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LaiNES
LaiNES
	File:Lainesswitch.png
General
Author	Kevoot
Type	Console
Version	1.4
License	BSD-2-Clause
Last Updated	2018/07/26
Links
	Download
	Website
	Source

Revision as of 04:41, 9 April 2023

A cycle accurate NES emulator based on LaiNES.

To Use

Put the resulting LaiNes.nro file on the Switch's SD card under /switch/LaiNes
Place ROMs in sdcard:/switch/LaiNes/game

Usage

The emulator comes bundled with a simple GUI to navigate the filesystem and set preferences. Use DPAD and 'A' to operate it. 'R' toggles between emulation and menu.

Compatibility

LaiNES implements the most common mappers, which should be enough for a good percentage of the games:

NROM (Mapper 000)
MMC1 / SxROM (Mapper 001)
UxROM (Mapper 002)
CNROM (Mapper 003)
MMC3, MMC6 / TxROM (Mapper 004)
AOROM (Mapper 007) <-- EXPERIMENTAL

You can check the compatibility for each ROM in the following list: http://tuxnes.sourceforge.net/nesmapper.txt

Controls

Direction -> DPad (Joystick too but there's a weird bug on the x-axis)
A -> A
B -> B
Select -> Minus
Start -> Plus
Program Menu -> R

Screenshots

Known Issues

The quality of the audio emulation on Linux is very poor. Typing export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=ALSA before running the emulator has been reported to improve it.

Changelog

v.1.4

Threading has been removed as there was a deadlock I had neither the time nor patience to track down. Speed is still relatively good, same compatibility as before. Mapper7 is still experimental, and unlikely to entirely work.
IMPORTANT: place the res folder on the root of your sdcard or it'll crash. Will fix paths in a patch asap.

v.1.3

Folders no longer have limits, have fun scrolling through your mega ROM packs!

v.1.2

Threading has been added, tested with LoZ, runs full speed.

v.1.1

Fixed:
- Crashes for all games which loaded and ran only briefly
- Menu bugs (mostly by removing most of them as they weren't needed)
Added:
- Stability
- Exit cleanly
- Scaffolding for render quality improvements for when hw acceleration becomes available
Next up:
- Add support for 2 players
- Make the menus even better

v.1.0

First Release.

Contributors

AndreaOrru - Original Author
Jeff Katz - Mapper 002, 003, initial 007, and configuration.
Kevoot - Switch port, 007 integration, threading

References and credits

Original by AndreaOrru
Special thanks to Ulf Magnusson for the invaluable [PPU diagram] () and for his excellent implementation which was a big source of inspiration.
blargg's APU sound chip emulator: http://blargg.8bitalley.com/libs/audio.html#Nes_Snd_Emu
Complete hardware reference: http://problemkaputt.de/everynes.htm
Tick-by-tick breakdown of 6502 instructions: http://nesdev.com/6502_cpu.txt
For Switch version: TurtleP for reference material with SDL and listening to my whining.

External links

Official Website - https://gbatemp.net/threads/laines-a-cycle-accurate-nes-emulator.505010/
Github - https://github.com/Kevoot/LaiNESwitch

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 ==References and credits==
 * Original by AndreaOrru
-* Special thanks to Ulf Magnusson for the invaluable [PPU diagram] (http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/images/d/d1/Ntsc_timing.png) and for his excellent implementation which was a big source of inspiration.
+* Special thanks to Ulf Magnusson for the invaluable [PPU diagram] ([http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/images/d/d1/Ntsc_timing.png http://wiki.nesdev.com/w/images/d/d1/Ntsc_timing.png]) and for his excellent implementation which was a big source of inspiration.
 * blargg's APU sound chip emulator: http://blargg.8bitalley.com/libs/audio.html#Nes_Snd_Emu
 * Complete hardware reference: http://problemkaputt.de/everynes.htm