Posted May 06, 2007 at 06:21AM by Victor B. Listed in: Homebrew Emulators, Nintendo 64 Tags: StrmnNrmn, Daedalus, N64
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Daedalus is here! - Image 1


It looks like everyone's favorite Nintendo 64 Emulator is finally up with a brand new version. Daedalus R11 is here, boasting numerous changes and fixes that should improve performance on everyone's handhelds.

For those who haven't heard of it, Daedalus R11 is a Nintendo 64 emulation application for PSPs. Using Daedalus, you can play your favorite N64 games on the PSP, such as Starfox 64.

In any case, here are the changes for this iteration of Daedalus:
  • [*] Large overhaul of rom settings and preferences. All settings should now be persistant.
  • [+] Native support for palettised textures for faster rendering and less memory usage.
  • [+] Provided a fixed size pool for all texture memory, to limit memory usage.
  • [+] Expansion Pak enabled by default.
  • [!] Updated rom info database to include save mechanism for many roms.
  • [!] Fix memory leak in texture cache.
  • [!] Fixed conversion of RGBA/32bpp textures with odd alignments.
  • [!] Fix crash which occurred when recolouring textures in low memory situations.
  • [^] Large rewrite of texture cache to reduce memory usage and improve performance.
  • [^] Various optimisations to the way textures are looked up in the cache and installed.
  • [^] Optimise offsetting/scaling of texture coordinates.
  • [^] Improve performance of dynarec fragment cache and reduce memory fragmentation.
Strmnnrmn's left three different files for people to use though: Daedalus R11 versions for 1.00 and 1.50+ firmwares, as well as the source code for the release.

As always, feel free to show off your enthusiasm for Strmnnrmn's homebrew application in the comments below, and don't hesitate to drop him a line at his blog if you wish to thank him personally for another job well-done.

Download: Daedalus PSP R11 for v1.00 Firmware
Download: Daedalus PSP R11 for v1.50+ Firmware
Download: Daedalus PSP R11 Source


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   by jas (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » dedu

1st wow


   Re: Shyez - 2007-05-06
 » Thank you

I know that some people are like "Wow another Mario 64 emulator" but I thank you Strmnnrmn for keeping this work up. It shows that you care about this community and our needs.

   Re: Korax (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Cheers

Thanks mate

   Re: metalspector (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Mario 64

To run it almost 100% full speed this are my preferences:

texture update check: disabled
frameskip: 2
limit framerate: no
dynamic recompilation: enabled
audio: enabled
adjust frequency: enabled

   Re: its dklsfj (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » ksdjf

oh yea

moose#51@pspmod.com

   Re: fatkoreanman (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » :D great

finally it's here...go to www.Myspace.com/DaedalusCompatibility

for a compatibility list XD

   Re: PsPoPPer (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » actually

strmmn shud make a xbox emu

   Re: Spetsnaz (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Thanks!

Thank you for releasing the source code for this! I wish more emulator developers would do the same. Cheers!

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   Re: Laurel (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » 1st guy sucks.

The first guy sucks fat greasy *****s.

ANYWAY. Finally, a Daedalus update! :D How does it run?

   Re: Snipe (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Daedalus R11 Rocks My Socks!

Man i love you! Keep up the good work! You have no idea how often i check this site waiting for a new version of this! :)

   Re: MATT (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » THANK YOU!!

LOVIN THE PROGRESS! IT'S STILL NOT REALLY AT AN ENJOYABLE PLAYING SPEED BUT ONE DAY IT WILL HAPPEN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

   Re: IMCOOL (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » this sucks

No, offense, but this sucks, I think DAXs ps1 emulator he made is better. His emu works at full speed. Cant wait for a PS3 emulator though. Later this year maybe?

   Re: Megadeth (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » wow

Re: IMCOOL (Unregistered) .....Are you Serious.....cuz if you are your retarted

   Re: luizlizard (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » wtf imcool

imcool, i cant believe how uninformed or retarded some people are, the PS1 emulator was not made by dax, it's included in 3.00+, DAX just made it possible too put your own isos. And how the hell you think a PSP could emulate a PS3!!!!!!

Finally, im impresed with the progress of Daedalus, every release it's almost 15% faster! keep up strnm

   Re: Drewford (Unregistered) - 2007-05-07
 » uh oh

maybe I did something wrong, but the texture re-do thing screwed this up real bad. Mario 64 no longer shows coins or stars, and in Majora's Mask the actually game is messed up. yopu have ocarinas on all of your items, and you can play them. no health is displayed. you die and restart room after some cutscenes. also, the game freezes after you get magic power from the fairy. I know it has something to do with the no health thing. I tested Mario Kart and found when you get a star fire comes out the back like a mushroom. Strmn Nrmn, I think it may be from individual settings for each rom. check on that, it may become a serious probem in some games(the ocarina thing is pretty bad, and I'm sad about it freezing)

   Re: stinky (Unregistered) - 2007-05-07
 » wtf is nintendo 64?

what is nintendo 64? or wii, gamecube, DS Lite etc? are they some kinds of weird jargons that I never heard of? Can you play Mortal Combat, MotorStorm, Tekken, Need For Speed Underground and breath-taking fps games like I do on my PSP with these consoles?
   by tps*****s - 2007-05-06
 » nice

looking forward to testing it :D

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   by TheAgent (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » cool

Just downloading now, too see if it will finaly load 007

   by alexxx (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » yipie

2nd


   Re: sync (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » ummm...

does it support sound now?

   Re: HardC0re (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » @ sync

It supported sound a couple of releases ago.
   by P$Player (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » ThankX

nice work..

   by Whoopa (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » ...

*orgasms*


   Re: jews suck (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » damn

***** im gonna hafta clean that

   Re: jew (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » you suck

jews suck, your such a *****got *****
   by THANK YOU (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Well done

SWEET!!

   by Theron (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Speed

how fast is mario 64?


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   Re: metalspector (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Mario 64...

Plays like full speed and in some areas even faster than normal i you have frameskip on 2, but most games are still slow...
   by SWEET (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » BLAHOOey

NICE MAN thankyou! hopefully majora's mask works well now!

   by Atomic Celery (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Eh...

Everything pretty much runs now.. or is suppose to.. the only game I couldn't get to work is Super Smah Bros.


   Re: Atomic Celery (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Oops

I ment Super Smash Bros.

   Re: wooot (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » s

Super Smash Bros does work for me it run s on 16 fps woot

   Re: pspforever (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » smash bros.

yup i get 16-17 without sound and about 15-16 with sound....now that i think about it super smash bros hasn't worked in the last 4 or 5 updates even though it kind of worked in the earlier releases...but now its getting their ;-)
   by 13connor (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » go daedalus!

Im going to try out SSB

   by devin (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » its good but

the emu is good but the only game that we can really play is still super mario 64. perfect dark doesnt werk and SSB is way 2 slow 2 play. i think the only games this emu will be good with are the smaller games.

   by Majora's Mask (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Does Majora's Mask Work?

Does Majora's Mask Work?


   Re: Claudio (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » :)

yes it does :)
   by Majora's Mask (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Does Majora's Mask Work?

Does Majora's Mask Work?


   Re: Uphill gardner (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Clean your ears out.

Is there a fuc4ing echo in here or something? YES you drongo.
   by ichigo (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » zelda

Majoras mask is slow and full of glitches.

   by errr... (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » who cares?

if the frame rates are crap what's the point?


   Re: luizlizard (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » ...

But it's progressing, if you see, every release it's way faster. Someday it will be at full speed, or at near full speed, just like SNES9x it took sometime but now most games run at full speed.
   by hey (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » does this work

DOES GOLDENEYE Work!?!?


   Re: q_dmc12 - 2007-05-06
 » Try it

...and let us know ;-)

   Re: no (Unregistered) - 2007-05-09
 » no

no
   by dark (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » sweet

great work on daedalus r11 strmnnrmn's this one is the best, can't wait for r12 will come out to be.

   by DeAn89 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » thank u

thx Strmnnrmn!

   by Psilocybeing - 2007-05-06
 » Nice!

Great work, thanks Srmnnrmn!

   by NEOO (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » yes

banjo kazzoooie woorkks bbayhoooo!!

   by NEOO (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » yes

banjo kazzoooie woorkks bbayhoooo!

   by Shaka (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » OMG

WOULD YOU PEOPLE SHUT UP WITH THE THANK YOU!!! *****!!
ANd get to the POINT OF WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOES NOT!!! WOW! nothing HELPFUL for otheres.. SAY THANK YOU but DAMN ADD what you experienced using R11... Its ANNOYING to see 10000 thankoyou and no INFO!!


   Re: GaveUpTomorrow - 2007-05-06
 » Thanks :)

Thanks for R11 StrmnNrmn :D

   Re: Shaka Blows (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Thank you!

+^.^+

   Re: thanks (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » THANKS!

thanks

   Re: BABY KILLER (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » thanks

thanks

   Re: Arigatou Gozaimasu (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Danke

Gracias

   Re: many thanks (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » thanking you

Muchos gracias!

   Re: THANK U (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » THANK U SO MUCH FOR

DAEDALUS R11!!!

   Re: Thanks (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » thank you

this is great thanks so much

   Re: Shaka's lover (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » LOL

Shaka got pwned, im his gay lover btw, i ram his back daily hehehehehe.

anyway, thanls Deadalus, cant ever be grateful enough.

big


THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   Re: Dude (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » This is awesome

Thanks so much man! Honestly, thank you.

   Re: Thank-You Man (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » thanxxx

Yo StrmnNrmn big THANKS TO YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


And thank you Shaka, for uniting our thank yous. :D

   Re: Paul Calf (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » erection

Bag o' sh1te

   Re: Jx1 (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Gotta love yah!

THANKS SOOO SOOO SOO MUCH!
*squeeels*

lol

Happeh Mr. SHaka.
btw. works great.

   Re: thank you shaka (Unregistered) - 2007-05-07
 » thank you

zomg ty!thank you zomg ty!thank you zomg ty!thank you zomg ty!thank you zomg ty!thank you zomg ty!thank you zomg ty!thank you zomg ty!thank you zomg ty!thank you zomg ty!thank you zomg ty!thank you zomg ty!thank you zomg ty!thank you
   by NEOO (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » yes

ummmm super mario bros got a lot slower..... r11 made super mario bros lose 15 frames per sec for me :'(

por que!!!!!!!


   Re: neo (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » omg r11 sux

meant super mario 64... :P but ya its much slower... i lose over 10-20 frames..... once i get in the castle... its like 10 frames when i use to have 30 i believe on r10 .... how disappointing

   Re: polka (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 »  r11

I kind of noticed some sort of slowdown on mario 64 too, also, I can't save Turok the dinasour huinter, anyone know why?

   Re: neo (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » minor slowdown?

more like a significant amount of frames per sec lost..... i pretty much had 30 on r10..... no limit on framerate... frameskip 1.... and i had 30 fps based on that only i think..... but now.. i had 10-15!!!! thats a lot... and for wat? my textures didnt look any better or worse... i dunno wat happened but mario 64 lost a lot of fps compared to r10

   Re: neo (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » how sad

oh my bad on me sayin i have 10-15 fps ...... i just checked.... im playing 6 fps average on r11...... even r8 and r9 had better.... why is this happening?

   Re: Mario (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » re

Response to:
meant super mario 64... :P but ya its much slower... i lose over 10-20 frames..... once i get in the castle... its like 10 frames when i use to have 30 i believe on r10 .... how disappointing

That's really strange.. M64 works way better than r10 on my psp.. Think it depends on which Rom you use, I use the Europe version.

FPS intro (+2 frameskip no sound ):
peak of 40

FPS outside castle: 36 (+2 frameskip no sound ):


FPS inside castle: (+2 frameskip no sound ):
33

FPS: first level bombland: (+2 frameskip no sound ): 22 fps

With sound 8 frames less I guess..

Mario kart 64 also works way better now..

I don't get your results

   Re: neo (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » it works much better now

i said below that its working better.... i had to reload the rom or something cause i worked after i went to main menu and started over

   Re: GaveUpTomorrow - 2007-05-06
 » Mario 64 is working better...

First off, it has never gotten full speed with sound yet..but its getting there. Yes, it is much faster w/o sound and frameskip! I'm probably only getting 1fps faster with sound from R10, but its at least a little. Outside I'm getting 20-25fps with sound, once in the castle, in goes down to about 15-20 fps, but hits 30 in the area with the fountain...and in levels, hits around 14-19fps. All pretty consistent with R10...maybe a little faster... All of these speeds are with sound/1 frame skip.
   by the man with the plan (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » YOU MORONS

to make mario 64 back to normal turn off the expansion pak, disable it morons


   Re: neo (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » dont see it

on r11? i dont see any option for that... under global or under prefs..... not there

   Re: neo (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » yea... dunno wat happened

well even tho i didnt find the option for that for some reason i think i did something to make it faster.... i didnt change anything im pretty sure... and i went to main menu and went back to it and now its like 20-22.... which is about the same but a lil speedup from r10..... hopefully i dont get the lag i had b4 aagain.. it was bad
   by sdfbsbh (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » howto get paper mario

how do u get paper Mario to work


   Re: neo (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » OMG i luv r11

its the same speed i think as r10 but audio is working GR8!!!!! it works it works hardly any lag at all..... this is gr8.... audio works + a lil speedup.... omfg...

   Re: FATAEIFJ (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » download Nemu64 for the PC

and make a file on the PC, then copy the save file made on there, to your psp, and it works on psp now

   Re: sdfbsbh (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » tube

in the tube in the beginning little scene when mario trys to go down it. it freezes

   Re: just play past (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » it

Play past the part in the castle with bowser and then save at the 'S' block
   by neo (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » sound is pretty good

the sound i think has gotten better... either cause i havent used it in a while or something but it seems to run with the game well.... its just a lil glitchy.... but minor to me... i still think its very close to the real deal

   by DMAN (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » capabilities

YO DOES SOUTHPARK AND PAPER MARIO WORK?


   Re: GaveUpTomorrow - 2007-05-06
 » test

Test them and find out ;)

   Re: Homer (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Test

Test. Test. Testing. 1-2-3. Testing. Test. Test. Testing.
   by Darth Windoo (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Expansion Pack

expansion pack makes ur games run slower ? then how do u disable it ?

   by TrueYoungClassic (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » Work with???

has anyone gotten r11 to work on a psp with firmware 2.01 using eLOADER if anyone has...how?Because r10 worked perfectly on my psp but r11 doesn't even start


   Re: Guy (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » get informed

Oh god man, upgrade to 2.71 and downgrade to 1.50, then upgrade to something else or stay to 1.50. I dont believe that in 2007 with 5 OE firmwares and tons of downgraders there are peoples that still uses 2.01 psps :(

   Re: ugh (Unregistered) - 2007-05-06
 » ugh

wow, unless you are using the latest OE firmware by DarkAlex you are just being a tosser. No reason why you would want to do anything else, you get the homebrew capability and the ability to play all the new games without having to run HEN or eLoader or any of that garbage... and back to the topic - thanks for the release, hopefully the emulator will get better.


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