Best Emu...

[Danny_Boy]

Me again...
Which is the best GB/GBC emulator for GP32?
And is there a good GBA emulator yet? If so which, and which games are playeble?

 

[Meonlyeviler]

The best GBC emulator is Fgb32, which runs very well. For GBA emulation, we have a program that translates gba's arm 7 code to Gp32's Arm 9 which runs 3x the speed of gba so far, but only supports mode 3.

 

[krousti]

a static compilation for gba rom, interesting, but how they will solve code executed and loaded in gba internal ram ? that can break a lots of games

 

[pip]

fGB for GB/GBC. There is no GBA emulator that allows you to play games at anything but < 1 fps, so just forget about it for now.

 

[Phil]

i wouldn't say that i trying chuchu rocket on it and it was barely playable. also if there was an option to get rid of the screen stretching it would speed up with minimum effort.

 

[Squidge]

a static compilation for gba rom, interesting, but how they will solve code executed and loaded in gba internal ram ? that can break a lots of games

No compilation is used, the gba code is run directly with the help of the MMU to translate the gba hardware addresses into gp32 addresses. Even the bios can be switched to the gba bios very easily. So running things in ram is not a problem. Many of the things like the LCD are mapped to RAM in the gp32 instead, and emulated through a timer.

 

[pip]

Not heard anything from enf65 for over a month now though. Some news on how his project is coming along would be excellent.

 

[Axeman]

I you do a search for GBA emu on the boards, you get one or two hits thatr would have been useful

 

[Squidge]

Not heard anything from enf65 for over a month now though. Some news on how his project is coming along would be excellent.

News is available on other forums, eg:

http://www.yaronet.com/posts.php?sl=&s=33561&p=1

Make sure you can read french tho'

 

[pip]

Not heard anything from enf65 for over a month now though. Some news on how his project is coming along would be excellent.

News is available on other forums, eg:

http://www.yaronet.com/posts.php?sl=&s=33561&p=1

Make sure you can read french tho'

Well, I do check that site. And as I mentioned it was over a month ago he last posted there.

 

[Squidge]

Personally, I feel that he is a little too worried about the legality issues of his emulator, he has already stated there that he wishes to rewrite the gba bios so no original Nintendo code is used, and was thinking of crippling the roms to reduce piracy or some sort. Maybe I don't understand him (I don't know much french, so quite possible), but thats the way it seems to be going.

 

[pip]

Rewriting the bios is a good thing though, since copying it would be illegal. I agree on that he seems a bit too worried about legal issues but ThunderZ has calmed him down

 

[Wolfsclaw]

Check his website , the other categories on his page now work gp32_console (leet new smilie )

 

[Enslaved]

hmm his menu is in English, is somebody helping him to make the site bi-langual?

 

[Wolfsclaw]

maybe he learned english at school? h34r:

 

[Splinter]

talking bout the legalities of future gba emulators, what about the fact nintendo have got the patent on gba emulators in an attempt to stop them. Could this also be a put off.

P.S. jus read that in a mag so if im completely wrong then just say so

 

[Wolfsclaw]

well that patent only is in usa, but enf65 is in france

 

[Squidge]

To be honest, I'd be very suprised if we see a public emu from him that will play commercial games without restrictions.

 

[Azure]

well that patent only is in usa, but enf65 is in france

Didn't Kyle Poole say that that doesn't matter? I remember reading about that on the CrimsonFire boards...

 

[pip]

Didn't Kyle Poole say that that doesn't matter? I remember reading about that on the CrimsonFire boards...

Kyle lives in North American though.