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Introduction

The NES or Famicom was another one the consoles that I never had as I was more into Sinclair's ZX81 and Spectrum... oh! and my Texas Instruments TI99/4a. It was one of the biggest selling consoles of the eighties and most TV and films from then showed kids playing "Nintendo". There was also an arcade version of the NES called the VS system which is emulated in RocknesX and also Mame as well. RocknesX is one of the most compatible NES emulators around and although it doesn't emulate alot of the hardware other emulators do, what it does do it does well. Top

Downloading RocknesX

You can find the latest version of RocknesX at its homepage here. You can also get a zip file containing all the folders you need to get RocknesX running here. Top

Installing RocknesX

To install RocknesX you will need a copy of Winzip. All you have to do is to open the zipfile, press the extract button and type C:\RocknesX into to the path area of the window that opens. If you download RocknesX folders then extract them into the same folder as RocknesX. It should look something like this... Top

Installing Games

Because RocknesX is a console emulator there aren't many sites around holding roms for it. You could try a search engine like Google with the keywords NES Roms or Nintendo Famicom Roms. All you need to do to install roms is to put the zipped files into the C:\RocknesX\Roms directory. If you are not sure how to do this use the basics tutorial. Top

Setting Up RocknesX

This is the screen that you will see when you first load RocknesX... Here is a summary of the menu system... File Menu Open & Play Rom Opens a file window to select a rom. Play Selected Rom Plays the rom selected in the main window Exit Exit from RocknesX View Menu Refresh Games List Rechecks your roms directory for new roms. Options Menu Video   Use 3D Hardware Uses your 3D cards to draw the screen which is far faster than an ordinary video card and does filering of the on screen graphics smoothing them out as well. Mode Lets you set whether RocknesX draws the screen in a window or fullscreen. The options under full screen let you stretch the graphics to fill the whole screen and the resolution that it'll be displayed in. Scanlines Selects the type of scanlines to be used to simulate a TV screens resolution. Miscellaneous Show FPS show the frames per second that RocknesX is running at. The Use 256x224 options sets the screen to match certain NES resolutions. Video Filtering lets you select different filtering techniques to smooth the jagged edges of a games graphics. Colour Palette Lets you change the colour palette of Nintendo's VS arcade games as they use different graphics hardware.   Audio Device Lets you set which sound device on your system will be used by RocknesX. Sample Rate Sets the quality of sound that RocknesX will produce. No Audio Emulation Enable / Disables the sound in RocknesX. Buffer Size If your sound is crackly or breaks up just increase this slider. Controllers Setup Part one of this option lets you select which controller device will be used. This is part two and if you want to change a key click the button and press a key. Screenshot Options This option lets you choose how RocknesX captures its screenshots. If you use the NES buffer it will capture the original NES screen and resolution. If you use the video buffer option RocknesX will capture the screen with any resolution and effects changes you have made. Directories This is where you can change the default folders RocknesX uses. Advanced These options adjust the priority of the different parts of the emulator. You will find that the higher you move the slider the more accurate that part of RocknesX will be. Misc Menu Movies Lets you save a movie of your game and play it back. Add GameGenie Code Lets you enter Game Genie compatible cheats into a game. Remove GameGenie Code Removes a Game Genie compatible cheats code from a game. Switch To Fullscreen Mode Does what it says! Take Screenshot Save a picture of the screen. Emulation Menu Reset Resets the loaded game. Save State Saves your games position. Load State Loads a games position. Load Nesticle State Loads a saved game saved in the Nesticle emulator. Change FDS Disk Side Switches sides on a "Virtual" FDS disk. Insert / Eject FDS Disk Inserts an FDS "Virtual" disk which was an addon for the NES. Increase Slot Number Increases the save games slot number. Decrease Slot Number Decreases the saved game slot number. Netplay Menu Start Opens the netplay option screen. Whoever has the fastest machine should be player one as they'll act as the server. If you have the crap machine and are player two, you will need to know the IP address of the far superior machine in order to connect to it ;) Stop Stops the netplay connection. Chat Window Opens a chat window so you can send insults to each other :). Connection Status Gives you information on the connection you have.   Window Menu Lets you set the resolution of the RocknesX's window. Top

Playing A Game

To play a game all you need to do is double click on the game you want to play in the games list. Keyboard Settings Cursor Keys Up, Down, Left, Right (P1) Z Fire 1 ( P1) X Fire 2 (P1) Enter Start (P1) Right Shift Select (P1) F1 Help F2 Save game state. F3 Increase save game slot number Shift+F3 Decrease saved game slot number. F4 Load a saved game. F5 Reset the current game. F6 Change side on FDS disk. F7 Insert / Eject FDS disk. F9 Start / Stop recording a movie F10 Start / Stop playing a movie. F11 Switch between fullscreen and windowed mode. ~ Insert coins in VS games. Escape Exit from game. If you want to use a joypad then use the controllers option from the options menu to configure it. Top

Image Gallery

Here is RocknesX playing a few games... Top

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