Writing/Coding an Emulator

[EmoAddict15]

:satisfied Hey everyone...

this sounds really stupid but i want to learn and code an nintendo64 emulator i dont have much programming but im willing to learn and i know it will be a long and hard task and will be very time consuming. If i could even get just a demo to work id be happy i really want to know how all this works and how to build an emulator myself and who knows maybe one day itll be the emulator thatll outrank pj64 (i wont get my hopes up too high hehe) but anyways, if anyones willing to help reply to this message or send me an email at:

[email protected]

its also my msn handle

Thanks id advance:n64:

EmoAddict15

 

[conkerman]

wrong forum, and n64 is too hard for a newbie to programming. try a simpler system like nes or chip8 or gameboy or something not as advanced... check the old posts in the programming thread for links and valuable user input on starting emu coding
conkerman

 

[scotty]

I often have thought about coding myself, but I hear it is a lot of timing. NES I know is fairly easy, the only problem is all the mappers, but if you do try it then get Mappers 0,1,2,3,4,5,7, and 9, they are the most common

 

[aprentice]

actually the nes is not simple, especially its gfx system. I think you'd be better off looking at atari 2600.

 

[nephalim]

I was also interested for a while but never followed through.

As far as I could tell, there is no point to starting with something easier, because HLE emulation is totally different than LLE. The only valuable lessons you'd be learning is how to program, which is #1 obviously, and learning about how hardware works, general knowledge about chips and computer science and such...

#2 would be helpful in any situation, but not a necessity, as you can learn it as you go along if you have enough patience.

Just do one part at a time, one step at a time, very slowly....that's what I would do, but then again I don't have much experience so...

 

[euphoria]

i want to learn and code an nintendo64 emulator i dont have much programming

I guess if you were able to accomplish an emulator project you wouldn't be asking here for help
Don't get me wrong, i hope you continue to program - it's a lot of fun - but when you have enough experience and skills you won't have to be asking for help on how to program an emulator...
But please, prove me wrong :n64:

 

[nephalim]

What's the name of that site...dextro-something-or-other...that has all the N64 docs...that's your starting point for sure. And a very advanced book on C++ programing that you will learn without a hitch, because if you can't you shouldn't be attemping this (!)

 

[conkerman]

As far as I could tell, there is no point to starting with something easier, because HLE emulation is totally different than LLE. The only valuable lessons you'd be learning is how to program, which is #1 obviously, and learning about how hardware works, general knowledge about chips and computer science and such...

i dont know how true this is... the hle/lle difference isnt the hugest thing, understanding how video/sound/other crap works will help make an emulator and then eventually, if you're still interested, more advanced things like hle can be used. starting with n64 wouldnt be such a good idea because results take a while to achieve

and the website is www.dextrose.com
conkerman