It's very simple to run through XTerm, once installed you simply use the command "mednafen <pathtorom>".
If you made a folder called roms in the main folder using the File Manager, and downloaded a file called "ARom.zip", you could "mednafen /home/user/MyDocs/roms/ARom.zip" to run it.
Installation is fairly straightforward, if you want I'll PM you some instructions?
I'd be happy to give the command line version a try, could you send me the instructions please?
i know u put in your guide to install dependencies, i have the latest firmware on the tablet,
Do i still need to install them?
You may have some installed already, but there's no harm in checking. Could you send me the instructions I sent you back via PM so I can forward them on please (the original copy is on my work machine, and it seems you can't access sent PMs)?
That is awesome, that it was that easy to get working. Emulators are usually the worse to port because of processesor architectures and optimizations. I know, for example, that both gens and zsnes don't compile as x86_64 native because of the cpu emulation bits.
mednafen is a multi-platform emulator as well, if you'd PM it to me, I'd be more than happy to test all the platforms that it supports. I'm kind of a retro junky.
I can confirm Mednafen works really well! How awesome is this phone...I posted a request for a Lynx emulator on the 14th and am playing Lynx games on my N900 on the 16th! Big thanks to ishurmer!
The only real issues are that you can't control the sound (it's always on, even when phone is on silent) and the image isn't scaled up to fit the screen, which I think might be because openGL isn't supported...?
That is awesome, that it was that easy to get working. Emulators are usually the worse to port because of processesor architectures and optimizations. I know, for example, that both gens and zsnes don't compile as x86_64 native because of the cpu emulation bits.
mednafen is a multi-platform emulator as well, if you'd PM it to me, I'd be more than happy to test all the platforms that it supports. I'm kind of a retro junky.
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And that's why, to me, the N900 is a brilliant, brilliant device which other smartphones can't really touch i have sent you a PM. Hoping to get a package sorted later today.
I have only set up a keymap for the lynx files - if you look in the main mednafen.cfg there are numerous settings for screen res and buttons for other platforms if you could set some of these up, using standard ASCII key codes (check the lynx inputs), that would be excellent! Fairly confident we can then get a multi-platform emulator ported across.
I can confirm Mednafen works really well! How awesome is this phone...I posted a request for a Lynx emulator on the 14th and am playing Lynx games on my N900 on the 16th! Big thanks to ishurmer!
The only real issues are that you can't control the sound (it's always on, even when phone is on silent) and the image isn't scaled up to fit the screen, which I think might be because openGL isn't supported...?
Don't thank me, thank the authors of mednafen. It was an unbelievably straightforward port, so obviously a very well written emu! The scaling issue is deliberate - I had it full, full screen, but thats over 6x the res of the original Lynx - e.g. looks awful when scaled up that much. I think 3x is a good setting for now, although I think there may be an option for 2xSAI scaling, which may look better fullscreen.
Sound is a concern, I will have a play with ALSA settings, see if I can get it using the mixer.
i have sent you a PM. Hoping to get a package sorted later today.