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2010-07-15
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Originally Posted by slaapliedje
I can confirm that I've managed to build the emulator and tweak the config options, so it plays lynx games fullscreen rather nicely! Problem is theres no GUI at the moment (mednafenfe doesn't scale down very well), so if I was to upload a package to extras-devel it would be command line only.
If Handy can't / won't be ported for the N900, there is also Mednafen, which is a command line emulator for multiple game systems (including the Lynx) and has a GTK frontend written in python called mfe.
http://mednafen.sourceforge.net/
http://mednafenfe.sourceforge.net/
That's what I usually use to play Lynx games, because for a long time there weren't a version of Handy/SDL that I could get to work.
slaapliedje
If anyone is interested I can send them the archive for testing purposes.
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2010-07-15
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@ishurmer
I am interested in the emulator but would prefer a deb file with GUI. Can you add a GUI to it or do you need a little help with it.
Also (this is the noob coming out of me) when installable programs need to be optified to install correctly this doesn't include using programs from the command line does it?
I am interested in the emulator but would prefer a deb file with GUI. Can you add a GUI to it or do you need a little help with it.
Also (this is the noob coming out of me) when installable programs need to be optified to install correctly this doesn't include using programs from the command line does it?
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2010-07-15
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Originally Posted by Bazza
Sure, I can do a GUI, but it's a fair amount of work and I'm very pushed for time at the moment, so no promises as to when it will be completed - the command line emu is there if anyone wants it.
@ishurmer
I am interested in the emulator but would prefer a deb file with GUI. Can you add a GUI to it or do you need a little help with it.
Also (this is the noob coming out of me) when installable programs need to be optified to install correctly this doesn't include using programs from the command line does it?
Optification (as I understand it) is installing the programs under the /opt path and symbolic linking to the relevant system paths. This means the software doesn't take up much rootfs space, so clearly this is preferable. In the case of the current version of the emulator, the folder is installed under /home/user anyway, so this shouldn't be a problem.
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2010-07-15
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What are the instructions to run it through xterm?
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2010-07-15
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Originally Posted by Bazza
It's very simple to run through XTerm, once installed you simply use the command "mednafen <pathtorom>".
What are the instructions to run it through xterm?
If you made a folder called roms in the main folder using the File Manager, and downloaded a file called "ARom.zip", you could "mednafen /home/user/MyDocs/roms/ARom.zip" to run it.
Installation is fairly straightforward, if you want I'll PM you some instructions?
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2010-07-15
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Yep, i will give it a go. thanks
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2010-07-15
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#28
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Are there any problems with installing it this way and then later on installing the deb version from extra-devel once its released?
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2010-07-15
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Nope, will just be a case of removing a couple of files.
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2010-07-15
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Nice one, i will be on it as soon as i get home from work.
EDIT
I sound like a kid with a new toy ' i will play with it when i get home from school'
Dear oh dear what is the world comin to.
Last edited by Bazza; 2010-07-15 at 15:59.
EDIT
I sound like a kid with a new toy ' i will play with it when i get home from school'
Dear oh dear what is the world comin to.
Last edited by Bazza; 2010-07-15 at 15:59.
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