https://github.com/celerizer/press-f-ultra

Nintendo 64 port of Press F, a Fairchild F8 emulator
https://github.com/celerizer/press-f-ultra

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Nintendo 64 port of Press F, a Fairchild F8 emulator

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/celerizer/press-f-ultra
• Owner: celerizer
• License: mit
• Created: 2024-06-16T00:54:57.000Z (about 2 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-03-26T04:38:41.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-07T06:06:27.795Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: channel-f, emulator, fairchild-channel-f, homebrew, nintendo-64
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 97.7 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 1
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Press F Ultra

**Press F Ultra** is a Fairchild Channel F emulator for Nintendo 64, utilizing the **[libpressf](https://github.com/celerizer/libpressf)** emulation library.

![images](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/83d289c0-f379-4551-8610-747b1f4f0672)

## Usage

### On a Nintendo 64 Flashcart

1. *Download the Program*

   - Download the [latest release](https://github.com/celerizer/Press-F-Ultra/releases/).  

2. *Prepare the SD Card*

   - Create a directory named `press-f` on the root of the SD Card.  

   - Place the Channel F BIOS files in this directory with the exact filenames:  

     - `sl31253.bin`  

     - `sl31254.bin`  

   - Add any additional cartridge ROM files to the same directory.  

3. *Load the Program*

   - Copy `Press-F.z64` to the SD Card.  

   - Boot the file on the flashcart and select a cartridge ROM to load.

4. *Setup as an [N64FlashCartMenu](https://github.com/Polprzewodnikowy/N64FlashcartMenu) plugin* (optional)  

   - Place `Press-F.z64` in the `menu/emulators` directory.  

   - Load Channel F ROMs with the `.chf` extension directly through N64FlashCartMenu.  

### On the Ares Emulator

- Add `sl31253.bin`, `sl31254.bin`, and any additional cartridge ROMs to the `roms` directory.  

- Compile `Press-F.z64` following the provided build instructions.  

- Open `Press-F.z64` in the Ares emulator.

## Controls

| | Nintendo 64 | Channel F |

|-|-|-|

| ![d](https://github.com/celerizer/Press-F-Ultra/assets/33245078/ce131dfb-45ac-42d0-8182-c9a89062795d) | Control Pad | Directional movement |

| ![cleft](https://github.com/celerizer/Press-F-Ultra/assets/33245078/ece48821-183b-439c-b8ee-479369a0b392) | C-Left | Rotate counter-clockwise |

| ![cright](https://github.com/celerizer/Press-F-Ultra/assets/33245078/13b81712-a6c8-4191-8f10-e62809a6f6bb) | C-Right | Rotate clockwise |

| ![cup](https://github.com/celerizer/Press-F-Ultra/assets/33245078/0a519cf0-652b-4133-9283-0a6abb6b623a) | C-Up | Pull up |

| ![cdown](https://github.com/celerizer/Press-F-Ultra/assets/33245078/a72d495b-f850-448b-9985-7a1687e2b4cc) | C-Down | Plunge down |

| ![a](https://github.com/celerizer/Press-F-Ultra/assets/33245078/f634cf7e-4705-42b0-a607-14b9e057ea8a) | A Button | 1 / TIME |

| ![b](https://github.com/celerizer/Press-F-Ultra/assets/33245078/4a1dcb97-483d-47db-9ac5-12171940dcd4) | B Button | 2 / MODE |

| ![z](https://github.com/celerizer/Press-F-Ultra/assets/33245078/8ac5415c-8cfd-4d43-9dd3-0c278163eafc) | Z Trigger | 3 / HOLD |

| ![s](https://github.com/celerizer/Press-F-Ultra/assets/33245078/bf7ad340-bcd0-44b0-a4a9-c0557e24e44b) | START Button | 4 / START |

The L Trigger and R Trigger can be used to open a ROM menu and settings menu respectively.

## Building

Open the devcontainer (rebuild required if you want to update libdragon, as it is not a submodule), or:

- Set up a [libdragon environment](https://github.com/DragonMinded/libdragon/wiki/Installing-libdragon) on the preview branch.

- Clone the project and the core emulation submodule:

```sh

git clone https://github.com/celerizer/Press-F-Ultra.git --recurse-submodules

```

- Run `make`.

## License

- **Press F Ultra** and **libpressf** are distributed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for information.

- The font **Tuffy Bold** is used under the public domain.