Make sure you’re copying your NES ROMs (.NES files), not your SNES ROMs (.SMC files). This is the folder where FCE Ultra GX will look for your games take a moment now to load it up with your test ROMs. Once the archive is extracted, you’ll see the /fceugx/ folder in the root of the SD card, open it up and navigate /fceugx/roms/. Go ahead and simply extract the entire archive to the root of your SD card-it will place all the files where they belong. (While you’re grabbing files you may also wish to grab a copy of the Cheats file and the Channel Installer file for use later in the tutorial.) Next, download a copy of FCE Ultra GX-a port of the really polished FCEUX NES emulator to the Wii.įor this tutorial we’ll be using the most current version FCE Ultra GX 3.3.4.zip. Installing the Emulator: First, eject the SD card from your Wii and hook it up to an SD card reader attached to the computer you’re working on. If not, don’t worry-it’s nearly impossible to even search for “emulator ROMs” without practically falling into a giant pile of them. If you’re a long time retro game fan there’s a good chance you already have a pile of ROMs sitting around waiting to be loaded into the newest emulator to come across your work bench. We’ll go over where you can dig up ROMs in the first section.

For SNES games, however, the Wiimote is a poor fit as you need to do some pretty fancy fingering to use the SNES X and Y buttons.įor SNES emulation we strongly recommend either using the Wii Classic controller (offers a perfect 1:1 fit for the SNES’s A, B, X, Y configuration) or a GameCube controller (the right-hand button layout is slightly different than the SNES controller but it’s close enough that you should have no problems using it).įinally, you need game ROMs to make this work-without them you’ll have an awesome emulator setup with no games to actually load in the emulator. Second, the regular Wiimote works awesome for NES emulation (as, held sideways, it is essentially a thick NES controller). This tutorial will not walk you through the soft mod process. Make sure to install the Homebrew Browser while you’re at it. Therefore, we strongly suggest you read over The Complete Softmod Guide to ensure you are performing the correct mod technique for your particular Wii. While we have shown you how to hack your Wii for homebrew before, new editions of the Wii operating system software require different techniques for soft-modding. First, this project requires a soft-modded Wii unit that can run homebrew software.

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