SNES emu in the works

Strapping Scherzo · Post by **Strapping Scherzo** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 1:44 pm

Suggestions? Not really. I like the cartoonish looking SNES. And, yes, the text will be in a seperate font file. A TXF file to be exact. I'm also really liking mastakilla's bad ass bowser. The decision for the first release will be difficult. But keep in mind that it will be themable so don't get discouraged is I don't choose yours for the first release. All the work I've seen so far is awesome!

Orange_Ribbon · Post by **Orange_Ribbon** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 2:16 pm

I like that Sonic one, that is really nice. What would be funny though is if he was playing that sonic snes homebrew (was it a homebrew or a hack?)

Post by **Quzar** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 2:23 pm

im almost positive it was a hack of a SMB game with sonic in there instead.

Lavalord · Post by **Lavalord** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 4:18 pm

goodsnes labels it as a hack "Sonic the Hedgehog (Unl) [p1][h1]"

az_bont · Post by **az_bont** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 4:23 pm

No, it was a Speedy Gonzales game

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politoe · Post by **politoe** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:18 pm

Mikey242 wrote:How about the PAL-SNES

Beat me to it. I had in mind on doing a theme similar to this, but was having hard time looking for SFC resources.

mastakilla · Post by **mastakilla** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 5:45 pm

that design lacks two things. Unity and harmonious balance.

Post by **Quzar** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 6:39 pm

what an artist! mastakilla, i hadnt noticed you in miami!!! whereabouts are you?

Lavalord · Post by **Lavalord** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 8:29 pm

http://www.angelfire.com/hero/lavalord/
I made a cd sticker. Any tips to make it better?

The Mik · Post by **The Mik** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 8:40 pm

I say add a big cool looking S on the left and a F on the right perhaps in red or sumpin', looks good though esp the Offical Seal

Warmachine · Post by **Warmachine** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 8:47 pm

Lavalord wrote:http://www.angelfire.com/hero/lavalord/
I made a cd sticker. Any tips to make it better?

Wow thats a lot of black... How about pictures?

mastakilla · Post by **mastakilla** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 9:33 pm

add more elements to your design for the sticker lavalord, like a character faded into the background and try to get rid of some of the negative space (the black) by changing it's color to something less generic

nakamichi · Post by **nakamichi** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 10:21 pm

I can also help on the music part.
If you need a splash screen/intro/credits theme,I can compose one for this project.
Just what kind of music you feel goes best for this emu?
A remix of a popular game theme?
or,a completely original track created using SNES-quality sounds taken from the SNES?
or,the best thing I made so far using professional-quality sounds and much of my composings skills,but it's NOT a game soundtrack?

It's up to you to decide.
Oh,If you plan yo include an MP3 player for the music,trash that and include an OGG player instead.OGGs sound MUCH better and the DC can play OGGs using less CPU power than playing MP3s.
And OGGs are LEGAL,unlike MP3s

Strapping Scherzo · Post by **Strapping Scherzo** » Fri Jan 16, 2004 10:45 pm

I like the choices... but I'm not sure yet. Can I hear what you've done so I get an idea of style? Thanks.

Alexvrb · Post by **Alexvrb** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 1:06 am

Ogg Vorbis uses less power to decode? I think that depends a lot on the decoder being used.

BlackAura · Post by **BlackAura** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 2:30 am

On PCs, the MP3 decoders are much, much older, and they tend to have a lot of optimized x86 assembly code in them. Vorbis decoders, on the other hand, are usually just the standard Vorbis decoder, or the Tremor decoder (integer-only version).

On the DC, since we have no optimized MP3 decoders and we're using generic C ones, decoding MP3s isn't as fast as it is on x86. We're also using the generic Vorbis decoders. They basically run at the same speed.

The advantage of Vorbis is that you can encode at lower bitrate, and still get comparable (or better, depending on the bitrate and source material). Decoding less data on the DC takes less time, since you're not doing as many memory accesses.

Alexvrb · Post by **Alexvrb** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 12:49 pm

Well we certainly wouldn't want to use tremor. Anyway, what about mpglib? Bero was using that in his media player. I don't know if he changed anything himself, on his site it just says "change mpeg audio decoder to mpglib with sh4 dct36". His source is now released, so you could always look at that.

Lavalord · Post by **Lavalord** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 2:51 pm

Alright, I added text to my label. Keep in mind It's still WIP but I am listening to the comments. Scherzo, do you want me to add any specific text such as Programmed by scherzo and then your website or what?
Thanks

gamefreak701 · Post by **gamefreak701** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 3:48 pm

Im no artist or programmer. But I can test;)

If you ever need help feal free to ask me!

gamefreak701@yahoo.ca

Skater_dusto · Post by **Skater_dusto** » Sat Jan 17, 2004 3:54 pm

Wow, we have a lot of great artists on this forum!

I like all of the themes! Especially mastakilla's bowser theme and mikey242's sfc them!! Keep up the good work guys.