GBA emulator for the DS by Darkchen

[Exophase]

If it requires specialized hardware, including an external CPU and extra RAM then how does it count as being for DS?? I bet the DS is being used as a framebuffer and input passthrough and nothing else..

[Flygon]

^

Exactly why I am disappointed.

[DanTheManMS]

Nobody said it had to be unassisted.

Maybe not, but it was kinda assumed.

Don't get me wrong, I'm as excited as anyone else to see GBA emulation running on the DS(i), but one must remember that it can't run off the DS's power alone, so all the people saying "EVERYONE WAS WRONG AHAHA U NOOBS" are being foolish in doing so. Like Exophase said, it probably only uses the DS for control input and video/sound output.

[koh-kun]

So how is this different from running gba games using that EZflash gba adapter that's been around for years? I don't really get it… is it amazing because it emulates the gba instead of using that gba slot Nintendo provided? Sorry, it might be a dumb question

[indaman]

So how is this different from running gba games using that EZflash gba adapter that's been around for years? I don't really get it… is it amazing because it emulates the gba instead of using that gba slot Nintendo provided? Sorry, it might be a dumb question

This time, you don't need anymore a slot-2 expansion like the "EZ 3in1".

You can run GBA game from this slot-1 cart, and it's drag and drop
plus cheat support
plus savestate
plus ingame menu
plus compatible in every DS (DS/DSLite/DSi).

An awesome piece of software running perfectly fine every games I tried.

[gumgod]

I saw this the other day, it's quite awesome for those with a DSi since the DSi does not have a GBA slot. I bet once DSi mode is fully cracked you'll see more GBA emulators pop up that can use any flash cart, but in the mean time this guy was first to do it so kudos to him (or her idk). :thumbup: Personally I don't have a DSi so it's only semi interesting to me :P

[Exophase]

I saw this the other day, it's quite awesome for those with a DSi since the DSi does not have a GBA slot. I bet once DSi mode is fully cracked you'll see more GBA emulators pop up that can use any flash cart, but in the mean time this guy was first to do it so kudos to him (or her idk). :thumbup: Personally I don't have a DSi so it's only semi interesting to me :P

Or not, since those other flashcards won't have the required hardware for this. On the other hand, a fully cracked DSi might be enough to emulate GBA (133MHz ARM9 using the DS's video hardware to push GBA 2D emulation) but it certainly wouldn't be happening with a VBA port.

But I'm surprised VBA runs this well on some chipset in a little card, that CPU must be more powerful than you'd ever guess.

EDIT: Correction, this is probably gpSP, not VBA. My, that emulator gets way more handheld action than I ever thought it would.