New GBA Emulator gpSP (gameplaySP) v0.5 BETA - Many Games at Full SPeed-

[BelmontSlayer]

http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/GBA_icon02_cs.png

Exophase (http://bitpack.net/) has just released his GBA emulator for the PSP, heres what he says:


gameplaySP (gpSP for short) is a GBA emulator written completely from scratch. It is still pretty young (only having started a 3 months ago)
and thus rather immature, but it does a decent job of playing a number of games. It is currently very minimalistic, in the sourcecode, presentation, and features. Its number one focus is to deliver a GBA
gaming experience in the most playable way that PSP can manage, with frills being secondary.

Having said that, optimization was the important way in achieving this goal, with overall compatability being a near second. Because of this
some games may not run at the favor of running more games significantly better. Of course, the compatability will improve with time.

Many games will run at their best out of the box, but some games will run very slowly unless idle loops are taken care of. There is a supplied
ROM database, game_config.txt, that gives idle loop targets and other settings that may help a game to run better (or at all) on a per-game basis. Currently (as of the first release) only a very small number of
games are entered. This number should improve dramatically over time.

gpSP currently requires an authentic GBA BIOS image file to run. It will make no effort to run without one present; this file is 16kb and should
be called gba_bios.bin and present in the same location as the EBOOT.PBP file. Please do not ask me where to obtain this, you'll have to look
online or grab it from a GBA. Note that it is not legal to have this file unless you own a GBA, and even then it's rather gray area.

-- Features --

gpSP mostly emulates the core Gameboy Advance system. As of right now it does not emulate any special hardware present on various GBA cartridges.

What it emulates:

GBA CPU: All ARM7TDMI ARM and Thumb mode opcodes except block memory w/ s-bit (probably aren't used in GBA games) Video: Modes 0, 1, 2 almost completely, basic 3-5 support, sprites,
windows/OBJ windows Interrupts: HBlank, VBlank, all timers, all DMA channels, keypad DMA: Immediate, HBlank, VBlank, sound timer triggered
Sound: Both DirectSound channels and all 4 GBC audio channels Input: Basic GBA input delivered through PSP controls Cartridges: Currently supports up to 16MB large ROMs (32MB will not load)
Backup: 32/64kb SRAM, 64kb flash, 512bit/8kb EEPROM

What it lacks:

Video: No mosaic, bitmap modes lack color effects (alpha, fades), there might be some minor inaccuracies in blending...Cycle accuracy: Very cycle innacurate; CPU is effectively very overclocked, meaning games with rampant idle loops will probably run very poorly. DMA transfers effectively happen for free (0 cycle). Please do NOT use gpSP as a first source for developing GBA homebrew,
try No$GBA instead.Backup: 128kb flash is not currently supported.

-- Controls --

The control scheme is very simple and currently can not be changed.

At the ROM selection screen:

Up/down: navigate current selection window.
Left/right: switch between file window and directory window. Circle/start: select current entry.
Square: go one directory up.

digg it (http://digg.com/gaming_news/New_GBA_Emulator_gpSP_gameplaySP_v0_5_BETA_Many_Ga mes_at_Full_SPeed)

gpSP Compatibility list (http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=32844) (add your findings)

Download and Give Feedback/Compatibility Reports Via Comments

Many games including Mario are running at Full Speed and with sound, try your favourites out and report back as soon as possible

UPDATE: I've added a version for PSP v1.50 since some people were having trouble making their own :cool:

via exophase (http://forums.qj.net/showpost.php?p=966017&postcount=1)

[oblivioner]

Whoa got to check this! :D

[Mourningstar]

gpSP GBA EMU Compatability List....

2261 2 Games in 1 Dr Mario & Puzzle League(U)
works great...

2275 Final Fantasy IV Advance(U)
seems to be working good, but has sound problems...

The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
100% playable with a bit of some sound issues

Final Fantasy 1 and 2 Dawn of Souls
100% playable with sound issues during the battles (horrible sounds!)

Pirates of the Carribean
works great except for the sound which sucks, but oh well the action is nice.

1005 Wario Ware Inc.(U)(precision)
also works great, but the sound is a little messed up...

Super mario world advance
runnin pretty smooth

Super mario kart
has flawless graphics and near flawless play.

Spongebob Supersponge
(Absolutely perfectly)

Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Revival
(really slow),

Star Wars Episode III
(Slow but still somewhat enjoyable)

Sonic Advance
(perfect)

Sonic Advance2
(Not as perfect but still really good)

dragon ballz adventure
works

summon night
works

1636 Pokemon Fire Red(U)(squirrels)
works pretty good also

Castlevania Aria of Sorrow
100% Perfect!

Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance
100% Perfect!

Castlevania Circle of the Moon
a little slow and bad sound.

Lord of the Rings The Two Towers(U)
gameplay is really good, but sound is a little bad.

2298 2Games in 1 Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance & Aria of Sorrow(U)
perfect gameplay and sound.

F-Zero Maximum Velocity
a little slow with few graphic glithes and bad sound

Gradius Galaxies
very slow

0753 Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance
a little slow and sound is bad but playable

Golden Sun The Lost Age(U)(Megaroms)
crashes

Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga(E)(Menace)
crashes

Iridion II
good gameplay/sound at frameskip 2, but screen turns black about halfway through first stage(bad rom?)

Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed(U)
very slow

Big Mutha Truckers(U)
crashes at title screen

Iridion 3D
plays/sounds good with frameskip at 1

Dark Arena(U)(Eurasia)
freezes at copyright screen

0793 Turok Evolution(U)(Dumper)
Perfect!

1900 Astro boy Omega Factor(E)
Perfect!

Zelda - Four Swords
Crashes immediately

Metroid Fusion
Working

Spyro - Attack Of The Rhynocs
Working

Simpsons Road Rage (E)
Works Slow Sound Problems

Stuntman (E)
Works Slow Sound Problems

Spyro Orange - The Cortex Conspiracy (U)
Works, Slow Sound Problems

Spyro Fusion
Crashes immediately

Smugglers Run
Working Slow Sound Problems

Spongebob Squarepants the Movie
Crashes immediately

Yoshis Island/ Super Mario Bros 3
Crashes at intro

Tomb Raider The Prophecy
Crashes immediately

Spongebob Squarepants Bikini Bottom
Working

Spyro 2 - Season Of The Flame
Working

Spongebob Squarepants - Flying Dutchman
Crashes at start screens

Spongebob Squarepants - Super Sponge
Working

1275 007 Everything or Nothing(U)(Venom)
Works good with Frameskip 2

1661 F-Zero GP Legend(U)(Rising Sun)
Plays good with Frameskip 2, but onscreen map glitches and sound a little bad

1681 Kill.Switch(U)(Venom)
Works good, but sound is bad

2210 Driv3r(U)
Works good, bad sound

2205 The Sims 2(UE)(M6)
Fails to load

2233 King Kong The Official Game of the Movie(E)(M6)
With Frameskip 2 its playable, but is a little slow

2234 Ford Racing 3(U)
Plays good, but sound is bad/choppy

2240 Mario Tennis Advance Power Tour(E)(M5)
Blue Screen of Death/crashes

2222 Gunstar Future Heros(E)(M6)
Plays great with Frameskip 2, but crashes during 1st level. Maybe a different version would work.



Updated 8/20/06

[ninja9393]

that is kinda crazy

[mameuser]

Indeed, it a break through in speed.....

I just can't believe.


Wonderful Job

[BelmontSlayer]

Well seeing as how I posted it, I've tried it... :P

Anyways, the speed is extreme and the sound is almost perfect. I'm playing Pokemon Ruby with full speed and great sound.

[modcase]

Very nice release indeed. :D

[V3N0M]

Crazy how a great emu can be released at any moment without warning lol. Well anyways great job and it seems that full speed GBA emulation is possible as long as it was made from scratch for psp. I hope something like this happens for a ps1 emu. Great job. Just curious, is there a limit on the size of the rom?

[shadow77]

insane.. GBA is roughly 2x the clock speed of the snes and yet tons of games I tested are working perfectly at 0 or 1 frameskip !!

AWESOME JOB !! :)

[BelmontSlayer]

The max size it will take is 16MB. He's working to make 32MB compatible in the future.

[wraggster]

thanks for the news belmontslayer ive just woke up after a few hours sleep and modified it for the front page :)

what a bloody great release :)

[tophead420]

are you kidding me iv so gota try this out

[BelmontSlayer]

Haha, I was wondering who edited my post.

[Festizzio]

I LOVE this emulator! Thank you exophase!! :D :D

[tophead420]

well if i had the bios image i cud use this but no bios this sucks so bad lol da***t

[Festizzio]

well if i had the bios image i cud use this but no bios this sucks so bad lol da***t
Search google for "gba bios.rar"

[teh21337]

awesome thx =D

[ayhoung]

Whoah Omg So Surprised!

[chrisrulz555]

Please help me, I got the bios, renamed it and it still doesnt work :(

[one winged angel]

how can I get my bios from my gba

[BlackJack23]

If it's as fast as you guys claim I'll....
I don't know what I'll do but it will be crazy.
Going to test it now
WOOT!

[kando]

this runs AMAZING! compared to the other GBA emulators this EATS THEM UP! mario kart gba working almost 100% smooth....jaw dropping.

if you need a link to bios, i wont post it here....just shoot me a pm :)

[dOOmy]

DAMN this thing is FASSSST zelda minish cap is working fantastic. this thing rules. Exophase now has my vote for king of the galaxy. This emu is so great I almost have tears in my eyes. This is the holy grail. Thanks master for giving us peons what we truely need to make our little lives better.

[four_add]

this runs AMAZING! compared to the other GBA emulators this EATS THEM UP! mario kart gba working almost 100% smooth....jaw dropping.

if you need a link to bios, i wont post it here....just shoot me a pm :)

i cant pm you.. insuffiecient post maybe.
i own a gba and a gba sp.. and im desperate to get the bios. could you pm me?

sorry if posting this is not allowed

[wraggster]

no pm requests or links etc, dont want nintendo shutting us down, use your brain and use google ;)

[Festizzio]

Read my post on the second page.

[dOOmy]

BETA he calls it, LoL I dont think nintendo itself could make a better gba emulator

[Mourningstar]

**** yea!

Now THIS is a ****ing GBA EMU!


But how do you save???

[teh21337]

kando do you have icq?

[four_add]

ops, forgot that it have to be renamed(sorry for asking pm and such, and yes Google is the BEST friend).. the speed is freakingly fast! wow, imma very impressed. hope he can make the save feature,

currently the only way to exit the emu is by the Home button right?

[dOOmy]

I just used the save screen on minish cap and it worked fine I shut psp down and then started it up again and just loaded the game from zeldas save screen and all is fine. It never worked on any other emus before.

[.:}<3\/!}\{:.]

WOW man keep it up!!!

[sithlord1823]

jus filling my 2gb sandisk full o roms - gonna be a great day indeed! what a nice suprise!..... well done mate!

lee

[kando]

unfortunatly you cant change games without restarting the psp...but still....amazing...works even better than my snes emu on my 2.6 =)

[Mourningstar]

We need to list compatible games that are working damn near flawless...

Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance and Aria of Sorrow work perfectly!

What games have yall tried?

[Mourningstar]

Wario Ware Inc also works great, but the sound is a little messed up...

Damn, my PSP just crashed to the blue screen of death while playing WarioWare. :mad:

[kando]

-super mario world advance runnin pretty smooth

-super mario kart has flawless graphics and near flawless play.

[kayhanbakid]

wow!!!!

Super Mario Advance runs perfectly at frameskip1.
i think it runs a little better if you rename the rom SUPER MARIOA.gba.

my Mario Kart rom actually works better now on my PSP than on my NDS!

Super Mario Advance 2 always crashes for me in the same exact spot in the beginning and the sound was very scratchy while it ran.

Super Mario Advance 3 also crashes at the beginning with terrible sound.

Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga works nearly perfectly with 0 frameskip. (At least the beginning part that I saw). EDIT: actually it crashes before you enter the first practice battle against Bowser.

Pirates of the Caribbean actually runs really well. It doesn't even load on most GBA flash carts.

incredible emulator!!!!

Others:
Works pretty good-Spongebob Supersponge (Absolutely perfectly), Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo Revival (really slow), Star Wars Episode III (Slow but still somewhat enjoyable), Sonic Advance (perfect), Sonic Advance2 (Not as perfect but still really good), Sonic Advance3 (Also really good), Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 2nd Ed (no sound though, but that's ok, the sound is annoying)

Don't work or crash near beginning- Jackie Chan Adventures, Wario Land 4, Tetris Worlds, Chessmaster, Aladdin (same game works perfectly on SNES emu though)

All right, that's enough testing for me. My PSP just ran out of batteries and it's 3AM where I am. I'm going to sleep.

[four_add]

ive just tried dragon ballz adventure and summon night. both works!! i think all gba games work with this emu :) both at high speed frame rate.. much much better than pspvba IMO.

[Mourningstar]

Pokemon Fire Red works pretty good also....

So I would assume all the Pokemon games do...

[teh21337]

i dont get these bio roms xD

[dOOmy]

Pirates of the Carribean works great except for the sound which sucks, but oh well the action is nice.

[psiko_scweek]

ok the games ive tested thus far:

The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap -- 100% playable with a bit of some sound issues

Final Fantasy 1 and 2 Dawn of Souls - 100% playable with sound issues during the battles (horrible sounds!)

Castlevania: Aria of Shadows -- crashes while loading.

oh yeah did i mention ZELDA?!?!

ok now the gripes:

there is no in-game menu so you have to restart the emulator to swich games

the menu that IS there, need improvement

umm....thats basically it.

just think this basically proves that an emulator written from scratch for the system WILL be better than a port (its common sense but damn!!)

so c'mon PSmonkey where is our full-speed N64 :p

[Mourningstar]

2 in 1 Dr Mario & Puzzle League works great...

Final Fantasy IV Advance ssems to be working good, but has sound problems...

[pspfan]

Wow! I was just going to head to bed but I decided to check to see if anything was new in PSP homebrew news, and I'm quite glad I checked! Don't think I'll be going to sleep for a while now! Trying it now.

[parsifal968]

good PSP emu days in the near future! ;)

Congratulations to coder!

[kando]

its 5:38am here...still playin w/ new toy =P

work in only 5 hours...../snicker

[wraggster]

can one of you make a compatibility list in the PSP Emulation and Homebrew forum and Update it, would be great for others to see what works etc

thats if anyone fancys doing that :)

[BlackJack23]

I think zx and this guy should team up.
Zx has a very functional menu, rom browser etc

[lplover2k]

better interface etc.. will come i am sure..it's only beta it is very promising!!!

[Musoka_Eimin]

Wow is it really this good guys? sniffle thanks to coder! will keep an eye on releases, downloading it now! Been waiting for functional emu for GBA for a while

[kando]

super mario advance 2: super mario world freezes during intro.

super ghouls 'n' ghosts works BEAUTIFULLY on 1 frame skip.

will report as i play =)

[SteveV2]

Excellent, the PSP has needed a great GBA emu for a while now.

Not bad for 3 months work hehe :)

[PSmonkey]

*ahem*

I TOLD YOU SO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:D

Told the scene many times. If a gba emu was writen from scrach for the psp it would be able to run at full spead.

[pspfan]

You also said it about an N64 emu...SO GET TO WORK!!! Hehe, just playing with you :) (I know you've got other projects, like Sandbox).

[Zion]

Amazing, the psp homebrew scene is getting better day by day :D

[scupitangul]

i have some trouble running games....i used kxploit and put the right bios and the txt but when i want to load the games it gives me the gameboy logo below some funny letters and then it crashes,,,,and the commands dont seem to work on my psp ...i mean it says square to go up and when i hit square it crashes and a lot of other problems....can anybody tell me if ive done something wrong..
p.s. ive tried all the pokemon ...advanced wars and others

[wraggster]

wow until yoshis island crashes its bloody fast

[wraggster]

revenge of the sith plays excellent, sounds a little funky but great speed

[Snaggletooth]

Here are the results of some ROMs I've tested. Awesome potential here!

Zelda - Four Swords Crashes immediately
Metroid Fusion Working
Spyro - Attack Of The Rhynocs Working
Simpsons Road Rage (E) Works Slow Sound Problems
Stuntman (E) Works Slow Sound Problems
Spyro Orange - The Cortex Conspiracy (U) Works Slow Sound Problems
Spyro Fusion Crashes immediately
Smugglers Run Working Slow Sound Problems
Spongebob Squarepants the Movie Crashes immediately
Yoshis Island/ Super Mario Bros 3 Crashes at intro
Tomb Raider - The Prophecy Crashes immediately
Spongebob Squarepants Bikini Bottom Working
Spyro 2 - Season Of The Flame Working
Spongebob Squarepants - Flying Dutchman Crashes at start screens
Spongebob Squarepants - Super Sponge Working

[Mourningstar]

Guys be sure to check the compatability list!

[SteveV2]

i have some trouble running games....i used kxploit and put the right bios and the txt but when i want to load the games it gives me the gameboy logo below some funny letters and then it crashes,,,,and the commands dont seem to work on my psp ...i mean it says square to go up and when i hit square it crashes and a lot of other problems....can anybody tell me if ive done something wrong..
p.s. ive tried all the pokemon ...advanced wars and others

I'm getting the same, had 4 attempts at mario world all resulting in blue screens :(

[JD/]

Wow this is a real break through soon ill be able to put away my flash cart mayb ill sell it on ebay for a couple of bucs :D

[psiko_scweek]

Gah!!! you people are making it hard to keep the compatibility list updated!!!

post here with your finding please!!!

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=189162#post189162

[revolver6]

i have read most the posts and heard nothing on Golden sun the best rpg on the gba so if ne one hasnt played it i advise u do u wont be dissapointed btw this emu is great

[psiko_scweek]

Golden Sun plays, its a little slow and the sound is a bit choppy, but it plays great.

[Airdevil]

Golden Sun plays, its a little slow and the sound is a bit choppy, but it plays great.

really?.... for me it crashed in the first intro video of the game

[bosanova_x]

castlevania circle of the moon has choppy sound.
:(
looking forward to an update of this fantastic emu.

mega!!!!!

[wraggster]

try different versions of roms, some from different regions may be more compatible

[JD/]

Remember there are different rom releases from different teams so some roms might work better than others I usually jus rip mine from the cart and it works much better.

[four_add]

Gunstar Super Heroes crashes in game..
Women Tour Tennis runs well and fast

[zx-81]

Awesome work Exophase, keep it up :)

[ACID]

Holly tomatos batman. This is so Friking great.

[_JC_]

Great!!

[bosanova_x]

megaman zero 2 is a little slow but playable.if any body has a ds you should try rockman zx it rocks!!

not as much as this emu though.:)

[irishdoody]

This is a VERY, VERY impressive release. Beta mostly because of its occasional crashes (even upon loading some, at other times compatible, roms), so it's a little inconsistent, but it feels Alpha for enough moments to be worth an immediate download. So happy, especially with "D8" impending. It has been a good week for the PSP.

I have added "Monster House" to the compatibility list if you are interested - it runs very well, with only a few problems with sound and graphics.

^Doody

[Dementia7]

GRRRRRRR, im going insane. i can't get it to work. heres what i did

i used seiPSP to make it run on 1.5, after that i got me BIOS file, renamed it to "gba_bios.bin" exactly, put it in my .PBP folder and everything else needed, made a ROM folder. anyway, it loades up, but gives me a screen telling me i dont have a bios file and whe i get one to re-name it, and have that long line of numbers on it..or somthing.

PLEASE HELP, I REALY REALY WANNA TRY THIS.

[mameuser]

Awesome work Exophase, keep it up :)

Zx-81
You are back... :)

[iceblaze30]

when i use sei tool, i get 'invalid pbp file to write' when i press generate.

[tophead420]

ok this thing is kinda making me mad all its doin is crashing on me and all the files are in the right places and the bios is named gba_bios.bin like it should be can anyone help me out i really wana play my tony hawks proskater games lol

[Dementia7]

I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM as tophead..i'm pulling my hair out. haha

[ayhoung]

Exophase should totally enter this into the neoflash contest. if tis already not too late!

hey zx-81!

to tophead: try using kxploit, and name the bios rite. i tried using seipsptool but that crashed for me. hope this helps

[Dementia7]

ayhoung, if you got it working on a 1.5 FW, can ya help me out? PM me if you can help, please. im desperate here.

[ayhoung]

oh yah dementia, same thing as above lol

[Dementia7]

ya? DAMN...i can't figure it out..ive done everything right..i think.

[ayhoung]

oops, i last editted my other post, dementia are u using kxploit?

[Dementia7]

i got it!!!!!!!!! okay, do this. dont name THE ACTUALY FILE "gba_bios.bin" keep it the same name. and just put .BIN. at the end.. wow..it was that easy.

[ayhoung]

lol good stuff

[Dementia7]

sorry..im typing and playing full speed Metroid..im a little extatic. also...im drinking lots of coffee..

[tzp2gameknight]

Excellent emulator, thank you very very much.

[hack.fool]

oooooooo man.. Advance Guardian Heroes run full speed:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
great!!!!!!!
I can't wait till next release...great!!!
great!!!!

[Lodis]

After I heard that Metroid Fusion was reported to run at a very good speed I decided to try it out. I copied a 32KB save from my PC and renamed it to the same name as the ROM but ending in .sav and it worked!!

So far I am able to continue where I left of a year ago lol. So try loading some of your backed up .sav files and it will probably work.

[Dementia7]

realy????, will it let you Save after ??

[nofx_sk8]

GRRRRRRR, im going insane. i can't get it to work. heres what i did

i used seiPSP to make it run on 1.5, after that i got me BIOS file, renamed it to "gba_bios.bin" exactly, put it in my .PBP folder and everything else needed, made a ROM folder. anyway, it loades up, but gives me a screen telling me i dont have a bios file and whe i get one to re-name it, and have that long line of numbers on it..or somthing.

PLEASE HELP, I REALY REALY WANNA TRY THIS.

Try using another bios file (with right checksum = a860e8c0b6d573d191e4ec7db1b1e4f6)

[Dementia7]

thanks nofx, but i got it. took me a while, but i was just renaming it wrong.

thanks anyway.

[mastersho]

YES YES YES YES !!!!!!!!! this what i wanted since i heard of homebrew! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!!! YOU ROCK!!!!

[dthpsc]

this is amazing...

[ayhoung]

lol i actually yelled (well kinda) aloud when i saw this update

[Dementia7]

i threw my hands in the air and waved them like i just didn't care. hahah

[Harshboy]

I must say this is a very great emulator for the PSP. I'm playing Pokemon FireRed and the speed is almost 100%, i think its probally at about 90% in this game and sound is a bit choppy, but who needs sound anyway. I'm blown away at how good this works!

Oh, and honestly, all this emu needs now is a nice GUI and i think it could be out of what you call it "Beta" but this is beyond beta in my world.


Keep it up!

[gamer121]

the emu is great

Will zip be supported

[Dementia7]

and Save states or in game save. and it will be perfect, to me.

[Mr.Denny]

I`m tring this on 2.6 but it says i need an "exploit".

Any help?

:(

[snkrock25]

congrats to the coder, i guess its an excellent release. I had been anxious to try, but with no luck in locating the gba bios and lack of equipment to rip mine from my gba i guess i'll have to omit this release.



but seriously, Congrats again to the coder for his accomplishment and support for the psp homebrew scene.

[slik da relic]

with time... u'll get the GBA bios... and the games also. once u get them both, the emu will probably be vastly improved some more!

da relic

[dthpsc]

Hmmm... strange problem here. Had it working great about an hour or so, now all it does is start playing the GBA logo, then crashes to the blue screen... it appears other people have been having this problem too, but it seems strange to me that it would all of a sudden stop working.

[mavsman4457]

This is incredible. Is it the game config file that makes these games runs so fast?

[uudem]

does this emu work on 2.6
did anybody try out on 2.6

[O-bake]

I don't get it. Do the game file names have to be renamed like the entries in the config file?

Because Mario World and Castlevania - Aria of Sorror both crash into a bluescreen during the intro :(

And how can it be, so many games work for some people? The included config file just contains a few games.

[PlantationBoss]

Absolutely tremendous work! I had concluded that the CPS2 emulator would be the last major emulation breakthrough for the PSP, but I am greatly pleased to be proven wrong. For a first release it is better than could ever be expected, some roms don't work, but Sonic works very well. Looking forwards to fuller compatibility, zip support, and a richer menu.

I really need to get a 4Gb memory stick.

[PsychoSync]

This emu REALLY shows that "made from scratch" is better than a ported app!!!

[.:}<3\/!}\{:.]

can it run zipped rom?

[dOOmy]

Zelda minish cap crashes ingame, damn

[Isulduir]

Great Job!!! Alot of games work with great speed! Very Impressive, especially with the best sound of all the GBA emulators for the psp so far. Can't wait till it has a nice user interface for adjustments and loading roms, zip support and of course save states!! Very very good beta version, glad you shared it with us!!

[PsychoSync]

Snes9X_TYL is awesome but imagine a Snes emu done from scratch for PSP, every game would play flawlessly!!!

[sirhax0r]

I just downloaded this and the BIOS (Not as hard to find as 2.71's devhook files:) )
And I have to say it works great! I kxploited it, and it worked perfectly! I havent tested all my roms, though.

[hack.fool]

I had same problem..crash with that blu screen..:mad:
take the file .gba inside your zipped rom and put in PSP/GAME/gpSP
then start the emu!




I really need to get a 4Gb memory stick.

IReallyReally need it toooo:D

[ACID]

Holy crap plaing metrid zero. At full speed this is great. Hopufully Zipped files will work soon. And the loading time before the game is plaied will improve. But this emu is king of GBA emus now.

[ACID]

can it run zipped rom?
Not in its current stage i guess thats why he calls it a beta. Because it doesnt feel like one. Great emu:D

[PSPegasus]

This emulator is AMAZING!! You've achieved the impossible on the first release! Well done and keep up the good work.

[gslop]

Woah!

[bobjebob]

Great! thank you!

[Baboon]

I'm loving this emulator. Its the first time ive tried a GBA emu on PSP and I'm very impressed!

Hopefully save state will be on a future release?

GREAT STUFF! :)

[ACID]

I wonder if ZX can take a look at this emu and with his help make it the ultimate emulator.

[psiko_scweek]

ok here is the latest news! lol...

this GBA emulator uses SDL for all of its graphic and sound ouput and not the GU and ME. Harvey is trying to recode part of the emulator so that it will use those two and it should speed the emulator up.

[James1709]

... Hopefully save state will be on a future release...Save function works perfect with the in-game-save-options. Every rom that works can also save.

[Baboon]

Save function works perfect with the in-game-save-options. Every rom that works can also save.


Ahh... then i'm REALLY impressed with this emu!

:D

[ACID]

Yes and it creates a save file on the roms folder where you keep the game.

[mastersho]

OMG!!! I've just played this emulator for 3 hours!!! it's great!! on more save state due to the bios and it's super fast compaired to vba! Good show chap! good show indeed!!!!

[Baboon]

In a space of a couple of weeks weve had CPS2, N64 (pre R8), and now a decent GBA emu. ...Quality! :)

[siulmagic]

does it support zip cus i tihnk not just wondering

[pkmusicmaker]

All I have to say is FINALLY. Thanks for this one big time.

[ACID]

does it support zip cus i tihnk not just wondering
Not at the moment

[beastie]

can somebody PLEASE POST the ****IN GBA BIOS as the 1's i have got dont workPLEASE

[siulmagic]

omg this emu is great jesus i cant belive im playing zeld aminish cap at full speed

[mavsman4457]

can somebody PLEASE POST the ****IN GBA BIOS as the 1's i have got dont workPLEASE

Wraggster has already asked nobody to post them or pm them as he doesn't want to go anywhere near getting into legal trouble. Also, this is a lesson for you. Two cure all's in the world are duct tape and google. At this point I don't think duct tape is going to help you much so you should fall back on google.

[ebitiba]

Lego Star Wars Full Speed!

[ACID]

I notice there is no way to change from ROM to ROM. So i pressed home and notice that this emulator is giving mi time and date a seizure. I wonder whats that all about.

[siulmagic]

im trying to make my saves from psp vba work on this emu but no lucky so far i renamed my save files to the one that gpSP on saves but it says corrupted data if eny one cna help =)

[ACID]

I here you i tried the same no luck siulmagic

[vettacossx]

well i gave him like 20 min.....
lol

[Kramer]

umm i think thats against the rules vetta

anyways this emu is amazing cant wait for it to be more stable.

[Video_freak]

Holy crap, I wake up and see this. It has 143 posts in 10 hours! :eek: Gonna try it...

[ACID]

Nothy veta. I wonder any body found a way to select different roms with out having to exit the emulator.

[beastie]

it still doesn't work , how do u rip the bios from a GBA

[Cooe14]

it still doesn't work , how do u rip the bios from a GBA
With a GBA flash cart. Are you naming the BIOS right?

[beastie]

I've got a GBA flash cart , im namin it as gba_bios.bin as it says.

[ACID]

No just fisicaly name it so you dont need to use a GBA flash cart. For that

[vettacossx]

exactly bro
just rename it and DO ADD THE .bin part ;) sometimes that tends to confuse folks...lol..;)
just go to your 16 mb bios file ;) andright click and choose rename bro....then copy and paste this there ;)

gba_bios.bin

ALSO FOR EVERYONE ;) if you ALREADY HAVE A GBA EMU IN YOUR PSP

dont add ANOTHER roms folder...lol...just guiide yourself to the roms ALREADY ON THE MS VIA FILEBROWSER ;) hope that saves someone some space :D

[itoito]

como instalar el programa paso a paso porfavor gracias

[beastie]

i can't get either bios 2 work that i,ve downloaded

[ACID]

i can't get either bios 2 work that i,ve downloaded
Did you try renameming them like this gba_bios.bin

[vettacossx]

i even broke the rules for 10 min just to get you on your way 2 :( i really dont know how else to help bro send me a mail ill try to EXPLAIN in more detail beatie
;) i cant really LEAVE you one because its apparently against the rules ;) but ill try to help u if you mail me just so you dont have to keep posting in desperation bro [email protected]

[Kvonx]

m feelin exoctic

[Kvonx]

dis iz totally awesome

[ACID]

m feelin exoctic
So you have that kind of movies in it .LOL that explains why you touch it alot.LOL


i even broke the rules for 10 min just to get you on your way 2 :( i really dont know how else to help bro send me a mail ill try to EXPLAIN in more detail beatie
;) i cant really LEAVE you one because its apparently against the rules ;) but ill try to help u if you mail me just so you dont have to keep posting in desperation bro [email protected]
We forgive you beta. Hey people dont read they just go to ask questions right away you gave the a big window there for a second.:D

[beastie]

Its not because i,ve got 1.5 Firmware is it , that its not workin

[ACID]

No works great on my 1.0 and 1.50

[aliface]

hi at all
i've a problem
i've the rom of kirby nightmare in dreamland european, but i can't run that
what can I do for play with this rom, i've the bios
thank at all

[Emeriastone]

so is this 1.00 psp combatible only??

[Video_freak]

I get a "Your PSP has just crashed" message whenever I try to load Super Mario Advance 2. :(

[Video_freak]

so is this 1.00 psp combatible only??
You have to kxploit it to work with 1.5. ;)

[aliface]

i use the custom firmware and i don't have problem to ruun this application

[Video_freak]

i use the custom firmware and i don't have problem to ruun this application
That's because you can load 1.5 eboots with custom firmware. :)

[ACID]

Hey video i just got your isp. LOL this emu is awsome and i still say that he should join with ZX to make it the best ever.

[felonyr301]

well not news to me had this since it came out yesterday but damn what a beta zelda minish cap runs full speed with sound at frameskip 1 too bad it crashes when you get the map in the castle oh well but im really looking forward to the next release.

[felonyr301]

oh hey zx-81 long time dont see you post.

[Video_freak]

Hey video i just got your isp. LOL this emu is awsome and i still say that he should join with ZX to make it the best ever.
How did you get my isp? And why would I care?

[ACID]

ZX still rules just like this emu.

[Video_freak]

ZX still rules just like this emu.
Yeah! We can't forget Zx's work! He could still improve speed! :)

[Mr.Denny]

Quick question--

Is it possible to SAVE and LOAD?

[Mr. Shizzy]

I just gotta say THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!! This is the most functional "beta" of an emu I've ever seen! Awesome work! I'm completley blown away!!!!!!

[ACID]

Nice to see you got it to work Mrs. Shizzy. Up sorry for mi spelling.

[V3N0M]

Man i can't believe this thread just blew up to 20 pages lol. Well if anybody needs any help just read my banner and i would be glade to assist you.

[danknugz]

awesome, cant wait for some options to be added!

[dj2005]

Quick question--

Is it possible to SAVE and LOAD?
Using the game's save/load, yes. No savestates yet.

[Mr.Denny]

Using the game's save/load, yes. No savestates yet.

I`m not sure what you mean :confused:

[Video_freak]

Nice to see you got it to work Mrs. Shizzy. Up sorry for mi spelling.
That's not very nice.... :p

[ACID]

Hey i sayd sorry for mi spelling. LOL

[Video_freak]

lmao Acidburn, your one funny dude (or dudette :eek:) lol

[.:}<3\/!}\{:.]

more than 180 comments is just wow, i would like to thank you for this amazing piesce of work, THANK YOU!!!

[ganon]

Ok I didnt play minish cap b4 but what if u play it with zx emu save normally (not save state) past the castle and load it with gpsp would it work?

[Video_freak]

Ok I didnt play minish cap b4 but what if u play it with zx emu save normally (not save state) past the castle and load it with gpsp would it work?
It should....Try it and tell us.

[ArchAngel]

Anyone who needs a bios from their GBA (Meaning they own a GBA but dont know how to extract it)
Can visit *LINK REMOVED*

[Video_freak]

Dude, you can't post links likes hat on forums ArchAngel.

[djamm]

Xcellent new emu with great promise!!!

Cheers,

keep it up...

djamm

:D

[ganon]

Like I said I didnt play this game so I dont have a save file but someone that did woth zx emu should try

[Pumped'Up]

WOW, this new emu sounds to be too unbelievable...I can't wait to try it out.

July and Aug have been by far the greatest months for homebrew development ever. Capcom emus by NJ and now this.

The homebrew community has never been stronger than it is today.

I don't know how to thanks enough to the PSP developers...

Simply unbelievable....a dream come true...

:D

[Viper Snake]

This is unreal! I can't believe it! Castlevania Aria of Sorrow, Circle of the Moon, and others I've tested so far run perfectly with full speed and sound! Even my normal savegames from visualboy advance worked! Best release out of nowhere ever!!! :)

[Raekwik11]

:confused: speechless

[ArchAngel]

I dont see how its any different than asking people to PM me so I can give it out. The website that hosts the material is in no way affiliated with DCEmu.
You cant go to jail for talking about something thats illegal. Its everyones own choice weather they walk rather than talk. But people that have a GBA should worry. So I dont see why its a problem. If Wraggster or someone asks me to take it down, then I will take it down.

[alucard001]

mother ****ers this is the greatest psp emu yet

[alucard001]

thanks a lot keep up the great work all the games i tried so far run full speed

[Pumped'Up]

I may even restart playing Minish Cap from the beginning with this emu...WOW....

[Dementia7]

you wont get far, it crashes when you get the map..although..if you play from a save AFTER that part..you might overcome the crash. ive yet to test that theory..anyone wanna give that a go?

[SteveV2]

Anyojne having any troubles just use one off the list, I used sonic advance (u), unzipped and that works.

Pinball of the dead and v rally 3 both get blue screens. That was where I went wrong, anyone else get blue screens for those 2 roms?

[rock_light]

HOLY &*$#% WTF!! WHO WOULDA THOUGHT! THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOO Awesome!!!! THANX!

[AlinayG]

Man this is a super release, and this is just the first one so it can only get better and better :D

[wiot]

This is one of the greatest moment in psp homebrew history.

for Bios. Search google for GBA BIOS RAR

[ganon]

This is unreal! I can't believe it! Castlevania Aria of Sorrow, Circle of the Moon, and others I've tested so far run perfectly with full speed and sound! Even my normal savegames from visualboy advance worked! Best release out of nowhere ever!!! :)

Hmm then I will try my theory after work 2moro

[SweetFA]

Steven Gerrard's Total Soccer works great.

Can't wait for 8 meg rom support, Winning Eleven World Advance at full speed would be fantastic.

Great work.

[Plowking]

This is the best PSP news I've seen in a long time.

A lot of great games are perfect with only slight sound probs.

My only regret is that Fire Emblem games don't work.

It can only get better...

[Video_freak]

It will get better and better Plowking (Simpsons :))
This only a beta version.

[siulmagic]

saves from psp vba do not work they al say corrupts data maybe some one will mak ea convertor in the future

[pspfan]

This should've been entered in the Neoflash comp, I'm almost positive it would've won...

[Video_freak]

This should've been entered in the Neoflash comp, I'm almost positive it would've won...
Oh yeah. This would have kicked ass!

[Zephyroth_drgs]

god damn good emu, tank you!

[Mourningstar]

This needs ZIP support asap....other than that i cant see any immediate imporvments...

[Kvonx]

yo i added sum stuff to the eboot.........just replace the eboot in the gpSP folder,us try it!!!!!:D it looks pretty kool:cool:

[Video_freak]

What did you add Kvonx?

[Kvonx]

jus some piks an sounds

[Video_freak]

Dude, Kvonx, could your sig be any bigger? :rolleyes:

[Kvonx]

....ah....yeah i was jus lookin at it !!! :o well at least ur eyes wont have to strain:rolleyes:

[tallica]

lol a mod is probaly gonna make you resize it :p

[Video_freak]

lol a mod is probaly gonna make you resize it :p
Probably? You mean within the next half hour. :rolleyes:

[Kvonx]

ahhmm!!! there is not save game right....u only can save in the game, cuz i made a rom folder and put mi roms in it (evry rom had it own folder) an saves keep appearing in the folders:confused:

[Video_freak]

That's weird Kvonx. :confused:

[Lodis]

realy????, will it let you Save after ??


Yes it does, I tested the save imediately and reloaded it and it worked fine.

On one occasion when I was saving in Advance Wars it crashed (BSOD) but on restart the save was still completed.

[Plowking]

saves from psp vba do not work they al say corrupts data maybe some one will mak ea convertor in the future


Maybe some of them dont.

But I have an old save from vba for castlevania circle of the moon, and it worked with no problems at all.

Remember, the save has to be the real game sav, and not a save state from vba.

It ends with .sav (not .sgm)

[Festizzio]

yo i added sum stuff to the eboot.........just replace the eboot in the gpSP folder,us try it!!!!!:D it looks pretty kool:cool:
Dude...that rocks :D

[Video_freak]

What did he add Festizzio?

[Dickhead]

Yeah This emu rocks when it comes to speed and sound quality but some of my gba games dont run on this but they run on ZX-81s psp vba. Maybe ZX-81 and Exophase could team up to get compatablity better

[Video_freak]

This only a beta version, Dickhead. (its funny in this context :)) More compatibility will come. ;)

[Festizzio]

He added an awesome icon, background, and music that plays when you highlight the icon. Hold on, I'll take a screenshot.

[Video_freak]

He added an awesome icon, background, and music that plays when you highlight the icon. Hold on, I'll take a screenshot.
I'm just gonna use Shadow's there WAY better. :)

[Festizzio]

I'm just gonna use Shadow's there WAY better. :)
Where are they?

[Video_freak]

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=25517

[Festizzio]

http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=25517
Meh, I like this better:

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y132/DDR_hacker/snap0001.jpg

[Video_freak]

Yeah, that one is pretty good, bu tI have all of the other one's from Shadow, so I have to match. :o

[Festizzio]

Yeah, that one is pretty good, bu tI have all of the other one's from Shadow, so I have to match. :o
lol Oh i see :)

[DessyDago]

didn't know about the ones by shadow, very cool.

[Voorhees]

ooOOh this emu is really funky...keep up the super good work :)

[Kvonx]

jus unrar and replace the eboot in the folder with the %.........I think dis 1 is awrite:p (FOR gpSP mod its on page 21)

[Video_freak]

What icon did you put Kvonx?

[Kvonx]

Mario that talks....and Sings!!!:D

[Festizzio]

Is there any chance you can make a Golden Sun one?:)

[ninjakid]

I dont know if someone has mentioned this in this post but the best way to use this emu and test games is to kxploit it then use irshell to run it with app loading confirmation turned off then to change the rom all you do is exit emu to irshell then run it again. This is much much quicker then going back to xmb and reloading emu with gameboot delay!!!

[Kvonx]

I changed the background of the r7 eboot........video freak is right shadow got sum kool ones!!!!!

[Video_freak]

Yeah, all of mine are from Shadow. ;)

[Kvonx]

i try chek me shortly

[BazzaLB]

Yeah, this is brilliant. Does anyone know if it changes the PSP clock speed to 333?

[gr42178]

This only a beta version, Dickhead. (its funny in this context :)) More compatibility will come. ;)

HAHAHA for a second there I thought you were insulting him:eek: :D

[Video_freak]

BazzaLB, I'm guessing it runs at 333 mhz, yes.

[Video_freak]

HAHAHA for a second there I thought you were insulting him:eek: :D
LMAO! :)

[RetroGoth]

doesnt seem to work in 2.6

[kando]

doesnt seem to work in 2.6

oh yes it does :)

[luis_05]

YES!! OH GOD YES!! im playing mario super kart at maybe full speed, the sound is great, and play is more than what i expected. Thanks to this dude who made this emu!! i love it! im crying but they are tears of joy.!!

Frameskip-2, thats the setting i have

[PSPegasus]

I hope this release inspires people to remake some emulators from scratch for the PSP, eg: SNES. If this is an example of what can be achieved, we can have 100% speed for virtually every console!
I've tested Super Mario Advance, Wario Land 4, and Mario Kart and each one of them ran between 90-100% without a frameskip!! Wario Land crashed after I'd played through to the end of the 1st level of the green corridor, but it ran fine up til then. And if it really doesn't use the ME for sound emulation yet, we can expect a major increase in speed when he does code it.
Things I hope for for the next release:
ZIP support, ROM changer, Control rebinding.

Again, wonderful emulator, doubly so as it's still only a Beta!

[M!ckeY]

has anyone figured out how to find out the loop thing for the games? if anyone has can you help me out, thanks:)

[gamer456]

good job just what i was looking for today