Apprentice MinusDS

ApprenticeMinusDS
General
Author	Lordus
Type	Console
Version	0.4.0
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2008/08/20
Links
Download
Website

ApprenticeMinusDS is a Sega Master System/GameGear Emulator for the Nintendo DS. At first this was only made to debug the ARM assembler Z80 core used in jEnesisDS, but with a little work put into it, this can actually be used to play some games now.

ApprenticeMinusDS 0.4.0 (Neo version) was ranked 1st in the NEO Summer Coding Compo 2008.

Features

• SMS/GG emulation.
• 10 Savestates per game.
• Rewind and fast forward feature.
• Settings can be saved per game.
• Fully rendered by the DS 2D hardware.
• sample accurate PSG emulation.
• Stereo sound for GG games.

Installation

Download the lastest version and extract file.

DLDI patch it and copy it to the root directory of the card.

Controls

B - Button 1

Y/A - Button 2

D-Pad - L/R/D/U

Start - Start/pause

X - Center screen

L - Move screen area left

R - Move screen area right (screen area can be moved if it has a horizontal resolution of 320 pixels)

Select - Enter File Browser (also accessible by touchscreen)

Settings:

Touch the Config icon to enter Settings in game.

L+R - Savestate menu (10 slots available/game)

L - Rewind

R - Fast forward

X+R - Cycle through screen modes (game on top or bottom screen, modes where just 1 screen is used)

Known issues

Timing is not exactly correct yet, so some games might not work, or have glitches.

No FM emulation (yet).

Sprite updates need to be improved, sometimes there can be glitched sprites atm.

Interface practically ripped from jEnesisDS.

Changelog

v0.2.6 preview release

• Enhanced Z80 ASM core used in jEnesisDS.
• SMS/GG emulation.
• 10 Savestates per game.
• Rewind and fast forward feature.
• Settings can be saved per game.
• Fully rendered by the DS 2D hardware.
• Perfect sync option, that actually syncs every scanline (emulated scanline to DS scanline).
• This option is more accurate, and needed for some games to look correctly, but it can be problematic to use it, when Rewind is enabled.
• sample accurate (almost) PSG emulation.
• Stereo sound for GG games.

Credits

Exophase, Drew ,Charles McDonald, SiLeNt_Ni, sgstair.

Anyone else who supported this project in one or another way.

External links

• Author's website - http://www.workingdesign.de
• NeoFlash - https://www.neoflash.com/forum/index.php/topic,5314.0.html