01-10-2017, 06:54 PM
Hi - I'm new to this forum (although I have been snooping around for quite a while). I'm interested in getting into development for the LeapPad 2, and it seems like this would be a good place to start. Or maybe it isn't, and I'm getting ahead of myself. In any case, I'd like to help!
I don't know much about C, honestly - but I'm planning on learning. So I've been reading here and there, and I think that FCEUX doesn't run because it uses C++, while FCEU uses just C. But I haven't been able to get much information about what FCEU was written in, so I can't say for sure. AdvanceMENU requires SDL - have we ported SDL to the LeapPad 2 yet? I figure it wouldn't be too hard, as it's based on C/C++. Then again, we still can't get even an emulator to work with controls (but at least it works).
On the topic of controls - I'm guessing we'd need a GUI, no? As the screen is resistive (from what I can observe), it'll only accept one input at a time, so we would have to use the directional pad as well as a GUI. Unless... would it be possible to hook up a controller to a serial cartridge? Or maybe even a keyboard?
Sorry if any of this is wrong, or is just a waste of time. I'm just really interested in breaking everything I touch.
I don't know much about C, honestly - but I'm planning on learning. So I've been reading here and there, and I think that FCEUX doesn't run because it uses C++, while FCEU uses just C. But I haven't been able to get much information about what FCEU was written in, so I can't say for sure. AdvanceMENU requires SDL - have we ported SDL to the LeapPad 2 yet? I figure it wouldn't be too hard, as it's based on C/C++. Then again, we still can't get even an emulator to work with controls (but at least it works).
On the topic of controls - I'm guessing we'd need a GUI, no? As the screen is resistive (from what I can observe), it'll only accept one input at a time, so we would have to use the directional pad as well as a GUI. Unless... would it be possible to hook up a controller to a serial cartridge? Or maybe even a keyboard?
Sorry if any of this is wrong, or is just a waste of time. I'm just really interested in breaking everything I touch.