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Gameboy Emulator Released for PSP

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the let-the-hackalanche-continue dept.

HelloGamer writes "The first real Gameboy emulator has just been released for the PSP. It currently only works with the Japanese 1.0 PSP and doesn't have sound support - but it's amazing how quickly these homebrew apps are being developed."

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  1. Re:Yes, but... by ZephyrXero · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Their working on it...

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  2. Nintendo Industry American Association? by aussie_a · · Score: 3, Interesting

    So how long until the NIAA goes after PSP users for being criminals?

    It's crazy enough to just might work.

  3. Re:Quickly? by MyDixieWrecked · · Score: 3, Interesting

    it's only been about a week or two since a method for running code was discovered. I don't even think an API has been fully created or the memory map fully um, mapped out.

    anyway, I already upgraded mine to the 1.5 firmware, but my friend didn't, yet, so I'm gonna have to try this. now to figure out what game is worth playing.

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  4. Looks Amazing, But by ultimabaka · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If the PSP's screen resolution is 480x272, and the GBA's resolution is 240x160, then why does the image look so incredibly small? Sure, this thing is still in beta (right?) but for this, I might as well just keep carrying around my GBA. Maybe they shoulda finished the thing before showing it off so much.

  5. Re:Gameboy emulator widens appeal by jericho4.0 · · Score: 4, Interesting
    If you expect linux-on-a-DS to be anything more than a geeky proof of concept, you might want to hold off on buying one. Unfortunately, the DS is pretty underpowered, IIRC, it doesn't even have the power to decode mp3's in realtime....Still, the porting effort is coming along nicely, and the price is right. I'm waiting for linux-on-a-PSP, myself.

    On that note, I've become convinced that the folks behind psp-linux.org are fools or scammers. Their posts in the forum show a deep lack of skills/knowledge (they thought they could start by hacking on debian-mips/had no knowledge of Magic Gate), they say "only a small minority is qualified for this project" (you have to apply to contribute), and they keep asking for donations to get the work done faster. I've posted some (polite) criticism on these points, and had my posts deleted.

    These guys seem to be the ones to watch.

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