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Gameboy Emulation on your MP3 Player

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-what-i-wanna-see-more-of dept.

webmind writes "As some may know there is an open source firmware for the Archos jukebox and the iriver h1x0 harddisk mp3 players called Rockbox. now for the iriver version there is also a gnuboy port.. no more lugging around loads of gameboy cardridges, just upload and play."

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  1. GB mono emulation on GBA by tepples · · Score: 5, Informative

    no more lugging around loads of gameboy cardridges, just upload and play.

    This has been possible for a long time. The Game Boy Advance with a GBA flash cart can emulate the Game Boy monochrome system; a single flash cart can hold up to 32 MBytes or 64 MBytes of GB ROMs.

    There is also something called the GB Bridge, which translates between GB mono/GBC wire protocol and GBA wire protocol, letting the GBA run GBC games using its GBC hardware, but it doesn't work with most of the newer flash carts.

  2. iRiver one of most under-appreciated MP3 by vision33r · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've owned 3 ipods that I had to get rid of because of consistent freezing and deteriorating battery life. My iRiver iHP-120 over 1 yr just performs rock solid. Yes, it is not white so noobs thinks its not a MP3 player but I don't have to take out of my pocket and finger circle to find songs. Just 1-2 clicks on the iRiver remote control does a dandy job. Now with people working on modding the firmware this little gem of a MP3 player is like the Linux of MP3 player and Ipod is the Windoze.

    1. Re:iRiver one of most under-appreciated MP3 by FidelCatsro · · Score: 2, Informative

      I have a G1 ipod that works nearly as well as it did on day one as it does now.
      Conversly my iriver has been repaired 4 times due to failures.
      Also if you wish to see moded firmware , the ipod has its fair share of projects
      http://ipod.hackaday.com.nyud.net:8090/ just have a look there.
      irivers are fine players ,lets not sully things with an " A is X and b is Y " argument

      --
      The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though
    2. Re:iRiver one of most under-appreciated MP3 by goMac2500 · · Score: 2, Informative

      Thats funny. My iPod has an Apple supplied remote too, so I don't have to take my iPod out of my pocket either...

    3. Re:iRiver one of most under-appreciated MP3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

      I think that you mean under appreciated over here (the states). It seems to be doing well on the other side of the pond.

      I just got a 320 when my old 120 lost all vital signs after a trip through the clothes washer. As it was under warranty, I had little incentive to see if I could fix it, and returned it to the store still damp :)

      Some of the lesser known (or glossed over) features of the 3x0's

      Plays movies if you flash the Korean bios.
      Has USBOTG* (with Korean bios)
      FM tuner
      Color screen

      *USB On The Go which allows you to use the iRiver as a USB hub. Very cool.

  3. Re:yes but.. by tepples · · Score: 5, Informative

    a cooler hack would let me play mp3's on my old gameboy.

    For the old Game Boy systems, there is an MP3 player called SongPro. For the GBA and GBA SP, there is the GSM Player, which uses GBA flash carts.