Making a DOS boot disk with a Super Nintendo Emu

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Making a DOS boot disk with a Super Nintendo Emu

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I know which files are absolutely necessary for a DOS boot disk, but I don't know which snes emulator to use. I want to find the smallest one possible, but I have no idea which one that is. Any help would be appreciated.
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there are no SNES emulators that run in real-time dos (to my knowledge)
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oh, so I was wrong, I'll have to check that out
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Yep, ZSNES has a DOS version.
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Just because there is a DOS version does not mean the emulator will work with the "partial" DOS of a boot disk. I know this from trying NESticle, even WITH dos4gw.exe.

It should work with a boot CD though....
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I actually got it to work

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I actually got my ZSNES, Mario Kart, and Bust A Move to work on a DOS boot disk. I'm just looking for a smaller emulator so I can fit some save states.
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F wrote:I actually got my ZSNES, Mario Kart, and Bust A Move to work on a DOS boot disk. I'm just looking for a smaller emulator so I can fit some save states.
Really? O.o that changes everything! I wonder if I can make a starfox disk...
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Post by MM007 »

I just realized...was the SNES emulator stuck in 16 colors?
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ugh, 16 color SNES games... not good
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running zsnes in dos i noticed it looked the same as on the system so no....unless theres something wrong with your computer
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You might have to load your video driver.
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Post by MM007 »

It's just that without a video driver, things can be stuck in 16 colors. At least in Windows.

Perhaps it is different in later DOS applications. You can see the 16 color format when a Windows OS can not find the driver on install. XP, however, will usually display a default Windows driver with much better video and resolution support, but with sucky scrolling. ^^*
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