PokeMini DS

PokeMini DS
General
Author	Justburn
Type	Handheld
Version	0.60
License	GPL-3.0
Last Updated	2015/06/16
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Website
Source

Portable homebrew-emulator for Pokémon-Mini on the NDS.

Features

• Windows (Development, Native and SDL), Linux (Development and SDL), Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable and Dreamcast.
• Debugger that allow to diagnose hardware internals or modify them (Development package only).
• Development tools for programming your own homebrew to the Pokémon-Mini.
• Sync Cycles option which allow improving performance at cost of accuracy.
• Unofficial colors support and enhancements.

Installation

To include real BIOS, place bios.min on the emulator's directory. When no bios.min is present, emulator will use Pokémon-Mini FreeBIOS.

User guide

Pokemini Homebrew games and Demos can be found at Pokémon-mini.net.

Homebrew compatibility list (tested with 0.5.0).

Controls

Pokémon-Mini:

D-Pad - D-Pad

A/B - Key A/B

R - Key C

L - Shock Detector

Start - Power Button

Select - UI Menu

Screenshots

Known issues

Slow emulation, increase Sync Cycles to speed up emulation speed.

Generated sound engine only.

Changelog

0.60 Changes

• Changed version format to only 2 fields to avoid confusion.
• Fixed RTC month being reported wrong from host.
• Adjusted graphics, now it display darker shades to match more closely the real system.
• Added 2 new options: LCD contrast and LCD bright.
• Changed the way analog LCD mode works, now it's less blurry and can do up to 5 shades without artifacts.
• SDL port has been upgraded to SDL 2, this brings Haptic support and other improvements.
• New Keyboard/Joystick option to allow checking inputs.
• Applying joystick settings now can (re)enable the device.
• Share EEPROM is now disabled by default.
• Emulator can be compiled for 64-bit CPU without issues now.
• Limited sync-cycles to 64 on 'accurancy' platforms.
• NDS Only: Added 3-in-1 rumble support.
• PSP Only: Analog stick now works.
• Win32 Only:
  • Corrected Direct3D issue in some GPUs.
  • Sound write position is now handled correctly.
• Debugger Only:
  • Minor fixes.
  • Trace history is now 10000 instructions instead of 256.
  • Added copy & paste buttons to timing counters.

0.5.2

• Opening .minc files now opens the linked .min files.
• More accurant PRC timing and triggering.
• Minor changes.
• Debugger Only:
  • Recent ROMs list.
  • Drag & Drop ROM files support.
  • Added file association to .min and .minc files.
  • Moved PRC Counter from Timers Window to Misc. Window.
  • Added more special registers for printing and controlling the debug output.
  • Reorganized the menu.
  • Improved the memory content components.
  • Added 16-bits memory filler into memory viewer.
  • All viewers and main window position & size are now saved.
• Win32 Only:
  • Fixed command-lines and closing code.
  • Recent ROMs list.
  • Drag & Drop ROM files support.
  • Added "Pause when inactive" window option.
  • Added file association to .min and .minc files.

0.5.1

• Relative files are now launched from current directory.
• Fixed notification message display in 32bpp.
• Added 50% Scanline LCD filter.
• New Tools (Available in Debugger package):
  • PokeMini Image Converter.
  • PokeMini Music Converter.
• Win32 Only: Fixed DirectDraw surface pitch.
• Debugger only:
  • F1 shortcut for documentation.
  • Improved external launcher.
  • IRQ Window "Frames in single-row" initialization fixed.
  • Minimized windows won't be rendered now.
  • Added "Character Set -> From file..." in Memory viewer.
  • Added "Memory data" in Memory viewer with Import, Export, Copy and Fill operations.

0.5.0

• Debugger is now complete.
• Reordered menu items better.
• Added Dingux platform (Thanks coccijoe for the port src code).
• Fixed issue of sound going out of sync.
• Separated piezo filtering (now works with any sound engine).
• Fixed result of SUB instruction with decimal mode.
• Fixed PRC rate divider.
• Corrected some options in configurations file.
• Multicart support.
• Made sure shared EEPROM and cfg files are only saved on emulator's executable directory.
• Added "Sync cycles" option that allow to trade between performance and accurancy, higher value can speed up emulation but may cause problems.
• Pressing Left/Right while browsing will now page up/down, selecting drive is now C+Left and C+Right.
• Unofficial colors palette changed (but still backward compatible).
• New zooms: 5x (480x320) and 6x (576x384).
• Loading ROM from ZIP package is now supported.
• More palettes and 2 custom ones, they can be edited by pressing A.
• Win32 platform is now fixed and updated.
• Joystick can now be re-defined in portable devices.
• SDL Only: Keyboard can now be re-defined under "Platform...".
• Dreamcast Only: PAL/NTSC can now be selected under "Platform...".
• NDS Only: Added FPS counter and rumble pak level adjustment.
• PSP Only: Zoom from 1x to 4x can now be changed under "Platform...".

0.4.5

• Fixed interrupt flag status after interrupt jump/call.
• Added "Generated", "Direct PWM" and "PWM+Filter" sound modes.
  • Generated - Mode used in slow platforms.
  • Direct PWM - Same as direct but with ability to play PWM raw sounds.
  • PWM+Filter - Direct PWM with filtering to simulate PM's piezo speaker.
• LCD update now when "dirty" instead of PRC rate counter match.
• Unofficial colors information structure changed to lower memory usage.
• Support for 4x4 attributes in unofficial colors.
• Added "Reload colors info..." to reload the .minc file.
• Soft reset now supported, changing rom won't reset clock.
• FreeBIOS 1.2: Display status and improved compatibility.
• SDL Only: Added joystick support (disabled by default).
• Joystick can be enabled under "Platform..." -> "Define Joystick...".
• SDL Only: Color depth can be changed between 16bpp and 32bpp.
• Wiz Only: Fixed crash when sound disabled and added SDL port (wizsdl).
• NDS, Wiz and PSP Only: Battery can be setup to reflect real battery.
• Source Only: Added some simplified platforms to help porting.

0.4.4

• Fixed POPA/POPAX timings (thanks asterick).
• Added support to read/write configurations @ 'pokemini.cfg'.
• Load/save state are now working.
• Added support for unshared EEPROM files (Each ROM can have his own EEPROM).
• SDL Only: Zoom can now be changed on the fly under "Platform...".
• Added more options.

0.4.3

• Some fixes.
• Added zoom support for SDL platform (1x, 2x, 3x or 4x).
• Added Dreamcast platform.
• Fullscreen toggle works now on Windows.
• Added emulated sound support for all platforms.
• Improved UI.

0.4.2

• Palette support in SDL.
• Rumble now shake the display up & down.
• Added Wiz platform.
• Fixed EEPROM access.
• Fixed signed jump/call instructions.
• Removed load/save state until a problem is solved.
• Added unofficial colors support into games.

0.4.1

• Minor changes.
• Audio dumping/capture is now WAV format.

0.4.0

• Complete rewrite, source code seems very portable.
• Added FreeBIOS, a public domain BIOS that try to behave like the real BIOS.
• Added SDL and some platforms.

Credits

Thank's to p0p, Dave|X, Onori, goldmomo, asterick, DarkFader, Agilo, MrBlinky, Wa, Lupin and everyone at #pmdev on IRC EFNET.

External links

• Google Code - http://code.google.com/p/pokemini
• SourceForge - https://sourceforge.net/projects/pokemini
• Pokémon-Mini.net - https://www.pokemon-mini.net/tools/pokemini