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[Claym99]

why isn't anybody discussing the recent releases (two this week)?

[sehs33]

I really don't know why the guys here are not that enthusiastic about GBA, am 100% sure that if it reached a good playability state, the number of those who will buy the GP2X will increase dramtically for this sole reason.
GBA is still being sold all over the world, and it has a great library.

[o0o0o]

why isn't anybody discussing the recent releases (two this week)?

What releases?

[PokeParadox]

Yeah, if someone points out what's been released the we can probably discuss it...

[GunPei2X]

I really don't know why the guys here are not that enthusiastic about GBA, am 100% sure that if it reached a good playability state, the number of those who will buy the GP2X will increase dramtically for this sole reason.

It's cheaper to buy a GBA + flashcard than a GP2X, so that would be a pretty dumb "sole reason" to buy a GP2X

[reiboul]

I think he's talking about the new Vba2x released on the archive, but there was no news
Anyway, GBA games on GP2X would rock

I really don't know why the guys here are not that enthusiastic about GBA, am 100% sure that if it reached a good playability state, the number of those who will buy the GP2X will increase dramtically for this sole reason.

It's cheaper to buy a GBA + flashcard than a GP2X, so that would be a pretty dumb "sole reason" to buy a GP2X

What about other emulators, DivX & homebrew? Off course if you play ONLY GBA, you're better off buying a GBA, but even then, GP2X will have some advantages (save states, bigger screen) when a fullspeed, compatible GBA emulator will come
Who cares about buying a Sega Nomad with those awesome MD Emulators on GP2X? or GameBoy? GameGear, etc

[Orkie]

Depends which cartridge you buy for the GBA - the SuperCard supports save states...

[WhizzBang]

Here is a link: http://archive.gp2x....?0,1,0,0,5,1304

I just tried it but I only got a black screen. There is no readme in the archive, so I may have set it up wrong.

[sehs33]

I think he's talking about the new Vba2x released on the archive, but there was no news
Anyway, GBA games on GP2X would rock

I really don't know why the guys here are not that enthusiastic about GBA, am 100% sure that if it reached a good playability state, the number of those who will buy the GP2X will increase dramtically for this sole reason.

It's cheaper to buy a GBA + flashcard than a GP2X, so that would be a pretty dumb "sole reason" to buy a GP2X

What about other emulators, DivX & homebrew? Off course if you play ONLY GBA, you're better off buying a GBA, but even then, GP2X will have some advantages (save states, bigger screen) when a fullspeed, compatible GBA emulator will come
Who cares about buying a Sega Nomad with those awesome MD Emulators on GP2X? or GameBoy? GameGear, etc

Finally someone else thinks the same way I do

[halo9]

Here is a link: http://archive.gp2x....?0,1,0,0,5,1304

I just tried it but I only got a black screen. There is no readme in the archive, so I may have set it up wrong.

The latest version expects to be fed the rom from the command line or through something like selector or GMenu. I also had to remove spaces from filenames.
Mario Kart is running at 20 fps at fs2 270MHz and just about playable.
EDIT: Seems to give more like 30fps at fs1, but frame counter gives suspiciously round numbers. Either way, games are playable without sound.
If anyone's stuck, here's my GMenu config file:

title=vbafs2
icon=/mnt/sd/emulators/nintendo/vba2x/vba.png
exec=/mnt/sd/emulators/nintendo/vba2x/vba
params=[selFullPath] --frameskip=2 --no-auto-frameskip
clock=270
selectordir=/mnt/sd/roms/gba/
selectorfilter=gba
wrapper=true

This is a cracking release and shows great promise!

Edited by halo9, 15 October 2006 - 11:39 AM.

[reiboul]

why do you disable autoframeskip?

[rmatheso]

Vba2x definately needs a frontend for overclocking.

I'll have to try and mess with the GMenu config file like Halo9 did.

[PokeParadox]

zip support works too.

[Ravnos]

Depends which cartridge you buy for the GBA - the SuperCard supports save states...

So does the M3.

[mrpham]

But the M3 counterpart is a lot more expensive...since we're talking about the cheaper solutions to emulate GBA.