port of 3doh for Pandora. I have a working build and it runs several games but it's not very fast (Gex runs at 10-15fps on Rebirth at 850 Mhz), so I 'm not sure how usable it will be in the end, but I'll share it anyway.

I'm in touch with the author for potential improvements down the road so I'll follow up on this even after the compo release.

 

[Hồng Thất Công]

Yeah!

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

Good stuff. I have never played any 3do games before.


At the very least it may run well on the pyra.

 

[ekianjo]

At the very least it may run well on the pyra.

Oh yeah, the pyra should be fast enough for that kind of stuff. I'm hoping that this emulator will run fine on 1Ghz once optimized (not by me, obviously)

 

[Tenka]

I hope that most all games continue to be designed for reasonable playability on the first Pandora.

 

[ekianjo]

I hope that most all games continue to be designed for reasonable playability on the first Pandora.

When it comes to emulation, raw power is usually important. Ideally games will be playable enough with frameskip.

 

[ekianjo]

I optimized the build and I get GEX running at about 20 fps on the 1Ghz model. Sound is not working very well yet, but as a game, it's playable albeit slow.

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

^^^^its a start.

 

[ekianjo]

^^^^its a start.

I have a few more things to do, but I should be able to release an early version pretty soon.

 

[Hồng Thất Công]

If Road Rash runs nicely on this one, I'm a happy camper

 

[ndbsolar]

Oh my god... 3DO need for speed is one of the greatest racing games ever made

 

[ekianjo]

If Road Rash runs nicely on this one, I'm a happy camper

currently running at about 15 fps, so theres a long way to go !

Oh my god... 3DO need for speed is one of the greatest racing games ever made

need for speed is very resource intensive so dont expect much right now. maybe once the emulation is faster...

 

[FBnil]

At least you can watch it (just 30 minutes into the video):

https://www.youtube.com/embed/G9RMP30f2yQ?feature=oembed

 

[Hồng Thất Công]

^ can't believe it looks and play just like PS4!

 

[ekianjo]

Ok, I have a version ready for an alpha release. I'll release it tomorrow.

I tested it on both Rebirth and 1Ghz. On Rebirth it doesn't work too well (i tried at 850 Mhz), it's just a bit too slow to be playable.

On 1Ghz, at 1100 Mhz or even better, 1200 Mhz, Road Rash is playable and runs pretty well at about 24 fps. It's not full speed, but quite close to it.

This being said, since the emulation is not full speed, the sound stutters anyway.

But it's good enough for a first release, and then we'll see if the emulation can be made a little faster down the road...

 

[Hồng Thất Công]

Thanks for the effort ekianjo! 

 

[Wrath Of Khan]

Yeah. I Will give this a whirl for sure.

 

[ekianjo]

glad to know there is some interest I'll need you guys to do some testing in terms of compatibility, to let me know what works well, what does not, what is slow and what is fast

 

[Hồng Thất Công]

Heh, emulators are never enough.

 

[ekianjo]

The first build is out !

http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=3doh

Please test, but remember, it's not really made for Rebirth or CC at this stage, 1Ghz model (overclocked) is highly recommended