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-# NesUEFI
+
-A bootable NES Emulator running on UEFI
+# NesUEFI - A bootable NES Emulator running on UEFI
+**NesUEFI** is a **NES Emulator running without an operating system** directly on **Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI).** Simply place **NesUEFI** and nes roms in a pendrive and play.  **NesUEFI file browser**  will show the available roms. The core drivers (Graphics, File System, Keyboard, Timer) are written in c using **GNU-EFI** and the emulator part is a port of [LiteNES](https://github.com/NJU-ProjectN/LiteNES). Adafruit GFX Graphics Library is ported for GNU-EFI ecosystem in C for high level graphics operations and text rendering. 
+
+# Compile NesUEFI
+## Requirements
+
+- **GNU-EFI** Library. Download it from [here](https://sourceforge.net/projects/gnu-efi/).
+- **gcc-3.0 or newer**
+- A version of **objcopy** that supports EFI applications
+- **qemu** (To run without real hardware)
+- **mtools** : Utilities to access MS-DOS disks from Linux (to run on qemu)
+- **OVMF** (To run on qemu)
+
+
+## Compile and install GNU-EFI Library
+Go to gnu-efi source folder
+```bash
+	make
+	make install
+```
+Here is a guide you can follow for more details on how to compile and install gnu-efi applications.
+ 
+## Compile NesUEFI
+Change the following macros in makefile to locate GNU-EFI **libraries** and **headers** installed on the previous step.
+
+```makefile
+	INCDIR 			= /usr/local/include
+	LIBDIR			= /usr/local/lib
+	EFILIB          = /usr/local/lib
+```
+
+# NesUEFI on qemu :
+
+### Locate OVMF  in Makefile:
+To run the compiled application in qemu we need OVMF for UEFI emulation. OVMF is a port of Intel's tianocore firmware to the qemu virtual machine.
+```makefile
+	OVMF_DIR 		= ../OVMF
+```
+Change **OVMF_DIR** directory in the makefile.
+
+### Create Image
+Add your roms here in the makefile to write it to your image. For example : test_1.nes, test_2.nes
+```makefile
+	mcopy -i $(IMAGE).img splash.bmp ::
+	# Add your roms here
+	mcopy -i $(IMAGE).img test_1.nes ::
+	mcopy -i $(IMAGE).img test_2.nes ::
+```
+```bash
+	make img
+```
+
+### Run
+```bash
+	make run
+```
+# NesUEFI on real hardware
+**Do at your own risk. Under no circumstances shall the author be liable for any damage.** 
+Technically NesUEFI should not mess with your system. But you should at least know what you are doing. 
+
+- Format a pendrive with **FAT32** file system.
+- Create **/efi/boot/** folders in the pendrive
+- Rename **main.efi** to **bootx64.efi** for **64 bit** and **bootia32.efi** for **32 bit** application.
+- Copy **bootx64.efi** or **bootia32.efi** to boot folder.
+- For **64 bit** application the pendrive should look like this : **/efi/boot/bootx64.efi** 
+- For **32 bit** application the pendrive should look like this : **/efi/boot/bootia32.efi** 
+- Simply place your roms in the pendrive. **NesUEFI file browser** will show the available roms. 
+
+# Demo on Real Hardware
+
+## Controls 
+| NesUEFI Key | Keyboard Key |  
+| ----------- | ----------- |  
+| Up | W |
+| Down | S |
+| Left | A |
+| Right | D |
+| Select | U |
+| Start | I |
+| A | K |
+| B | J |
+| Reload | R |
+## Known Issues
+- Mappers are not implemented yet. 
+- It does not support Audio emulation yet. 
+- EFI only have a simple text input protocol. So it only recognizes input character but not keystroke. So key press and release events are emulated by holding down a key until a new key is pressed. Otherwise we can not emulate multi key press events.
+- Only single player is supported. 
+
+## Tested Games
+Below games are currently tested on real hardware. But NesUEFI is not only limited to these games. It should technically run all the classic roms that use mapper 0. [Here](https://nesdir.github.io/mapper0.html) is a list of mapper 0 games.
+- [x] Super Mario Bros
+- [x] Popeye
+- [x] Yie Ar Kung-Fu
+- [x] Battle City
+- [x] Super Arabian
+- [x] Road Fighters
+- [x] 1942
+- [x] F1 Race
+
+## Screenshots
+## TODO
+- [x] Graphics
+- [x] Timer
+- [x] Keyboard
+- [x] File System
+- [x] File Browser
+- [x] Graphics Library
+- [ ] APU
+- [ ] Mappers
+- [ ] USB Keyboard Driver
+
+## Acknowledgements
+- https://wiki.osdev.org
+- https://wiki.osdev.org/Tutorials
+- https://wiki.osdev.org/UEFI
+- https://wiki.osdev.org/GNU-EFI
+- https://wiki.osdev.org/UEFI_App_Bare_Bones
+- https://wiki.osdev.org/Loading_files_under_UEFI
+- https://github.com/NJU-ProjectN/LiteNES
+- https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-gfx-graphics-library
+- https://edk2-devel.narkive.com/WhxSiG6I/edk2-directory-file-system-traversal-example
+- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpPbKEeWIHU&list=PLxN4E629pPnJxCQCLy7E0SQY_zuumOVyZ
+- https://blog.fpmurphy.com/2015/08/display-bmp-details-and-image-in-uefi-shell.html#ixzz7SHLiufWS
+- https://unsplash.com/photos/UqRnUzV5pjQ
+
+# License 
+Licensed under the [MIT](https://github.com/shadlyd15/NesUEFI/blob/master/LICENSE) License.