MMD .gba compatibility petition

**Knux896** · October 17th, 2006, 00:08

Originally Posted by max482wert

well maybe we could use stuff like that if some one made a NDS fat library with MMP that people actually used.

The problem is that .gba homebrew has nothing to do with NDS fat libraries and is it's own seperate type. While there is DS homebrew that sports the .gba file name it is actually different from the .gba homebrew that Datel claims will run on the Max Media Dock.

**TeenDev** · October 17th, 2006, 01:08

sorry I dont know anything about coding

**sonikku88** · October 17th, 2006, 10:56

Originally Posted by SSaxdude

The problem with this is that if they did enable GBA rom support in the MMD, they wouldn't be selling it in retail stores. That's why you buy an M3 or Supercard instead.

Even so, they shouldn't lie about their product. That's false advertising and they can be prosecuted for it.

**Bonic** · October 17th, 2006, 23:23

I emailed Datel before, they told me

"The Max Media Player is able to play any Game Boy Advance rom, but you must convert it into a working Nintendo DS rom file."

Has anyone TRIED to do anything like this? Then again, why won't anyone TRY to make a GBA emu for MMD?

**Ranma Mao** · October 18th, 2006, 09:38

I wonder if Mushroomb and Kingpin could put GBA into MO? Datel says it just has to be converted, so, there might be a way.

**Knux896** · October 18th, 2006, 09:44

Originally Posted by Bonic

I emailed Datel before, they told me

"The Max Media Player is able to play any Game Boy Advance rom, but you must convert it into a working Nintendo DS rom file."

Has anyone TRIED to do anything like this? Then again, why won't anyone TRY to make a GBA emu for MMD?

As far as I (or anyone on any forum I have seen) know, there isn't really a way to convert .gba files to .nds format unless the .gba file is actually a DS game file that was made for use with GBA flashcarts. The closest thing I have seen to someone converting a gba file to work on the DS is Snezziboy being made into SnezziDS. The problem with that for MMD users is that the Max Media Dock can't recognize .gba files regardless of whether they are DS or GBA homebrew. Snezziboy/DS use the .gba extension and are therefore incompatible with the MMD. The only real way for a user to play these game files is if the MMD firmware were updated to recognize and run these files.

Datel said that the MMD could run .gba files right out of the box. This makes their "you have to convert the files" statement contradictory to the information they supplied before purchase which is false advertising plain and simple. If Datel had said from the start that the MMD was only capable of playing NDS files that would have been fine, but I feel that Datel needs to deliver on their promises.

**guitarmonkey** · October 18th, 2006, 10:58

ok..

how is talking about using copied .gba games on the MMD any more legal than talking about copied .nds games on MMD ?

i thought there was no talk of ROMS in here ??

"The Max Media Player is able to play any Game Boy Advance rom, but you must convert it into a working Nintendo DS rom file."

this is CLEARLY discussing GBA piracy.

**Knux896** · October 18th, 2006, 11:50

Originally Posted by guitarmonkey

ok..

how is talking about using copied .gba games on the MMD any more legal than talking about copied .nds games on MMD ?

i thought there was no talk of ROMS in here ??

"The Max Media Player is able to play any Game Boy Advance rom, but you must convert it into a working Nintendo DS rom file."

this is CLEARLY discussing GBA piracy.

If you read the petition (http://www.PetitionOnline.com/MMDGBA/petition.html) you will see that it is quite clearly directed towards .gba homebrew. This thread is not to try and get Datel to support illegal game backups, but to try and get them to deliver the homebrew compatibility that they claim their device has. Also, the term "rom" is sometimes used loosely as a game file like a homebrew game and not as an illegal game backup.