Here’s a little something: NullDC, the Dreamcast emulator, running on Pandora hardware at last! The last glimpse we got of this project was back in March, and was followed by an extended period of radio silence from the NullDC devs (Drk||Raziel and ZeZu). But you know what they say about silence… sometimes, it’s golden. MWeston’s Youtube description is essential reading:
Just four days ago we were shown the Dreamcast BIOS booting up on a Beagleboard. Today, we get Prince of Persia. This ride is fun already. Take it away, ZeZu:
Please note the framerate in this game is 30fps or so, the cpu percentage is correct and the RPS is similar to the framerate.
[ as in 8 / 30 would be 14fps+ PAL or ~16fps NTSC (if it worked out in that fashion)]
You might not label it “playable”, but its looking up from things a few days ago.
Yes. Yes it is.
Dreamcasts? In my Pandora?! Well, not quite. If you’re hoping to see the Craiginator carving up Crazy Taxi, you might want to put a cap on that excitement for now. What we do have is the Dreamcast BIOS happily booting on a Beagleboard, courtesy of soon-to-be-knighted coders ZeZu and drkIIRaziel. An achievement in itself, and the start of a fun ride by the looks of things. Ok, it’s cause for a little excitement…
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