/g/, how do I get started working on engines/emulators? Projects

Just do it!

>>61873908
You NEED learn assembly for the architecture you're targeting. Otherwise you can't emulate the processor.

>>61873976
(you don't have to write in it, just read it along with the raw binaries)

>>61873950
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>>61873976
>>61873990
Alright, thanks. I guess emulating one of those things is harder than expected. I didn't really consider much farther than finding out what CPU was in it. Anything past that just looks like magic C to me.

Take a look at the chip 8 for a first emulation project. it's a really simple architecture and is easy to start with. Next I'd recommend a mos6502/vic 20 emulator project since that one is really simple as well, just a lot more work.

I've written x86/pc, gameboy, vic20 and some other emulators. It's a lot of fun seeing all those gears turning in the end. Good luck.

The hardest part isn't actually making it work, it's making it playable. Anything from the GBA era on will be absolutely unplayable without some optimizations.

As for making open source emulators of current games, your best bet is to cut your teeth on an obligatory doom clone. The concept is simple, it's like game development, but the assets and everything are already done. You'll see for even a 20+ year old game and plenty of open source implementations, the time sink is MASSIVE.