[DS] melonDS v0.1 disponible

La première version publique vient de voir le jour, disponible pour Windows 64 bit ou Linux 64 bit, elle propose donc de découvrir ce que l'on peut appeler la deuxième vague d'émulateurs DS, l'auteur de NO$GBA travaille dur pour étudier la DSi mais plus la DS, et son auteur estime qu'il peut encore proposer de nouvelles options, même 10 ans après.

 

melonDS 0.1

Features 

 

* almost-complete 2D graphics 

* 3D graphics (software renderer) with texturing, alphablending, lighting 

* input: keyboard and joystick, touchscreen 

* backup memory 

* booting from the BIOS 

* resizable video output window, preserving aspect ratio of individual screens 

 

How to use 

 

melonDS requires BIOS/firmware dumps from a DS. You can dump them with the following dumper. 

 

The files must be placed in the same directory as the melonDS executable, as follows: 

 

* bios7.bin -- ARM7 BIOS, 16KB 

* bios9.bin -- ARM9 BIOS, 4KB 

* firmware.bin -- firmware, 256KB or 512KB 

 

Note: the DS-mode firmware in the 3DS isn't bootable. It only contains the bare minimum required to run DS games. Be sure to enable direct game boot when using a firmware dump from a 3DS. 

 

Settings 

 

Emulation: settings related to emulation. For now it lets you enable direct game boot (directly runs the game instead of going through the firmware). 

 

Input: allows you to configure keyboard and joystick input. You can change a mapping by clicking the corresponding entry, then pressing a keyboard key or joystick button. For now, joystick input uses the first joystick available if multiple joysticks are plugged.