NES still images? Halp!

[ManPeace]

Hi, If I just want to display a still image on a NES emulator is there a way to do this? Can someone please explain. I tried with tile molester but i need a Nes header. Please help

[Reaper man]

so wait, you want to make a ROM that just displays a still image? You're going to have to learn assembly for that. Have fun!

[InVerse]

A bit more information would be helpful....

Are you wanting to freeze a game and display a still image of what's on the game?

Or are you wanting to display a completely original image that isn't part of an existing ROM?

Or something else altogether that I'm not understanding?

If it's the former, just make a save state at the point you're wanting to display and then use the emulator's pause function, presuming your emulator of choice has one.

If it's the second one, you'll have to do some coding. There's no reason to learn assembly coding for such a simple project, however, since there are multiple NES software development kits that allow you to code NES games using BASIC and other languages.

There's also a program called "Who's Cuter?" for NES that displays 2 still images simultaneously and asks you to vote on which one you think is cuter. It includes the source code (in assembly, I believe) so you could possibly adapt that to your needs. You can find it (along with a ton of development tools) at NES Dev (http://nesdev.parodius.com/).

[ManPeace]

I have a powerpack and want to be able to simply show an image on the NES hardware with the powerpack.-nothing else. one still frame image .is that too much to ask haha.

[Maximum Potion]

Read the last paragraph of InVerses' post.

Of course keep in mind you'll have the same limitations as any nes graphics.

[InVerse]

It can certainly be done. Either take some of the source code from NESdev or else try asking for help on their board. (There's a ROM on the site (linked in my previous post) that simply displays a photo of Metallica and plays an 8-bit rendition of Fade To Black. I've also seen Goatse.cx reproduced as an NES ROM.)

NESdev also hosts a program called BMP2NES that, as the name suggests, converts BMP files into NES format.