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

New release from Nutki:

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

Great Release!

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

Not to mention improved compatability.

Thanks Nutki!

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

Thanks Nutki.

An excellent update. Cheers.:)

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

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

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:

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

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?

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.

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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?

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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.

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.

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:

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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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.

This is amazing release, thanks for this.

Keep going your awesome work.

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

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

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

you should add a built in gameshark.

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

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!

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

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Originally Posted by Coire

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

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

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

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

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Originally Posted by 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.

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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. :( )

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.

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

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

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

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

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).

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.