r/decomps • u/SeaweedNo9165 • 1d ago

Native Console

Just released publicly. Static recompilation hub for gameboy, gameboy advance, DS, N64, NES, SNES, GameCube, and Wii with more to come. Shout out to arcanite24 the holder of the gb-recompiled repository that inspired this. The hub allows recompilation of games to be played as exe's to be added to steam and allows exporting to other devices for playing like SteamOS and MacOS but only for Gameboy at the moment. (We don't support piracy use your own rom dumps and keys). Currently only a Windows release is built working on MacOS and Linux next.

RedReaper1515/native-console: Turns console ROMs into native desktop executables, with a hub to collect, build and play them. Bring your own games.

Native Console Demo

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u/Excellent_Climate940 1d ago

i can see how this would be useful but at the same time i can't really see

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u/SeaweedNo9165 16h ago

Honestly I just like having everything in one place like my steam library. It's really a stepping stone.
1. Getting games to run statickly from machine code.
2. Lifting all the functions in a game. (A lot of times this has to be done from memory so using tools of recorded completionist runs to replay and pull the missing functions out of RAM is important.) Just because its lifted C for all the functions is not the end goal. It does improve modability but we aren't at the end goal yet.
3. Convert everything into commented Native or whatever computer language. This makes it so anything you could ever want to mod into the game can be done much easier than what it has been in the past.
4. Projects closer to clones in modern language are more so the end goal Decryptu/pokerecomp: A native Godot 4 reimplementation of the Gen 1 and 2 Game Boy Color games. Not an emulator, bring your own ROM. This isn't exactly what I'm picturing but something like this.

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u/Excellent_Climate940 12h ago

valid. I like the drive behind the project. hope it goes out well for you!

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u/Immediate_Idea2628 1d ago

I figured stuff like this was coming.  Instead of ports with enhancements like widescreen or higher framerates, we get ports of games that can easily be emulated on an actual smart toaster with more effort and less features than just emulating.  Like whats the point?

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u/JHorbach 1d ago

Provavelmente fazer um framework unificado vai facilitar adicionar melhorias em todos os jogos, e reaproveitá-las quando forem similares, é uma forma de unificar o formato das recomps e suas melhorias.

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u/tbo1992 1d ago

Who said instead of? Both projects can happen at the same time

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u/Immediate_Idea2628 18h ago

It's becoming a sea of garbage to dig through looking for diamonds. I'm getting exhausted trying to find ports that actually run, and have literally any worthwhile features. I wouldn't be complaining if it was a sea of gold, but it's not.

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u/tbo1992 17h ago

I dunno where you're finding all these ports that don't run, everything I've tried has worked great and a million times better than emulation. Most people on this sub have similar experiences. They're not flawless, but they're mostly 1.0 releases. The scene has just started, and you're complaining that not everything is perfect from the get go.

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u/Immediate_Idea2628 16h ago

There was two factors there.  For every miracle like god of war 3, theres a mess like ninja gaiden 2 and forza horizon, or a straight 1 to 1 port that serves no purpose.  Theres no future where 90% of these are ever going to be worked on, even with ai.  If you arent encountering the ones with issues, you arent trying very many.

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u/tbo1992 15h ago

So? Just because one project exists that isn’t perfect doesn’t preclude others from trying. There are literally 2 different FH1 recomp projects, one that targets windows exclusively and another that is primarily for Linux. If neither satisfies you give it a try yourself. Just grumbling about free work others are doing is just so entitled and lame.

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u/Immediate_Idea2628 15h ago

Clearly you dont intend to listen.  I am testing it myself.  Everything. And there's SO MUCH of it.  Im tired of booting up a game and getting fps lower than emulation.   Bugs that were fixed in emulators 2 years ago.  Ports that dont add anything over emulation weve had for decades.  Ports with screeching audio.  Its like the early days of an emulator, but worse.  Even like you said, theres 2 versions of FH now.  Is one better than the other?  Are they both bad?  Are they both good?  What does one have over the other?  I celebrate when I find the gems, but its time consuming going through dozens and dozens of bad or basic ports.  Im not complaining because I hate it, but because Im excited, but Im also exhausted.

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u/tbo1992 15h ago

Perhaps you should slow down then, mate. If you're getting overwhelmed, maybe stick to non ai assisted decomps (like say sm64coopdx) for now. The well established devs have higher quality standards for releases, so they should work well for you.

The scene has only just begun, it'll take some time to mature. Right now just the ability to recomp games is such a novelty, eventually it won't be and only the high quality releases will survive and continue being maintained.

Hope you find something to keep you excited rather than exhausted!

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u/Immediate_Idea2628 14h ago

Thats a fair point.  Thats kind of what I miss. Pre AI there was a lot of high quality with a bit of low quality.  AI coding has lead to wide as an ocean, deep as a puddle.  I just want some level of quality control.  Also, I tried going no AI initially, and that leads to its own stess of trying to find out what is or isnt AI.  Lots of people like to hide it.

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u/C_Sorcerer 12h ago

Mr Debby downer over here

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u/XDLED_SoundBar 1d ago

I think the biggest gain is latency. Emulation always introduces a bit of lag compared to the real hardware so this should eliminate it

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u/McPoon 1d ago

I hope we get something like this for android. :)

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u/Slight-Boat5072 1d ago

Next after Linux and Mac, android

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u/Due-Ad5265 1d ago

When support MD?

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u/Justify_87 20h ago

Just looking at the files I see a lot of obsolete garbage left behind by the AI and ai iterations/fixes. And all of that is still in your main branch. I wouldn't touch this project with a stick