Installation Instructions

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1 Completely detailed instructions for LJP
2 Directory Layout
3 SAVESTATE Import/Export
4 Useful Links

[edit] Completely detailed instructions for LJP

You need a device with PalmOS 5.0 or better, and an SD card or internal file system (Tungsten|T5, LifeDrive, Zodiac)
Install "ljp.prc" using "install tool" & "hotsync" or copy it in "/Palm/Launcher" on your SD card
Upon first launch, it will create all the needed directories & register the .zem extension so you can hotsync the .zem files directly (the .zem files are the 'emulation modules')
Copy "ljp-stuff.zem" and the modules you want (nes->ljp-nes.zem, gb->ljp-gb.zem, ...) in "/Palm/Programs/LJP" (NOT in the system directory, for example "/NES") or use the install tool & hotsync. If you use hotsync to do this, be sure to run LJP once before to register the .zem extension. (needed after each crash/reset too!)
Copy your roms in the right folder, depending on the system (see directories layout below) using either a card reader or the "mp3" trick (rename the ROM file to .mp3, .prc or .pdb, hotsync it to the SD card and use a program like FileZ (freeware) to rename to the original extension and to move the file to the right directory). There's also a (shareware) program called Card Export (from Softick) which turns your Palm-powered PDA into a card reader. LifeDrive/Tungsten|T5 users can also take advantage of Drive Mode to access the SD card/internal volume directly.

[edit] Directory Layout

NES : "/PALM/Programs/LJP/NES"
SNES : "/PALM/Programs/LJP/SNES"
GB/GBC : "/PALM/Programs/LJP/GB"
GENESIS : "/PALM/Programs/LJP/GENZ"
NGP : "/PALM/Programs/LJP/NGP"
WS : "/PALM/Programs/LJP/WS"
SMS/GG : "/PALM/Programs/LJP/SMSGG"
Atari 2600 : "/PALM/Programs/LJP/VCS"

Each directory has 2 subdirectories :

Roms : put your zipped/unzipped roms here
Saves : savestates/sram backup files are here

For example: Put your NES ROMs in "/PALM/Programs/LJP/NES/Roms", GBC ROMs in "/PALM/Programs/LJP/GB/Roms", etc

To Zip your rom, use a standard zip (report shows StuffIt on mac does not work). Winzip is fine on windows.

[edit] SAVESTATE Import/Export

Snes savestate should be compatible with snes9x 1.39 and maybe later version (not sure about this).

ZSnes savestate can also be imported by copying it in the LJP/Snes/Saves directory and have it the '.zst' extension (still buggy so sometimes rom might hang after state loaded).