GhostsNGoblinsDS V0.1.7

This is a Ghosts'n Goblins - Arcade emulator for the NDS. Crappy sound but you should still be able to enjoy the games though. =)

How to use

1. Create a folder named "acds" in either the root of your flash card or in the data folder. This is where settings and save files end up.
2. Now put gng.zip, gngc.zip into a folder where you have (arcade) roms, max 768 files per folder, filenames must not be longer than 127 chars. You can use zip-files (as long as they use the deflate compression).
3. Depending on your flashcart you might have to DLDI patch the emulator.

When the emulator starts, you can either press L+R or tap on the screen to open up the menu (the emulator tries to load "Ghosts 'n Goblins" automagically on startup). Now you can use the cross or touchscreen to navigate the menus, A or double tap to select an option, B or the top of the screen to go back a step.

To select between the tabs use R & L or the touchscreen.

Menu

File

• Load Game: Select a game to load.
• Load State: Load a previously saved state for the currently running game.
• Save State: Save a state for the current game.
• Save Settings: Save the current settings.
• Reset Game: Reset the currently running game.

Options

• Controller:
  • B Autofire: Select if you want autofire on button B.
  • A Autofire: Select if you want autofire on button A.
  • Controller: 2P start a 2 player game.
  • Swap A/B: Swap which NDS button is mapped to which arcade button.
• Display:
  • Display: Here you can select if you want scaled or unscaled screenmode. Unscaled mode: L & R buttons scroll the screen up and down.
  • Scaling: Here you can select if you want flicker or barebones lineskip.
  • Gamma: Lets you change the gamma ("brightness").
• Dipswitches:
  • Lot of settings for the actual arcade game, difficulty/lives etc.
• Settings:
  • Speed: Switch between speed modes.
    • Normal: Game runs at it's normal speed.
    • 200%: Game runs up to double speed.
    • Max: Game runs up to 4 times normal speed.
    • 50%: Game runs at half speed.
  • Autoload State: Toggle Savestate autoloading. Automagically load the savestate associated with the selected game.
  • Autosave Settings: This will save settings when leaving menu if any changes are made.
  • Autopause Game: Toggle if the game should pause when opening the menu.
  • Powersave 2nd Screen: If graphics/light should be turned off for the GUI screen when menu is not active.
  • Emulator on Bottom: Select if top or bottom screen should be used for emulator, when menu is active emulator screen is allways on top.
  • Autosleep: Doesn't work.
• Debug:
  • Debug Output: Show an FPS meter for now.
  • Disable Foreground: Turn on/off foreground rendering.
  • Disable Background: Turn on/off background rendering.
  • Disable Sprites: Turn on/off sprite rendering.
  • Step Frame: Emulate one frame.

About

Some dumb info about the game and emulator...

Credits

Huge thanks to Loopy for the incredible PocketNES, without it this emu would
probably never have been made.
Thanks to:
Dwedit for help and inspiration with a lot of things.
Pierpaolo Prazzoli and the MAME team for information about the hardware.

Fredrik Ahlström

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