GB Tetris Emulator TEMU For Sinclair Zx Spectrum +2A +3

[40crisis]

Hello,

This is my lame attempt to emulate GB Tetris on a zx
For everyone tranquility, please never include tetris rom in distribution package.

Here:
https://we.tl/t-AEhTpnE6hm

[bob_fossil]

Got this working after a bit of fiddling about with the .bat file as I'm on Linux. Very impressive but could you turn off the tone that plays when you rotate a piece or reduce the volume of it. It seems out of place with the rest of the sounds / music. Thanks and Merry Christmas!

P.S. Any chance of a Dr Mario emulator for next Christmas?

[40crisis]

Got this working after a bit of fiddling about with the .bat file as I'm on Linux. Very impressive but could you turn off the tone that plays when you rotate a piece or reduce the volume of it. It seems out of place with the rest of the sounds / music. Thanks and Merry Christmas!

P.S. Any chance of a Dr Mario emulator for next Christmas?

Hello,

for altering sound volume look for the following hex pattern in core.bin or corediv.bin files:

gb sound channel 1
0E,0A,3E,08 change 08 with value from 00 to 0F

gb sound channel 2
0E,0A,3E,09 change 09 with value from 00 to 0F

gb sound channel 3
0E,0A,3E,0A change second 0A with value from 00 to 0F

gb sound channel 4
,3E,0A,0E,0A change first 0A with value from 00 to 0F

Sorry, no chance for a Dr Mario emulator

[Jbizzel]

Can you play this on a real spectrum? Forgive me, I'm not sure what this is.

[Ast A. Moore]

Can you play this on a real spectrum? Forgive me, I'm not sure what this is.

Pretty sure you can. I can’t verify this particular game, because I can run that BAT file on macOS, but it looks like it uses the original Tetris ROM. If that’s the case, then the port takes advantage of a special RAM addressing mode—available only on a +2A/+3—which maps RAM banks to address $0000–$3fff. This was originally designed for running CP/M on the Spectrum, if memory serves, but since most Z80-based arcade cabinets used the same address space for their game proper, it makes it much easier to port these games using the +2A/+3s special addressing mode. You still need to code your own graphics environment, controls, etc., but the original game logic can be left (mostly) untouched.

[ZXDunny]

Can you play this on a real spectrum? Forgive me, I'm not sure what this is.

Pretty sure you can. I can’t verify this particular game, because I can run that BAT file on macOS, but it looks like it uses the original Tetris ROM. If that’s the case, then the port takes advantage of a special RAM addressing mode—available only on a +2A/+3—which maps RAM banks to address $0000–$3fff. This was originally designed for running CP/M on the Spectrum, if memory serves, but since most Z80-based arcade cabinets used the same address space for their game proper, it makes it much easier to port these games using the +2A/+3s special addressing mode. You still need to code your own graphics environment, controls, etc., but the original game logic can be left (mostly) untouched.

Exactly right. c.f, Simon Owen's Pacman arcade ROM running on the +2a/+3 which pioneered the idea. Arcade perfect Speccy games? Perfect.

[emook]

Impressive stuff, temu.tap works on my Next.

[Ivanzx]

Thanks! This is really impressive and I still wonder how, for example, the music was automatically converted to the AY of the Spectrum?

How do you check what games can fit in the Spectrum from other systems? Which ones are next on your list?

[Swainy]

Works nicely on the Next.

[40crisis]

Thanks! This is really impressive and I still wonder how, for example, the music was automatically converted to the AY of the Spectrum?

How do you check what games can fit in the Spectrum from other systems? Which ones are next on your list?

The sound emulation is very basic only based on frequency converted from gb to zx.
Some people are complaining about it.
The process to choose an emulation project for the zx, first the processor should be a z80 or very close to it (for instance the gb)
We don't have enough ressource to emulate other kind of processor.
Then studying the specs of the machine to emulate and of course some knowledge of the game operatings.
As my targets are Amstrad CPC or Sinclair Zx Spectrum with no hardware acceleration, the candidates are usually simple and old games.

For my next project, I would like to try to emulate a vector game.

[40crisis]

Works nicely on the Next.

Glad to see it works on a next machine.
I don't even own a spectrum +2A / +2B / 3 machine to run it

[Swainy]

Works nicely on the Next.

Glad to see it works on a next machine.
I don't even own a spectrum +2A / +2B / 3 machine to run it

Now that is dedication!

[+3code]

Wow, plays really fantastic. Perhaps this and Owen's titles must be listed here: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?genre=Emulator

[Jbizzel]

ok, just made the tap and tried this.

it has blown my tiny mind to bits. this is amazing.

when's Pokémon coming out????

[Swainy]

I want the Gameboy version of Robocop

[40crisis]

New download link:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/l1ecvw

[pavero]

New download link:
https://www.sendspace.com/file/l1ecvw

The link doesn't work.

[XoRRoX]

I'd like to have a go too. Could you please provide a new download link?
Perhaps upload it to the ZXDB?