PSPVBA: GameBoy Advance Emulator for PSP v1.1.1 (FOR 2.x FW !!)

[zx-81]

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Hi All,

I didn't forget you, dear FW2.1+ gamers !!!!

Here is a new version of PSPVBA the GameBoy Advance Emulator for PSP.

Taken the code of the version 1.2.2 (with media engine and not working ofr 2.1+ FW)
i've just finished to merge it with the old v1.1.0 version and here it is :

** THIS VERSION IS FOR 2.1+ FW PSP ! **

What's new in version 1.1.1 (compared to v1.1.0) :

- Improve sound (no more SDL stuff)
- GU access improvement (disable cache)
- Add option to enable/disable GBA battery/flash save
- Add new beautiful icons and background designed by Win-Win (Shadow) !
- New feature to save and load a distinct setting file for each games
- Add option to enable/disable the cache with the Graphical Unit
- Emulator menus reorganisation (new menu for settings)
- Rewrite some part of the Gfx code (faster)
- Bug fix and code cleaning

How to use it ?

Have a look to the README.txt file !

One binary version for 2.x FW and sources are included in the zip archive.

This package is under GPL Copyright, read COPYING file for more information about it.

Enjoy, :D

Zx.

Download and Give Feedback Via Comments

EDIT: A new version for 2.x FW users is available here (http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=170040)

[pkmusicmaker]

Is this the last one now?

[wraggster]

great news for firmware 2.xx fans

[zx-81]

Is this the last one now?

I will never say that, who knows what's the futur ? :D

[YourStillWithMe]

Nice going ZX, your always keeping it real. Are you currently working on any other projects? You by far have the best GBA emulator right now.

[zx-81]

Nice going ZX, your always keeping it real. Are you currently working on any other projects? You by far have the best GBA emulator right now.

I've discover many hints while porting VBA to PSP, and i've many ideas now to improve my other emulator ports :). So i think i will first try to make a new version for each of them, with new features, more speed etc ... :)

[Video_freak]

thats great news Zx :)

[zaiser]

Thank you for great program

[RetroGoth]

Thank you coming from one of a few 2.6 users who is unable to downgrade. TY TY TY TYT TY YTYT YTYTYYTYT TY

[alleyal202]

Like ive said in the past,your a emulating GOD!i knew u wouldnt forget about us 2.00 users. so will your future releases include 2.xx or just 1.50?how about sega CD emulator?if anyone can do it u can!keep up the good work ZX

[pommes2006]

works that on 2.80

[Uruz 6]

Good work ZX!! even if I won't use this (I'm 1.50 see) I'm sure a lot of people will appreciate this update :)

[punkypine]

wait does this work on like 2.7 and stuff as well?

[yeagermyster]

Sorry for being the noob but I cant get this to work for me. I have version 2.6 firmware and I extracted the
fw2 file to the psp/games file and then copied all of my
.gba roms to the rom sub folder but when i go under the memory stick in the games section on my psp all i get is 2 corrupted data's. Am I doing any thing wrong any help is extremely appreciated. sorry to waste your time.

[Kvonx]

great job again zx...................but i waz thinkin will u ever implement multipl. ,,if im not askin 2 much can i kno u r busy

[Voltron]

Good ol' zx-81, always looking out for everyone in the PSP homebrew community. Much respect goes out to you..

[zx-81]

wait does this work on like 2.7 and stuff as well?

no ... it works for FW up to 2.6 (as all other homebrew) and you need to run GTA, with the eloader from fanjita and Ditlew ... ;)

[Kvonx]

people i notice....cuz i tested them both with the exact same settings.....1.50 an 2.++ versions:)
POKEMON EMERALD VERSION pspvba 1.2.2

1.50 faster gud sound improvement but lil crakky

2.++ slightly slower than 1.50...but still fast wayyy bettr sound:confused:

perfect settings sound yes
frame skip 2
turbo 2
disable sfx no
arm tick 5 (if this is more than 5 when entering battle it will freeze:( )

[nightcrawler420]

Sorry for being the noob but I cant get this to work for me. I have version 2.6 firmware and I extracted the
fw2 file to the psp/games file and then copied all of my
.gba roms to the rom sub folder but when i go under the memory stick in the games section on my psp all i get is 2 corrupted data's. Am I doing any thing wrong any help is extremely appreciated. sorry to waste your time.

You need to Use the Unpatched GTA with Fanjita's GTA Eloader that you can get here http://noobz.eu
or on this site for that matter. and Welcome to Psp homebrew!

[Bastion]

So if I have a 1.5 PSP, which version is best, this one or the 1.2.2 release?

[Pocker_matt]

let not get my hopes up, you think you can reach 100% for the 2.xx?

[zx-81]

If you have 1.5FW take the v1.2.2

If you have +2.1FW take the v1.1.1

:)

[disturbed19]

hey ZX howz it goin

. i was just thinking. do u know wat would be a really fun and cool port? Atomic bomber for pc. it would be so awesome to play this on psp bcuz its fun and u can play up to 10 players, would it be possible to port this to psp? its only like 53MB not that much.

ps i have the files if u need them, think about it. it was one of the best and funnest bomberman ever released:D

[Alucardmoon]

oh yeah mutha sucka love the gba stuff

[zx-81]

Hey whats that game that is in the screen shot???

v-rally 3 :)

[sedonx]

This looks really good, well done, but i run 2.6 and once i loaded PSPVBA (the 2.xx version) it says starting main thread then just turns off.
What can i do?

[zx-81]

This looks really good, well done, but i run 2.6 and once i loaded PSPVBA (the 2.xx version) it says starting main thread then just turns off.
What can i do?

I've succeed to run it using devhook with 2.5FW, but can someone else please can confirm it works on 2.6 or not ?

:confused: :confused:

[EmuFan]

Thank you...SO much for this! Please, i beg you, make emus for both firmwares..I have tried to downgrade my psp without luck, i bricked it in a strange way once (umd discs could not be read) Got a brand new one luckely, so i´m NEVER gonna try that again. Anyway, great release! And do it for both, please!

[zx-81]

Thank you...SO much for this! Please, i beg you, make emus for both firmwares..I have tried to downgrade my psp without luck, i bricked it in a strange way once (umd discs could not be read) Got a brand new one luckely, so i´m NEVER gonna try that again. Anyway, great release! And do it for both, please!

I will do my best to provide 2.x version ... but it won't be released at the same time ...

[zx-81]

Here is a new version for 2.x FW users :)

What's new in version 1.1.2 (compared to v1.1.1) :

- Rewrite partially the code of the graphic stuff
(many parts of the code weren't optimized at all !)
- Rewrite partially the code of the ARM emulator
- Review memory cache strategy
- Bug fix and code cleaning


Zx

[Video_freak]

thanks Zx for including 2.x users (even tho i use 1.5, this is still a great release :))

[bassman]

zx......one word.......amazing.
you have brought us the best in psp gba emulation.
its just.......amazing :rolleyes:

[EmuFan]

Guess what! I did it! I downgraded!

[Khorney]

thanks, in 1.1.1 though, no matter what settings i used, it would never go faster than 6fps (or slower) whether i use max render or normal, sfx on/off, frame skip or turbo, so i'll see if this is any better. also can you make new topics for updates, or update the topic header, since i almost missed this update ;)

[Robertlatacz]

I downloaded the file and unziped it and put the fw2 file in the game folder but dont understand the "Put your rom image files on "roms" sub-directory." Because when i try to open the game on my psp it says "the game cannot be started the file is coruppted" Im on fw 2.71. Any help???

[zx-81]

I downloaded the file and unziped it and put the fw2 file in the game folder put dont understand the "Put your rom image files on "roms" sub-directory." Because when i try to open the game on my psp it says "the game cannot be started the file is coruppted" Im on fw 2.71. Any help???

This emulator works only for fw up to 2.6 ;) ...

[Robertlatacz]

oh thanks is there any emulators for 2.71?

[Video_freak]

Guess what! I did it! I downgraded!
good for you! welcome to 1.5! you dont need this version of PSPVBA now that you have 1.5, you can use the one with kernel mode :)

[Video_freak]

oh thanks is there any emulators for 2.71?
no, there are currently no emulators for 2.71 except for flash applications

[Robertlatacz]

Do you no where to save the flash player because i downloaded it but dont no where to save it to as theres no readme file

[Video_freak]

you can save it anywhere on your memory stick (make sure you put all the files in the same directory tho). when your in the psp web browser, open the file by typing its location in the address bar (for example, if you put it in the root of your memory stick, it would be file:/fmp.swf

[Chairthrower]

ZX-81 you are my hero. You continue to release the best emulators around. Keep up the good work.

[eminem555555555]

does anyone know any sites for the PSPVba rom games??

[Drift2Cyber]

:( Its not working! I have FW v2.01 and it work!

[Brandonrogowsky]

When I put the PSPVBA for 2.xx, it said I needed a GTA eLoader, what is this

[zx-81]

When I put the PSPVBA for 2.xx, it said I needed a GTA eLoader, what is this

With 2.5 or 2.6 FW you need the game GTA to run any homebrew or emulator on your PSP.

(see http://noobz.eu/ for details about this eloader)

Anyway i suggest you to use rather gPSP emulator that's much more faster than this one ;) ...

[benjthegreat]

IM new to all this and i cant get any emulators to work on my psp ,WHAT AM I DOIN WRONG!!!!

[D0N]

Well first of all could you calm down and tell me what firmware version you have?

Then I will be able to help you.

[carlitx]

ya im new to all this and i was just wondering if Zx is workin on any emus for those of us with fw2.80 and do not have gta.

[D0N]

Emulators dont work on 2.80

[visionchang]

not working on new eLoader 0.9.8 - Porter with tiff mode!

[zx-81]

yes i know, i've tried it already ... The new eloader is still in early stage, so we have to wait a bit to have one compatible with all homebrew. pspvba needs a lot of memory, and it seems to be the explanation here ...

[Sturaiku]

Well I have a dilemma, I use the tiff eloader and It does boot up the emulator, but once it goes into "loading main string" it freezes for a bit, then just completely shuts my PSP off, is it because im using a 2.0? Or is it something else?

[rvang87]

Guess what! I did it! I downgraded!
Please tell me how you downgraded...PLEASE!!!!!

[gallardo123]

**** you all

[The Track Master]

Ahh! I get "Corrupted Data" message when I 'clicked' the PSPvba icon! I thought this was for the latest firmware!

[zx-81]

this homebrew works only for fw <= 2.6 ...

[The Track Master]

Oops...

[raide ashcroft]

i have FW 2.60 and when i use the TIFF eloader it boots the emulator but it freezes when the emulator says "loading main string". does anyone know how to fix this?

[NoQuarter]

Are you on a ta-082 raide ashcroft?
If so I reccomend going for reverse devhook cause you get full compatibility.
If not just downgrade to 1.5 or upgrade to 2.71
2.60 is definitly a dead firmware

[zx-81]

i have FW 2.60 and when i use the TIFF eloader it boots the emulator but it freezes when the emulator says "loading main string". does anyone know how to fix this?

You'd better try the emu from exophase (gpsp) which is much more faster than this one.

Anyway this emu doesn't work with the tiff exploit on 2.6 (it works only with the GTA exploit) :o

[suerthug11]

Thanx this is awesome

[hinote]

XP anything on 3.x firmware yet?
unable to downgrade D=

[tsurumaru]

Zomg!

When did this become den of the n00bz???

Stop posting here and instead start reading the guides in the following forums:

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=80

For Firmware explanations and help.

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=48

For emulator guides.

Please let ZX-81 get on with coding his excellent emulators rather than swamping him with simple questions that you can find the answer for with a little bit of effort.

Thanks.

PS hinote it took about 7 months to find an exploit to allow homebrew on 2.5/2.6 firmware and at the moment it still isn't possible on above 2.80, so either buy a different PSP with a lower firmware, or play the waiting game.

[undefinedarts]

is there a way to make the emu run the game faster
any setting tips u can help me with
my game is runnin kinda slow

[SSaxdude]

^^ Use gpSP, it's much faster and I know it works with 2.8 (if that's what you have.)

[zx-81]

^^ Use gpSP, it's much faster and I know it works with 2.8 (if that's what you have.)


+1 :)

[hinote]

how long will it take for the downgrade for 3.02 =/
XP

[undefinedarts]

ya im 2.8 and usin pspvba 1.2.4 - slow megamanzero 2,3
and i tryed gpsp .0.8 2.6 kai (or whatever)
-needs bios
if u guys got bios u mind sharin the wealth?
[email protected]

[rushing]

no, there are currently no emulators for 2.71 except for flash applications

:cool: actuly there is a emu for 2.71+ that isnt flash
its eloader its a tiff loader :D

[savagewolf]

Yea im having a prob, I have firmware 3.03 and i think i got the newest version of gpsp to work. when i went to it, it went to a black screen then said the game couldnt be loaded. What name should the game be under. i tried putting it in the gpsp folder as .gba

[iphicrates]

how do i run ymy own game saves? i got a sgb file, i think.

[zx-81]

Yea im having a prob, I have firmware 3.03 and i think i got the newest version of gpsp to work. when i went to it, it went to a black screen then said the game couldnt be loaded. What name should the game be under. i tried putting it in the gpsp folder as .gba

If you have the official sony firmware 3.03, you can't run any homebrew :(

[zx-81]

how do i run ymy own game saves? i got a sgb file, i think.

I suggest you to use the gPSP emulator. About you game save, sorry, i don't understand what you mean.

[carloscastillo]

IT did not work for me

[Chameleon]

u must have the gba bios