Difference between revisions of "BlargSnes"

blargSnes
blargSnes
General
Author	StapleButter
Version	1.3b (unofficial)
Format	3dsx ✔; 3ds ✔; cia ✔; bin/elf ✔; dat ✘
CIA information
Title ID	CTR-P-BLRG
Unique ID	Unknown
Links
	1.3 / 1.3b
	Source
	Discussion
	Version 1.3 downloadable via DownloadMii

Latest revision as of 11:57, 22 October 2016

blargSnes is a Super Nintendo emulator for 3DS.

Usage

Installation

If you need help to install this homebrew on your console, read how to launch 3DS homebrew.

On the 3DS's SD card (not the Gateway MicroSD), create a folder named 'snes' and put your SNES ROMs in there.

In the same folder, you can also place savegames. They must have the same name as their corresponding ROM, and have a .srm extension.

With that done, start blargSnes, and you see a ROM selection menu. Select your ROM and press A (or B). See what happens.

Compatibility list

It can be found here.

Controls

Pause: Touch screen
Resume pause: Touch screen or A

While in pause:

Change game: Select
Settings: Start
Screenshot: L+R (saved to your SD card in .bmp format).
Exit: Select, then press the [X] on the touch screen.

Settings

Hardware renderer: this enables the hardware-accelerated renderer. It is faster than the software renderer but also less accurate in some cases.
Scaling: provides some scaling modes for the video output.

Customize

Custom borders

You can change the border picture on the top screen by placing a 400x240px 24bit bitmaps picture named blargSnesBorder.bmp on the root of your 3DS SD card.

blargSNES custom border repository and layout example.

Custom border submission thread at GBAtemp.

Features

Supported features

Software and hardware renderers
PPU modes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
BGs with 8x8 and 16x16 tiles, sprites
color math (blending), brightness, windows
DMA (with faster paths for VRAM/CGRAM/OAM), HDMA
SPC700
Sound (when possible)
SRAM with auto-saving
Joypad for player 1 (circle pad also works)
Catgirls

DUE TO LIMITATIONS, YOU WILL NOT GET SOUND WHEN USING EITHER THE GATEWAY VERSION (blargSnes.3ds) OR WHEN USING THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER ON A NEW 3DS.

Also note that sleep mode (closing your 3DS) and the Home button don't work when using The Homebrew Launcher/Ninjhax homebrew method.

	3dsx	3ds	cia
Sound (3DS)	✔	✘	✔
Sound (N3DS)	✘	✘	✔
Sleep mode Home button	✘	✔	✔

Future features

Sound using the 3DS DSP
Expansion chips. Star Fox in 3D, anyone?
Maybe further hardware acceleration in the PPU department

Changelog

v1.3

Release date 2015-01-18 Download

Usage of geometry shaders and other speedups to rendering
Hardware renderer: offset-per-tile, hi-res modes, and more fixes by DiscostewSM
Much better sound quality, support for noise, echo and pitch modulation (thanks DiscostewSM again)
Two added scaling modes: 4:3 and cropped 4:3
Better open-bus emulation, and ability to execute code in open-bus regions (fixes Home Alone)
Overall more accurate timings, IRQ fixes, etc
ROM selector is no longer locked to the /snes folder
The usual forgotten novelties, surprise

v1.2

Release date 2014-11-30 Download

Brand new hardware-accelerated renderer
Scaling support
Exit button (mainly for use with the Homebrew Launcher)
Emulation fixes (namely, huge 'next EXP' in Earthbound is fixed)
Support for the 256x239 mode
Proper PAL support (actually uses PAL timings)
Tries to prevent GPU freezes
Synchronous SPC700 (fixes issues but also causes a little slowdown)
As usual, more crap I forgot about. Hah.

v1.1.9

Unofficial release.

v1.1

Release date 2014-10-12 Download

No more garbled/blank screens or freezes when pressing Home or closing/reopening the 3DS or playing with the 3D slider
Ability to run a new game without restarting blargSnes
Screenshot function
Support for external borders
Support for backgrounds with 16x16 tiles. Super Bomberman games are finally playable.
Brightness, color math (blending) and windows added. Many games look nicer this way.
Several PPU speedups
Speedhacking disabled (it was error-prone, not that efficient, and broke HDMA)
Replaced forced 1/2 frameskip with automatic frameskipper (isn't perfect, though)
More stable display (although tearing still occurs when frameskipping), VSync
More things I forgot about. Surprise!

v1.0

initial release Download

Credits

3dbrew and all the people who made 3DS homebrew possible
anyone who helped make lolSnes work
Bond697 and Normmatt for how to use the 3DS syscore
smealum for ctrulib and for paving the way to the PICA200
if you feel I forgot your name here, let me know

Picture

See discussion thread.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Infobox 3DS Homebrew
-| title         = BlargSNES
+| title      = blargSnes
-| image      = Image:3dshb_BlargSnes.png
+| image      = 3dshb_blargSnes.png
-| type         = console emulator
+| type       = console emulator
-| author      = [[StapleButter]]
+| author     = StapleButter
-| version     = 1.2
+| version    = 1.3b (unofficial)
-| licence      =
+| licence    =
-| download  = http://blargsnes.kuribo64.net/download/blargSnes_1.2.zip
+| downloadraw= [http://kuribo64.net/get.php?id=fYRTHLeS0pR3DXFw 1.3] / [http://blargsnes.kuribo64.net/download/blargSnes_1.3b.zip 1.3b]
-| source      = https://github.com/StapleButter/blargSnes
+| source     = https://github.com/StapleButter/blargSnes
 | discussion = https://gbatemp.net/threads/blargsnes-snes-emulator-for-the-3ds-wip.369900/
-| hbb          = No
+| 3dsx       = yes
-| 3dsx        = Yes
+| 3ds        = yes
-| 3ds          = Yes
+| cia        = yes
-| cia           = Yes
+| dat        = no
-| dat          = No
+| bin        = yes
-| bin          = Yes
+| titleID    = CTR-P-BLRG
+| dm         = yes
+| dmversion  = 1.3
 }}
+'''blargSnes''' is a Super Nintendo emulator for 3DS.
-BlargSnes is a Super Nintendo emulator for 3DS.
 == Usage ==
 === Installation ===
 If you need help to install this homebrew on your console, read [[3DS Homebrew#Launching_Homebrew|how to launch 3DS homebrew]].
 On the 3DS's SD card (not the Gateway MicroSD), create a folder named 'snes' and put your SNES ROMs in there.
@@ Line 30: / Line 29: @@
 With that done, start blargSnes, and you see a ROM selection menu. Select your ROM and press A (or B). See what happens.
 === Compatibility list ===
-None yet. Please report issue in the discussion thread.
+[http://wiki.gbatemp.net/wiki/BlargSNES_Compatibility_List It can be found here.]
 === Controls ===
-* Pause : Touch screen
+* Pause: Touch screen
-* Resume pause : Touch screen or A
+* Resume pause: Touch screen or A
 While in pause:
-* Change game : Select
+* Change game: Select
-* Settings : Start
+* Settings: Start
-* Screenshot : L+R (saved to your SD card in .bmp format).
+* Screenshot: L+R (saved to your SD card in .bmp format).
+* Exit: Select, then press the [X] on the touch screen.
 === Settings ===
 * Hardware renderer: this enables the hardware-accelerated renderer. It is faster than the software renderer but also less accurate in some cases.
 * Scaling: provides some scaling modes for the video output.
 ===Customize===
@@ Line 60: / Line 55: @@
 [http://gbatemp.net/threads/blargsnes-border-submissions.372906/ Custom border submission thread at GBAtemp].
 == Features ==
 ===Supported features===
 * Software and hardware renderers
 * PPU modes 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7
@@ Line 75: / Line 68: @@
 * Joypad for player 1 (circle pad also works)
 * Catgirls
 DUE TO LIMITATIONS, YOU WILL NOT GET SOUND WHEN USING EITHER THE GATEWAY VERSION (blargSnes.3ds) OR WHEN USING THE HOMEBREW LAUNCHER ON A NEW 3DS.
@@ Line 81: / Line 73: @@
 Also note that sleep mode (closing your 3DS) and the Home button don't work when using The Homebrew Launcher/Ninjhax homebrew method.
+{| class="wikitable"
+!
+!3dsx
+!3ds
+!cia
+|-
+|Sound (3DS)
+|{{Check}}
+|{{Cross}}
+|{{Check}}
+|-
+|Sound (N3DS)
+|{{Cross}}
+|{{Cross}}
+|{{Check}}
+|-
+|Sleep mode<br/>Home button
+|{{Cross}}
+|{{Check}}
+|{{Check}}
+|}
 ===Future features===
@@ Line 87: / Line 100: @@
 * Expansion chips. Star Fox in 3D, anyone?
 * Maybe further hardware acceleration in the PPU department
 == Changelog ==
+===v1.3===
+Release date 2015-01-18 [http://kuribo64.net/get.php?id=fYRTHLeS0pR3DXFw Download]
+* Usage of geometry shaders and other speedups to rendering
+* Hardware renderer: offset-per-tile, hi-res modes, and more fixes by DiscostewSM
+* Much better sound quality, support for noise, echo and pitch modulation (thanks DiscostewSM again)
+* Two added scaling modes: 4:3 and cropped 4:3
+* Better open-bus emulation, and ability to execute code in open-bus regions (fixes Home Alone)
+* Overall more accurate timings, IRQ fixes, etc
+* ROM selector is no longer locked to the /snes folder
+* The usual forgotten novelties, surprise
 ===v1.2===
@@ Line 105: / Line 127: @@
 ===v1.1.9===
 Unofficial release.
 ===v1.1===
@@ Line 120: / Line 141: @@
 * More stable display (although tearing still occurs when frameskipping), VSync
 * More things I forgot about. Surprise!
 ===v1.0===
 * initial release [http://kuribo64.net/get.php?id=72nkdEkneiIQqlAW Download]
 ==Credits==
 * 3dbrew and all the people who made 3DS homebrew possible
 * anyone who helped make lolSnes work
@@ Line 133: / Line 151: @@
 * smealum for ctrulib and for paving the way to the PICA200
 * if you feel I forgot your name here, let me know
 == Picture ==
 See [https://gbatemp.net/threads/blargsnes-snes-emulator-for-the-3ds-wip.369900/ discussion thread].
-[[Category:3DS Homebrew]]
-[[Category:3DS Homebrew console emulators]]