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Posted on 09-02-09 12:15:46 PM Link
What kind of code/languages would I need to learn in order to achieve this? The DS clearly can't emulate N64 games, so I was thinking of porting them into .nds files. If 'tis possible.
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Posted on 09-02-09 12:23:48 PM Link
It's not possible.
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Posted on 09-02-09 01:18:29 PM Link
I'm sure it's possible to port them. We've already had 2 examples from Nintendo. I'm not saying it'd be an easy process, but there has to be some way.
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Posted on 09-02-09 01:32:07 PM Link

Originally posted by messiaen
It's not possible.



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Posted on 09-02-09 01:34:21 PM Link
Recode the game engine. Convert all the game data. Enjoy your Nintendo-style "port".

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Posted on 09-02-09 02:03:32 PM Link
1. Learn MIPS and ARM assembly.
2. Disassemble the entire game engine. The Nintendo 64 has two CPUs, so pay attention to what goes where.
3. Rewrite the game engine, taking into account differences in memory size, cpu resources, and the fact that you should have given up at step 2.
4. Assemble everything into a ROM. (Take into account differences in byte ordering and data sizes.)
5. Test. If it works, you're probably the world's best hacker.



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Posted on 09-02-09 03:46:50 PM Link
alright. So if I get into this, will anyone be helping me, or am I on my own?
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Posted on 09-02-09 04:09:09 PM Link

No. Please don't try. It won't work. :/

Joe's post merely says it's insane and no experienced ROM Hacker would even bother doing it.

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Posted on 09-02-09 04:11:35 PM Link
For the skill it would take to do something like this, you may as well just make your own DS game.

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Posted on 09-02-09 04:35:16 PM Link
Originally posted by FirePhoenix
For the skill it would take to do something like this, you may as well just make your own DS game.


This. Without the original source code from Nintendo, there's nothing you can do. Even if you had it, the hardware and API are so different that you'd have to rewrite many parts.

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Posted on 09-02-09 04:36:48 PM Link

And those ports you keep talking about? They're practically remakes. They did not port the same engine in SM64 to SM64DS. They used the original as a reference and coded a new one.

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Posted on 09-02-09 04:46:26 PM Link
@.@ alright. :<
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Posted on 09-02-09 05:08:58 PM Link

And so, at that... *closes*

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