VBA for PSP V004 ? (GBA EMU)

[wraggster]

Tonight we got our hands on what seems to be a newer version of the GBA emulator for the PSP, the last release was in June and i can verify its the same emulator but the file size is different and date on the file shows todays date. the emulator does seem faster although i have no way of being 100% correct, so with that in mind for those interested, check out what for now we have named VBA For PSP v004?, download it here --> http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/vbapsp.shtml

[znamezsame]

One strange thing I found was that when you plugged the Eboot into Homebrew9, the default icon for the application was just text stating: "VBA FOR 2.00 DO NOT UPGRADE!!!" Yet the icon doesn't show as such when the split eboots are transfered to the card. I have no idea what this means, but I tried out the emulator.

The one emulator I really cared about was this one, and of course it's the one that doesn't exist. At least that is still my opinion. I tried playing Final Fantasy 1 & 2, and it's still too ridiculously slow to be playable even with max frameskip and 333Mhz.

Does anyone use this emulator? If so, what games do you find it useful for?

[pkmusicmaker]

I was looking forward to this emulator a lot too. Mainly because it never seems to run perfectly for the PC. It's the best possible, but since it's a portable system, I'd rather play it portably. Anyway, I hope someone works on it a little. I don't see why it's been so ignored, especially since the GBC one works so perfectly, and the SNES is coming along nicely. Oh well, let's hope.

[Zephyroth_drgs]

no sound, still a lot slow

[wraggster]

there is sound

use the analogue controller to toggle sound and speed

[dman32]

whats the secret to even getting this to work?

[Tomppa]

One strange thing I found was that when you plugged the Eboot into Homebrew9, the default icon for the application was just text stating: "VBA FOR 2.00 DO NOT UPGRADE!!!" Yet the icon doesn't show as such when the split eboots are transfered to the card...

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: What the.. hmm.. what could this mean?

[znamezsame]

whats the secret to even getting this to work?

1.) Split it with Kexploit, Homebrew9, etc. (If you have a 1.50 PSP)
2.) Put it in X:\PSP\GAME\VBAPSP (and VBAPSP% for 1.50)
3.) Rename GBA ROM to X:\PSP\GAME\VBAPSP\ROM.GBA
4.) Optional: Rename gamesave to X:\PSP\GAME\VBAPSP\SAVE\SAVEDATA.SAV

(Yes, it's really a one at a time emulator, use FileAssistant or similar to rename on the go and use more than one game. However the emulator is so slow it's barely worth your time.)


What the.. hmm.. what could this mean?

I think it means that someone was trying to get it to run on Firmware 2.00 by tweaking it. There have been many people getting excited about crashing later in the eboot startup process. But since it's been going on so long, and everyone and their mother has been editing headers for some time, is it reasonable to think this is all it would take? The people who were trying to take advantage of the buffer overflow were much closer. I wish someone was working on the speed of this emulator, not trying to get it to pioneer the field of 2.00 bootable homebrew. Hello World should do nicely for that.

[Cap'n 1time]

phhhhhhht. gimme any eboot and i can make it not crash on the startup process. split it with kxploit, open the NON-% EBOOT in a hex editor, find "0200 0800" twards the begining and change it to "0200 0100". or you can do it by means of that retarded update folder trick.

This guy may have gotten it to go further somehow, but he hasnt really publicly made any announcements. so we may never know.

edit: mind you, it wont let you load homebrew... it will just allow you to begin to launch it.

[samui_samu]

Hmmm....., what a cryptic message about 2.00.

So, it seems to work better? or is it just a tweaked version that someone tried to get to work on 2.00 like znamezsame said?

It is true that i think the focus needs to be on speed (namely utilizing the PSP's cpu) and not on firmware version.

And to answer snamezsame's question i would just love to use a working GBA emulator to play Riviera which is turning out to be a surprisingly good RPG.

[tryqus]

I find the fact that vba has apprently been ignored the past few monthes disturbing. With all the accomplishments we've seen in the gbc and snes areas of psp emu, you'd think someone might try to clean up the gba emu! But alas, no one seems to have taken up the project, until now anyway. Though the file does seem to be different, it still wont run on my 1.5.

-Tryqus

[slik da relic]

one would think gba would be kinda simple to code, compared to other emus being worked on. imagine if it was worked on as much as the snes emus... with all these months that went by, it would be humming along rite now.

da relic

[Cap'n 1time]

do it yourselves then. and no, its not simple at all.. it pisses me off to see some of you people that cant so much as program a VCR telling these people that its simple. go to school you hippies.

[xuphorz]

1timeuser, stay with us

[Cap'n 1time]

Sorry... let me explain. first off the PSP is unlike a computer or any other console thats come out. DO NOT COMPARE IT TO A 333 MHZ COMPUTER. DO NOT COMPARE IT TO THE DREAMCAST (unless your really technical, and none of you are.) AND DO NOT COMPARE IT TO A PS2 (same as before)! This is differant technology. Its not running on your old PII 366 MHZ computer with MMX support (remember when the actually used to say that?) nor is it your Dreamcast thats had almost half a decade of research under its belt. The PSP is capable of running GBA at a playable speed (probably)... But it will take some work. The VBA for psp programmer cant just magically make this thing work.. he depends on alot of other research being done by other people. SO STOP BITCHING ABOUT ITS LACK OF PROGRESS! wheres your work? thats what i thought...

xuphorz- this is my digital home. no place id rather be than dcemu!

[pkmusicmaker]

Sorry... let me explain. first off the PSP is unlike a computer or any other console thats come out. DO NOT COMPARE IT TO A 333 MHZ COMPUTER. DO NOT COMPARE IT TO THE DREAMCAST (unless your really technical, and none of you are.) AND DO NOT COMPARE IT TO A PS2 (same as before)! This is differant technology. Its not running on your old PII 366 MHZ computer with MMX support (remember when the actually used to say that?) nor is it your Dreamcast thats had almost half a decade of research under its belt. The PSP is capable of running GBA at a playable speed (probably)... But it will take some work. The VBA for psp programmer cant just magically make this thing work.. he depends on alot of other research being done by other people. SO STOP BITCHING ABOUT ITS LACK OF PROGRESS! wheres your work? thats what i thought...

xuphorz- this is my digital home. no place id rather be than dcemu!

I don't think anyone is saying it's easy to do. We're pretty much saying that it's not harder than SNES, and SNES is coming along nicely. If someone were to take up the project, it's very possible to pull it off. It isn't miles away from the other emulators we've seen.

[slik da relic]

normally, on other forums, i would spaz out on someone, but im laughing right now... LMAO!!!! why? bcuz some of u guys r just waiting for a statement that u feel is outta line, so u can ERUPT like an online volcano or something. what pk is saying is just what i mean. it seems snes has so many emus, that if the same was applied to gba, it would be running nicely. but, noone else really got or stayed on it. im not tryin to dis anyone, u can check ALL my posts. i wish i could code, i envy and respect the guys/ladies doin it. so, dont use my statement as a reason to blow up. unless its helpin u to not beat ur wife, punk! :mad:

da relic

[znamezsame]

it seems snes has so many emus, that if the same was applied to gba, it would be running nicely. but, noone else really got or stayed on it.

This may be hogwash, but I may have heard a reason for the lack of GBA emu development. I recall reading conversations (here?) of Nintendo really pursuing GBA emulator creators. I think since it's still a current system they have a lot more interest in protecting it. I realize this is ridiculous, but I also heard they have a copyright or patent or something on GBA emulation?! I'm not sure you can legally prevent someone from making software, unless it attempts to make money by using patented technologies. Even then it's virtually impossible to prove those technologies were not internally developed by those attempting to sell them. Regardless, no one is attempting to make money, and distributing ROMs is where I imagine Nintendo concentrates.

[Cap'n 1time]

Its harder than SNES eh? thats not true either. do your homework butt head.

And an erruption comes when i loop at porn silk.. I just get mad here... lil joke :) :D

[slik da relic]

Its harder than SNES eh? thats not true either. do your homework butt head.

And an erruption comes when i loop at porn silk.. I just get mad here... lil joke :) :D

oh... so ur not beating ur wife. ur beating ur meat. lmao!!!

my bad

da relic

[pkmusicmaker]

oh... so ur not beating ur wife. ur beating ur meat. lmao!!!

my bad

da relic

Suddenly I have too much information, and not about psp anymore.

[RedKing14CA]

well ANYWAYS, if i wanted a GBA i would go into my brothers room and take it back... however, i dont have much a need for GBA, GB and GBA is dead, and nintendo needs to stop trying to resurrect them... nintendo DS was a cool idea, NOT because it had duel screens and what not, simply because it wasa LEAP from crappy snes, to nintendo 64 graphics... i loved the gba when it very first came out, it was awsome, but after awhile, it got boring... and the gbasp just wasn't appealing... and now they have the gba micro, i dont think they're going to stop...

but anyways, we dont need gba emu, we have final fantasy 1 and 2 on nes and snes which run fine... i think what we need is PS1 emu, whatever happened to the PS1 emu for PSP???

well, yeah, nintendo would get upset if people developed a working psp gba emu, especially because of the release of the gba micro...

well, sorry, i don't mean to dis anyone, just nintendo's stupidity...

i love the snes, and i liked the 64.... game cube is unappealing... the DS was...OK... but i sold it, the psp killed the DS... so i like nintendo, and i like nintendo's products, but they can be really stupid...

and man, sony sucks, through and through, they make great systems, but always have to jack it all up...

[MaxSMoke]

I think you're all missing the real question here; Could somebody PLEASE make a complete this GBA emulator??

There's alot of interesting games released on the GBA that were never released on anything else. For instance, Mario Pinball and Bookworm are high on my list of great portable games. If this guy can't complete his VBA, could somebody else take over the project? There's alot of "unofficial" versions of SNES emulators, why not an "unofficial" version of the VBA that actually runs at a useful speed? The SNES emulators run so well, it seems like the GBA emulators should be able to do so as well. Or at least somebody could try messing with it. The last VBA release with months ago!

I have a few dollars I could donate to a solid release. And, of course, my undying praise and admiration! ;)

[watoto]

well,I suppose I could take over the project and optimize it.

....oh,wait,no...I just remembered I can't code.meh

[jjjj]

Advance wars is a little slow but playable, played through the whole campaign. Maybe Nintendo had a little word to the dude that did the emulator so he wouldnt update it. Would totally kill that tiny little GBA coming out. Do get it to work remember to rename the rom to rom.gba or nothing will happen.
Out

[phantomk]

Heres what I dont get. The Neo Geo Cd emu that runs on the PSP- you need the bios too - anyways to the point. It was the SDL version of the emulator that was rencoded, and it really wasnt rencoded that much. Things like the button configuration was remaped, and the screen size and resize option handels where changed as well as the directorys for saves and roms. Now the visual boy advance

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=63889.

A GBA emu that is avalable in SDL code and has it's source avalable, well I'm almost almost certain that if a decent coder got his nubs on it and looked at the work done on the and neo cd emu's and compared thier source files from the psp/pc versions- well I"m sure we would have a decent GBA emu in no time. I'm willing to bet it would have the speed almost down pat- with out audio or games that used the the 3d modes. But what do I know. I just know that the Neo Geo emu was retooled a tiny bit and look at its speed! the visual boy advance wouldnt need that much reworking since there is a SDL version!

[Mr.Modem]

I think the hardest thing is to make it fast. All Snes game doesn't run at full speed yet and GBA is much more advanced than Snes is. Visual Boy Advance may not be so hard to just port but it will be hard and will take a huge amount of time to optimize it. I don't think it's impossible to make a good GBA emu for PSP but it's going to take time.

[Jitesh]

I made this it was a test to check if it worked on a 2.00 i was trying it on a different website forum the original source is http://www.psphacks.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6224 if anyone has any contact with dcemu and any other psp place tell them immedietly it is a fake not a real 2.00 VBA and it is no faster than the V003 somehow someone has been advertising this I have seen it on 37 websites so far i have the original source and every v004? matches the original one! remember you were one of the first to hear this!

[chroni]

ugh, version 3.11 .... i'm very new to this - is there anyway I can still get this?

[pkmaximum]

Sry homebrew will not run on your version of firmware for the PSP. Plus there is a better GBA emulator any way Gpsp V0.9 runs full speed on almost every game.

But you will have to go out and buy a homebrew enabled PSP sry....