[PROJECT][DEV-HELP] SNES Emulator

[adiboy101]

PROJECT

I am currently working on an SNES emulator for windows phone.

The silverlight code has been found, now I just need to port.

Anyone who can help is certainly welcome. Just shoot me up a PM!

MOCKUPS ATTACHED

 

[DavidinCT]

Interesting, Thought it could not be done (hardware limitations) sounds good, I'll be watching this one...

 

[IzaacJ]

Of course it's possible, there are fully working SNES emu's for android that runs great on the HD2

 

[rbrunner7]

Implemented how?

Of course it's possible, there are fully working SNES emu's for android that runs great on the HD2

Do you happen to know how those emulators are programmed? Are they native ARM code, or are they Java?

A SNES emulator for WP7 that runs on any phone (not just unlocked ones) has to be built in C#, and it's by no way already given that this runs fast enough, IMHO. Random hickups caused by the GC thrown in for extra fun

 

[DavidinCT]

Do you happen to know how those emulators are programmed? Are they native ARM code, or are they Java?

A SNES emulator for WP7 that runs on any phone (not just unlocked ones) has to be built in C#, and it's by no way already given that this runs fast enough, IMHO. Random hickups caused by the GC thrown in for extra fun

Yea, the other...AKA Android and WM6/6.5 device has native access to the OS and hardware. Windows Phone 7 gets close but, ONLY on a fully unlocked device. Maybe we will see better access to the system in Windows Phone 8 but, time will tell.

Anyone could use a photo editing software and create an image (you missed the top 2 buttons btw) but, creating a app that needs direct hardware access that it cant have, is a different story.

If you were to only create this for fully unlocked devices would be great but, it limits the people who will use it.

 

[evilgenius31]

If you were to only create this for fully unlocked devices would be great but, it limits the people who will use it.

I say DON'T DISCOURAGE HIM!

I'd love to have a snes emulator on my lumia 710. Perhaps we'll see a SURGE in native app development? there certainly was when the ZuneHD was "unlocked"

more apps = more incentive for full unlocks. Just look at it as extending the life of our newly "abandoned" devices.

**David and Rbrunner are right though - don't port a silverlight based emulater... the performance would be terrible

 

[DavidinCT]

I say DON'T DISCOURAGE HIM!

I'd love to have a snes emulator on my lumia 710. Perhaps we'll see a SURGE in native app development? there certainly was when the ZuneHD was "unlocked"

more apps = more incentive for full unlocks. Just look at it as extending the life of our newly "abandoned" devices.

**David and Rbrunner are right though - don't port a silverlight based emulater... the performance would be terrible

Dont get your hopes up. It's already been said, it will be very hard, if not impossable the way WP7 is locked down. Windows Phone 8 will have native code access. I bet anyone looking to create a SNES emulator who knows what is involved, would wait for WP8, it just makes sence and you wont have to deal with the direct hardware issues that you will have with WP7....

I'd bet its a total No-No for WP7 devices, sorry...