I have to ask the author(s) what goals they have set for this emulator, that differ from current existing emulators.

Do you have any goals set to do anything other emulators haven't done already?

I ask because I'm always curious about new emulators and what the authors intend for the project to accomplish.

the goal really, was to simply test myself. i've always wanted to have my own emulator, and to continue this project seemed like a good idea. the current goal, after achieving that goal, is to make the original emulator way better (basicnes 2000). i've been hard at work adding mapper support and new features, and that's basically my goal at this point. i've got unique features in my emulator that you don't see in other nes emulators (input switching, random rom loading, mapper substitution, etc.), and i'm very proud of that. i've relaly impressed myself with this project, it's slowly developing, but it's getting better all the time.

awesome... how'd you learn how to program? keep up the good work

i read an cartoonish 50 page book on BASIC, and from there i started downloading BASIC source codes and disassembling them and altering code, i learned all the different keywords and stuff, and from there it's history, i just downloaded visual basic, and adapted what i knew, and downloaded more source code, and for the following 6 years after that, i was writing my own programs in different languages.

I haven't been playing any NES games recently, I'm still working on finishing some SNES ones, but it's nice to see an emulator that's actively being developed. I love updates

I did do a quick check your program, and the niftiest feature (in my opinion) is the auto-saving! I've never seen that in any of the emulators I use, for the various systems. I'm always using savestates left and right, and having something that would do that occasionally for me, is really nice!

Since I haven't tried it out yet, I'm curious, does it keep a few of the older autosaves as well as the latest one? If not, that would be a nice feature to have (to be able to set up the number of autosaves to keep before removing the old ones).

Thanks for giving me a program to check out, and a new changelog to read

i'll consider that feature, for now it doesn't have that

This is a small personal request but..

are you gonna do anything that removes layers and sprites so ppl like me can do sprite ripping and junk?

believe it or not, that's something i've been trying to get finished, and something i personally want. i do have a disable sprite layer option... it's umm... under... nes > video > rendering > effects > disable sprites, pretty well hidden. but yeah, i want to be able to disable the background, it's something on my to do list.

Would there be any features that allow you to record sound as well?

Word. NFS dumping capabilities please.

cool, I've been looking to start my NES collection but all the emus seem to suck..

here's my first request! you know the rom load list in fba?
it shows you what roms you have in black plus what roms you don't have in grey, so that you know what to download; and it also shows hacks and different regiones, so if you could implement it would be awesome!!

my second request is that you try and implement a rom checker so we can tell if it's a good dump or a different region...

lotsa luck and in making it the best nes emu ever...

I was working on an NSF player yesterday while being taught a lot of stuff by Disch, NSF ripping is considered, and sound logging is going to be easily implemented when i get around to it (both being on my to do list previously, my to do list is huge).

axl: a rom launcher is on my list, but it wasn't going to be that elaborate, your ideas have been considered, i was going to do thinks like cartridge and box scans and stuff though, and preview shots.

Are you thinking of implementing a ROM information dialog? Similar to, let's say, the one in Snes9x (although being a SNES emu, but you get the idea.)

The idea is great bcuz most of us collectors wanna know what type of dumps we are getting so as we have the best possible collection, don't you agree?

Well the ROM information dialog doesn't show whether to the ROM has been hacked or not and if it's good; rather it shows other useful info.

We have GoodTools for ROM image auditing, you know

I wouldn't know since I'm a n00b

Well, you learn new things each day... wouldn't you consider that as a plus?

Hey olaf, you should use one of the pics of yourself that you linked us to last night in the chat as the skin of your emulator.

Uh no, that wouldn't be a good idea if you think about the future.

I should consider what as a plus?
And hey olaf make sure u specify how much it pwns other emulators

That you learn new things each day.

That picture idea would only work if there was a bright, shiny light behind his head and everytime you open OlafNES, a chorus of angels rises to crescendo. And then, to top it all off, the guy that does the voice for those movie previews comes in and says "OlafNES - Emulation... With attitude." or something like that. Sorry for the spam kevin, but I can never pass up a chance to make an idiot of myself. Oh, and gratz on the emulator and the website. Both look very professional. Seriously, the latest update is awesome compared to whatever was on the laptop (ver. 1.0g, I think). You've come a long way with it.