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I have posted a new version 3.6.1 of iNES-Maemo to the web site (see my signature). Whoever is having speed problems, downoad the new version and see if it helps.

PS: 3.6.1 is not in the Extras repository yet, but will be tonight, when I sort out SSH key problems.

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Thanks fms! Amazing improvement in speed! What did you do to get such a big improvement? I would file the bug report you mentioned, but I don't know how. SMB1, SMB23, Punchout, Contra all work great.

Direct link to the deb.

http://fms.komkon.org/iNES/ines_3.6.1-1_armel.deb


Glass Joe is down for the count.

Re: iNES-Maemo 3.6 Now Officially Released
 

Thanks! the speed looks awesome. Maybe even a little too fast :P i think the speed is messing with my sound because the music is playing very fast and skipping in mario 3 and in pirates!

Re: iNES-Maemo 3.6 Now Officially Released
 

by the way... pirates! is the best game ever made... highly recommended for anyone using this emulator

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Is it possible to remap the buttons/keys?

Re: iNES-Maemo 3.6 Now Officially Released
 

It is now running at the correct speed, at least according to the fps counter. But it does appear to skip sound a bit. Working on this.

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Nope. If you are using a keyboard, the whole QWERTY keyboard is mapped to fire buttons. It is easier to find a pair of buttons that is comfortable than remap them.

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Hmm at least from the introscreens i can tell that it works a lot faster now. But now there is no sound and none of the buttons (neither hard nor soft on my n800) work :( Anyone having the same issue ?

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i had this problem -" you need to change your input settings and select "fbasic2j keyboard" in the ines configuration menu

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Does not occur here. All buttons work. Also, enabling FamilyBASIC keyboard should not make any difference.

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this was working perfectly and then i updated ines from the application manager and now the buttons no longer work. help please! i tried removing ines and then reinstalling it with no luck

Re: iNES-Maemo 3.6 Now Officially Released
 

@yosh I had the same problem. Uninstalling/reinstalling worked for me however...

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weird, i'm not sure what i did to make this continue not to work

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DPad center will no longer work as START button. Please, use right-lower screen corner for START or press dpad center with a SHIFT or CTRL key.

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i think it's really awesome that you respond to these, fms, and i appreciate it, but so far, the lower right screen doesn't respond to anything. since there is no slide-out keyboard, how does one ctrl/shfft the dppad center? thanks very much for the help.

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Okay, hereś the update. If I hook a keyboard up via USB, I can ctrl/dpad button to start, and then the fire buttons work on the right side of the touch screen, but not until then. Surely there is a way to do this without having to hook a keyboard up. Im just not saavy enough to know how to do it. I really liked being able to use the dpad button as the start and fire button. Thanks for any help.

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Lower-right screen corner responds perfectly on my tablet. It works as a START key. So, you are most likely doing something wrong.

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Well, it means that the actual game you are playing expects a START button to be pressed on the NES joypad and won't accept any other input until you press the START button.

Start iNES. Look at your screen. You will see the black rectangle with NES screen inside. Touch the very right-bottom corner of the black rectangle: your touch should be interpreted as the START key. If you feel unsure where that corner is, select "Show cues" option from the menu: it will show you where sensitive areas are at the screen.

Unfortunately, I started receiving complaints from other people who accidentally press that central dpad button while playing a game. As I am going to get complaints either way, I've decided to do it safely and require a modifier key (SHIFT, CTRL, etc) to be pressed. If you do not have a keyboard, you can always click the right-bottom corner instead.

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i'm not sure why, and i hate it, but the bottom right corner does not respond, nor does any other part of the screen, to touch. i had already tried the cues, too. the only thing that worked so far was hooking the keyboard up and ctrl/dpad from there. then everything works. i understand that people complained about dpad, and i think it was nice of you to respond and fix what they were complaining about. you can't please everyone, but at least you try. if i were to reinstall os2008 and start fresh with ines, would it have the old dpad button configuration available? or has the host download from maemo already been updated?

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omg omg omg!!!! it works!! i'm an idiot!!! i needed the stylus, i wasn't pushing low enough with my finger. thank you so much for your patience and attention. if i can do anything about spreading the word about your product, let me know.

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Damn. With an update from extras i got today i have the same problem again: neither hardware keys nor touchscreen works. (Yeah i pressed hard enough and EVERYWHERE). Plus there is no sound, so i know something is going wrong. Unfortunately unlike last time, uninstalling and reinstalling does not help :(

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Looking at the source code, there is no way it can happen, so I guess you are doing something wrong again. Just to be sure, check the gconf values under /apps/ines and post them here, although those values cannot lead to a problem you are observing.

Re: iNES-Maemo 3.6 Now Officially Released
 

hello,

is ines actually the best snes/famicom emulator ? and which one can handle .smc's?

thanks a bunch :D

Re: iNES-Maemo 3.6 Now Officially Released
 

iNES is a NES emulator, not SNES...

Re: iNES-Maemo 3.6 Now Officially Released
 

yay I stand corrected.

so no snes emu for the n810 yet?

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Search a little :)

There is one, but kinda slow...

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It doesn't start games for me. When I start to play a game, the application just closes

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To resurrect a dead thread (better than a new one I suppose) the sound issue is quite annoying, Seems to be the white noise generator.

http://burntelectrons.org/maemo-ines-glitch.mp3

I recorded Zelda as played by an emulator on a PC, and then by iNES on the 810.

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Do you need anythign special to get this working? I get no sound and the controls dont work (only in the menu) for both dpad, touch screen and BT keyoard

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You do not need anything special, just a working ROM image. My guess is that the ROM images you are trying to run are somehow broken.

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Sounds like the noise generator (typically used for percussion) is being run for too long. The sound is right, it's just occurring for too long and so it sounds literally like you're getting a moment of white noise instead of a cheap percussion trick.
Sounds like your N810 game of Zelda was taken over by a horror movie. ;)

If I knew how to fix it, I would, but this could also boil down to a timing issue.

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Looks like it is caused by the fact that I am updating sound 60 times per second. This precision is sufficient for normal, melodic soundtrack, but percussion requires a higher value. Will try to fix.

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Nope, it just installs and runs and works, except for the sound issues.

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this emu still rocks. i have a somewhat-working command-line one that runs fullspeed on 770, if anybody still is 'stuck' with one of those.

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if you want a game on the ines, vgb, vgba and mg to play at a fast speed, heres what you need to do, ok click on the menu where you would open a file to play a rom, scroll down and click on interpolation, you will notice that the game will play at the same speed as a video game system would.

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I be havin a blast with these emulators. i can play old gameboy, gamegear, master system, nintendo games. its kinda better to play gameboy games on a n800 because it has a blacklight, you can play black and white games in the dark, and most games can be fullscreen. I am desperately waiting for a sega genesis emulator that could be downloaded manually or easy, that would be awesome.

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FYI, the shift, ctrl + central dpad combo makes it difficult to use the right shift and ctrl keys for A&B buttons. These seem like the most natural buttons to use for A&B for me, as I can hit them quickly while mostly avoiding enter and '.'. Unfortunately I end up pausing the game when I press the center dpad button (which is most of the time as I try to rock my thumb across it like the original NES controller).

On another related topic, does the Wii controller work with iNES on the n810?

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What is the issue why NES and others seems hard to emulate on these devices? They seem to have plenty of power and memory. Heck, my $85 Dingoo plays NES, GBA, SNES, Genesis and MAME games 60fps and with sound.

Even plays the Metal Slug and KOF 2000 games smoothly with sound (it has an arm 433mhz).

Seem these Nokia devices should have the power to run through these like warm butter.

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Well, FWIW, iNES runs Metroid great on my n810, I'm just having a little difficulty with the bitty little buttons.

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am I the only person who accidentally hits the back buttton which quits the program when play a game? (on an n800)