3DNes is an application for playing Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) ROMs in 3D:[prebreak]1[/prebreak]

3DNes Overview:

• Play NES games with a unique 3D experience
• Support any display resolution - window mode or full screen
• Support game speed adjustment
• Support Save/Load states
• Support zipped ROM
• Create your own 3D interpretation.
• Share/Get 3D customizations at the 3DN Repository
• Play with Virtual Reality Headsets Via Oculus or SteamVR - Pro Feature
• Retina Rendering Mode - Pro Feature
• Character Tracking Camera - Pro Feature

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Change Log:

• [Improvement][Pro] Virtual Reality Re-Implementation: positional tracking, short view distance -> you will truly feel the depth of everything
• [New Feature][Pro] Retina Video Rendering Mode
• [Improvement] [Pro] Camera Tracking Mode
• [New Feature] Light Direction And Intensity Customization
• [New Feature] Shape Customization Properties: Offset, Rotation, Scale, Layer (5 layers), Geo (5 types), Transparency ...
• [New Feature] Shape Animation and Deformation
• [New Feature] Multi Instance : one 2D shape can be mapped to multi 3D sub-shapes
• [New Feature] Texture Editor : Custom Texture is a must for sub-shapes to be any useful.
• [New Feature] Scripting: the almighty tool to make the very final adjustment of shape properties before rendering
• [New Feature] 3DN File Size Mass Reduction
• [Improvement] Sound Emulation And Rendering Improved
• [Improvement] Video Rendering Performance Optimized
• [Modification] Trinus Plugin Removed
• [Bad News][Backward Compatibility Breaking] V2 are not compatible with 3DN V1 files

3DNes Official Site

 

[Joom]

last few times i used this there was some horrible input lag, and did fiddly shit on the taskbar, i wonder if those bugs have been fixed yet

The macOS build didn't have these issues, but I assume my MBP is overly qualified for this emulator. It is using Unity as the 3D engine, though, so some heavy overhead is to be expected. Anyway, glad to see another milestone come out for this project in the wake of this continuous "nostalgia" era we seem to be stuck in (IE, the hundreds of 16bit indie titles) because it's actually pretty cool.

 

[slaphappygamer]

I hope to see more emulators like this for other systems to fully adapt everything to VR.

Totally agree. Gunstar heroes, Golden axe, and Kings bounty would look great. Not to mention, one of my most favorite games, Shining in the Darkness.

 

[Owenge]

soooooo, when will the ports to handhelds and others come

 

[Jokey_Carrot]

3DNes is an application for playing Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) ROMs in 3D:[prebreak]1[/prebreak]

3DNes Overview:

• Play NES games with a unique 3D experience
• Support any display resolution - window mode or full screen
• Support game speed adjustment
• Support Save/Load states
• Support zipped ROM
• Create your own 3D interpretation.
• Share/Get 3D customizations at the 3DN Repository
• Play with Virtual Reality Headsets Via Oculus or SteamVR - Pro Feature
• Retina Rendering Mode - Pro Feature
• Character Tracking Camera - Pro Feature

​

Change Log:

• [Improvement][Pro] Virtual Reality Re-Implementation: positional tracking, short view distance -> you will truly feel the depth of everything
• [New Feature][Pro] Retina Video Rendering Mode
• [Improvement] [Pro] Camera Tracking Mode
• [New Feature] Light Direction And Intensity Customization
• [New Feature] Shape Customization Properties: Offset, Rotation, Scale, Layer (5 layers), Geo (5 types), Transparency ...
• [New Feature] Shape Animation and Deformation
• [New Feature] Multi Instance : one 2D shape can be mapped to multi 3D sub-shapes
• [New Feature] Texture Editor : Custom Texture is a must for sub-shapes to be any useful.
• [New Feature] Scripting: the almighty tool to make the very final adjustment of shape properties before rendering
• [New Feature] 3DN File Size Mass Reduction
• [Improvement] Sound Emulation And Rendering Improved
• [Improvement] Video Rendering Performance Optimized
• [Modification] Trinus Plugin Removed
• [Bad News][Backward Compatibility Breaking] V2 are not compatible with 3DN V1 files

3DNes Official Site

this is proof god hasn't left us

 

[Rudy69]

The improvements over the first version are unreal. Awesome!

 

[fatsquirrel]

Is it just me or does Ducktales look horrible?

 

[ov3rkill]

This would be perfect for the 3DS.

 

[Pheinte]

It would be great to have this emulator for the 3DS, agreed!

 

[FateForWindows]

Can we get it for retroarch?

As far as I know this is closed-source, so no. It's also made in Unity which makes porting it kinda hard.