Nes memory monitor emulator software#

I've made a tool that uses what I call 'script sheets' that works with geiger's snes9x debugger.

Are there other threads about this subject or documents related to 'accessing other program's memory' that I could learn from ? I feel as tho there is a common name for this that I am not aware of values with outside programs, and if so does geiger's snes9x happen to have such a feature ? Do some emulators have some built-in mechanisms to 'share' their RAM/VRAM etc.

Should it be possible to obtain this kind of data from any emulator, using the same general 'technique' ? right ? I've seen some programs (for example the megamanX editor) which seems to have no problem doing this so heres some questions I have about it all: there must be a way to directly read the RAM off of the emulator's memory so that a whole RAM dump is not needed. The way I obtain the current RAM values (in geiger's snes9x debugger) is by using an AutoHotKey script that, on the press of 'CAPSLOCK + Q' quickly clicks on the 'show Hex' button, sets the range from 7E0000 to 7FFFFF and press Dump which creates a dump of the whole ram that I then can access from programs that I write.īut thats very slow. Getting an emulator working inside the emulator would be a similarly impressive feat.I've been working on some snes debugging tools lately that need to obtain the RAM from an emulator,

Nes memory monitor emulator software#

Over the years the software has gotten so accurate that it’s even able to boot up the Wii’s Netflix app and browse content from the Wii Shop. Now the thing I’m most excited to see is how the Wii/GameCube’s Dolphin Emulator handles this obscure functionality.

Obviously this a horribly impractical way of actually playing old games, especially in a world where the Virtual Console now exists alongside the likes of the NES Classic Mini, but it’s an interesting snapshot into Nintendo’s early plans for repurposing its retro library. We have no idea what this functionality was originally intended for, but there’s speculation that Nintendo might have intended at one point to sell classic NES games packaged on GameCube memory cards in the days before internet-connected consoles allowed the Virtual Console to flourish. Chambers hasn’t modified the original game at all to get this functionality to work, he’s just placed files on a memory card in a format that the game can understand. You’d find these games in a variety of locations ranging from Nook’s Lottery to simply being buried underground around town.īut what’s interesting here is how the original game checked your memory card for any valid ROM files. We always knew there was an NES emulator contained within Animal Crossing, which you could use to play a limited number of classic games. The method is fully outlined in James Chambers’ Medium post ( via ArsTechnica), and essentially involves using a specific file name, checksum, and ROM header alongside the standard NES ROM file. An enterprising security researcher has discovered that GameCube classic Animal Crossing features a fully functional NES emulator, and has even worked out how you can easily load your own ROMs using the GameCube’s memory cards.