Metroid Prime Hunters Recomp v0.2.0-alpha - No-dump play + Wiimmfi
Pre-release
Public prerelease alpha — bugs are expected. This build is for early
testing and feedback; expect rough edges in gameplay, audio, video, and
online play. Please report issues.
Highlights
Play with nothing but your ROM. New opt-in no-dump path: if you don't
supply BIOS/firmware dumps, the game boots on the recompiled
FreeBIOS (BSD-2-Clause DraStic BIOS
replacement) with a generated firmware image and a per-install console
identity — validated pixel-identical to melonDS at every boot checkpoint.
Supplying your own verified dumps in the bios folder remains the fully
faithful default path.
Nintendo WFC / Wiimmfi online. The launcher now enables networking:
the game connects to Wiimmfi, creates a Wi-Fi
Connection ID (saved to your game card), and friend rosters work — on
both the dump and no-dump paths. Built on
melonDS's Wi-Fi implementation
(full credit to the melonDS team). Known limitation: two instances behind
the same NAT cannot yet complete a peer-to-peer match (error 80430) —
matchmaking/auth works, the DS-to-DS leg is in progress.
BIOS as a setting. No more startup prompts: pick any one of your three
dump files in Settings (its folder is SHA-1-verified), or leave it unset
for FreeBIOS. First-run setup wizard included.
Linux (first release, experimental). A self-contained AppImage: drop
your .nds ROM next to it and run. No GUI launcher on Linux yet — it
launches directly with the same defaults as Windows (Prime Controls,
adaptive widescreen, Wiimmfi enabled), and uses a sibling bios folder
the same way.
Fixes since v0.1.0: cartridge saves now persist (an AUXSPI latch bug
had silently dropped every save), heavy audio crackle on the no-dump path
fixed (SOUNDBIAS never reached the SPU mixer), Metroid Prime Hunters box
art in the launcher, and the Prime Controls scheme credits
makinori/melonPrimeDS as its
reference.
Getting started
Windows: unzip, put your Metroid Prime Hunters (USA) .nds next to
MetroidPrimeHuntersRecomp.exe (or browse to it), Play. Optional: copy
biosnds9.rom, biosnds7.rom, firmware.bin into bios/ and select one
of them in Settings for the fully faithful path.
Linux: make the AppImage executable, drop your .nds ROM in the same
folder, run it. Optional bios/ folder works the same as Windows.
No ROMs, BIOSes, or firmware are included. Dump them from hardware you
own.