Re: A89: The whole thing about NES ports to the 89

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Re: A89: The whole thing about NES ports to the 89


Read my email... That's exactly what I proposed. The
screen reduction shouldn't be hard, just ask Samir
Ribic how to do that. The hard part's going to be the
z80 bypass. we would have to bundle the "emulator and
the rom in a .tib file and send it using the tib
reciever, so no math while you've got it loaded. :-/
hmmm...

-root

--- Josh 'Gage' <antgage@apk.net> wrote:
> 
> an emulator takes a big chunk of the speed. instead
> make a converter to
> scale down the screen/sprites/graphix and convert
> all the data to 4
> colors..... that would be very hard tho
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jimmy Baker" <ashbar83@yahoo.com>
> To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 6:03 PM
> Subject: Re: A89: The whole thing about NES ports to
> the 89
> 
> 
> >
> > Heck, why not write a Genesis pseudo-emulator for
> the
> > 89? The program would shrink the screen size and
> > translate 64 colors to 4 like Tezxas does? you
> would
> > have to flash the game to the calc, that's not
> that
> > hard now. It should ignore the z80 instructions
> (sound
> > output, I think). The Genesis runs off a 7.?? MHz
> > 68000, so the 89 should have no problen handling
> it...
> >
> > -root
> >
> > --- Nivek <nivek_ent@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Steven M Thompson <fuzmeister@juno.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > It is a great idea to have classic NES games
> > > ported to the calc, but
> > > > I think some people should start up a group
> for
> > > Atari games. Think
> > > > about it, the calc's hardware could more than
> > > handle those kind of
> > > > games. Many Atari games just plain stank, but
> some
> > > memorable
> > > > ones include Pitfall, War, and Moon Patrol.
> I'd
> > > sure like to play
> > > > them
> > > > on my 89.
> > > >
> > > > Just a suggestion,
> > > > S. Thompson
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes i think that that is a great suggestion, now
> > > make your own group
> > > and do it.  Also somebody should do a group for
> > > Genisis games.
> > >
> > > =====
> > > Nivek
> > > Nivek_ent@yahoo.com
> > > http://come.to/NivekEnterprises
> > >
> > >
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