FCEUGX speed issues emulating SMB1.

Hi there, first post here.

I've recently installed the homebrew channel on my Wii and it looks very very promising. I was looking forward to playing my old ROMS without having to drag out my really old NES and hooking it up everytime. So far I've put one ROM on an SD card successfully, which is Super Mario Bros. Sadly, when running it on FCE Ultra GX, the speed is way off (way too fast) both sound and video!

Is there a way to fix this?

Thanks in advance.

Are you a Pal gamer and not used to see Super Mario Bros. running at 60hz?

A lot of the ROM dumps of SMB are bad. That's the issue here. Try a different one, or better yet try a Duck Hunt + SMB rom.

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A lot of the ROM dumps of SMB are bad. That's the issue here. Try a different one, or better yet try a Duck Hunt + SMB rom.

This seems to have worked, thanks!



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/13/2009 03:29PM by BonSkaffa.

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Tantric
A lot of the ROM dumps of SMB are bad. That's the issue here.

Wow. Where did you get the kind of information from?
What is bad about the ROMs?

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Tantric
A lot of the ROM dumps of SMB are bad. That's the issue here.

Wow. Where did you get the kind of information from?
What is bad about the ROMs?

AFAIK, Nintendo has some sort of weird license (GPL?) with the ROM so most ROM sites only distribute "hacked versions" of the ROM or refuse to offer it for download at all.

Interesting. Any idea how or where I can read more about that?

Umm...no they are just bad dumps, plain and simple. Some emulators aren't picky about it, FCE Ultra is and always has been.

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Umm...no they are just bad dumps, plain and simple.

What makes them bad?

They aren't identical to the original cartridge ROM. Dumping isn't a science, if some bits get scrambled during the read from cartridge to your computer...maybe it will matter, maybe it won't. That's why a lot of SMB rom dumps start on level 0-1 - because FCE Ultra is unforgiving - it emulators true to the NES, while other emulators have a list of "bad" rom dumps and bad hacks, and work around the faults.

Here's a statement I've seen repeated on several ROM sites in place of a download link for an original, unhacked, SMB:

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Some titles on the list might not have a download link available. This is because these specific titles are ESA protected. We cannot offer any downloads for games that fall under ESA protection, thank you for understanding.

Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/13/2009 10:16PM by Arikado.

Is there a cheat to make you start on a certain level?