Ben style making-of the Blackbox

shmagoogin77 · Post by **shmagoogin77** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 2:48 pm

ya your right

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:04 pm

NES_fanatic wrote:That's really cool. Does it play my boot music?

Not yet, but that's one of my goals...

project_failure · Post by **project_failure** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:00 pm

Congratulations on going farther than most. I want one when it is finished

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:16 pm

Well, I'm working on making my snes emulator compatible with any finished console, I can get messed up video on the nes, so its probably not impossible.

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scherzo · Post by **scherzo** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:20 pm

ShockSlayer wrote:Well, I'm working on making my snes emulator compatible with any finished console, I can get messed up video on the nes, so its probably not impossible.

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Let me get this straight. You're working on on a SNES emulator that runs on just about any console and you managed to get it run, however poorly, on a NES. Are you sure that's what you mean? I find that hard to swallow. I have written and released a SNES emulator for Dreamcast, a quite powerful system, and it can't emulate the SNES at full speed without a good amount of otimization.

ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:43 pm

Well it took forever to even get close to getting it to start on a nes, and then it doesn't have enough memory. It freezes after like 2 seconds, but it displays a very blurry capcom logo on MMX. I just did it to see if it would work.

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vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:23 pm

ShockSlayer wrote:Well it took forever to even get close to getting it to start on a nes, and then it doesn't have enough memory. It freezes after like 2 seconds, but it displays a very blurry capcom logo on MMX. I just did it to see if it would work.

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ShockSlayer · Post by **ShockSlayer** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:52 pm

vb_master wrote:

Good point. I'm tired of rambling on about my achievements. Friend nes = no pics. mobo in transit is good.

Krepticor · Post by **Krepticor** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:22 pm

sweet I am getting so excited I about to wet my pants...

Hurry up!

(not really just I am typing so fast right now I am jumpy and ahhhh! Just hurry up with the new game box!)

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:50 am

ShockSlayer wrote: Good point. I'm tired of rambling on about my achievements. Friend nes = no pics. mobo in transit is good.

Err, sorry to burst your bubble, but with the NES, emulating SNES is not possible it's like trying to run F.E.A.R on a C64.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 7:56 am

ShockSlayer wrote:Well, I'm working on making my snes emulator compatible with any finished console, I can get messed up video on the nes, so its probably not impossible.

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If you go and check out the Parallax forums, they have a guy that is working on emulating the Commador 64 using the Propeller chip. Last I read he was almost done with all the trouble shooting work of getting it to basicly function..

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:22 am

I believe he's having trouble loading the game into RAM...

Weebl · Post by **Weebl** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:20 pm

Very nice to see how its all progressing, and I wish you luck. Like many others here, I was doubtful at first (though I didn't express my doubts, so as not to discourage you from trying), but you've proved a lot. I look forward to watching how it continues to improve, and might even invest in one when the time comes.

legoboy · Post by **legoboy** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 4:52 pm

Just out of curiosity, what purpose are/will you using/use the EEPROMs? Does the propellor need them for more storage? Stick the OS on it? Saved games?

blackbox_dev · Post by **blackbox_dev** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 6:25 pm

One of the EEPROMS is for the Propeller's main firmware, the other is for reasons I will not disclose.