October 2005
Beginner
501 pages
15h 5m
English
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Run NES Emulators Under Linux
Combine your love of Nintendo homebrews with your love of open source.
If you are reading this book, the odds are fairly good that you remember late nights in front of the television, gripping an ergonomically abusive NES controller in your hand, hoping against hope that the 127th time is the charm as you just try to slide underneath the fire-breathing Bowser and save that eternal damsel in distress, Princess Toadstool. Or maybe you remember checking your mailbox twice an hour for the latest edition of Nintendo Power magazine, certain that it would contain the necessary codes to allow you to finally finish Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game.
The purpose of this hack is to let you transport yourself back in time to the 1980’s, but you will not need a specially modified DeLorean; no, your trusty Linux box will serve in its stead (flux capacitor purely optional). Iwill take you through the process of installing, configuring, and using the best NES emulators available on the Unix platform. To determine which NES emulators were “the best,” I started with the Unix-only TuxNES, then consulted Emulator Zone’s NES Emulators page (http://www.emulator-zone.com/doc.php/nes/), which is nice enough to display average ratings, on the good old 10-star scale, culled from hundreds or thousands of votes from emulator fans just like you. So here they are, in order of popularity.
FCE Ultra
FCE Ultra (http://fceultra.sourceforge.net/) began its life as a DOS-only ...
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