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Setup for Tang Primer 20K

If you have Tang Primer 20K instead (get the nano if you don't have any board). Then here's what you need.

  • Sipeed Tang Primer 20K.
  • Muse-Lab HDMI PMod if you got the lite version of Tang: aliexpress or taobao. The dock version already has HDMI so you are fine. Wiring instructions for lite version.

Here are the steps to set up NESTangļ¼Œ

  • Download NESTang 0.4.
  • Start Gowin Programmer, and program nestang-lite.fs or nestang-dock.fs depending on which board you have. If you see a colorful NES palette, then your setup is working.
  • Connect your game controller/controllers to your PC. I use a pair of old Xbox 360 controllers.
  • Run loader.exe -c COM4 games\rom.nes (replace COM4 with your port number) to load the game rom.nes and run it. If it complains about missing DLLs, install Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable package.
  • Press the left button (LB) to call out the in-game OSD menu. There you can load other games in the games directory.
  • If it didn't work, loader.exe -r game.nes will print messages from the core.

Now enjoy your game!

There's also a Linux loader program in addition to Windows. See Linux loader