ChimeraSNES Vita: Difference between revisions

ChimeraSNES
ChimeraSNES
	File:Chimerasnesvita.jpg
General
Author	jamsilva
Type	Console
Version	r3
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2022/12/21
Links
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	Website
	Source

Revision as of 08:19, 28 December 2022

ChimeraSNES is a fork of the classic and popular SNES emulator Snes9x from circa 2005, much like snes9x2005. It has sound quality close to that of snes9x2005+ but is about as fast as snes9x2005 and comes preconfigured for slower systems.

Description

I recently acquired a PSVita and tried to run some SNES games but found the performance lacking.

So, I decided to add some touches to a snes9x-based libretro core that I was working on back in 2018 but never released and it's working quite well. As an example, I get about 59fps on Yoshi's Island title screen (auto frameskipping and other such settings come preconfigured in this core).

Installation

Copy chimerasnes_libretro.self from the appropriate folder (piglet or vita2d; if you don't know which to use, go for vita2d first) to /ux0:/app/RETROVITA and chimerasnes_libretro.info to /ux0:/app/RETROVITA/info.

chimerasnes_libretro.info

# Software Information
display_name = "Nintendo - SNES / SFC (ChimeraSNES)"
categories = "Emulator"
authors = "Snes9x Team and various other contributors"
corename = "ChimeraSNES"
supported_extensions = "smc|fig|sfc|gd3|gd7|dx2|bsx|bs|swc|st"
license = "Non-commercial"
permissions = ""
display_version = ""

# Hardware Information
manufacturer = "Nintendo"
systemname = "Super Nintendo Entertainment System"
systemid = "super_nes"

# Libretro Features
savestate = "true"
savestate_features = "deterministic"
cheats = "true"
input_descriptors = "true"
memory_descriptors = "true"
libretro_saves = "true"
core_options = "true"
core_options_version = "1.0"
load_subsystem = "false"
supports_no_game = "false"
database = "Nintendo - Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo - Sufami Turbo|Nintendo - Satellaview"
hw_render = "false"
needs_fullpath = "false"
disk_control = "false"

Changelog

(v.r3)

First Release.

External links

Official Website - https://www.reddit.com/r/VitaPiracy/comments/zqorpq/new_retroarch_core_for_snes_chimerasnes/
Github - https://github.com/jamsilva/chimerasnes
Archive - https://archive.org/details/chimerasnes_libretro_20221221_2126
Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/VitaPiracy/comments/zqorpq/new_retroarch_core_for_snes_chimerasnes/

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 ==Installation==
-Copy chimerasnes_libretro.self from the appropriate folder (piglet or vita2d; if you don't know which to use, go for vita2d first) to /ux0:/app/RETROVITA and chimerasnes_libretro.info to /ux0:/app/RETROVITA/info.
+Copy chimerasnes_libretro.self from the appropriate folder ([[Pigs In A Blanket Vita|piglet]] or vita2d; if you don't know which to use, go for vita2d first) to /ux0:/app/RETROVITA and chimerasnes_libretro.info to /ux0:/app/RETROVITA/info.
 ==chimerasnes_libretro.info==