PSP GBA v1.0

PSP298 has released a new Gameboy Advance emulator for the PSP, this release has great speed although not 100%, it uses the full 333mhz speed, it s full screen and it also uses what looks like is the Rin file selector and can be fully configured.

Heres some screens:

http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/files/pspgba105.JPG

http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/files/pspgba0103.JPG

Download here --> http://psp-news.dcemu.co.uk/pspgba.shtml

This is a much better GBA emu for the PSP than the other one and the speed will impress.

33mhz?
u mean 333mhz, i hope

er yeah :)

can someone try mario superstar saga on this and tell me how playable it is?

FINALLY! This was the first emulator I thought of when I decided to get involved with all this homebrew. Now I feel good about never buying a GBA. Keep it up, great job.

Both Metroid Fusion and Mario Kart are ENTIRELY unplayable. I've removed the emulator from my PSP... Hopefully something better will show up in the near future.

finally, a gba emulator that someone might actually consider working on adn improving, as opposed to the other one that was just a test
im greatly looking forward to future updates :D

eh? deja vu! same thread... different users, sorry for being a total noob here but:


hellllp... I downloaded this file but I've had no joy, the other crap excuse of a GBA emulator works fine but this one doesn't, it just comes up with an error, is there any specific ways I need to place the files and do I need to rename them?

It doesn't seem to pass the FFI & FFII test... Hmm, how I wished these would work...

How big is the average gba rom?

I'm impressed. It actually loaded up and started running Pokemon Emerald. The speed IS impressive compared to the other GBA emulator. Although...it's odd, but it seems the emulator actually loads games better if they're zipped. (unzipped, Pokemon Emerald wouldn't even boot up, but zipped and it loaded)

I've not seen any much bigger than 10mb, average would probably be about 8mb

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Originally Posted by kevthedrummer

I've not seen any much bigger than 10mb, average would probably be about 8mb

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Actually the average might be closer to around 12mb, since some larger ROMs are around 16mb. Although it should be noted they shrink pretty amazingly when zipped. (unzipped Pokemon emerald is 16mb, when zipped it's a mere 6mb)

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xmodx How big is the average gba rom?

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about 8-16 megs

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ForteGSX It doesn't seem to pass the FFI & FFII test... Hmm, how I wished these would work...

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Saving on Castlevania COTM doesn't work so I doubt it would on FF1&2 either


Also if this is the speed of a gba emu with no sound core then . . . well . .
heres hoping it gets better. :( I kinda still like a build with full frames when compared to this.

Whats up...yeah I know first post.
Um...average size rom is 3500KB to 4500KB. I Don't know where he got 10MB. King Of Fighters EX2 is 5.6 MB and thats the biggest rom I have. I hope we get another Good Full speed emulator like Neogeo CD for the PSP.
--Steve

Stupid me!!! :mad: :mad:
Zipped 5.6MB and unzipped like 10MB. I Take that back.

Now were getting somewhere.......still too slow to be playable though.....

Someone needs to take the source code to this and speed it up a bit.....

so when loading a rom I should keep it zipped?
sorry I'm being a noob about this

FOr the size of roms the average would be between 8 - 16 MB......Riviera is 32MB.....Im surprised by that one myself.....

GBA stinks guys Mario Kart would be the only reason i play GBA and that game is told to not work too great. No respect to the devloper of this program, i could never do anything remotely close so im not saying im smarter than you, or this program was dumb, but i hate GBA if your going to play gameboy bust out the olllllldddddd gameboy or gameboy color mario tennis and golf were sick and dave mirras freestyle bmx was good for its time. GBA was good upon its release with Golden Sun but it slipped VERY quickly. We need a psone emu to run FFVII FFVIII that i'm sure is in VERY HIGH demand. People would probably buy a psp just to bust out Cloud on to the go or watch Squalls development as a character and watch him unleash Lion Heart in the palm of your hands!

yeah! awesome start keep up the good work c

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Originally Posted by xmodx

so when loading a rom I should keep it zipped?
sorry I'm being a noob about this

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Yeah, some ROMs, or at least Pokemon emerald, load better when zipped. Although it takes maybe 30 seconds to load up.

This Is Nice..needs A Bit More Speed.ive Tried The Rest And This One Is Beter.it Has A File Selector So No Renaming Roms.fix The Glitches Please And This One Will Be One For The Record Books

tried this out, and i find it much fast than what i remember the last one to be
it has basic speed-up functions and option to turn sound on(very buggy)
keep up the good work, and maybe release source for the dev community to help?
either way, great work, keep it up

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Originally Posted by YourStillWithMe

GBA stinks guys Mario Kart would be the only reason i play GBA and that game is told to not work too great. No respect to the devloper of this program, i could never do anything remotely close so im not saying im smarter than you, or this program was dumb, but i hate GBA if your going to play gameboy bust out the olllllldddddd gameboy or gameboy color mario tennis and golf were sick and dave mirras freestyle bmx was good for its time. GBA was good upon its release with Golden Sun but it slipped VERY quickly. We need a psone emu to run FFVII FFVIII that i'm sure is in VERY HIGH demand. People would probably buy a psp just to bust out Cloud on to the go or watch Squalls development as a character and watch him unleash Lion Heart in the palm of your hands!

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You are wrong in every single way....GBA was, and still is, a very good handheld system with tons of great exclusive games....

And we all know the demand for a PSX emu is high, but so is for a GBA emu......and personally I wouldnt wipe my ass with cloud or anything FF related....such a horrible, and extremely overrated, franchise....

So in all of your humble oppinons is this worth putting on my psp?

Not quite yet if you want a full speed full sound GBA emulator.

Personally I wish people would stop dissing and shut the hell up. If you can make a better emu then do it, otherwise just STFU, support the hard workers that actually try, and hope that it improves, which it most certainly won't if you keep bitching. :p

Nice Work btw!

Although only running at about 50-60% of the GBA's speed (w/o sound), this emulator is *leaps & bounds* faster than VBA .04 and definitely a step in the right direction.

I have to agree with other posters in the past about the complexity of emulating the ARM9 vs the SNES CPU. Most likely, we may never see beyond 75% emulated speed, unless someone masters the PSP on an assembly level. Perhaps if this author got together with the SNES TYL guys who know the PSP GPU speed hacks, then we could be on to something serious..

While there is plethora of great games on the GBA, I still find the SNES vastly superior (just compare Super Mario World between the two). Be happy we have near 100% emulation of the SNES (non-Mode7/DSP ROMs) on the PSP. There are something like 700 SNES games out there, hundreds of gems and great RPGs.

I'll probably just get a GBA Micro and a flashcart eventually, mainly to play Sword of Mana, FF1&2, FF Tactics, G.Sun, Adv Wars 1&2, and the F-Zero's & Metriod's. Hmmm that's quite a few...

just tested advance wars 2 and warioware...they both boot up with no problem.
you can even play advance wars if you stone enough...:)

good start!:)

Great work.
Another emu worth watching. I'm sure the big N hates this kinda thing... :)
A few roms I've tried are playable. Here's to version 1.1...Get to work! ;)

most gba roms are from 1mb to 12mb packed and this does support zipped roms its still real slow but better then the last one lets hope they keep working on it. good start though

yeah it is a real good start, wonder if this will ever get to high enough speeds to play kirby games XD.

Super Robot Wars J works for this emu so I am rather happy for I merely wanted this emu for this serie (as well as other esteemed titles ^^)

I was a little unclear; exactly how well does it run Pokemon Emerald? And does it emulate sound as well or no?

this is a great advancement, I'm sure we'd all like to be playing our psone games but gba is a very good handheld. not having to carry it around, cause the psp is far superior, would be awesome.

I wish I could be more of help but I don't know the first thing about the code that drives those emulators.

its only an initial release, but its still very impressive
the sound doesnt really work, and its still not fast enough to have most games playable, but its a wonderful start

Zaibach333.....your sig....its so........mesmerizing.........cant.........look... ......away..................................

I'll be thrilled if an update of this emulator comes out, since I waited months for an update of the VBA. By the way, did anyone else notice if you switch the widescreen stretch view to the regular full view it keeps the options screen in the background? Looks really funny, hope thats the first to go.

I had a late night testing session tonight I was keen to see if any gba games will run at full speed!
So... here is a list of roms that boot up but most have speed issues (Not bad for an initial release though!):
Note: All roms were zipped.

GBAPSP test settings:

Full Screen (16:9)
Sound off (very buggy)
Max Frame Skip 2 (tested 0 also to check the true speed)
Cpu Clock 333Mhz
Running from PSP battery.


Game Name? Did it Boot? Speed Percentage? Should you bother?

Medal of Honor Infiltrator Yes 50% Nope, still too slow. Very choppy.

Advance Wars Yes 75% Maybe Its not bad (because its turn based), but still slow. (Stupid training pissed me off!)

Dragonball Z Supersonic Warriors Yes 60% Nope, way too slow for a fighting game

Megaman Battle Network 2 Yes 60% Nope, too slow.

Pokemon Fire Red (English Trans) No, stupid rom made my psp crash!

Super Bust a Move Yes 90% Yeah its runs well enough to play (dev must have used this rom to test the emu maybe)

Tony Hawks Underground Yes 70% Maybe, a bit slow still but its like skating in slow motion replay. The Menus were 100% but ingame 70%. Test this one yourself

Bomberman Tournament Yes 50% No, too slow. Bombs take about 10 secs too blow. (thats 1 mississippi, 2, mississippi, 3, mississippi... hahahaha! don't even bother)

Bruce Lee: Return of the Legend Yes 80% Not bad its playable, still a little slow (choppy) but not too bad Wayah!!!!!!

Crash Bandicoot Yes 80% Ran OK, its playable still though a little slow.

Harry Potter (Philosophers Stone) Yes 70% No, still too slow. Try if your a fan, otherwise dont bother.

Jackie Chan Adventures Yes 70% Nope, still too slow. Reminded me of bullet time in the matrix...

Sword of Mana Yes Battery ran out... haha Seemed slow through the dream sequence at the start...

Overall its great to see so many working roms, the only issue i've had with all these (Except stupid Pokemon) has been speed and sound, this is excellent for its debut. I'd like to say to the developer congrats, excellent work. Hopefully with the next release a major speed increase and we'll all have a working GBA emulator for our PSP's. Im off to try some of the roms on external power, i'll post again if any improvements...

VERY nice work mate, don't listen to the negatives this is the first "real" emu for gba and it shows nice potential. No offense to the other emu intended ;)

A very nice emu although it's too slow right now. I'm waiting for future releases!

Tips & Tricks for you guys from a Comercial GBA Coder.

1) Disable Sound in the emulator
2) Disable Sound in the actual game (if only volume bars, set to zero).
3) If given the option set the sound to mono/monoral.

So why all this? Well first and formost, the gba lacks a sound processor so everything is done by the cpu. Not all but quite a few games will null all sound processing when the volume is zero. So at the same time your actualy causing the cpu to run less which will help speed up the gba emu a fraction.

Again not all games does this make an improvement but on some you will notice a slight framerate improvement which should help make things a bit more playable at a frameskip of 4.