Gba on AXim?

[Aximx3BlackWolf]

Sorry If i sound like a noob because i am..{got new x3 on 3/20/04}but is it possible to play gba games on the prossesor that runs the axim? because i know gba is a 32bit proc. and an xscale is a 16/32 proc... please help me out so i don't have to pay onother$100 for a gba

[dr_bob]

afaik , the answer is "mmmm..sort of".
You can load up gba games that have been copied from their carts and converted into files called "roms ", on an emulator (a program that mimics the archictecture of another peice of hardware , in this case the gba.
theres a program called morphgear that emulates the gba as well as the the gb,supernintendo, sega megadrive and mastersystem and a few others.
but!! it runs slowly at the moment (for the gba games anyway), I'm not sure if its playable.
plus the emulation scene is a bit of a grey area as its easy to download roms of games you dont own (which is baaaad mmm 'k )
...short answer is , buy yourself a gba if you want gba games right now ..
if you want to check out morphgear its available on
www.morphgear.com , its not free ($20) though although you can test games with the unregestered version..

[Alastair]

I found a piece of software called "gnuboy" which is freeware; I don't know if it caters for GBA. Just Google for it and you'll find many sites connected with it. Let us know if it works if you try it.

[asdfTT123]

gnuboy only emulates GBC/GB. With an Axim X3, several GBA games will run at full speed or at least very playable. I suggest downloading a Pocket HackMaster and overclocking to 528 MHz for better peformance. Morphgear is currently the fastest GBA emulator today. I have found the following games to be very playable on my Asus A620:

Golden Sun (characters dissapear and blink but full speed)
Fire Emblem (perfect frame rate during battles and conversations)
Super Mario Kart Super Circuit (Plays perfectly)
Love Hina Advance
Chu-Chu Rocket
Super Robot War D

[diesel]

i agree with asdf, morphgear seems to be the fastest around at the moment for gba emulation. there are certain games where fps is not as important such as advance wars and advance wars 2 that run great on morphgear. games with more realtime action like madden 2004 do run slow. but i think if you want to run fast gba games.............ummm get a gba

[kellygee]

Hello,
I'm new and just checking out stuff around here. Bye.


mee.

[Aximx3BlackWolf]

Thanks for the help... i found some gba emus but the sound is horrible...but the playing is smooth on my sweet x3!

[cabbagekitten]

anybody else have slow games on the gba emulator? i downloaded street fighter 2 alpha and played it. Something like 1picture frame every 3 seconds.

Help any one?

[cabbagekitten]

i guess not

[kazuni]

it depends, some games (i.e. Final Fantasy Tactics, Metroid Zero, SF 2 Alpha) are meant to be slow...it maximized the power of the GBA to render the game (rendering many overlayers, for GDI (xscale) applications like morphgear will make it really really slow) but other games such as Metroid Prime, etc etc will be a lot faster (simple layers)

[phialsquiz]

only 20Fps for my dell x50v,on zelda the minish cup

[cabbagekitten]

only 20fps? thats pretty impressive! whats the fps for driver 2? i got 2fps on my x5 on that.

[OC Noob]

Try beta Picard's tweaked x50v driver and I'll bet you fps jump to 30 fps if you aren't already using it.

ps 30 fps w/ sound is perfectly playable without noticable slow down.

[garretwp]

I have tried picards twaek with morphgears gba emulator and i get the double screen that everyone else tends to get. Any ways to fix that or any other gba emulators out there besides morphgears?

garrett

[OC Noob]

does it give double screens with the newest version?