Posted Jun 25, 2006 at 03:31PM by Kyle M. Listed in: Homebrew Emulators, Gameboy Advance Tags: Zx-81, Gameboy Advance, GNU, PSPVBA
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PSPVBA


PSPVBA v1.01 is a Gameboy Advance emulator port to the PSP by none other than our resident emulator porting machine, Zx-81, who was featured in a QJ interview earlier today. Zx-81 has pulled away from his habit of producing games for unknown machines and has moved into the mass market! This is a beta release, and so as you can expect doesn't currently run at full speed, but with the coding powers of Zx-81 behind it, I'm confident that PSPVBA will progress to run many games at full speed in no time.

This said, PSPVBA still features all that you would expect for a Zx release including sound and savegame support; as well as customizable key mapping and the ability to take screenshots. The sound support in this version is also a little jumpy, and is based on the work of psp298.

It's nice for me to hear about this because the original Gameboy is almost like the grandfather to the PSP. It started the portable console trend, and the Game Boy has sold in the millions over time. No matter how good the graphics are on PSP UMD games, it's always good to reminisce over what has been. Pokemon, Mario, here we come!

As with all Zx releases, the source code is included, and this is packaged under the GNU public license. You can make any changes to the source you want, but be sure to read Copying.txt beforehand. Further information on VirtualBoyAdvance can be found by clicking here.

Download: [PSPVBA: GameBoy Advance Emulator for PSP v1.0.1 beta]
Read: [Forum Release Thread]


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   by Dexyn (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » Holy Crap!

nocomment

   by Ryu - 2006-06-25
 » zx-81

Updates his stuff fast so we will have full speed by the end of july

   by psp balla (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » yesssssssssss

mario here I come yeahhhhhhhhh
so how fast does it run

   by lukahn - 2006-06-25
 » Un-Fricking-Believable

Totally made my day, great job. Just as I posted a comment under the interview with this guy about the GBA, this shows up, it's like you read my mind. You rock, keep up the good work. I look forward to playing Pokemon fire red, and attempting wi-fi with another ds (although its not gonna happen for a long time yet, but heres hoping)

   by Bigreecieboy (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » Yay!

Been waiting for this more than N64.

   by Anonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » Hot stuff

Downloading now, can't wait to test Aria of Sorrow!

   by Thursday Nit3 (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » nice

about time someone starts working on a gba emulator again. it appears hes making it almost from scratch, like the n64 emulator which has made great improvment.

   by killaj (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » hope springs eternal

maybe this one wont be dropped like the other 3...

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   by anon (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » oh good

now you guys can stop *****ing about someone making a gba emu :)

thanks zx-81, very cool :)

   by remagatsuj (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » nice...very nice

where can i get gba roms?

   by monaco (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » nice

10 we cant tell u

and nice work as always

   by formerzx81hater (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » yes

Thank you for finally porting something worthwhile

   by Jordan Black - 2006-06-25
 » cant load

doesnt load on 2.x

   by hi (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » eloader

does this work with eloader

   by brian (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » hello

will this work on my xbox?

   by cao (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » .

thank god.

   by jason k (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » nice

wow i've been waiting for this for sooo long and i hope it will be in full speed soon. thx
does it work for 2.6?

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   by ASD (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » WELL ITS ABOUT TIME

WELL FINALLY a new GBA emulator for us!! Been waiting for this a loong damn while.... I can't test it right now but I guess it wont be so different compared to the other ones atm, but I got a feeling that this emulator is going to evolve soon in to a very playable one.


KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK, ZX-81!!!! THE PPL LOOVEEE YOUUUU (only if you keep on working on this emu, heh)!!!!!! :bow:

   by brian (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » To ASD #18

It almost sounds like you're coming on to zx-81? Don't be so shy... open your heart.

   by Jordan Black - 2006-06-25
 » ITS WORKS WITH ELOADER

I TESTED IT IN A 2.6 AND WORKED GREAT. A BIT SLOW BUT HEY WE HAVE A ZX-81 TO SPEED IT UP.

THANKS OLD PAL

   by Ace - 2006-06-25
 » :)

about time :D. i hope it works on 2.6 :)

   by psper (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » gba

this is great now with a good developer like Zx-81 we will get a good gba emulator very soon unlike the other 3 that were left behind

   by maverick990 - 2006-06-25
 » YOU ROCK ZX-81

YEAHHH i've been waiting for a good gba emu for ages! thank zx!

   by Jordan Black - 2006-06-25
 » @21 IT WORKS ON 2.6

IT WORKS ON 2.6 ELOADER E-MENU FINAL

   by mad_maniac - 2006-06-25
 » good work!

it's very good for an initial release, a bit slow but beeing zx-81 the good coder he is, this will make rapid progress for sure. thanks zx-81.

   by thank you (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » thx

yess thx alot man!!

   by cabelo (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » YES!

i had to sell my GBASP to buy my PSP, and i used to play it a lot, advance wars rule! and we know tht zx-81 is a great developer and wouldnt let us down w/o further explanations, so i guess this would be a GBA emu like Snes9xTYL is for Snes

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   by will it (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » will it?

can this work on gamecube also?

   by SMD (Unregistered) - 2006-06-25
 » the wait is over.

now i can play pokemon with my cousin and his SP! lol.

   by DuRoLuRo - 2006-06-25
 » WOW!!!

Wow! i´ve been waiting for this to happen,
for months now.

THANK YOU SO MUCH zx-81!!



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