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Gameboy Emulator Released for PSP
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."
I'm going to buy one of these PSP's solely to play gameboy games!
Thanks for linking to a crap blog. Let's try for some real content: PS2Dev Forum and the PSP Hacker link which contains two QT movies.
Their working on it...
"A truly wise man realizes he knows nothing."
Author: Amaterasu
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 8:57 am
Post subject: The first GB emulator for PSP was released!
Message:
Ladies and gentlemen, hello. I am Japanese who one of the PSP fans.
GB emulator for PSP was released by Mr. MIRAKICHI in 2ch that was
the most famous forum in Japan a little while ago.
It links with the file.
http://psp.holybell.to/uploader/upload/gbemu1.zip
screen shot
http://psp.holybell.to/uploader/upload/PICT0791.j
Please rename a GAME ROM to ROM.GB and put it to the same folder as EBOOT.PBP. In the firm only version 1.00, operation is confirmed.
Please enjoy it!!!
So how long until the NIAA goes after PSP users for being criminals?
It's crazy enough to just might work.
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.
...spike
Ewwwwww, coconut...
Sony should be encouraging "home brew" apps for the PSP as much as possible. I believe that much of the early success of the Palm Pilot was due to the community of developers that flocked to the device.
:-)
There are *free* roms available for GBA so I guess the GBA emulator isn't TOTALLY copywrite infringment facilitating software....
Cheers,
_GP_
the holybell.to guy is the one who made SNES9xJ4U, which is the world's fastest and best SNES emulator for PocketPC. Two thumbs up, highly recommended. :)
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It's about time the PSP got some worthwhile games.
The trick will be getting a ROM legally. Obviously, the person who wrote this will be getting some flack. Also, if the PSP can emulate the GBA, couldn't it be possible that someone will eventually create a console gaming system that has native support for both DS and PSP? And would it be called DSP?
...In the meantime, I will stare at my USA-purchased 1.5 firmware PSP and wait.
:)
I'm not sure when that will be cracked. I do look forward to it, though.
I refuse to update my firmware any more though, for sure.
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Reminds me of a post a couple of days back when they got linux to load on a Gameboy.
... that is progress!
Would really like to see a psp running a gameboy emulator running linux. Wrap that with wine and guess what, we'll have quake on a PSP.
Wowie
It currently only works with the Japanese 1.0 PSP and doesn't have sound support
Are you sure this isn't just Linux for the PSP? It sounds an awful lot like whene Linux first gets ported to new hardware...
"Well, we got Linux on the it. Yeah. Well, the soundcard doesn't work. It only installs on a few models... from Japan. Xorg loads but only at about 253 colors. It's missing the left column's worth of 32 pixels. Only runs Emacs, pine, lynx and vi. What do you think?"
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.
The japaneese 1.0 firmware isnt available to the masses, and really wont be, expect Sony to make SURE this wont happen on later revs.
I bought a PSP SPECIFICALLY to run "HomeBrew" apps , but the truth is for the Current version its pretty far off, there was a hack for the 1.0 that let you boot off memory , this IS NOT the case for later versions.
You know damn well that people are going to be pirating most if not all of the games they run on their emulated GB....
The real question is: Does it run Doom 3?
:)
Ah, but even the Voodoo 2 runs Doom 3... I don't see why the PSP wouldn't be able to.
It is not a bloody Gameboy ADVANCE emulator.
:(
It is a monochrome Gameboy/Gameboy Color emulator.
Different processor, different emulation method.
You could fit hundreds of GB/GBC carts on a 1GB Duo stick. Many of them are 32K or smaller.
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I am both ridiculously amused by this, and also deeply saddened. While the DS is not particularly great right now, at the least it had the 'Full library of GBA games' to go along with it. Now the PSP does too. Nintendo's made some pretty dumb moves with the DS, but if they let something like this slip pass their radar, I'll have lost all hope for them. I don't expect this to last very long with both Sony AND Nintendo gunning for it.
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Actually, GBC and GBA games use two completely different sets of hardware. Most gamers confuse this issue because the GBA and GBA SP systems contain a GBC on a chip for backwards compatibility. This is possible because the GBC hardware is so old that it can now be reduced down to a single chip. Note that the Nintendo DS has removed this feature, so it can only play DS and GBA games, but not GBC games.
My point is that if you can emulate GBA games, it does not mean that you can emulate GBC games. They are two completely different things to emulate. Furthermore, some emulators go ahead and combine GB, SGB, GBC, and GBA emulators into one application, again, because gamers wouldn't understand why each emulator was separated into its own application.
If Sony doesn't care, then why exactly did they allow PSPs to run applications off of memory sticks at all? Why does the PSP have so many extra little features?
I've talked about this before. I suspect that Sony wants to generate an underground development movement with the PSP to help draw people to it. Handheld platform competition is brutal, but the hackability of the PSP really makes it stand out compared to the DS (and previous consoles).
Sony will still make money with licensed games, the UMD format is closed (albeit hacked) and the physical media is difficult to reproduce. Their model is safe, while at the same time allowing for an underground community to exist.
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Finally I can play all my old Gameboy games on a portable device.
No, hang on a second...
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according to some guy's signature on psp-vault.com (ie. http://www.psp-vault.com/module-pnForum-viewtopic- topic-190.psp)
WWW.PSPHACKER.COM is hacked daily...thats fucked up dudes:(
guess psphacker just are on a different league when compared to website hackers.
HD Trailers
but the hackability of the PSP really makes it stand out compared to the DS (and previous consoles).
Oh really? Look at what homebrewers have already done with the Nintendo DS. And you still get 90 percent of the GBA hacks (the ones that don't require the serial port).