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ClusterM / hakchi2

Tool that allows you to add more games to your NES/SNES Classic Mini. WARNING: hakchi2 is no longer supported. Please use hakchi2 CE.
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Add lr-beetle-pce-fast module (=PC Engine support) #97

Closed real-amano closed 7 years ago

real-amano commented 7 years ago

As I saw, hakchi2 will support 2 additional NES cores: nestopia and fceumm.

I would rather go just with one of them (a second core is shipped as the built in stock core from Nintendo anyway) and add the lr-beetle-pce-fast core instead.

You wonder why? The PC Engine features an 8bit CPU (like the NES). So it could be emulated at full 60 fps. And it has the same controller layout as the NES by default (the A button is called “Y“, otherwise it is the same). Thus all games will run with the stock controllers. Shipping NES, Sega Master System and PC Engine support by default will cover 99 percent of the 8 bit console world. And those 8 bit systems with their limited controllers seem like the natural fit for the Mini NES.

real-amano commented 7 years ago

Addendum: The PC Engine (in the western world known as the “Turbografx-16“) was marketed as a 16 bit console. But at the core it was just an 8 bit system with a 16 bit CPU.

The PC Engine was known for its good Arcade ports, you could have better versions of Gradius, Gradius 2 and Life Force (=“Salamander“) and part IV of the Castlevania saga. Add to the list some arcade staple like R-Type, Out Run and Street Fighter II.

sanjay900 commented 7 years ago

Remember, you can always just add it in yourself. Its not hard to add in your own cores.

sanjay900 commented 7 years ago

But anyways, cores dont take much space anyways, and so we can always just add it instead of trying to replace a core.

real-amano commented 7 years ago

In my eyes shipping the PC-Engine module would make more sense than even shipping a Super Nintendo module. By default you will not be able to play most Super Nintendo games because of the missing “X“, “Y“, “L“ and “R“ buttons. You can play Super Mario AllStars. But that's probably it.

sanjay900 commented 7 years ago

Like i said, ship both. In fact, I'm actually one of those people using the SNES module, since i have a classic controller.

ClusterM commented 7 years ago

RetroArch mod moved to other repository: https://github.com/ClusterM/retroarch-clover

It's easy to add any module since mod is just archive with RetroArch, cores and simple scripts.

I'll add PCE a bit later.

ClusterM commented 7 years ago

PCE added.