Lameboy v0.9 Released - GB/GBC emulator for DS

[DanTheManMS]

New release from Nutki (http://lameboy.ath.cx/?p=16):


Here it comes. Not as many fixes as I expected to put in this release, but did not want to delay it any longer. There is no change to sound core so don’t expect any improvement there.

Remember what I said about no hardware bilinear upscaling in NDS in the last note? Actually I was wrong - you can get it with some simple tricks. So now you can toggle between no scaling / nearest neighbour / bilinear with Y button.

Lameboy DS 0.9

Changelog:

* fixed: joypad register emulation (fixes Wario Blast)
* fixed: GBC hdma (fixes Pokemon Crystal graphics)
* fixed: interrupt flags emulation (fixes Bouble Bobble)
* fixed: V-blank interrupt timing (fixes Altered Space)
* fixed: split window emulation (fixes Donkey Kong graphics)
* fixed: GB timer initialization (fixes Pokemon Pinball)
* added: fake serial interrupts (fixes many early games)
* added: RTC emulation
* added: pseudo bilinear upscaling mode

RTC feature needs more explanation. I tested it with only one game - Pokemon Crystal, so it can be considered beta. The emulated time is always synchronized to NDS RTC and not affected by fast mode. It’s the same behaviour as in VBA and opposite to GNUBoy’s. Also save style is compatible to VBA, with one issue: I think there is no way to check time zone in NDS (as it is not set) so I fixed it to +2h. If your timezone is different you will get timeshift between Lameboy and VBA.

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[wraggster]

awesome thanks for the newspost and thanks to nutki for another great release :)

[blazingwolf]

Great Release!

I like the screen expand feature and the ability to use ROMS in any folder.

Not to mention improved compatability.

Thanks Nutki!

[DanTheManMS]

The bilinear filtering makes all the difference to me. Makes it look so much better without any noticeable speed loss.

Thanks Nutki.

[Echo1]

An excellent update. Cheers.:)

[pizzatacoman]

Wow, Thanks! Hopefully more updates will add support for even more games. (like Pokemon Puzzle Challenge).

[jinqui242]

The screen zoom is some neat little eye candy. Unexpected from a homebrew emulator (the first I've seen it at least).

[funem]

Love the zoom, the bilinear looks great. Thanks for the update it rocks.

Out of interest games like Wackey Racers and Mickeys speedway flicker an awful lot. What is the cause of this.

Once agian thanks for this, look forward to the next update.

:thumbup:

[fook123]

Thank you for getting rid of the red background. . . . . it was kinda hurting my eyes a bit.

[awesomedavid]

Need some help:

I d/led 0.9 and patched it through DLDIrc and got a lameboy_sclt.nds file for my Supercard Lite DS.

When I run this on my DS it brings up a file directory with white text and a black background and on the bottom screen it says
"fat:/LAMEBOY/
> [..]"

There are two GameBoy roms (.7z) in that folder but it won't show up.

Am I using the wrong DLDI program (DLDI right click) or do I need a different type of ROM than .7z/patch the rom with some program?

[pizzatacoman]

The roms need to have a .gb or .gbc file extension.

Since those have a .7z file extenstion it means you need to unzip them using winrar.

[Hyrule_boy]

Need some help:

I d/led 0.9 and patched it through DLDIrc and got a lameboy_sclt.nds file for my Supercard Lite DS.

When I run this on my DS it brings up a file directory with white text and a black background and on the bottom screen it says
"fat:/LAMEBOY/
> [..]"

There are two GameBoy roms (.7z) in that folder but it won't show up.

Am I using the wrong DLDI program (DLDI right click) or do I need a different type of ROM than .7z/patch the rom with some program?
LOL you can't use roms that are in 7zip format or any other format besides .gbc So you need to unzip the roms with 7zip.

[DanTheManMS]

Actually if the games are less than 2 MB in size you can have them in ZIP format. Larger games must be uncompressed. But yeah, 7zip is not supported, so you'll need to extract that.

[skipboris]

Awesome release but theres one drastically needed feature: button mapping. I have NDSL and those start/select buttons are terrible! Playing start/select heavy games like all the zeldas is really annoying. Please change start and select to x and y. Or, better yet add a feature to allow custom mapping. :thumbup:

[andersonoscar5]

Sweet, glorious specs of the 11.6 millimeter device (that's frickin' thin, by the way) include a 3.5-inch 480 x 320 touchscreen display with multi-touch support and a proximity sensor to turn off the screen when it's close to your face

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[Harshboy]

wow, this is my favorite emulator ever. I've been using it ever since the first release and I must say it's great. Keep it up! Finally I can play my favorite Gameboy Color games on my DS.

Do you think Wireless Multiplayer Link will ever exist? That'd be pretty neat.

[zauberer]

This is amazing release, thanks for this.

Keep going your awesome work.

[Thanatos 2.0]

unzip the 7zip files, if you don't have a program for it get Winrar can work with nearly all compressing systems.

[iso jussi]

This is DLDI build right? So does this work with DLDIwiki's M3 CF DLDI, which fails read aligment test?

[DanTheManMS]

You could just try it and find out, you know.

[fook123]

you should add a built in gameshark.

[Falseblue]

Having a great upscaling and downscaling system is great in an emulator. Very happy with the release.

[robman84]

Anyone got an M3 SD and successfully launched this? If I patch it with the M3 SD DLDI I've got it just gives me a white screen on the lower screen. If I launch it through DSOrganise it loads and works, but no sound and pressing the Y button doesn't change the scaling.

Any ideas? This is an awesome release BTW!! Thanks!

[Coire]

How do you create a savestate? I'm trying to save Laink's awakeningDX, But It doesn't work. Can anyone help?

[Sir_Voe]

How do you create a savestate? I'm trying to save Laink's awakeningDX, But It doesn't work. Can anyone help?

First, save in-game. Then you can create the save on your card by either pushing X or pushing L and R simultaneously.

[mikeb]

his site that he posted his releases on doesnt load anymore....

[aparoid_x]

Is it at all possible to save on Gameboy Color games?

I can't seem to get any to save, but regular Gameboy games (like Kirby's Adventure) save perfectly fine. (However, I can't get to load the game at all!)

What gives?

[DanTheManMS]

I've saved my game using several GBC games. You're saving in-game and then using the X button to send the updated save info to the *.sav file, right? If you do that, it should autoload the save data when you boot up the game again.

[RaiderX]

Awesome! Really glad he's working on Pokemon Crystal. Just waiting for state saves one day, this emulator is great! :thumbup:

[gundamman.exe]

this program is useless, you just need to unzip the game file for GBC gams and uploading them to ur sd cards and play like a gba game.

[F2bnp]

I'm tired of people trying to beat the shit out of other guys.There is only one solution.Either you like it either you not.If you don't just keep it to yourself and you won't hurt anyone or anyone's feelings.

[lightningquickguy14]

this program is useless, you just need to unzip the game file for GBC gams and uploading them to ur sd cards and play like a gba game.

You know, not all of us have that luxury of using SD cards.

[myuusmeow]

this program is useless, you just need to unzip the game file for GBC gams and uploading them to ur sd cards and play like a gba game.
:rofl:
dos dot wrk w/ slt 1? datd b schwet!!!

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I love this emulator, having Wario Land 2 and 3, and Pocket Bombeman on the DS just pwns. (Even though Bomberman runs at 50 FPS. :( )

[DanTheManMS]

lightningquickguy14, do you mean you're using a NOR-based GBA flash cart? If so, you can use the FCSR method to append a virtual filesystem to this to get it working, though it may be easier to use Goomba Color instead.

[iso jussi]

Tried the newest version with M3CF, patched with PHwiki's DLDI file, and got upper white screen of death and black lower screen.

[lightningquickguy14]

lightningquickguy14, do you mean you're using a NOR-based GBA flash cart? If so, you can use the FCSR method to append a virtual filesystem to this to get it working, though it may be easier to use Goomba Color instead.

OK, thanks. I appreciate it, but I got this to work anyway. This is a great emulator, by the way. Saves work and everything.

[wiggy fuzz]

i think i'm having a problem with "LoZ Link's Awakening DX", after beating the last boss and watching the credits roll by the game hangs on "The End".it doesn't take me back to the title screen or anything - is that supposed to happen? (the FPS counter remains fluctuating between 59 and 60, so i know lameboy hasn't frozen)

i also noticed "battery" was spelled "battety" in the emulator

[DanTheManMS]

I haven't beaten the game myself, but I'd imagine that's intentional. Many games of the time did that.

[Enaress]

Speaking of that game, it seems that it wont save for me. Here is what I did. I started a fresh savefile and played all the way to the beginning of the 2nd level. I hit X to save and I stopped playing for a few minutse. I came back to play it again and I loaded my slot and I was at the beginning again when I was first waking up in the game... Why is it doing it to just this game and not any others I have? Is it because the filename is too long to load or something?

Also I'd like to see a "Save State/Load State" feature in the future, and maybe a "Reverse" feature like NESDS has (hold a button to go back in time, like a VCR but for your game).

[DanTheManMS]

You only press X to update the *.sav file. Since you never saved in-game, there was nothing to update. You save in LA by pressing A+B+Start+Select to open a menu if I'm not mistaken. After you've done that, you press X.

The rewind feature would require lots of spare RAM, which I think Lameboy is rather short of at the moment.

[Enaress]

You save in LA by pressing A+B+Start+Select to open a menu if I'm not mistaken. After you've done that, you press X.

Doh *slap self*. I had forgotten how to save in the game, it's been a while. Thanks.

[wiggy fuzz]

i say more homebrew should utilise the opera ram expansion pack, i'm sure most people have that or a slot 2 device (since GBA carts have on board ram

[deatharcher]

Thank you very much..... Ur da shit xD

[kralle]

We need an update so LSDJ works perfect :D

[the_skip]

I have been having problems using this with my mmd I have dlidi patched it but it never works, along with the other gameboy emus

[DanTheManMS]

Do you have an MMD or the MMP (the 4 GB "gigapack" one)?

[Flygon]

I have to say, apart from certain games that heavily use rastering (I'm looking at you Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets), this emulator is great.

The issue with rastering is that it flickers a whole lot, in a bad way.

But the fact that this emulator runs the game "properly" at all is great, so I must say, this emulator is great.

[the_skip]

mmd with 2 gb scan disk card

[DanTheManMS]

Try copying the data off your card and formatting it. That's the only thing I can think of unfortunately.

[Some jerk]

RTC doesn't work for me, it randomly jumps 3 hours (after 10 seconds), and after I save it turns to 8:53pm...
Anyone know why?
And when will they release another version? It's been ages!

[Desolace]

so it can run on a cyclo ds evoloution? how do i put roms on the program

[DanTheManMS]

Copy lameboy.nds to your card.
Copy your games to your card.
Launch lameboy.nds

Fairly simple.

[Desolace]

wait how do i save i clicked L+r on crystal and it restarted. what other emulators are on cyfclo

[DanTheManMS]

When you return to the rom menu, it automatically backs up the SRAM to the *.sav file. You can also do this manually with the X button if you want.

The other GBC emulators for the DS that work on the CycloDS Evolution aren't really worth looking into. If you want other systems, look at the sidebar of the DS section of DCEmu.

[Desolace]

okay thx i heard 1 snes emulator works on cyclo too. also i heard cyclos are really hard to find now is that true

[DanTheManMS]

Technically two work, but you'd be best off with SNEmulDS. CycloDS units are harder to find than usual, yes, though you should be able to find some somewhere.

[starboardman]

this method "You save in LA by pressing A+B+Start+Select to open a menu if I'm not mistaken. After you've done that, you press X." just reboots the game for me... it takes the game back to the starting screen. I can press X and it says it makes a sav file but everytime I reload a game it just starts at the beginning... what am I missing?

[DanTheManMS]

I haven't played LA in a while, but shouldn't A+B+Start+Select open up a menu where you can save the game, not reset the entire game?

[starboardman]

I haven't played LA in a while, but shouldn't A+B+Start+Select open up a menu where you can save the game, not reset the entire game?

It's the first time I've used it and it didn't open a menu for me...

[mafta]

it doesnt work on R4 :( is there any that work on R4??

[DanTheManMS]

it doesnt work on R4 :( is there any that work on R4??
Please specify your error so we can help troubleshoot it. "It doesn't work" doesn't help us figure out what's going wrong.

[mafta]

sorry nevermind i got it to work now :)

[mafta]

and um could u make a GBA emulator for DS if so how long will it take???

[kralle]

Damn im tired of all those noobs.
Read the ****ing posts and try it out!

There's no gba emulator and no one will make one, because of cheap slot 2 cards

[Keitaro Urashima]

Thanks for releasing it.:D

[Velda]

thanks a ton for this little emu.

Is there any way to re map the start and select buttons to Y and X?

[ChaoticanarchyX]

This emulator is the shizz!!! Keep up the hard work!!

[dkfan]

I am playing Pokemon Blue on this Emulator and it works great, but Is there anyway to trade with other games, becuase i want all 151 pokemon. Also what is the point of "X" if you can save in game. I always save in game and press X just in case is this neccesary.

[DanTheManMS]

I am playing Pokemon Blue on this Emulator and it works great, but Is there anyway to trade with other games, becuase i want all 151 pokemon.
You can't trade, no.


Also what is the point of "X" if you can save in game. I always save in game and press X just in case is this neccesary.
Good thing you do, as this IS necessary. You can save in-game as much as you want, but unless you press X, the updated save info won't get written to the *.sav file on your card. Note that pressing L+R to go back to the rom menu also automatically saves it to the *.sav file.

[dkfan]

dang so i cant get all the pokemon unless i do the mew glitch but it might be hard get all the pokemon to the certain amount of special thanks for your help

[mana child]

can someone help me, i use games n music and i downloaded and patched lameboy, but it just says 0 fps in the corner and i have like 7 roms... so... what do i do?

[pizzatacoman]

Is there anyway to play Pokemon Puzzle Challenge on the DS?

Lameboy can't play it.

[DanTheManMS]

You can play Panel De Pon DS, or Planet Puzzle League as it's known in Europe/USA, which is the basic game that PPC was based off of.

You could also try emulating the game in Goomba Color, if you have a slot-2 device that is, but I don't know if the game is supported.

I would suggest trying Tetris Attack in SNEmulDS, but I know it has a cursor bug that cannot be fixed with the way SNEmulDS emulates things. The cursor rises, but the stack doesn't change until the next row is supposed to fully appear.

[dave auto]

Or try TetattDS, a very polished homebrew clone.

[earthy]

I have a problem with Super Mario Land 2.
When the game enter the Pumpkin Zone, LAMEBOY restart itself.

Does anyone have the same problem? :(

[jtegnell]

Is it possible to use Lameboy or any other GB emulator from the DS Slot-2?

I don't have an R4, but I do have a Supercard.

[DanTheManMS]

If you get a slot-1 NoPass like a Superkey to launch the Supercard in DS mode, then you can launch Lameboy. If not, use the latest version of Goomba Color by building your games into the *.gba file with the Goomba Frontend and save-patching the *.gba file with the Supercard patcher program

[jtegnell]

Hmmm....

Would it be better just to simply get a slot-1 card?

People here seem to say nice things about Lameboy.

[DanTheManMS]

It's your choice, really. A slot-1 card can act as a NoPass itself, so it might be a good idea to get one and then use your Supercard for GBA-based media.

[jtegnell]

Well, I got GBC Goomba and used it to bundle a bunch of GB and GBC ROMs and put it in my slot-2 card, and I must say Goomba works like a charm!

It saves just like a GBA ROM on the SuperCard, no tricks, nothing extra to do.

Goomba gets the 2 big thumbs up!

[DanTheManMS]

Glad you got it working. Be sure to look into the Speedhacks menu if your games start slowing down. In particular, changing the GBC speed from "double" to "timers" often results in a huge speed increase if it's not already at full speed.

[cag93]

I Love You

[BibleMan]

Works great. A+ The only bugs I noticed were some discolorations in some spots in certain games.

It would be nice if it was set up like some of the SNES DS emus, so that you can save at any point and/or choose a different game.

Hope to see some more updates for this program soon!

[Kiriashi]

This is an awesome program! Thanks soooo much.


I downloaded it awhile ago from another site but never understood how to save. Now, after reading this topic, I have discovered how.


Now I can enjoy Pokemon Crystal with the comfort of my DS.

Thanks again!

[Blitz913]

how do u get the emulator patched? mine's isnt and its not working.

[Dark10]

can like anyone give me the link to download ds r4??