{"id":45554,"date":"2017-06-13T15:53:56","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T15:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/?p=45554"},"modified":"2018-02-11T21:10:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T21:10:34","slug":"more-new-cores-melonds-sameboy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/more-new-cores-melonds-sameboy\/","title":{"rendered":"More new cores: MelonDS, SameBoy, ARM Linux cores!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week will be all about a dripfeed of new cores along with a version bump of RetroArch, which will be needed for some of the new cores that will be arriving this week.<\/p>\n<h1>MelonDS<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-45562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0001-Electroplankton-JTrashman-170501-012436-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0001-Electroplankton-JTrashman-170501-012436-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/0001-Electroplankton-JTrashman-170501-012436.png 473w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is an up-and-coming Nintendo DS emulator by StapleButter, and it now has a libretro port. Some of the things that are still not properly implemented is touchscreen\/mouse support and multithreading for the software 3D rasterizer, but we will take care of that soon. This emulator might not yet be a replacement for DesMuMe, but it&#8217;s quickly progressing so definitely keep your eyes on it, as DesMuMe certainly needs some competition.<\/p>\n<p>You can get this new core on our buildbot. Start up RetroArch, go to &#8216;Online Updater&#8217;, and check for &#8216;MelonDS&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on MelonDS, check out its official homepage <a href=\"http:\/\/melonds.kuribo64.net\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Available for<\/h3>\n<p>The MelonDS core is currently available for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows (64bit\/32bit)<\/li>\n<li>Linux (32bit\/64bit)<\/li>\n<li>macOS<\/li>\n<li>iOS<\/li>\n<li>Android<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>BIOS instructions, etc. (required)<\/h3>\n<p>MelonDS requires a real BIOS file in order to work. These need to be placed inside your System directory. If you don&#8217;t know where your System directory is, inside RetroArch, go to Settings -&gt; Directories and read where your System Directory is located.<\/p>\n<p>The following three files are all required:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>bios7.bin<\/li>\n<li>bios9.bin<\/li>\n<li>firmware.bin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>SameBoy<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-45558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sameboy-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sameboy-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/sameboy.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SameBoy is an accuracy-focused Game Boy\/Game Boy Color emulator in the vein of Gambatte. We now have a libretro core of it and its author has also helped us earlier with some implementation details, so that is very much appreciated!<\/p>\n<p>Some features that are still missing is savestate support, but we intend to get that done soon.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on SameBoy, check out its official homepage <a href=\"https:\/\/sameboy.github.io\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Available for<\/h3>\n<p>The SameBoy core is currently available for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Windows (64bit\/32bit)<\/li>\n<li>Linux (32bit\/64bit)<\/li>\n<li>macOS<\/li>\n<li>iOS<\/li>\n<li>Android<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>BIOS\u00a0instructions, etc. (optional)<\/h3>\n<p>Here is a tiny convenience feature you added &#8211; normally SameBoy relies on reverse engineered Game Boy\/Game Boy Color boot ROMs in order to load. You can load these instead of the real BIOS file. For this libretro core, instead of requiring you to put these homebrew boot roms somewhere so that the emulator can read them, we have baked these into the core itself. So you don&#8217;t even need to put them somewhere in your system directory.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you&#8217;d like to override these,\u00a0you can do that too. Go to your system directory (if you don&#8217;t know what this is, inside RetroArch, go to Settings -&gt; Directories and read where your System Directory is located) and put these files there:<\/p>\n<p>Game Boy boot ROM &#8211; &#8216;dmg_boot.bin&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Game Boy Color boot ROM &#8211; &#8216;cgb_boot.bin&#8217;<\/p>\n<h2>ARM Linux cores!<\/h2>\n<p>Our buildbot is now providing fresh new ARM Linux cores for hardfloat configurations! These cores could be used for instance on Lakka-based devices as well as the NES Mini!<\/p>\n<p>You can grab them here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buildbot.libretro.com\/nightly\/linux\/armhf\/latest\/\">https:\/\/buildbot.libretro.com\/nightly\/linux\/armhf\/latest\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Miscellaneous updates<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mednafen\/Beetle Saturn has been updated to the latest version.<\/li>\n<li>Updates to ParaLLEl N64 core.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What&#8217;s still coming up this week?<\/h2>\n<p>In no particular order:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Redream (new Sega Dreamcast emulator made by inolen)<\/li>\n<li>OpenLara (Tomb Raider 1 game engine, in early alpha development stages but already promising)<\/li>\n<li>Dolphin (will have Gamecube controls only at first, will work for both GL and Vulkan)<\/li>\n<li>Citra<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-45567\" src=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dolphin-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dolphin-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dolphin-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dolphin.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-45566\" src=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LEVEL2-170430-174428-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LEVEL2-170430-174428-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LEVEL2-170430-174428-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LEVEL2-170430-174428-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/LEVEL2-170430-174428.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-45565\" src=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Legend-of-Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-3D-The-USA-Rev-1-Decrypted-170610-035327-300x180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Legend-of-Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-3D-The-USA-Rev-1-Decrypted-170610-035327-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Legend-of-Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-3D-The-USA-Rev-1-Decrypted-170610-035327-768x461.png 768w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Legend-of-Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-3D-The-USA-Rev-1-Decrypted-170610-035327-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Legend-of-Zelda-Ocarina-of-Time-3D-The-USA-Rev-1-Decrypted-170610-035327.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-45564\" src=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dead-or-Alive-2-v1.100-2000TecmoNTSCUS-170507-234605-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dead-or-Alive-2-v1.100-2000TecmoNTSCUS-170507-234605-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dead-or-Alive-2-v1.100-2000TecmoNTSCUS-170507-234605-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dead-or-Alive-2-v1.100-2000TecmoNTSCUS-170507-234605-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Dead-or-Alive-2-v1.100-2000TecmoNTSCUS-170507-234605.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week will be all about a dripfeed of new cores along with a version bump of RetroArch, which will be needed for some of the new cores that will be arriving this week. MelonDS This is an up-and-coming Nintendo DS emulator by StapleButter, and it now has a libretro port. Some of the things [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,28,12,63,2,80,53,5,46],"tags":[57,58,67,134,135,56,97],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45554"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45554"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45576,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45554\/revisions\/45576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}