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Mednafen is an acronym for "My Emulator Doesn't Need A Frickin' Excellent Name".<br />

|[[Master System emulators|Sega Master System]] and [[Master System Saturn emulators|Game GearSaturn]]|[http://cgfm2.emuviews.com/smsplus.php SMS Plus]Original

Other cores improve upon emulators that have been long abandoned and rarely updated. These include the Neo-Geo Pocket, WonderSwan Color and Atari Lynx cores.

Other cores are less useful, as there are better options in stand-alone emulators (NES, Genesis, Master System and SNES). These cores might even be based on out-dated versions. For instance, the SNES core is based on an old outdated version of bSNESbsnes. This is before the performance/accuracy/balanced cores - — 0.50x territory - — with a couple of changes by Ryphecha.

[[RetroArch]] uses the PS1, PCE, Neo-Geo Pocket, Virtual Boy, and WonderSwan cores of Mednafen, so it might make sense to use that instead.

*SCPH5500.bin - (NTSC-J) Required for Japan-region games.*SCPH5501.bin - (NTSC-U) Required for North America/US-region games.*SCPH5502.bin - (PAL) Required for Europe-region games.

*syscard3.pce

*pcfx.rom

To load a game in Mednafen, simply drag and drop your rom ROM or CUE file onto mednafen.exe, or if you prefer, you can use the command line. Mednafen requires no special commands, such as the desired system. For example, in Windows, the command would look like C:/Emulators/Mednafen/mednafen.exe C:/Roms/Nintendo/battletoads.nes

===Dual Analog Controllers analog controllers with PS1===

===Configuring Controlscontrols===

===Graphical Enhancementsenhancements=======Sprite Limitlimit====

*nes.no8lim*pce.nospritelimit*pce_fast.nospritelimit*pcfx.nospritelimit

* # '''1) O==V1 && C==V2 :''' if you know the explicit numerical values for the variable you write it here. First time, just write same value in both. Subsequent times, leave O blank and press Enter so that you don't write the old value again, and write the current value under C.* # ''' 2) O==V1 && |O-C|==V2 :''' same, but instead of writing the current value you write by how much it changed (0 if old value equals new value)* # '''3) |O-C|==V2 :''' you write by how much it changed (0 if old value equals new value)* # '''4) O!=C :''' if old value doesn't equal new value* # '''5) Value decreased :''' if new value smaller than old value* # '''6) Value increased :''' if new value bigger than old value

===Further Readingreading===* http://mednafen.fobby.net/documentation/

*Start game in RetroArch. *Go to system folder. Copy the names of the .mcr files created for the game. *Delete them. *Rename the files you want to transfer with the names of the RetroArch memcard files. *Place the new ones in the system folder.

*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/medgui/ Medgui] (Windows)* [http://forum.fobby.net/index.php?t=msg&th=924&start=0& MedGui Reborn] (Windows)* [https://code.google.com/p/mednaffe/ Mednaffe] (Multi-platform)

*[http://forum.fobby.net/index.php?t=msg&th=924&startNetplay==0& MedGui Reborn] (Windows)Cores that work with netplay:

*[https://code.google.com/p/mednaffe/ Mednaffe] (Multi-platform) ==NetPlay==Cores that work with NetPlay:*PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16)/PC-CD/SuperGrafx (option for both accuracy and fast cores)*PC-FX*NES*Genesis*Master System*SNES*PlayStation

*You can make and load savestatessave states*Netcode allows for people to join a game that's already in session*In-game chat*Playing it fullscreen full screen works (sometimes)

*Command-line only (you can use a frontend, though)*Weird, convoluted settings (or lack thereof)*SNES emulation will be slow to you if you're on a low-end computer (uses bsnes core)*PlayStation core is inexplicably accurate but slow (haven't checked to see what core it uses, but probably has one that's focused on accuracy)*Only supports 2 Players players on Genesis.*Frontend doesn't always save settings correctly.*Frontend defaults to detecting compressed ROM archives instead of the actual ROMs (you can still load uncompressed ROMs by selecting "All files *.*" from the dropdown menu).

It's recommended that you [http://sourceforge.net/projects/medgui/ download a frontend]#Run MedGui.exe#You'll get a small window. On your left, you'll see two arrow buttons with a console/handheld icon in between. Choose your desired platform.#Click the button with the blue lightning icon and look for the folder that contains your game(s). The emulator looks for compressed archives by default, but you can still load uncompressed files by clicking on the drop down menu.#Pick your game.#Click the button with a checkered red ball and joystick to start the game.#You'll then (very likely) get a message an update prompt. Click Yes, and wait.#Start the game. If it asks you to update again, ignore it and restart the emulator.#While the game is loaded, press ALT + SHIFT + 1 to map your controller. You'll get several options per button (for example, UP 1, UP 2, UP 3, etc.). Just map the first one to your controller, and the rest to a key you'll never press. You will have to repeat this step for every emulator core.#Close the emulator.#Click the arrow button on the right side of the window. It should expand it.#Click Advanced Mode.#Click the tab called Media/Network/Utility.     

#In the Netplay-Server section, you have the following options:#*"Max Clients", as in, the number of people that can connect to your server (not necessarily players; theoretically you can use this as a makeshift stream)#*"Conn. Timeout" which is the number of seconds you'll allow for your clients to attempt establishing a connection#*"Port" where you'll choose one an open TCP/UDP one#*"Password" which you can establish or leave blank#When you're done fiddling with your settings, click Create standard.conf#Click Create Server. A cmd window will appear.#Click My IP to obtain your external IP address, and share it along with your port to your friend(s).#Launch the game.#Press T, and type /server localhost.#Wait for other people to connect.     

#In the Netplay-Client section, you have the following options:#*"Host", which is the server's IP you'll connect to#*"Port, which is the one used by the server (which you should also have open on your end).#*"Password", blank if there is none.#*"Nickname" where you type whatever you want.#*"Localplayer" is the number of players that will also be playing from one computer.#*"Small font" which makes the chat font smaller.#When you're done fiddling with your settings, launch the game.#Press T, and type /server IP_goes_here.      

* [http://fantasyanime.com/emuhelp/emuhelp_mednafen.htm Mednafen Tutorialtutorial]

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