Nintendo DS Emulation NEWS

Name iDeaS

Author Lino

Website http://utenti.lycos.it/linoma/ideas.php

Description Nintendo DS emulator for windows.

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iDeaS 1.0.0.8 22nd February 2006

A new version of iDeaS emulator has been released, now with touch screen support. This is not perfect, but it works fine with some games.

The changes are :

- Corrected extended palettes management in mode 3, 4 and 5.
- Corrected error in SER/DFR touchscreen management.
- Corrected error in Real Time Clock management.
- Buffered pipeline 3d commands (now Zbuffer works).
- Added 4 DMA channels and 4 timers for arm7.
- Fixed an error in double size sprites.
- Changed bios management (now it's emulated in some functions).
- Added firmware management with language selection and touch screen calibration.

iDeaS 1.0.0.7 4th February 2006

I have decided to leave again a new version of iDeaS.
The new version contains little improvements like the touchscreen (now DSLINUX keyboard works) and the management of the plugins. Added the plugins for the recording the avi.

iDeaS 1.0.0.6 31st December 2005

- Added Video, Audio and 3D Plugin System (VERY primitive, ask before developing anything!)
- Corrected some DSP ARM9 errors
- Added si9 in ARM9 BIOS

- Corrected some errors in extended palettes' management
- Corrected an error in sprite drawing routines
- Corrected some errors in Mode 3, 4, 5

- Added Texture Modes 3, 4, 5
- Corrected some errors in 3D FiFo management
- Optimized texture management

- Bug Fixes in TouchScreen management
- Bug fixes in firmware emulation

HERE v1.0.0.5.

Information

Emulation status
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• ARM7TDMI
32-bit ARM CPU support (100%)
16-bit THUMB CPU support (100%)

• ARM946E-S:
32-bit ARM CPU support (90%)
16-bit THUMB CPU support (100%)

• Real sync emulation for HBlanks and VBlanks
• GFX Mode 0
* 16 colors support
* 256 colors support
* BG0/BG1/BG2/BG3 support
* 256x256 up to 512x512 tile maps support
* Default priorities support
* Horizontal/Vertical flipping support
* Horizontal/Vertical offset support
* FadeIn/FadeOut Effect support
* Alpha-blending Effect support
* Rotation/Zoom
* Windows 0/1 support
• OAM support
* Horizontal/Vertical position
* Horizontal/Vertical flip
* 8x8 up to 64x64 sprite size support
* FadeIn/FadeOut Effect support
* Alpha-blending Effect support
* Trasparent OBJ

• 256 colors line-per-line palette support