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nes simulator

github: Dozingfiretruck/nes: A NES emulator in C (github.com) (recommend)

gitee: nes: c语言实现的nes模拟器 (gitee.com) (updates may not be timely due to synchronization issues)

Introduction

​ The nes simulator implemented in C , requires C11 or above

​ attention：This repository is only for the nes simulator and does not provide the game ！！！

Platform support:

• Windows

• Linux

• MacOS

Simulator support：

• CPU

• PPU

• APU

mapper support：

​ 0, 2, 3, 7, 94, 117, 180

Software Architecture

​ The example is based on SDL2 for image and sound output, without special dependencies, and you can port to any hardware by yourself

Compile Tutorial

​ clone repository，install xmake，execute xmake directly to compile

Compile Preparation

Windows:

​ install MSVC(Visual Studio 2022)

​ install xmake

Linux(Ubuntu):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xmake-io/xmake -y
sudo apt-get update -y
sudo apt-get install -y git make gcc p7zip-full libsdl2-dev xmake

Macox:

ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"
brew update
brew install make gcc sdl2 xmake

Compilation Method

​ clone repository，execute xmake directly to compile

Instructions

​ on linux or macos enter ./nes xxx.nes load the game to run

​ on windows enter .\nes.exe xxx.nes load the game to run

Key mapping

joystick	up	down	left	right	select	start	A	B
P1	W	S	A	D	V	B	J	K
P2	↑	↓	←	→	1	2	5	6

Note: P2 uses numberic keypad

Transplant instructions

​ The source code in the incand src directories does not need to be modified, only the three files in the port directory nes_conf.h nes_port.c nes_port.h

• nes_conf.h is the configuration file, which can be configured according to your needs
• nes_port.h is the migrating header file, which usually only needs to be migrated nes_printf
• `nes_port.c is the main migration file, and all functions need to be migrated

​ Note: If the target platform for migration has weak performance and small space, some macro configurations are specially reserved:

• NES_ENABLE_SOUND can be set to 0 to turn off the APU to increase the running speed
• NES_RAM_LACK can be set to 1, using a half-screen refresh to reduce RAM consumption (running at a slower speed)
• You can configure NES_FRAME_SKIP to skip frames
• If SPI 8-byte transmission is used for embedded platforms, the color anomaly configuration NES_COLOR_SWAP can be used to switch the large and small ends

​ In addition, the APU synthesis uses single floating-point calculations, and the code can optimize the single-floating-point calculation acceleration or not use single-floating-point calculations to speed up the operation in nes_apu.c

Showcase

mapper 0:

mapper 2:

mapper 3:

mapper 94:

mapper 180:

Literature reference

https://www.nesdev.org/