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Unofficial GBA SDK Available for Free

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the time-for-me-to-design-super-final-zelda-bros. dept.

BlackGriffen writes "Anyone who is interested in making their own Gameboy Advance ROMs can go get an unofficial GBA SDK . With this and a flash ROM kit from someplace like lan-kwei.com, we could see a flourishing indie game making community. Available for Linux and Mac OS X only (for now, it's open source)."

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  1. Bravo for Mac OS X support! by PrimeWaveZ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I hope we can see more open-source community support for Mac OS X in the future. It's projects like this that help to solidify its position as not only a great consumer OS, but as a great workhorse and development OS as well.

  2. Re:EMULATORS! by strags · · Score: 3, Interesting

    NES emu
    Spectrum emu
    Sega Master System Emu

  3. Re:because... by IIRCAFAIKIANAL · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Who says you have to program only games?

    I used a homebrew SDK to design a digital voltage meter that plugged into a gameboy/gameboy colour when I was in college - It measured Vrms better than some commercial products we tested against.

    I'd like to do a PDA setup - maybe I can hack a keyboard together to plug into my gba - someone did it for the gameboy - link - look about halfway down the page.

    Besides, the GBA is a good medium to develop games for - you don't need a team of 3d modellers and designers and whatnot - you can do with a designer/programmer, artist, and musician.

    Plus it's just fun to hack around with console games!

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  4. Practical Toy Hacking Device by peterdaly · · Score: 5, Interesting

    At about $70 (Game Boy Advanced, Amazon price), you can create custom games, ports of other things, etc. This sounds to me like a much more practical thing to purchase to play around with the the PS2, which is in at least the $500 range to start hacking your own stuff for.

    It would be interesting to know how many people will create practical, non-game applications. I know there are many non-game attachments, like a TV tuner and digital camera available for the unit.

    I may actually get one of these myself to hack around with. The "other half" says I shouldn't waste money on the PS2, cuz I will may write one application, then never touch the $500 investment again. Same thing with the Sharp PDA. $70 is much more reasonable for this type of hobby.

    -Pete

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  5. indie games for Gameboy.. by ldopa1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This would totally rule.. I'd love to see Nethack for the GB. I'm currently working on a Palm version, and of course, it'll work on Windows CE, but honestly, wouldn't Nethack be an awesome alternative to bejeweled on the bus?

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  6. Re:EMULATORS! by strags · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sorry - should have clarified - the ones I listed are all emulators for the GBA. You can burn a flash cart containing 100's of old videogame classics, and play them on your GBA.