This is a SEGA 8Bit emulator for the Nintendo DS(i)/3DS, it support the following systems:
SEGA SG-1000 / SG-1000 II
SEGA SC-3000
SEGA Mark III
SEGA Master System J, 1 & 2
SEGA Game Gear
SEGA System-E
Othello Multivision
Coleco
MSX 1
Sord M5
Some systems require you to add their Bios'es to function correctly.
Features:
Most things you'd expect from an SMS emulator.
Except these...
Missing:
Correct sprite collision.
Good YM2413 emulation.
EEPROM save for the few GG games that use it.
Check your roms! https://www.smspower.org/maxim/Software/SMSChecker
- Create a "S8DS" directory either in the root of your card or in the data directory (eg h:\data\S8DS). This is where settings and save files end up.
- Now put game/bios files into a folder where you have (SEGA 8-bit) roms, max 768 games per folder, filenames must not be longer than 127 chars. You can use zipped files (as long as they use the deflate compression).
- Depending on your flashcart you might have to DLDI patch the emulator.
The emulator should also recognise SMS games for SEGAs MegaTech arcade machine, the SG-1000 arcade games and System-E (using MAME zip files).
The GUI is accessed by pressing L+R (shoulder buttons) or by touching the screen, tabs are changed by pressing the L or R button, going to the left most tab exits the GUI. Closing your DS puts the emulator in sleep mode, just open it to resume.
When you first run the emulator I suggest you take a peak through the options and change the settings to your liking and then save them. Now load up a game and you should be good to go.
When playing SMS 3D games you might want to turn down the color a bit for better 3D effect, I have only tested with red/cyan glasses.
- Load Game:
- Load State: Select which state you want to load.
- Save State: Select if you want to overwrite an old state or create a new.
- Save NVRAM:
- Load Patch: Load an IPS patch for the current game.
- Save Settings:
- Eject Game:
- Power On/Off:
- Reset Console:
- Quit Emulator: (If your card/loader supports it.)
- Controller:
- Autofire: Select if you want autofire.
- Controller: 2P control player 2.
- Swap A-B: Swap which NDS button is mapped to which SMS/GG button.
- Joypad Type: You can select 3 button Megadrive/Genesis pad.
- Use Select as Reset: Map the NDS SELECT button to the SMS Reset button.
- Use R as FastForward: Select turbo speed as long as R button is held.
- Display:
- Display: Here you can select if you want scaled or unscaled screenmode.
- Scaling: Here you can select if you want flicker or barebones lineskip.
- Gamma: Lets you change the gamma ("brightness").
- Color: Lets you change the color.
- GG Border: Lets you change between black, bordercolor and none.
- Perfect Sprites: Uses a bit more cpu but it is worth it.
- 3D Display: Terminator vs Robocop needs this off.
- Machine:
- Region: Change the region of the SMS and video standard.
- Machine: Here you can select the hardware, Auto should work for most games.
- Bios Settings:
- Use Bios: Here you can select if you want to use the selected BIOSes.
- Select Export Bios: Browse for export bios.
- Select Japanese Bios: Browse for japanese bios.
- Select GameGear Bios: Browse for GameGear bios.
- Select Coleco Bios: Browse for Coleco bios.
- Select MSX Bios: Browse for MSX bios.
- Select Sord M5 Bios: Browse for Sord M5 bios.
- YM2413: Enable YM2413 emulation for SMS1 & Mark 3.
- Settings:
- Speed: Switch between speed modes, can also be toggled with L+START.
- Normal: Game runs at its normal speed.
- 200%: Game can run up to double speed.
- Max: Games can run up to 4 times normal speed.
- 50%: Game runs at half speed.
- Allow Refresh Change: Allow the emulator to change NDS refresh rate.
- Autoload State: Toggle Savestate autoloading. Automatically load the savestate associated with the selected game.
- Autoload NVRAM: Toggle EEPROM/SRAM autoloading. Automatically load the EEPROM/SRAM associated with the selected game.
- Autosave NVRAM: Toggle EEPROM/SRAM autosaving. Automatically save NVRAM when entering UI.
- Autosave Settings: This will save settings when leaving menu if any changes are made.
- Autopause Game: Toggle if the game should pause when opening the menu.
- Powersave 2nd Screen: If graphics/light should be turned off for the GUI screen when menu is not active.
- Emulator on Bottom: Select if top or bottom screen should be used for emulator, when menu is active emulator screen is allways on top.
- Show Clock: Show current time in the UI.
- Console Touch: Turn on/off interaction with the console graphics.
- Speed: Switch between speed modes, can also be toggled with L+START.
- Debug:
- Debug Output: Toggle fps meter & more.
- Disable Background: Turn on/off background rendering.
- Disable Sprites: Turn on/off sprite rendering.
- Step Frame: Emulate one frame.
- Dipswitches: For arcade games
Some dumb info...
Dpad is mapped to Up, Down, Left & Right.
B is mapped to Button 1.
A is mapped to Button 2.
X is mapped to Pause on console.
Start is mapped to Pause on console.
Select can be mapped to Reset on console.
X is mapped to Start on console.
Start is mapped to Start on console.
Select is mapped to Coin1.
- After Burner MT - mt_aftrb.zip
- Alien Syndrom MT - mt_asyn.zip
- Astro Warrior MT - mt_astro.zip
- Fantasy Zone MT - mt_fz.zip
- Great Football MT - mt_gfoot.zip
- Great Golf MT - mt_ggolf.zip
- Great Soccer MT - mt_gsocr.zip (bad dump)
- Out Run MT - mt_orun.zip
- Parlour Games MT - mt_parlg.zip
- Shinobi MT - mt_shnbi.zip
- Champion Boxing SG-AC - chboxing.zip
- Champion Wrestling SG-AC - chwrestl.zip (encrypted)
- Doki Doki Penguin SG-AC - dokidoki.zip
- Super Derby (satellite board) SG-AC - sderbys (not working)
- Super Derby II (satellite board) SG-AC - sderby2s (not working)
- Astro Flash System-E - astrofl.zip (encrypted)
- Fantasy Zone 2 System-E - fantzn2.zip (encrypted)
- Hang On Jr System-E - hangonjr.zip
- Megumi Rescue System-E - megrescu.zip
- Opa Opa System-E - opaopa.zip (encrypted)
- Opa Opa System-E - opaopan.zip
- Riddle Of Pythagoras System-E - ridleofp.zip
- Slap Shooter System-E - slapshtr.zip
- Tetris System-E - tetrisse.zip
- Transformer System-E - transfrm.zip
Thanks to:
Reesy for help with the Z80 emu core.
Some MAME people + Maxim for the SN76496 info.
Charles MacDonald (http://cgfm2.emuviews.com/) for VDP info.
Omar Cornut (http://www.smspower.org/) for help with various SMS stuff.
The crew at PocketHeaven for their support.
Fredrik Ahlström
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https://www.github.com/FluBBaOfWard
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