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Revision as of 23:50, 16 October 2008

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A Game Boy Advance / Game Boy emulator for the Wii based on VBA-M and Visual Boy Advance v1.7.2.

Features

  • Wiimote, Nunchuk, Classic, and Gamecube controller support
  • Custom controller configurations
  • SD, USB, DVD, SMB, GC Memory Card, Zip, and 7z support
  • Turbo speed, video zooming, and unfiltered video options
  • SRAM & State saving
  • MEM2 ROM Storage for fast access
  • Auto frame skip for those core heavy games
  • GBA compatiblity based on VBA-M r750, GB compatibility based on VBA 1.7.2

Notes from the Developer

  • Speed could still use some improvement. If anyone can make the code more efficient, or is able to activate the PPC assembly code inside, or can make it faster in any way, let me know.
  • Everything's been ported from VBA-M, except Blaarg's new sound core and the GB core. These I haven't gotten working (they just crash). If anyone can help debug the reason(s) why, please contact me - I would appreciate the help! The new sound core is supposed to have much better performance (speed), and should make things sound better since it has interpolation. The VBA-M GB core also has a LOT of improvements.
  • There's minor screen/sound corruption when switching to a new ROM or from a GB rom to a GBA rom. If anyone wants to fix this, let me know!
  • Some games will report that your save is invalid, but then load it up fine anyway. If anyone can fix this, let me know.

Installation

  • If you are using the Homebrew Channel just copy the apps directory from the archive to the root of your SD card. If you are using another loader use the executables/vbagx_wii.dol.
  • ROMs & saves files should be stored in vbagx/roms and vbagx/saves on the root of your SD card or USB flash drive. You can copy the vbagx directory from the archive to your support drive. Your ROMs must be in ".gba" format.
  • Launch the emulator using your Loader.

Support

Visit the Official Release/Discussion Thread at TehSkeen

Controls

In Menu

GameCube Controller Wiimote1.svg Wiimote1.svg+Nunchuck alternative.svg ClassicController.svg Action
GameCube Control Stick or GameCube D-Pad Wiimote D-Pad Up/Wiimote D-Pad Down Wiimote D-Pad Up or Nunchuck C Button/Wiimote D-Pad Down or Nunchuck Control StickUp/Down Classic D-Pad Up/Classic D-Pad Down or Classic Left Control Stick Move through the Menu System
Gamecube B Button Wiimote B Button Wiimote B Button Classic b Button Previous menu
Gamecube A Button Wiimote A Button Wiimote A Button Classic a Button Select menu option

File selector menu

GameCube Controller Wiimote1.svg Wiimote1.svg+Nunchuck alternative.svg ClassicController.svg Action
Gamecube D-Pad Left/Gamecube D-Pad Right or GameCube Control Stick Wiimote D-Pad Left/Wiimote D-Pad Right Wiimote D-Pad Left or Nunchuck C Button/Wiimote D-Pad Right Classic D-Pad Left/Classic D-Pad Right Go to the Last/First file
Gamecube D-Pad Up/Gamecube D-Pad Down or GameCube Control Stick Wiimote D-Pad Up/Wiimote D-Pad Down Wiimote D-Pad Up or Nunchuck Z Button /Wiimote D-Pad Down or Nunchuck Control StickUp/Down Classic D-Pad Up/Classic D-Pad Down or Classic Left Control StickUp/Down Select previous/next file
Gamecube B Button Wiimote B Button Wiimote B Button Classic b Button Up one directory
Gamecube A Button Wiimote A Button Wiimote A Button Classic a Button Load the selected file or enter selected directory
GameCube Z Button Wiimote HOME Button Wiimote HOME Button Classic HOME Button or LeftClassic Right Control Stick Quit the file selection menu

In Game (by default)

The controls can be changed in "Controller Configuration" menu.

GameCube Controller Wiimote1.svg Horizontally Wiimote1.svg+Nunchuck alternative.svg ClassicController.svg Action
GameCube D-Pad or GameCube Control Stick Wiimote D-Pad Wiimote D-Pad or Nunchuck Control Stick Classic D-Pad or Classic Left Control Stick GBA DPad
Gamecube A Button Wiimote 2 Button Nunchuck Z Button Classic b Button A
Gamecube B Button Wiimote 1 Button Nunchuck C Button Classic y Button B
GameCube L Trigger Wiimote B Button Wiimote 2 Button Classic L Trigger L
GameCube R Trigger Wiimote A Button Wiimote 1 Button Classic R Trigger R
GameCube Z Button Wiimote - Button Wiimote - Button Classic - Button SELECT
GameCube START Button Wiimote + Button Wiimote + Button Classic + Button START
Left Gamecube C Control Stick Wiimote HOME Button Wiimote HOME Button Classic HOME Button or Left Classic Right Control Stick Emulator menu
Gamecube C Control Stick Right Wiimote A Button+Wiimote B Button Wiimote A Button+Wiimote B Button Classic Right Control Stick Right Turbo Mode

Changelog

1.0.3 - October 15, 2008

  • New timing / frameskip algorithm - should (hopefully) work 100% better!
  • Performance improvements - video threading, PPC core partly activated
  • Video zooming option
  • Unfiltered video option
  • 7z support
  • Loading progress bars added

1.0.2 - October 6, 2008

  • New core! The core is now a custom combination of VBA-M and VBA 1.72
  • Added DVD, SMB, ZIP, GameCube MC support
  • Faster USB/SD speeds
  • Screen alignment and flickering problems fixed
  • 128K save support added
  • Better emulation speeds. Should now be nearly full speed all the time for most games.
  • Turbo speed feature. Mapped to right C-stick (classic controller & Gamecube controller), and A+B for wiimote
  • Controller mapping preferences bug fixed. Your preferences will reset automatically to correct any problems in your preferences file
  • Many other tweaks behind the scenes

1.0.1 - September 18, 2008

  • GBA games now run at full speed
  • Menu improvements, with spiffy new background - thanks brakken!
  • Fixed L/R buttons - they work now

1.0.0 - September 16, 2008

  • Now compiles with devkitpro r15
  • One makefile to make all versions
  • Complete rewrite based on code from SNES9x GX
  • Now has a menu! ROM selector, preferences, controller mapping, etc
  • Wiimote, Nunchuk, and Classic controller support
  • Button mapping for all controller types
  • Full support for SD and USB
  • Load/save preference selector. ROMs, saves, and preferences are saved/loaded according to these
  • 'Auto' settings for save/load - attempts to automatically determine your load/save device(s) - SD, USB
  • Preferences are loaded and saved in XML format. You can open VBAGX.xml edit all settings, including some not available within the program
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