VBAwii update 7.24.08 - Gameboy Advance Emulator for Nintendo Wii

***wraggster*** · July 26th, 2008, 11:55

theinternetftw has released a new version of the Gameboy Advance Emulator for Nintendo Wii:

Hey guys, for all the work I've been doing in the background, this is actually a pretty small update.

That's because I've spent most of my time trying to get the new version of VBA I was porting working well. Unfortunately, the new updates to the emu require even more power than the old VBA. This is a shame, because the new version fixes some sound emulation problems and is also a much smoother experience, missing the occasional jittering sound or intermittent speedup problems of the current VBA. The sound in fact is perfect, but right now it's a slideshow, stuck at frameskip 5 or higher.

Anyway, all that basically means is that I don't have a menu system in place yet.

But to what I do have done:

Version 7.24.08

- battery saves are now automatically written to SD Card

- savestates are implemented:
pressing + in the ingame menu now writes a savestate,
an option to load the savestate appears on rom load.
(only 1 save state per game for now)

- the screen has been enlarged as much as possible without changing the
aspect ratio.

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**agenericperson** · July 26th, 2008, 18:46

I'm confused. Does this version run at 5fps?

**Sir_Voe** · July 26th, 2008, 19:39

Originally Posted by agenericperson

I'm confused. Does this version run at 5fps?

No, it runs nearly perfect on most of the games I've tried. He was referring to a build he hasn't released yet when he mentioned the preformance issues.

**glenmcfar** · July 26th, 2008, 23:56

Just a quick thanks to the author for the SaveState feature. What a difference that makes.

Glen.

**Mini Moose** · July 27th, 2008, 07:13

Ya' know... having a feature to load a different ROM without having to reboot the app would be very nice...

Is it really that difficult to code?

**m_jay** · July 28th, 2008, 02:08

Thanks mate! I'll give feedback here after my testing on some cpu consuming game!

**ahhnevermind** · August 19th, 2008, 06:12

Thanks for all the work so far!

I'm trying to run Final Fantasy Advance V and VI and the emulation speeds up/slows down, and the sound skips with it.

Anyone else with this problem on these or other games?