Tricky-to-emulate games: Revision history

22 November 2024

• curprev 04:0404:04, 22 November 2024‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 16,689 bytes −201‎ Merge Milon entry that had duplicated the Batman RotJ entry

9 November 2024

• curprev 14:5114:51, 9 November 2024‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 16,890 bytes +267‎ move DQ and Milon emulation note from CNROM

26 June 2024

• curprev 03:3903:39, 26 June 2024‎ TakuikaNinja talk contribs‎ m 16,623 bytes +11‎ Fix link to PPU scrolling section.

20 June 2024

• curprev 04:0204:02, 20 June 2024‎ TakuikaNinja talk contribs‎ 16,612 bytes −167‎ Drop the reference for Zelda 1 and link to the game bugs page instead.
• curprev 00:3200:32, 20 June 2024‎ TakuikaNinja talk contribs‎ 16,779 bytes +416‎ Zelda 1 relies on setting the coarse Y scroll midframe using PPUADDR writes.

3 April 2024

• curprev 02:1002:10, 3 April 2024‎ TakuikaNinja talk contribs‎ 16,363 bytes +20‎ Update details for Door Door.

15 February 2024

• curprev 18:2318:23, 15 February 2024‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ m 16,343 bytes +13‎ Gemfire also confirmed
• curprev 18:1018:10, 15 February 2024‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 16,330 bytes +28‎ Nobunaga 2 also uses 8×8
• curprev 18:0718:07, 15 February 2024‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 16,302 bytes +198‎ Even if you're only emulating the entire licensed NES library, you still need to do ExGrafix. Confirmed by Jared in NESdev Discord server

26 March 2023

• curprev 01:2501:25, 26 March 2023‎ Fiskbit talk contribs‎ 16,104 bytes +191‎ Notes Arkista's Ring crash when using NESRGB or Hi-Def NES.

25 March 2023

• curprev 15:3315:33, 25 March 2023‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 15,913 bytes +143‎ Reminder today in Discord that LGM tries to prevent this from happening, yet some emulators still break it because they prioritize StarTropics.

13 January 2023

• curprev 01:4501:45, 13 January 2023‎ Qalle talk contribs‎ 15,770 bytes +50‎ note on Batman: RotJ
• curprev 00:4400:44, 13 January 2023‎ Qalle talk contribs‎ 15,720 bytes +51‎ formatting, move "easy game" to start

30 December 2022

• curprev 15:2015:20, 30 December 2022‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 15,669 bytes +131‎ →‎External links: a GBA tricky list

15 December 2022

• curprev 21:2721:27, 15 December 2022‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,538 bytes +113‎ Paperboy problem is actually 6 games

14 December 2022

• curprev 03:0303:03, 14 December 2022‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,425 bytes +309‎ Stunt Kids OAM DMA, Ultimate Stuntman / Skate or Die 2 PCM.
• curprev 02:5702:57, 14 December 2022‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 15,116 bytes +131‎ Rollerblade Racer has an unusual status bar
• curprev 02:5302:53, 14 December 2022‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ m 14,985 bytes 0‎ Davey not Davie
• curprev 02:5302:53, 14 December 2022‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 14,985 bytes +142‎ add Daydreamin' Davie

8 November 2022

• curprev 09:0509:05, 8 November 2022‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 14,843 bytes +272‎ explain how Spot is difficult to emulate
• curprev 08:5408:54, 8 November 2022‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 14,571 bytes +526‎ note on Spot and Quattro Sport weird input timing needs
• curprev 08:2608:26, 8 November 2022‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ m 14,045 bytes +1‎ missed a bracket
• curprev 08:2508:25, 8 November 2022‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 14,044 bytes +523‎ wario's woods ppu-alignment related flicker
• curprev 08:1808:18, 8 November 2022‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 13,521 bytes +776‎ add StarTropics
• curprev 08:0908:09, 8 November 2022‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 12,745 bytes +205‎ describe crystalis' unusual scroll split

3 November 2022

• curprev 00:5300:53, 3 November 2022‎ Rainwarrior talk contribs‎ 12,540 bytes +174‎ Jurassic Park

23 April 2022

• curprev 08:4708:47, 23 April 2022‎ Krzysiobal talk contribs‎ 12,366 bytes +40‎ +zombie nation, noah ark

10 February 2022

• curprev 19:0819:08, 10 February 2022‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 12,326 bytes +22‎ MMC1C is a mythical Pokémon
• curprev 17:0417:04, 10 February 2022‎ Quietust talk contribs‎ m 12,304 bytes +17‎ Mother (J) does this too, but not the Earthbound prototype

17 January 2022

• curprev 02:2402:24, 17 January 2022‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 12,287 bytes +164‎ Solar Jetman SED per https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?p=243832#p243832

4 January 2022

• curprev 19:3719:37, 4 January 2022‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ m 12,123 bytes +118‎ clarify what MMC1C does differently
• curprev 19:3519:35, 4 January 2022‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 12,005 bytes +261‎ NewRisingSun in NESdev Discord server described an MMC1B dependency in Air Fortress (J)

3 July 2021

• curprev 04:4704:47, 3 July 2021‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 11,744 bytes +203‎ zeta0134 reports that Batman ROTJ reads data and logic from CHR ROM

7 February 2021

• curprev 20:2420:24, 7 February 2021‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 11,541 bytes +115‎ MMC5 audio in Ishin no Arashi submitted by NewRisingSun

3 January 2021

• curprev 20:0120:01, 3 January 2021‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 11,426 bytes +157‎ NewRisingSun reports that Super Xevious: GAMP no Nazo writes to CHR ROM and Door Door writes to PRG ROM

5 December 2020

• curprev 23:5523:55, 5 December 2020‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 11,269 bytes +205‎ see also similar lists for GB and SMS

26 November 2020

• curprev 09:4709:47, 26 November 2020‎ Krzysiobal talk contribs‎ 11,064 bytes +31‎ +Fushigi no Umi no Nadia

25 October 2020

• curprev 16:4216:42, 25 October 2020‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 11,033 bytes +34‎ Make #Sprite_priority anchor

30 May 2019

• curprev 03:1603:16, 30 May 2019‎ Koitsu talk contribs‎ 10,999 bytes −4‎ No edit summary

15 December 2018

• curprev 00:2000:20, 15 December 2018‎ Qalle talk contribs‎ m 11,003 bytes +29‎ category

10 December 2018

• curprev 17:1917:19, 10 December 2018‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ 10,974 bytes +175‎ Add two games that were undeservedly on the Game bugs page.

27 October 2018

• curprev 22:1522:15, 27 October 2018‎ Qalle talk contribs‎ 10,799 bytes −281‎ moved to their own page

25 October 2018

• curprev 21:0821:08, 25 October 2018‎ Krzysiobal talk contribs‎ 11,080 bytes +17‎ +Over Horizon
• curprev 10:5610:56, 25 October 2018‎ Qalle talk contribs‎ 11,063 bytes +368‎ some games that execute code from RAM

2 May 2018

• curprev 21:0721:07, 2 May 2018‎ NewRisingSun talk contribs‎ 10,695 bytes +59‎ More CHR-ROM writing games.

5 March 2018

• curprev 19:2019:20, 5 March 2018‎ Krzysiobal talk contribs‎ 10,636 bytes +165‎ +Star Trek - 25th Anniversary

4 January 2018

• curprev 20:1320:13, 4 January 2018‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 10,471 bytes +115‎ Zippy Race is also "terrible"

3 January 2018

• curprev 22:5022:50, 3 January 2018‎ Lidnariq talk contribs‎ 10,356 bytes +274‎ Games that use SRAM contents on cold boot for RNG probably should be mentioned here, because it's a non-obvious problem for emulation

25 December 2017

• curprev 16:4016:40, 25 December 2017‎ Tepples talk contribs‎ 10,082 bytes +154‎ Mystery World Dizzy also uses the prio trick

20 October 2017

• curprev 00:0200:02, 20 October 2017‎ LightStruk talk contribs‎ 9,928 bytes +226‎ No edit summary