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-# FBSnes9x - Unix Frame Buffer Port
+# hi-snes9x
 
+This is a port of the well known snes9x emulator. It is designed to run on hisilicon SoC's using the MPP SDK. To build this project you must export the path to the `arm-hisiv400-linux` toolchain.
+
+```
+export PATH="/opt/hisi-linux/x86-arm/arm-hisiv400-linux/bin:$PATH"
+cd snes9x/unix
+make
+```
+
+# Files
+
+* `snes9x/` - contains snes9x code
+* `snes9x/unix` - contains a fork of the unix snes9x code. this is where main.cpp is located and contains everything pertaining to the port.
+* `snes9x/unix/libs` - MPP static libraries used to setup HDMI output.