It’s really hard to test the touch with N97, but at least the d-pad seems to be working better and start/select seem to be responding too :)
The project has now a wikipage at github. See the FAQ before asking any questions :)
know issues:
- Audio doesn’t quite yet work
- AntSnes for the 5th edition
Installation:
Just download and install.
If you got an error “unable to install”, or “certificate error” you might be having problems with the certificate. See my other blog post about two common fixes for this. Fixing self-signed certificate related problems
Download:
Sis installation file for 5th edition: AntSnes_v071.sis (8712)
The S60 3rd edition should still use the old AntSnes 0.63 release
sources can be found from github: http://github.com/Summeli/AntSnes
Awesome update, trying it out right now :P
When you will fix Metroid incompability for both versions (5th and 3rd)?
Hey, thanks for the update.
Just tried it on my i8910. The keys are really working better, but still not perfect. The keys will now release when you stop pressing them, but after pressing once, they are blocked until you press another button on the corresponding side. (e.g.: if you press up, you have to press down, left or right before you can press up again and if you press yellow you have to press one of the other colours before you can press yellow again.)
But great work so far!!!
yes i have the same problem with my i8910. And you can´t use two keys at the same time. i believe not that it works on a touch handy anytime. only on a i phone. ;-) i have give up my hope.
you should be able to use d-pad plus one key on the right side at the same time. The limitation that you can’t use two keys on the right side is made on purpose, since you’ll need the d-pad most of the time.
It’s really hard to say how it should be done, since I have only N97 :/ There really shouldn’t be any technical limitations on i8910 compared to the iphone touch. I have played nes emu on iphone and that’s not too good neither. –> real keypad is always the best choice for gaming :)
Hello. I’m having the same problem with the touch keys. D-Pad along with a button does not work. Plus the emulator crashes a lot (maybe too less ram on 5800?). Tried with Super Mario World. Apart from that issues, the speed is really great. But for now it seems only RPGs are playable.
Summeli;
In fisrt time. Thanks a lot, four your work. The emulator works in my 5800.
In second place: Sorry my inglish (i´m from spain)
And now a pair of question; ¿ Do you now if there someone working in emulators of GBA for the v5, only vampent ?
Do you think posible do emulators whith transparent controls. And pass the imagen of the game to panoramic format in a future.
Thanks again
hi summeli and all others,
i want learn programming. But at this time i m a beginner. now my question. in which datei is the control of the Antsnes. (the crono trigger) There are so many files and we i say i m a beginner in programming.
In vampents vboy you can set the headset-remote-control as keypad. Why isnt it possible with AntSnes?
Most games should be playable if you have an extra keypad and the other keys on touchscreen.
I’m using the remote controls keys already in the 3rd edition release. I could easily add that feature to the 5th edition too. That idea didn’t just cross my mind :)
Actually you could already use the remote controls with software called “Magic Keys”
Hey man. You don’t know how much I’ve waiting for this release. I have a 5800 and the other emulators don’t work because this cellphone doesn’t have a keyboard.
For me, snes was one of the best consoles ever, since it was my first video game, so I couldn’t wait to play it in my cellphone.
I tried it and it was soo cool to see it in my 5800.
About the controls I will recommend this: Try playing super street fighter II. As soon you can do a Hadouken you can tell that the buttons are perfect. :)
Anyway, thank you very much. Congratulations for the excellent job.
Thanks again!! :)
That’s really not going to happen with resistive touch.
Even with multitouch capabilities? Sorry for my noob question.
Anyway if this is not possible maybe it could have diagonal buttons that could emulate that (and maybe be configurable). :P
Another suggestion:
I know you are testing in a N97, I already tried one and I know that 5800′s screen is a little bit smaller than N97′s one.
The funny thing is that buttons are very close (and it get difficult to press a specific button) but there are some space above and below.
Maybe the buttons could have more space between them.
A last thing I was thinking about. When Antsnes didn’t have support for v5. I tried to make vSun work with 5800. I used a programa called virtual keyboard and another program that changes the buttons of the cellphone to anything I like. 5800 have to possible buttons (that could be used by this program): green, middle, red and camera. (Media didn’t work with this program).
I know N97 have other buttons too I just don’t know how many.
Another (maybe) stupid idea.
Again, thanks very much for the great job! :)
This is Great! I have an i8910 and I wanted to echo what I have seen others comment on the controls on the i8910.
Even with the capacitive screen, multitouch does not work. I cannot walk and jump at the same time on SMW.
Also, the buttons seem to stick on the d-pad and also the colored buttons. For instance, if I press left, I have to press right before I can press left again and if I press blue, I have to press yellow before I can press blue again.
Thanks for all the work!!
The buttons are made in purpose to stick with d-pad and colored buttons. I thought it would be easier to hit the correct button that way.
I’m kind of disappointed that the mutitouch didn’t work. I really did assume that you could walk and jump at the same time with i8910. I really don’t have any idea how the multitouch should be implemented then.
The lack of support in s60 5th is a real bummer for us i8910 owners. Thanks for the heads up about symbian^3, I look forward to it working with multitouch, and thanks for trying to get multitouch working.
I am curious about buttons sticking. Would it be possible to not have the buttons stick? I have not had a problem pressing the correct button due to sufficient size and spacing. The reason I ask is that I often press buttons consecutively, such as to scroll through text on an RPG, or to stop and wait for a baddy to go by before continuing. Could you make it an option?
Thanks again!
But its not really working on my i8910. ;-) With the new version 0.71 i can not jump and go forward at the same time, too. in the old version 0.70 have it work. But the key catch and you must push an other button to unlock the first button and so more. The Right and the Left buttons are self-contained. Yes so many Problems!!! Can you not the right side of buttons connecting with the left side of buttons?? Also make of two Programms for right keys and left keys one Programm???
That’s exactly how it’s made. I have separate classes for left and right keys. I just assumed that it would work, but it seems not working at all. There’s really nothing that I could do, since I have only N97.
this emulator is worthless, no sound, just go play the super mario wolrd and without sound, the main thing is that the sound works and many games run not only sound 1.Without not worth it.
Thanks for this update. I discovered this emulator the other week, and have been playing Final Fantasy III on my N97. It’s awesome. I don’t even use the touch screen, I slide my keyboard out on my N97 and use the D-Pad and buttons, it works great.
Thanks, look forward to future updates :)
One question : Can I install this on top of v0.70 or do I need to uninstall old version first. Will it keep my save states? Ta.
you can just install it on top of the old one. Your save states are safe.
Maybe you can use some hard keys for реу emulator? Right now the emu cannot map some keys, that limits alot!
I just trieв once more – there is a huge problem in assigning hardware keys! The key assignment is taken from the t9 non touch phones, it even asks for с key to skip! But on 5800, X6, Satio, i8910HD there is no C key! So you need to ass a touch screen support for assigning hardware keys. Also you need to find a good way to block system calls made on press. If you would work it out it would be playable, because i8910HD for example has 7 keys to assign! I count camera as two keys, because half press of the camera and the full press of the camera can be assigned as two buttons (it even works now, but it sometimes launch camera app on the full press of the button). I think a touch joystik and hadware keys will be okay! But it seems to be the problem also with combination of hardware keys and touch screen press, it lags alot and works strange sometime.
actually the camera key and volume up/down are the only keys that could be used by 3rd party software. Currently volume up/down is mapped to start/select.
that’s not true…
i’m using MameXM emulator on Samsung HD and it uses the end call button as the firing key.
https://sites.google.com/site/mamexm/
It’s a pretty nice working emulator.
And, as the start/select key is never needed to be used simultaneously with another button, it’s not crucial to have it mapped. We can use the on screen button for that. Jumping/firing keys are the most important ones to have mapped on hardware buttons as they need to be pushed at the same time as arrow keys – which work well as virtual buttons on a touch screen, like on MameXM.
Hey there, Casey once again. I have a quick question. thinking of purchasing a new phone, obviously symbian… i stumbled upon an e52. it has 128MB of RAM and a 600mhz processor in it. I’m not sure how it will run your emulators though(any of them to be exact).. I tried googling and found nothing.. Any ideas?
i know this is not a conventional question but i really have nothing else to turn to.
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_e52-2792.php
or
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_e55-2685.php
:) Thanks very much for even taking the time to read this(whomever does) :) !
Thank you very much for all the work you’ve done for ours beloved N97, keep the good work!
please summeli a gb/gbc emulator for s603 rd edition!!please
Hi summeli,
have you the old dates still of Antsnes? The dates of the Antsnes 0.70, for the keypad. I believe it is just a little problem that it works on a i8910. We must find a solution after put a key the key must go in the orginal status and may not lock. In the old version 0.70 is this the only problem. The “Multitouch” works. One another question. We can i test the key programm?? It works not on the microsoft Visual C++ 2008.
Thomas
Summeli, I rwemember reading in the psx4all forum someone mentioning that the author managed to overcome the one-commando-limit for his touchscreen device (I think it was a palm). Maybe you could contact him and ask for some tips?
Summeli, on 5800, on touchscreen, It is impossible to press the keys consistently, like that “=> =>” , “<= <=". Second pressing is not working=(
that should be easy to fix. I’ll do it for the next version.
+1, also pressing A, A or B, B, etc is not working too. Remapping them to hardware buttons is the only solution for now.
At nokia5800 just has no hardware buttons :( Will wait a new version..
Look you are a god too the symbian comunity but please.. can you make a version that works with i8910 l and r can be lock and camera key
and a and b can be the 2 buttons down the bottom of the phone
the guy who did MameXM managed to pull this off so please! i beg of you to make this!! i would pay for it.
Also i am a graphics designer and i would be happy to make your keypad design look abit more flash
yes i wait too for a good running i8910 Version. But when it is easy to fix the touch problem, Second pressing is not working ,then it should work. Can you fix this problem in the Version 0.70 summeli? (in this Version the multitouch works)
Thomas
god demned it… dude WHY u dont want to use demned accelerometer for navigation buttons like arrows ? iphone`s emu can do that, and why not yours ??? it will be fun to play games with accelerometer. it will be perfect desision for phones without multituch and physical keys
Adding the accelerometer would be easy thing to add. So might do it in the future.
Summeli, when we will see the new version of AntSNES?)
Summeli, the touch keys arent fixed yet :( its really hard to press a,b etc buttons… one time works, another dont.
Plz could you check it?
my phone 5800
Summeli says:
December 8, 2009 at 10:16
that should be easy to fix. I’ll do it for the next version.
Ok. Thanks. Missed that post ;)
Yo dude..,
in my nokia n97 gave the following error: unable to install = / how to fix this?
Really great work. thankyou for this emulator.
I have a 5530 and it work but without the sound . With sound it crashes in every game. The keys are really strange, you press once and cant press anymre. Still unplayable for me but keep the good work!
Hi Summeli,
is the new Version ready soon? V 0.72! I want test it on my i8910! or are you by skiing at this time? ;-)
Thomas
sounds?
Hi Summeli XD
Love your work on AntSnes Thank you =D
I have a request regarding this great project.
Is it possible to get a version for N97 that doesnt have the onscreen keys? I would like that so much better as i map the keys and never use the touch screen unless i have to.
I did try release 0.63 as it doesnt have them but unfortunately as soon as i load a ROM it crashes :/
Hopefully stripping the onscreen key stuff out is relatively simple and you can soon conside offer us an alternative full screen version which is still s60v5 compatible.
I mod for games for free myself so I truly do respect your efforts and thank you very much for them. Please consider my request as I think you will find that a lot of users prefer keymapping to onscreen keys and its a waste of screen space if you dont use it.
In fact i believe you, yourself said further up this page that keymapping was superior to onscreen buttons, so hopefully im not too far off your wavelength :P
Thanks again, either way
Good job for this emulator ! I have a 5800XM and it’s very cool playing ZELDA on this phone ! I hope that multitouch will be include in your next version ! :D
I hope that there will be next version…
also would be nice if diagonal direction keys were mapable like picodrive ;)
Good year all. ;-)
Hi!
How about compatibility of saves from PC to phone? From phone to PC working normaly. Snes9x, certainly.
P.S. Will next version use green, red and center buttons? Or, mb, sound keys… It’s very hard to catch rat in Chrono Trigger without multitouch T_T
I’m currently working with new Qt-version. I’m not yet sure about the new control set. I’m thinking about making the an option for d-pad to use sensor API, so you could tilt the phone to use the d-pad.
My idea is to make the whole ui part reusable, so I can make gpsp and psx4all integration with pretty much same ui stuff.
Hi, Cool tool, but i can´t open any room, where i need put the room file?
Hey Summeli,
thank you for your great work with this emulator! I’ve got an N97 and the emu works like a charm. The only thing I really dislike is the SNES-controller interface on either side of the game screen. It would be great if you included an option to just turn it off so the background is black or maybe even stretch the game screen a bit. Could you answer and tell us about the possibilities about that happening?
Best Regards,
a fan
Hey , I have downloaded some gameroms , but it doesnt work! After I choose the rom , the screen is still black!
Please help me . My cellphone is 5530xm!
MSN:********@hotmail.com
just try some other ROMS.
Excellent emulator, works like a charm on N97. I also would like to have an option to just stretch the game to full screen, or at least removing the touch controller from the screen. Sound would be nice too, but that is probably quite a lot bigger undertaking. Autoloading rom + state would be very neat for my use also.
BTW. Do you have paypal? I’d like to make a small donation for your work, this is seriously the thing that made me keep my N97 and not swap it for iPhone.
The next version with Qt can use all the buttons in phone (mediakeys, red/green/menu buttons etc.) so this might be a feature into there.
I don’t yet have a paypal account, but I’m thinking about it :)
If you were to continue updates on both 3rd and 5th editions, as well as future versions, I would pay in a heartbeat. That’s the only reason I never bothered with vSun…it hasn’t been updated in two years. It’s a decent emulator, but only a few more tweaks and it would have been perfect; AntSnes shows the same ambition! Please consider. I would be willing to pay $20 for lifetime updates…as long as you don’t forget about the 3rd edition phones!
Hi
touch keys don’t work on 5530/5800
waiting a new version
thanks
5800 is not and never playable with ANTSNES
The Display has not MultiTouch.
Thanks!
Works on my 5530, few problems with the touchscreen, and turning sound on causes crash of the antsnes. Some games don´t work (secret of mana) but I was able to try little zelda!
thanks
hm.. i’m korean nokia 5800 user
it is some ploblem
for example i touch up key and continue push up button not moving(every game)
all touch key not continue move…
Hello!
me again, wanted only add
the double pressing the keys won´t also function. For the -> and separate for the A Y and so on.
Unfortunatedly the games secret of evermore and diddy kong 2 didn´t react at any keypressing. Many another games did not start at all.
But I am happy if I can play zelda, but its too difficult with the problem that the keys don´t act right, so I am happy if there is an update, like you said its easy to fix!
Thanks for this good emulator!
Congratulations about snes071 on symbian 5ed. I am running the emulator in my nokia 5530 and it´s great … but i hope the buttons become more eficient.
Sorry for my english, i am from spain.
Lo mate, good work. The GUI could do with being a bit sleeker though… If your interested, send me a mail. I could do you some nice graphics for it, no charge of corse. Happy to help.
I could use some help with the new Qt UI. I’ll send you a mail.
Keep up the good Work!!!
the optic of the buttons can be a little bit better and sound will be great!
Firstly i just want to say i appreciate the work you are putting into this, it’s amazing and makes me love my phone lol
just a few problems im wondering if there is any solution for .. 1 – on mario world i try to save the progress by pressing menu but it crashes everytime and throws me out into my games folder so i have to start the game all over again .. 2 – the game starts after a few tries of loading the rom, the first couple of times i go to load rom and choose the rom i want to download and antsnes crashes and throws me back out into my ganes folder .. Another issue is sound but i can imagine this is a lot of hard work so it isnt a big problem as im grateful for even being to play these games on my phone and another thing is if it can be possible to make it full screen so the snes controller display dissapears
otherwise gameplay is fantastic and i can click on buttons at the same time perfectly
im using a Nokia N97 by the way
thanks guys .. Keep up the good work :-)
hey wassup man. for some reason certin games like donkey kong comes on but cannot start and idk why, i tried everything but yet i just cant play any donkey kong games on n97 with the antsnes emu. o yea on the next update can we please get a full screen version without the buttons on the screen. thanx, you da man dawg, i got super nintendo right in the palm of my hands.