AntSnes is a Snes9x port to S60 3.x. This is the best release since 04. Thanks to Mirek for testing ;-)
Changed in 0.63 vs. 0.61
- The “remember last ROM directory” feature was removed, since it seems to be causing serious issues in some phones. If the “last rom directory” feature worked in your phone with previous releases, then you can download the older 0.62 release.
Whats new:
- Battery saves
- New fancy icon
- savestate bug fixed. 0.5 users see known issues!
- Modified key config. All 0.5 version users must update the key config after this Release.
After settings the screen to the N-gage mode the user must set keys again, since the S60 keypad doesn’t know that feature. The update was made for E75 users, who might not have the d-pad mapped for arrow keys - Localization for: Danish, Hungarian, Indonesian, Brazilian Portuguese and Russian besides the English.
- Don’t like the localization? No prob. You can just download the English only package too.
know issues:
- Audio still sucks!
- due to a bug in previous 0.5 version the save/load slot places have changed. Try to find you own correct save slot. Doesn’t affect to users who haven’t used the previous version..
- There are still some issues in localization
Thanks for the localization goes to following persons:
- Danish 07 by: Jens kikkenborg
- Hungarian 17 by: Attila Molnár
- Indonesian 59 by: Antok
- Brazilian Portuguese 76 by: Rodrigo Carus
- Russian 16 – Chepelev Anton
- Polish 27 – Krzysztof Urbanowicz
- Bulgarian 36 – Lil Stenly
Did you want to make translation for your own native language, but missed AntSnes release 0.6? Don’t worry, you’ll get a new chance later when I’m making a port for the S60 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
Video settings:
Video Renderers: A restart is required after video renderer has been changed
- DirectScreenAccess -Default, works in every phone
- OpenGL ES 1.1 – Renders snes frames in full screen. Requires OpenGL ES 1.1, so it doesn’t work in all devices.
Screen Orientatuions: A restart is required after orientation has been changed
- portrait – Default
- Landscape – Normal landscape
- N-Gage – landscape, but image is upside down. It’s meant for phones with “n-gage mode” like N95 and N96. The N96 can use the multimediakeys by default, but N95 users must use Magic keys to map keys 1-4 to multimediakeys.
Frame skip:
- Auto – continually adjust the frame skip speed to make your games play as smooth as possible
- User define speed – some games might not run very well with Auto selection, since the frame rendering might take longer than a frame time with audio frame etc. Feel free to test different options, if you wish.
Show FPS:
- Off – default
- On – Show frames per second on upper left corner.
The Video settings modification takes effect, when AntSnes is started next time( a restart required).
- N96 keymap
Audio Settings:
The Audio isn’t probably working. If you get it working, please post you config, phone and the game :)
Enable Audio: On/Off
Sample Rate: 8000Hz, 11025Hz, 16000Hz, 22050Hz and 44100Hz can be chosen
Stereo: On/Off
Volume: Adjust volume
Enable SpeedHack: On/Off. The SpeedHack makes audio render a bit faster, but it might cause some errors with some roms.
Key config
Start key config to configure keys. The multimediakeys are not supported in the key config, but you can use any normal keys in here.
Download:
AntSnes English only: AntSnes_v063_en.sis (7256)
AntSnes with localization: AntSnes_v063.sis (2737)
sources: AntSnes_src_v0.63.zip
Update: The AntSnes is not currently working with 5th edition devices, but the next release will be for the 5th edition. In the meanwhile see my blog post The future of AntSnes
AntSnes English only: AntSnes_v063_en.sis
AntSnes with localization: AntSnes_v063.sis
Where is the differences when you actually not insert the language menu in this release?
;P
Do you know what is funny, when i make up this translations I didn’t read your tutorial at all and I just take a quick look at these symbian numbers… about every country.
Seems that for Bulgaria it is not 35 like I wrote, actually it’s not 36 too.
It seems that I must take better look on you tutorial at first place, there you type it correctly.
Bulgarian BG ELangBulgarian 42.
However I have some suggestion in my mind! I think I know what may fix the bug with the games that can’t set controllers like donkey kong country… I don’t know if this will work but if you make separate configuration for every loaded game that may fix it.
The Symbian OS automatically chooses the same language, which you are using on you phone, so there is no need (or method) for language menu.
Probably the problem is there that my phone is bought from Italy but I’m bulgarian and the default lang just stays English. O.o
The good thing is that my phone support win 1251 encoding.
So I cannot test my translation if I don’t compile AntSnes by myself.
And now there have three ways to run BG lang.
1. To compile antsnes with BG loc files.
2. To change my phone loc with new firmware.
3. You to make choose dialog at start up which will point the loc files that the app will use… something similar to lang menu.
In every option I’m screwed up.
:/
There have 4 way, I can open my explorer and to search the files, then to delete the original ones and to rename translated ones so antsnes will use them instead of english loc files.
:)
I’ll try the last one.
And I’ll leave you a note if it works.
Luck!
-LS
Probably I’ll have to send you the files again, because I don’t want to take your time for fixing my mistakes… btw already send them to you! ;)
Just a minor correction to the information about known issues for 0.63:
“Some issues with settings with E51….” is I think no longer relevant…
After removal of the “last ROM” feature in 0.63 it works ok…
Mirek
Oh, that’s true :) It’s now fixed :)
Just tried it on my E90. Full screen via OpenGL ES on the inner screen is perfect. Key config doesn’t work on the inner keyboard. It recognizes a key press, but doesn’t actually register anything, including the inner D-pad. Key config on the outer keyboard works ok, but “TR” key causes it to hang. Seems very crash prone when running on outer screen. I tried turning on sound when running inner screen, which caused an immediate crash to desktop.
Thanks for your release : )
If I want the “remember last ROM directory” which should I download 0.62 or 0.61 thanks : )
There are basically no differences between 0.62 and 0.61, since the 0.62 failed to fix the settings issues (and it still remembers the last rom directory).
big thanks!!!!!
Hmm.. Tales of Phantasia isn’t working now… ((
It works for me.
So, best AntSnes release ever… it’s real.
Let’s take a look on the emulator.
In nokia 6120c everything seems to work great!
Display settigs: I’ve tested OpenGL ES 1.1 display mode, works fine but runs really slow there… Direct mode works just great.
Key config: works very well.
Sound: Antsnes usually quits when I tryed to load a game with sound enabled, no matter with or without speedhack enabled there.
Save states: I haven’t noticed any problems with them!
Emulation: Not great compatibility but the titles that works (that I’ve tested till now), works without any glitches.
Tested titles which works:
Demon’s Crest
Bugs Bunny: Rabbit Rampage
Asterix & Obelix
The Lion King
Joe & Mac
Joe & Mac: Caveman Ninja
Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics
Nigel Mansell’s World Championship Racing
Alien 3
Alien VS Predator
Jurassic Park
Lucky Luke
Breath of Fire 2
Super Pang
Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions
Donald Duck: Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow
Okey, from tomorrow I’ll have much free time and I’ll start testing any title that I found. So I’ll write the results here. And hopefully for the future to creat some kind of compatibility list.
LiL_Stenly, can you test Tales of Phantasia? I have the same nokia and game don’t work in 0.63 version, but it worked in 0.5 release.
For your compability list:
Batman Forever
Chrono Trigger
EVO Search of Edem
FF 6
Front Mission
Harvest Moon
Jurassic Park 2
Mechwarrior
Prehistorik Man
Secret of Mana
Sim City
Super Mario Kart
Turn and Burn – No-Fly Zone
Uncharted Waters – New Horizons
All of those games work just fine with N95/N96. They all consume a lot of memory, so maybe your phone is running some other app/apps that consume a lot of memory, and therefore those games doesn’t work.
You are right, thanx))
Summeli, hi and thanx fjor great work. Would you teel why in direct screen mode dosn’t seems full screen?
Hi,
this sounds great.
I will buy a new phone soon. which one is the best for antsnes?
should i buy n95 or n96?
Greetings feluxe
I would go for N95, since it’s much faster. You should also check Nokia’s 5630. It has 600MHz ARM processor, so that should be the best device for AntSnes.
Screen is just 2.2″ though, not all that good for gaming.
Thanks for the reply!
Or is a 1ghz phone with windows mobile and snes9x port better?
thx!
feluxe
I woudn’t use windows mobile, but it might better for snes emulation :) Also windows mobile has quite a lot of bugs, so you might have to reboot your phone once in a while :)
Thx for the reply, summeli!
I love snes.
it all started when i had nokia 6600 and i was using vampent’s vsnes.
it was slow without sound.
now i have nokia n 73: vsnes is fine without sound, slow with sound.
then i heard about you and antsnes. i wanted to buy n 96 now i want to buy n95.
but then i saw that there is a phone with 1 ghz cpu with win mobile and i saw that there is snes9x port for win mobile.
i think symbian os is the better os but my only criteria for my new phone are playable snes emulation with sound….
i don’t know which phone to buy…
Thx for working on an emulator for mobile phones!!
greetings feluxe
Well AntSnes doesn’t support sound, so maybe you shoudn’t buy a symbian phone then. I don’t know how the windows mobile works with snes emulation. You have to ask from someone who has the phone.
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Sweet!
If you’d like a translation of AntSnes into swedish, I’ll be happy to help :)
Thanks for a good work! I have Nokia 6290 and sounds working only 16000 Hz stereo,but i must to change frameskip in settings of video on any value. After close antsnes i must to repeat this,otherwise,sounds is not will be. Else,when sound is switch on,i can’t press left soft key or minimize Antsnes- programm immediately closed. Also after closed antsnes not save key config.
This look sreally awesome – great work.
wondering about key settings on the e71…. whenever I try to configure the keys they do not work in a ROM. May be that they are not saving… but then again I cannot get any key settings to stick.
It may be I have to use the default setup – can anyone let me know what the key mapping is for the E71
cheers!
Here is a dumb question: how do one install this app, as i have already installed a dosbox, but still can’t run the exe file. Windows says it isn’t a valid win32 application, while dosbox says it needs windows to run it. What to do? I want to do this because of those damn fonts in the version i already have. They’re cut in half so i can’t make out a thing.
10x and sorry for this question. If it was already answerd could you post the link. 10x
Sorry this is probably a really dumb question but does this version work for S60V5? I’ve tried it on my N97 and everytime i try to open a ROM it closes the program
The 5th edition is not yet supported. I will make a new version after my holidays for the 5th edition.
Ok good to know
…
Any chance of a VBA port once you’re done with SNES :P?
Hello, thx for your work, if your s60v5 version work good, I will donate for that if it’s possible !!
Hi Buddy, i have just come across you website and i see you are thinking about doing a S60v5 of your snes emu, sounds like an awesome idea!! i have a nokia 5800 so id be first in line to try it out :¬)
keep up the good work!
I tried to install AntSnes 0.63 and its says “unable to install” I tried both the english and with localization version. I also tried to install the 0.62 version but get the same message. I have the Nokia E71X with S60 V 03.27. Is there something I’m missing?
I don’t know. It should work just fine. Are your date/time settings correct?
I found that when I go to > Settings > App. mgr. > Options > Settings > Online certificate check – off, I’m able to install the app. I downloaded the Mario All Stars and was able to load the rom. I set the keys and I can select which game I want in the rom and select if I want 1 or 2 players and start it up, but when it comes to the actual game play, nothing happens. The game is ready for me to play but I can’t move. Also, when I try to adjust the sound to be on, the app closes, but when I adjust the sound to 16000Hz sample rate, the rom works but still no sound. I’m overly impressed with the app. I’m not concerned about the sound, just getting the keys to work for game play would be good. Is there any additional settings or tricks to to get the roms to respond to the game play? I haven’t tried any other roms yet.
Thanks for the info about the certificate check. Unfortunately the Mario All Stars does not work. Try some other ROM.
Hi bro, congratulations once more about the site and mostly about antsnes. U r the man. The only thing I want to ask is: when will u release the other project, the gba emulator? I´m really ancious about that. Thanx man, u r the man!
I’m currently having big issues with the GBA port, so I really can’t tell what’s going to happen with that port. Hopefully I will come up with something..
When will there be a version for the n97? i hope very soon :)
i would love to have MARIO RPG in my symbian… Anyone could get it working? in my fp2 device i get only a black screen
Oh man, I really want to thank you just for trying. Maybe u should make some space in this site for it too, so we can know how is it going? thanx man.
Yeah, I will make a new post, if I have any progress in here… I have my own custom build system, so it’s hard to debug. I might share some nice debugging methods for this build system also, if my new plans will work..
Hello !
I tried your AntSnes emulator on my N97 (symbian S60 V5) and it crashed when i loaded my rom (any rom i try ir’s the same crash)
Do you plan to release a specific Symbian S60 V5 version ? or a futur Symbian^2 (will replace the V5 in september)
thanks again for your nice emulator !
Yes, the 5th edition isn’t yet supported, but the next version will be for the 5th edition. I will hopefully release it in August.
Oh man really nice news !
Do you have a newsletter or something like that ? i will check your blog everyday if i can’t wait for a mail with “Here the 5th Edition is supported by AntSns now!”
you can use RSS to receive updates
ps: if you need any help for FRENCH localisation i’m ready to help !
Are you planning to make sound support in the newer versions of AntSnes?
The sound support should already be in there, but current phones are just lacking the processor power for it. Maybe I can polish the sound support with newer phones…
Oh, i see. Lets hope Nokia N97s weak processor will be strong enough to emulate sound aswell :).
Hi,
I saw that u get a Nokia N97 soon. Hope u will make a ANTSNES for N97, would be greate!!!
Keep on working! Until now u did a good job! thx
Hello,
Is there any build that work in the E51?
I install the 0.63, but I had problems with the sound…
Can anybody help me?
Hi,
Thank you ever so much for all your work. If you ever need to have something tested on a I8910 I’d be very happy to do that. If you’d like to implement Dutch localisation I’d be happy to help with that too.
Kind regards,
Julian
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Hello,
I hope a version for symbian s60 5 Version comes soon. I have buy a Samsung i8910 and i love SNES Games. I played SNES in my childtime. it was a great consol and now we can play all games on the Smarthpohne. Big thanks.
Thomas
antsnes v0.063 no run on my nokia n95-3 nam hacked, when the games are stared, game keys dont work… excuse for my bad english bro
well it works fine with my n95 8gb. Maybe you should try to try different games.
Hello to all
Ive installed the newest app on my Nokia N79. When I want to “Load ROM”, it appears “Unable to execute file for security reasons”.
What does that mean? Where am I supposed to put the ROMS in? Is there a certain folder?
Hello,
i can test it too. On my i8910. ;-)
Thomas
Why n95 has that low performance when it comes to emulation?
Is that dual core reason why gp2x is much faster?
Where i can download the PSX4All? I will test the performance on my i8910! The CPU is much faster then the cpu from the nokia n95! And the i8910 have a GPU on board just as the iphone!
Thomas
I’m wondering Summeli, wouldn’t it be much easier to port Notaz’s UIQ port of xSnes9x instead of the GP2x version or is Symbian UIQ completely different to Symbian S60? The UIQ version of xSnes9x runs fairly well with sound even on a slow 167mhz P800!!
yes it would. Symbian has changed so much since those days. The platform security adds a lot of restrictions, so you can’t use same hacks as notaz did. I did take a look at notaz’s sources and those helped a lot, but that approach is not feasible anymore.
the emulator is good in nokia n95
and i wait for emulator in my nokia n97
you are the best jeje
Hi , thank`s for make snes emulator for S60v3. btw please make full screen on portait mode i try OpenGL ES mode but lag on 5320 & if sound on AntSnes crash..
Hi I tried this 0.63 with Final Fantasy VI on my N73 and it runs really slow, I don’t remember the FPS but for me wasn’t playable… wrong game or wrong mobile for this emulator?
Thanks
As said, it requires a lot of CPU power. It really doesn’t work with weak phones, such as N96, or N73.
hmm 2 bad i have n96 then :(… but will it be smooth with the n96 later on? its got really low fps on chrono trigger and tales of phantasia
I don’t have any optimization tricks to the AntSnes anymore, so I don’t see it becoming faster.
where is the touch Version for all Symbian S60 V5. I wait long time of this Version. ;-) I have a i8910. And now it comes the Gpsp. But again only for S60 3rd. No, what a bummer.
The next one will be AntSnes for the 5th edition.
where is the touch Version for all Symbian S60 V5. I wait long time of this Version. ;-) I have a i8910. And now it comes the Gpsp. But again only for S60 3rd. No, what a bummer.
The next one will be AntSnes for the 5th edition
ok well, but this version will have, sound??, because in s60 v3 version, sound only run in any games and slow and bad, in zelda for example in nokia n95 , 22050 and all options enable , yes sound but bad quality and slow
I don’t want to make any promises about sound.
hi,
thanks! i look every day for this Version. ;-)
thomas
Summeli
ok, sound or not sound, you are a good programmer because are incredible, snes emulator, gameboy advance sp emulator, and project psx emulator, i repeat incredible , you are very good. I encourage
regards