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Console, Cloud and Handheld Gaming => Retro Gaming and Hardware => Topic started by: CreepinDeth on June 02, 2018, 05:20:56 PM

Title: Hacker gets Super NES games running on unmodified NES
Post by: CreepinDeth on June 02, 2018, 05:20:56 PM
[Hacker gets Super NES games running on unmodified NES (https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/05/how-to-reverse-emulate-super-nes-games-on-unmodified-nes-hardware/)]

QuoteAt this point, we're used to modern computers being able to perform near-perfect emulation of older gaming hardware via software trickery. The latest project from Tom "Tom7" Murphy, though, seems poised to coin its own definition for "reverse emulation" by running a playable Super NES game on actual unmodified NES hardware.

Murphy breaks down this wizardry in a pair of detailed videos laying out his tinkering process. Though the NES hardware itself is untouched, the cartridge running this reverse emulation is a heavily customized circuit board (ordered from China for about $10), with a compact, multi-core Raspberry Pi 3 attached to handle the actual Super NES emulation.

Not very practical but I love reading about this types of projects. Some of these games he emulates are really trippy.
Title: Re: Hacker gets Super NES games running on unmodified NES
Post by: targetrasp on June 03, 2018, 10:44:50 AM
That's awesome - an incredible waste of resources but awesome!
Title: Re: Hacker gets Super NES games running on unmodified NES
Post by: Jack on June 04, 2018, 10:45:04 PM
That's really damn cool, tbh.
Title: Re: Hacker gets Super NES games running on unmodified NES
Post by: BLUEVOODU on June 10, 2018, 12:06:41 PM
@CreepinDeth great find lol

I have to agree with @Jack and @targetrasp  ...  this is pretty cool!