Visual Boy Advance GX: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 23:29, 5 November 2008

A Game Boy Advance / Game Boy emulator for the Wii based on VBA-M.

Speed could still use some improvement. If anyone can make the code more efficient, knows PPC assembly, or can make it faster in any way, let me know.
Using Save or state files from older versions may cause this version to CRASH or other strange side effects (no sound)! If you're having problems, delete your old save/state file, and/or turn off auto-load. Save/state files created/loaded with this version work fine.
Patch support is for SD/USB/SMB only. Name the patch file the same as the ROM name (except the extension) and place it in your ROM folder.

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.

Visit the Official Release/Discussion Thread at TehSkeen

		+		Action
/ or	/	or /	/	Go to the Last/First file
/ or	/	or / or Up/Down	/ or Up/Down	Select previous/next file
				Up one directory
				Load the selected file or enter selected directory
			or Left	Quit the file selection menu

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

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

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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 | download    = [http://code.google.com/p/vba-wii/downloads/list Google Code]
 | source      = [http://code.google.com/p/vba-wii/ Google Code]
-| peripherals = {{Wiimote1}} {{Nunchuck}} {{ClassicController}} {{GCNController}} {{WiiDisc}} {{FrontSD}} {{FrontSDHC}} {{USBMSD}} {{SDGecko}} {{GCNMemoryCard}} {{WiFi}}
+| peripherals = {{Wiimote1}} {{Nunchuck}} {{ClassicController}} {{GCNController}} {{DVD}} {{FrontSD}} {{FrontSDHC}} {{USBMSD}} {{SDGecko}} {{GCNMemoryCard}} {{WiFi}}
 | hbc = 1
 | hbb = 1