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 # mynes
 
-mynes is a NES emulator inspired by 100th coin NES test [video.](https://youtu.be/oYjYmSniQyM) The goal is to make an emulator which passes all of the test, but in a code base which is very intuitive to understand. As well as minimal (memory wise) and performant. 
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+mynes is a NES emulator inspired by 100th coin NES test [video.](https://youtu.be/oYjYmSniQyM) The goal is to make an emulator which passes all of the test, but in a code base which is very intuitive to understand. As well as minimal (memory wise) and performant. 
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+To achieve these goals these are the restraints:
+- 1 no external dependancies outside of X11 (for making a window/displaying the screen), Unity (for testing) and standard C/POSIX libs
+- 2 C99 only
+- 3 minimal use of abbreviations etc in code + doxygen code comments within .h files.
+- 4 using my own custom shmake build/project management script (this project is also acting as a way for me to dogbowl shmake)
+- 5 8-space indentation plus other [crisp-style]() C code. 
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