PCFXemu Released

[Felipe]

PCFXemu by Gameblabla​

This is an improved fork of Mednafen, aiming for accuracy and testing,mostly aimed for helping me develop my own homebrew games for the PC-FX.

Features :

• World's first PC-FXGA emulator (for the 2 games + homebrew games that can leverage the hardware)
• Entirely C-based
• Webassembly version that does not leverage Emscripten (no annoying startup time)
• Some accuracy improvements for homebrew devs and commercial games (it no longer runs twice as fast as real hardware !)
• Has a headless mode and can be ported to other devices

TODO​

• Redo/remove some of the provided tests for headless mode, some are now broken
• Pipeline improvements. David Shadoff made early findings on his PC-FX worth implementing.
• Allowing cartridge boot of binary executables (as used for PCFXUploader for instance and related), namely the PCFXBoot images.
• MCP Server for AI tools, like GearSystem. There's a headless mode that can do some things but not as flexible
• A proper Qt-like UI, for those that neither like the Web or the basic SDL3 ui.

GitHub - gameblabla/pcfxemu: A PC-FX(GA) emulator that can run on the Web

A PC-FX(GA) emulator that can run on the Web. Contribute to gameblabla/pcfxemu development by creating an account on GitHub.

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[IamtheWalrus]

Very nice! The PC-FX was a very console by NEC and one where there were indie games developed for it durig it's hay day, due to the ability of using the PC-FXGA (an add-on) to allow a developer to hook their PC-FX to a compatible computer running DOS and could program their games.
This seems like it's perfect and might make people more interested in programing game for the PC-FX as it is lacking in homebrew. Plus, it'd be nice to fish out my PC-FX and play it again.

 

[Dew Prism]

Improved Mednafen? Wow, didn't think that was possible. It's probably the most accurate emulator in existence.