Press F Ultra

Press F Ultra is a Fairchild Channel F emulator for Nintendo 64, utilizing the libpressf emulation library.

Usage

On a Nintendo 64 Flashcart

1. Download the Program

   • Download the latest release.

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 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
	Control Pad	Directional movement
	C-Left	Rotate counter-clockwise
	C-Right	Rotate clockwise
	C-Up	Pull up
	C-Down	Plunge down
	A Button	1 / TIME
	B Button	2 / MODE
	Z Trigger	3 / HOLD
	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 on the preview branch.
• Clone the project and the core emulation submodule:

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.
• FastLZ is used under the MIT license.
• The font Tuffy Bold is used under the public domain.