Systems ZSNES will not be ported to

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:55 pm

We used to have a nice big thread on this. I guess it was lost in one of the crashes/hackings.

Anyway, this thread lists the systems/platforms that ZSNES will not be ported to. Post some, I'll edit them in.

Why will ZSNES never be ported to these systems? ZSNES is written largely in x86 assembler. This means that it will only run on x86 processors - computers using Intel, AMD, or VIA processors.

If you have a working knowledge of x86 assembler and/or C, and are willing to learn the internals of ZSNES to help make it portable, please post in the development forum.

Sony PSP
Playstation
Playstation 2
Nintendo DS
Mac OS/PPC
Linux or FreeBSD on non-x86 architectures
Your cell phone
N-Gage
Pocket PCs/PalmPilots
Flash
Java
.NET
Magnavox Odyssey

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:57 pm

Finally, someone makes a thread about this. This should be stickied here and in the Bug Reports/Feature Requests forum.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:13 pm

Basically, any non x86 CPU will not see a ZSnes port, so...
Add PS2 to that list.
And NN: You may want to lower the font size to about a 24.

Joe Camacho · Post by **Joe Camacho** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 11:17 pm

I would also like to add, that although Snes9x has been ported to the PSP, it doesn't mean that Zsnes can be ported, Snes9x and Zsnes are written in very different ways, While most of Zsnes code is written in Asm, Snes9x is mostly written in C.

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Sun Jun 26, 2005 5:22 pm

About ports, someone should modify the description of the Bug Report/Feature Request forum to something like this:

Found a bug? Please report it, but remember to follow the bug reporting guidelines. Missing a sane feature? Let us know! But please do NOT request ports to other systems.

kevman · Post by **kevman** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:47 am

I think we are beginning to overdo it with the stickies, people.

We do not need a sticky for every fucking question that pops up that we are annoyed by.

And we don't need a sticky for every rule.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:36 am

kevman wrote:I think we are beginning to overdo it with the stickies, people.

We do not need a sticky for every fucking question that pops up that we are annoyed by.

And we don't need a sticky for every rule.

But this is probably the only way the new members will read the rules.

Post by **grinvader** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 9:29 am

Flash news ! N00bs don't care about stickies.

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:47 pm

grinvader wrote:Flash news ! N00bs don't care about stickies.

Is there a way to make them read the stickies before completeing the registering process?

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 3:22 pm

SquareHead wrote:
grinvader wrote:Flash news ! N00bs don't care about stickies.
Is there a way to make them read the stickies before completeing the registering process?

We could show them to them, but they probably still wouldn't read them.

n00bs will just skip to the bottom and choose "I agree" or whatever without reading the rules.

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:06 pm

If anybody could get ahold of _Demo_ about updating the site, I could add a registration quiz. Ya know, here's the rules. Read them, then answer these questions. If you get any wrong, you don't get to register.

Starman Ghost · Post by **Starman Ghost** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 4:28 pm

Noxious Ninja wrote:If anybody could get ahold of _Demo_ about updating the site, I could add a registration quiz. Ya know, here's the rules. Read them, then answer these questions. If you get any wrong, you don't get to register.

That would fucking rule.

SquareHead · Post by **SquareHead** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:22 pm

Megabyte wrote:
Noxious Ninja wrote:If anybody could get ahold of _Demo_ about updating the site, I could add a registration quiz. Ya know, here's the rules. Read them, then answer these questions. If you get any wrong, you don't get to register.
That would fucking rule.

Agreed.

Nightcrawler · Post by **Nightcrawler** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 5:29 pm

Noxious Ninja wrote:If anybody could get ahold of _Demo_ about updating the site, I could add a registration quiz. Ya know, here's the rules. Read them, then answer these questions. If you get any wrong, you don't get to register.

I suggested this a year or two ago. Nobody gave a crap. I still support such a move.

My non serious answer would be, the agreement should include a $50 fee if the person is to violate the rules!

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:44 pm

SquareHead wrote:
Megabyte wrote:
Noxious Ninja wrote:If anybody could get ahold of _Demo_ about updating the site, I could add a registration quiz. Ya know, here's the rules. Read them, then answer these questions. If you get any wrong, you don't get to register.
That would fucking rule.
Agreed.

Seconded.

Post by **Agozer** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:47 pm

snkcube wrote:
SquareHead wrote:
Megabyte wrote:
Noxious Ninja wrote:If anybody could get ahold of _Demo_ about updating the site, I could add a registration quiz. Ya know, here's the rules. Read them, then answer these questions. If you get any wrong, you don't get to register.
That would fucking rule.
Agreed.
Seconded.

Uh, thirded. I remember someone starting a thread about this registration quiz before; a long time ago though.

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:55 pm

Sounds a little overboard to me. I suggest a global announcement of the rules in all the boards, and a good moderator team (not that we don't have one already

).

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:56 pm

IceFox wrote:Sounds a little overboard to me. I suggest a global announcement of the rules in all the boards

Except for the well-established fact that most people don't read stickies.

Starman Ghost · Post by **Starman Ghost** » Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:58 pm

Maybe some kind of mod that doesn't allow posting or viewing normal threads until all stickys have been read or something.

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:07 am

I suggested this before, but, why don't we have a forum dedicated to the rules, right above ZSnes talk? At least then, you wouldn't have to clutter the board with forum rules stickies, and there'd be something right there, at the top of the board, that says "ZSnes board and room rules, read here."

kevman · Post by **kevman** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:24 am

Noxious Ninja wrote:
IceFox wrote:Sounds a little overboard to me. I suggest a global announcement of the rules in all the boards
Except for the well-established fact that most people don't read stickies.

Really? What gives you that idea?

How many of these lamer n00b posts do we get a week? A dozen?

How many n00bs do you think visit the site?

Think about it: we only hear about the people that DON'T the stickies; never the ones that DO.

Its the aviability heuristic (sp?) that you guys are falling into.

Noxious Ninja · Post by **Noxious Ninja** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:50 am

Interesting argument.

bztunk · Post by **bztunk** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:55 am

add the Magnavox Odyssey to the list.

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:18 am

adventure_of_link wrote:I suggested this before, but, why don't we have a forum dedicated to the rules, right above ZSnes talk? At least then, you wouldn't have to clutter the board with forum rules stickies, and there'd be something right there, at the top of the board, that says "ZSnes board and room rules, read here."

Heh, like the "ROM/Game Requests" forum that was on the last board just before it was hacked.

Nightcrawler · Post by **Nightcrawler** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 1:21 pm

Agozer wrote:
snkcube wrote:
SquareHead wrote:
Megabyte wrote:
Noxious Ninja wrote:If anybody could get ahold of _Demo_ about updating the site, I could add a registration quiz. Ya know, here's the rules. Read them, then answer these questions. If you get any wrong, you don't get to register.
That would fucking rule.
Agreed.
Seconded.
Uh, thirded. I remember someone starting a thread about this registration quiz before; a long time ago though.

It was probably me. I mentioned it a few times.