Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!stable.ecn.purdue.edu!yorkw From: yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: Nintendo Emulator? Message-ID: Date: 31 Mar 91 01:02:32 GMT References: <22722@know.pws.bull.com> Sender: root@noose.ecn.purdue.edu (ECN System Management) Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network Lines: 48 ai065@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Thomas Hill) writes: > The story: A friend of mine just picked up a 500 for small business and >game use. The Nintendo goes into storage. He'd like to continue playing his >Nintendo games that he has a lot of time invested in. Anyway, after I >explained the obvious to him about the problems this brings up, I ran upon an >interesting idea: Is there anybody working on a Nintendo emulator for the >Amiga? My knowledge of the inner workings of the Nintendo are limited so I'd >like to hear from somebody who knows what is consists of. How hard would it >be to rig up a board to download the carts onto disk for future loading? Of >course this is only half the battle. Anybody know how complex a Nintendo's >hardware is? I would assume it's an 8 bit running something like a 6502 and >not much beyond that. I would also venture that it's an easier system to >emulate because of it's limited IO versus something like the 64. I'd like to >hear more about the Nintendo's hardware and answers to the following >questions that come to mind: What does the motherboard consist of? How much >RAM does the system have and what kind of "expasion" can a cartridge add to >this? What, if any, built-in OS (software functions) does the system contain >and what kind of tricks does it use to get by (IE: bank switching, etc). Very >interested in hearing more on all of these points. Interesting, but i hear the Nintindo cartridges have some sort ot anti-pirating chip, (Priority chip?) (Pripority.., Copyrighted!) Be nifty idea, how about a Nintendo Construction Kit where ya can Create Nintendo Games with ya AMIGA!. Bet Nintindo get REAL pissed off at that!, but i think that's what that special chip does, prevents third party games. Heard Nintendo was getting sued because of it. (By Atari!) Nintindo has a 68000? No.. That's a Sega Genisis.... What Does a nintindo have? . Be nifty, I'd proberly get one if they existed. How about a "drive" for the nintendo so ya can .... Nope.. I can't continue that line of thought, it may get someone sued. Well C-ya. . -- yorkw@ecn.purdue.edu aka Willis F York aka Squid on IRC The only thing that Apple invented is the idea to borrow Xerox-invented ideas. (Hope THIS sig don't insult anyone!) :^)