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Joe |
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Newcomer Normal user Level: 2 Posts: 1/1 EXP: 36 Next: 10 Since: 07-09-20 Last post: 1358 days ago Last view: 1358 days ago |
I've downloaded melonDS for the first time and when trying to launch the emulator I get the error message explaining that the program can't find the firmware and the BIOS files. I'm new to this and don't have a clue how to remedy this. Appreciate any help |
Rayyan |
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Big melon Administrator Level: 29 Posts: 15/237 EXP: 135161 Next: 12724 Since: 06-25-20 From: UK Last post: 288 days ago Last view: 18 hours ago |
See the FAQ. Also, you may want to use the GitHub Actions builds. ____________________
How to write an emulator
1. throw code to be emulated somewhere 2. make memory system that allows accessing that code 3. emulate CPU 4. have fun implementing all the other hardware -- Arisotura, Tuesday 5th January 2021, 22:00:17 |
pivotal56 |
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Newcomer Normal user Level: 2 Posts: 1/1 EXP: 36 Next: 10 Since: 07-29-20 Last post: 1338 days ago Last view: 1337 days ago |
I'm having the same problem but i'm tech illiterate i don't know what any of this means or how to "add" or use the code to launch the emulator.
all the faq did was make me more confused. It took me a while to even realize I supposed to use 7z to "extract" the files -.- bios9.bin - 4KB - ARM9 BIOS bios7.bin - 16KB - ARM7 BIOS firmware.bin - 128/256/512KB |
SLG3 |
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Ice melon No ideas for title Level: 15 Posts: 26/55 EXP: 15278 Next: 1106 Since: 05-25-20 Last post: 977 days ago Last view: 159 days ago |
melonDS can't run without NDS BIOS |
Rayyan |
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Big melon Administrator Level: 29 Posts: 33/237 EXP: 135161 Next: 12724 Since: 06-25-20 From: UK Last post: 288 days ago Last view: 18 hours ago |
Yep. You need to dump bios9.bin, bios7.bin and firmware.bin from a DS (or find them from somewhere on the net) and put them in the same directory as the melonDS executable. ____________________
How to write an emulator
1. throw code to be emulated somewhere 2. make memory system that allows accessing that code 3. emulate CPU 4. have fun implementing all the other hardware -- Arisotura, Tuesday 5th January 2021, 22:00:17 |
SLG3 |
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Ice melon No ideas for title Level: 15 Posts: 27/55 EXP: 15278 Next: 1106 Since: 05-25-20 Last post: 977 days ago Last view: 159 days ago |
What happen when you put a NDSi BIOS on melonds? |
Rayyan |
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Big melon Administrator Level: 29 Posts: 34/237 EXP: 135161 Next: 12724 Since: 06-25-20 From: UK Last post: 288 days ago Last view: 18 hours ago |
if you dumped DS-mode DSi BIOS, you can only boot DS games directly. however, if you dumped your dsi bios, firmware and nand, you can boot the full dsi firmware. ____________________
How to write an emulator
1. throw code to be emulated somewhere 2. make memory system that allows accessing that code 3. emulate CPU 4. have fun implementing all the other hardware -- Arisotura, Tuesday 5th January 2021, 22:00:17 |
SLG3 |
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Ice melon No ideas for title Level: 15 Posts: 28/55 EXP: 15278 Next: 1106 Since: 05-25-20 Last post: 977 days ago Last view: 159 days ago |
OK, I will try. |
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