Emulator for Castlevania II

[majax79]

I tried FCE Ultra and it couldn't handle the speed of the game sadly. It would really slow down when there was about 5 monsters on screen. Also, there would be this annoying distortion in the middle of the screen, a squiggly line, like a bad tv reception. Could someone recommend a NES emulator that can handle fast paced games?

I'm thinking Nesticle, JNES, or Vnes...but have no idea which to use.

[Jale]

I tried FCE Ultra and it couldn't handle the speed of the game sadly. It would really slow down when there was about 5 monsters on screen.
It happens on the real NES too, but I think there are slowrom fix hacks somwhere.


Also, there would be this annoying distortion in the middle of the screen, a squiggly line, like a bad tv reception. Could someone recommend a NES emulator that can handle fast paced games?

I'm thinking Nesticle, JNES, or Vnes...but have no idea which to use.
Try Jnes.

[azoreseuropa]

Slowdown on the real NES didnt bother me. Same for emulator so I can feel the real console on emulator, neat. It didn't bother me. That's normal.

[majax79]

Ok, I guess I'll give Jnes a try I guess.

For some reason FCE was putting a line through mario 3 too...so that emulator def is out for me.

Do any of these emulators get tweeked or updated?

I just figured there would be a nice GUI on some of these programs.

[Jale]

Those annoying lines you mention appears on the real console too, but you couldn't see it on your TV because the image is overscanned (out of the TV screen limits).

[ulaoulao]

I totally agree, like zelda once freeing all the ghosts in the graveyard. That made the game crawl...

[majax79]

So, is there 1 NES emulator that perhaps speeds up the games? Or, do I need to locate individual hacks for each rom that will speed up the game?

Besides this issue, is there an emulator that is looked at as the "best smulator"?

I'm not a mapper of any sort so any emulators that are known for mapping would not be needed by me.

I want to thank everyone for their input. I've learned quite a bit.

[Jale]

Emulator-Zone's best emulators are based on user votes. The more stars, the better, but you may want to try the 2nd or 3rd one. It's up to you.

And no, I don't think there are speed patchs, but Slow ROM Fixes. It's just a hardware limitation, you know, many sprites on screen is too much for the NES hardware, don't you think so?

[majax79]

Thanks for the information.

Could anyone point me in the direction of where I can get the ROM fixes? I have every NES game ever released but no fixes for them.

[Jale]

Impossible. Slow ROM fixes are coded inside the ROM itself by a release group dedicated to ROM hacking.

[majax79]

Oh, I got ya. Does anyone know where I might find these roms?

[Jale]

You didn't read the rules (http://forums.emulator-zone.com/rules.php), did you? This is where the bus stops.

[majax79]

No I didn't but maybe you could loose the attitude and try sounding more professional???

Try,

"This post is in violation of forum rules. See http://forums.emulator-zone.com/rules.php"

[Jale]

Well, sorry about that. I'm not getting paid to be a mod.

[majax79]

So, there seems to be a top 5 emulators. 4 have 8.6 and virutalnes close behind at 8.5

I'm going to guess that there are strengths and weaknesses about all 5 that somehow make them appealing to different people because they all can't be the best.

Nestopia
Jnes
FCE ultra
Nesticle
Virtualnes

[whsemngr]

Nestopia is the way to go. I've tested all NES roms and haven't found a problem yet. Also, it has great video filters for optimum video quality. As for Castlevania II, this game plays great and with Hq2x enabled looks better than ever. Give it a try.

[majax79]

I actually really like Nestopia so I'm going to select that program.

Could someone tell me where I can find out about the video filters and how to enable Hq2x?

[majax79]

nm,

found a few tutorials...still trying to get rid of that squiggly line that pops up.