NES rom capability for GBA [Archive]

picklehammer

March 17th, 2003, 09:03 PM

http://www.pocketnes.org/
Just when you thought your GBA was useless...
Here are some screenshots:
http://www.pocketnes.org/screens/smb2.gif
http://www.pocketnes.org/screens/08megamanunscaled.gif
http://www.pocketnes.org/screens/11menububble.gif
http://www.pocketnes.org/screens/02blasterintro.gif

You upload the roms to a GBA cart with this handy utility:
http://jandaman.cybrhost.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=gbaxgflash256

This isn't illegal in any way. Just use ONLY roms you have dumped yourself or public domain roms.
I do not link to private rom sites because they are illegal. Please do not post any of these links.

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Aliotroph?

March 17th, 2003, 09:26 PM

That's cool. It would be fun to play with some NES developement tools and make apps for that thing.

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DarkWolf

March 18th, 2003, 06:58 AM

The flash rom thing is a bit expensive. Well, it's cheaper than a pirate EEPROM burner, but still a bit expensive unless you're really interested in GBA Development.

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picklehammer

March 18th, 2003, 09:49 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<hr width="100%" size="1" noshade>The flash rom thing is a bit expensive. Well, it's cheaper than a pirate EEPROM burner, but still a bit expensive unless you're really interested in GBA Development.<hr width="100%" size="1" noshade></BLOCKQUOTE>

I do agree. However, I think the price is worth it for a portable NES. My brother bought one and I will be getting a summer job to pay for this as well as some other things I need... hmm ... new video card... ddr pad.... afterburner backlight kit....

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picklehammer

March 18th, 2003, 09:53 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<hr width="100%" size="1" noshade>That's cool. It would be fun to play with some NES developement tools and make apps for that thing.<hr width="100%" size="1" noshade></BLOCKQUOTE>

I will definetely be experimenting with GBA audio using the boyscout tracker.

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spectre

March 18th, 2003, 11:38 AM

or u could just download the roms and save the money...companies don't care except if they are assholes...nintendo isn't selling or producing new nes games anymore...they aren't making money off of them, lol...its like the abandonware concept for computers...technically it's illegal but no one gives a shit, like spitting on the sidewalk for example...

DarkWolf

March 18th, 2003, 12:13 PM

You can take the GBA with you though. I'd like to see you carry around a PC tower.

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picklehammer

March 18th, 2003, 12:17 PM

downloading roms is still illegal, no matter how people care. What you do on your own time is no concern of mine, but posting roms on a public board is wrong.

Whatever your roms are, you can upload them to a gba cart and carry them with you.

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spectre

March 18th, 2003, 11:08 PM

"You can take the GBA with you though. I'd like to see you carry around a PC tower."

very true

SavageMessiah

March 19th, 2003, 01:58 PM

What about SNES roms for the games they're not remaking?

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picklehammer

March 19th, 2003, 05:56 PM

I doubt the GBA could emulate a SNES at full speed but it would be interesting to see what would happen.

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The Undertaker

March 19th, 2003, 06:28 PM

I'm sure a 7mhz ARM-7 could easily emulate a 3.58mhz 65c816 CPU. The SFX and SA-1 chip would probably cause problems. The main prob is that the GBA's max rez is 240x160 while the SNES min rez is 256x224.

picklehammer

March 19th, 2003, 07:02 PM

resolution shouldn't be a problem, like in pocketnes. There would probably just be different modes like scaled and auto and all that.

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DarkWolf

March 20th, 2003, 07:43 AM

I'd get the flash thing if they made an SMS emulator as well. A Wonderswan emu would be cool too.

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Melfice Darkmage

March 20th, 2003, 09:10 AM

Hmm, I wonder...is there any reason that wouldn't work with a GBA SP?

The Undertaker

March 20th, 2003, 12:30 PM

The only differnce I know of between the 2 is the fold up design and the backlit screen, so it should.

picklehammer

March 20th, 2003, 09:32 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<hr width="100%" size="1" noshade>backlit screen<hr width="100%" size="1" noshade></BLOCKQUOTE>
I believe the SP is actually frontlit, according to http://pocket.ign.com/articles/381/381613p1.html , meaning there is a degree of glare. When I get some spare money, I will put in an afterburner backlight kit on mine.
But yes, it would definetely work with the SP.

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DarkWolf

March 21st, 2003, 08:44 AM

I'm doing the afterburner thing after the 1 year warrenty is up.

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The Undertaker

March 21st, 2003, 10:37 AM

Well the commericial said "a lit screen" so I assumed they did. I just wish they used a progressive scan screen, the scanlines drive me nuts.

Agent Spork

March 21st, 2003, 02:34 PM

I might buy a GBA SP whenever that comes out (I dunno if it's already out or not), since my GBA got stolen.

Agent Spork

March 21st, 2003, 02:45 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<hr width="100%" size="1" noshade>A wonderswan emulator would be nice too.<hr width="100%" size="1" noshade></BLOCKQUOTE>

http://www.zophar.net/ws.html
Wonderswan Emulators, I presume?

picklehammer

March 21st, 2003, 03:00 PM

zophar is god

Agent Spork

March 21st, 2003, 04:11 PM

Indeed. http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smile.gif

DarkWolf

March 21st, 2003, 05:24 PM

Those are WS emulators for PC. I was talking about one for the GBA.

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picklehammer

March 21st, 2003, 07:28 PM

ah... well I don't think there are any for GBA.

Here is a list of emulators of non-gba things that can be used on a gba:
http://www.zophar.net/consoles/gameboy.html

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Melfice Darkmage

March 21st, 2003, 10:36 PM

Lol! This is a GBA thread about emulators, and you have to have one person come in and post about a PC one. Figures http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/smilies/cwm7.gif

Finite

March 22nd, 2003, 03:55 AM

For those more Sega-inclined, check this out:
http://pocketsms.emuunlim.com/

Pretty sweet.

EDIT: Great, just when I thought I had something interesting to say, I see it's already listed in picklehammer's link 2 posts up. Damn you! http://forums.newdoom.com/UBB/tongue.gif