/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9046827
Perfect timing

Is there any reason to get a IPS screen if you have a SP 101? Considering the higher latency and less motion blur

>>9046829
Is that really important or worth it? Are you going to do some serious hardcore gaming on a GBA? If it was the lesser model I'd understand, but the 101 looks good enough, doesn't it?

>>9046827
Any new SP batteries that aren't dogshit?

>>9046969
>Are you going to do some serious hardcore gaming on a GBA?
Yes. I play it a lot and that's why I'm asking.

>If it was the lesser model I'd understand, but the 101 looks good enough, doesn't it?
That's what I'm asking, I'm happy with the 101 and I heard the IPS replacements have much higher latency and also games that benefit from the original panels don't have the same effects.
If someone has both 101 and IPS, is it actually worth the upgrade? It's not like the screens are expensive to begin with.

>>9046993
No, an IPS screen may be worth it as an upgrade over a GBA fat or AGS-001 screen, but it's marginally different to an AGS-101 screen.

Thanks OP. My boss just walked by and she asked me if I was looking at porn. I stuttered and turned red and now she thinks I was looking at Gameboy Advance SP titties what the fuck is wrong with you man

>>9047070
Must be interesting having a boss who's job is to check on your porn.

>>9047070
Man must be great to have a boss who doesn't give a shit

Such a shame the GBA version was never finished. Works great.

bump

Good timing OP, I just fixed up my GBA and im looking for suggestions.

>>9048058
Based anon, looks good
Any mods?

>>9047070
> anon sitting at work
> boss coming in
> "are you looking at porn, anon?"
> "n-no i d-don't"
> "the fuck you're doing then, I gave you those playboy mags a hour ago"
> another day at sperm bank

>>9048121

>>9046827
What's a good GBA Pokémon romhack that feel relatively modern?

>>9048074
Na, just a stock ags-01, its just old as fuck and the outside was showing a lot of wear and tear, some of the buttons where sticking, so I bought replacements and fixed it.
>>9048825
What do you mean by modern? Do you like a fresh new game? Or something else?
The latter I can suggest Pokemon Emerald plus, its Poke Emerald with a lot of of the more modern Pokemon QQL.

>>9049010
Damn I thought 001 screens looked worse

>>9049010
Thanks! Exactly what I'm looking for, old Pokémon romhacks that make it more like modern Pokémon game with QoL improvements etc

>>9046827
I just read about SNES game ROM hacks that fix performance, is there any GBA games that have same kind of mods?

>>9046829
As far as I can tell this thread is about games. You can make another thread for your off topic tech question.

>>9049021
No but what GBA games need it? There's a similar feature in the GBA to FastROM and it's really easy to implement.

>>9049032
Some games are pretty choppy, like GTA Advance

>>9049026
I see it's a GBA general, so anything GBA
Mainly for the sole purpose to not have to make several threads about the same console

Rules of the board also say that this board is about retro games and consoles

>>9049032
That sounds cool, do you know any more info? I can only find a out SNES fastrom
Thanks anon, appreciate it

>>9046827
I love EZ Flash

>>9049071

>>9049072

>>9049071
>>9049072
>>9049073
I came, link?

>>9046827
Some recent homebrew:
https://itch.io/jam/gbajam21/entries
https://itch.io/jam/gba-winter-jam-2021/entries

>>9049127
Fuck yeah

>>9049041
The cartridge can both be slightly overclocked. GBA and GBA SP can also slightly overclock the EWRAM. It's not a big difference though, like 5% either way.

>>9049039
Open a hex editor and look for the pattern 14400000. You want to change it to 18400000. It'll probably be near 04020004. The change will be mild but it'll work on real hardware and flashcarts.

>>9049256
Is there anything online about it? I can't find anything

>>9049345
You can look up the hardware documentation.
https://problemkaputt.de/gbatek.htm#gbasystemcontrol
>4000204h - WAITCNT - Waitstate Control (R/W)
>This register is used to configure game pak access timings
>Currently manufactured cartridges are using the following settings: WS0/ROM=3,1 clks
You can boost that to 2,1.
>4000800h - 32bit - Undocumented - Internal Memory Control (R/W)
>Supported by GBA and GBA SP only - NOT supported by DS (even in GBA mode).
>The default value 0Dh in Bits 24-27 selects 2 waitstates for 256K WRAM (ie. 3/3/6 cycles 8/16/32bit accesses). The fastest possible setting would be 0Eh (1 waitstate, 2/2/4 cycles for 8/16/32bit), that works on GBA and GBA SP only, the GBA Micro locks up with that setting (it's on-chip RAM is too slow, and works only with 2 or more waitstates).

Like I said, benefits are pretty marginal. So don't expect too much if you play with these.

>>9049392
Thanks!

>>9049071
I need this, please share

>>9049071
Wut this

EZ Flash ODE users, how many of you actually use mode B?
Do you consider dual slot mode an important feature?

>>9050703
I only use it with a GBA so why would I use it with mode B?

>>9050664
EZ Flash theme

>>9048128
based Bunny poster

>>9048128
I want her to smash my balls with a mallet, I'm down so bad for the bunny man

>>9049256
>>9049392
Tested it with a few games, made little difference to some but on others it's noticeable.
How are the timings encoded? Is 18400000 the lowest / quickest watesate?

>>9049392
>>9051245
Why aren't there patches in flashcarts that autopatch such things if it works well enough even for a small boost?

>>9049392
>>4000800h - 32bit - Undocumented - Internal Memory Control (R/W)
>>Supported by GBA and GBA SP only - NOT supported by DS (even in GBA mode).
>>The default value 0Dh in Bits 24-27 selects 2 waitstates for 256K WRAM (ie. 3/3/6 cycles 8/16/32bit accesses). The fastest possible setting would be 0Eh (1 waitstate, 2/2/4 cycles for 8/16/32bit), that works on GBA and GBA SP only, the GBA Micro locks up with that setting (it's on-chip RAM is too slow, and works only with 2 or more waitstates).
How do you overclock the WRAM?

>>9051245
>How are the timings encoded? Is 18400000 the lowest / quickest watesate?
Play around with IO register window in mGBA to see how the different settings are encoded. That value in ROM is endian-swapped and extended to 32 bits so it's really 0x4018, which is the fastest setting. Other bits of the register are used for other purposes btw so don't always expect an exact match.

>>9051351
By setting the high byte of that register to 0x0E instead of 0x0D.

>>9051906
>By setting the high byte of that register to 0x0E instead of 0x0D.
Ah okay, so you can't modify the ROM files to do it? Only the GBAs own memory?

>>9051940
You could patch a ROM to do it, but it'd require a small amount of assembly programming.

>>9051949
Makes sense, thanks for all the insight though, it's been interesting

>>9049110
>>9049631
>>9050664

It's the EZ brand flashcart.

>>9049026
>As far as I can tell this thread is about games
You should learn how to read the Subject field.

>>9052391
Looks sick, shame EverDrive doesn't have something like that

>>9053682
The real question is, when do we get access to EZ Flash FPGA based emulators on the GBA? The FPGA is several times more powerful

>>9046993
You're perfectly fine with the 101 screen

>>9054870
EZ Flash have provided a reasonable amount of hardware documentation but I have no idea if it's actually possible to program the FPGA with a different bitstream from the GBA side.

>>9054881
Also it looks like that FPGA only has about 10k logic elements which isn't enough.

>>9046827
That looks like a shitty decal.
It doesn't even line up correctly if opened.

>>9052391
Yes, but what is the theme?

>>9055860
Considering how easy it's to theme, probably anons custom self made theme. Never seen that one before.

>>9046827
Doom 64 for GameBoy Advance

If you want to try:
https://pastebin.com/mbLgCxsm

Most levels work but some are broken, I've included a save file with some early levels to jump over broken ones.
I might look into fixing the few broken levels.

>>9056573
>Most levels work but some are broken, I've included a save file with some early levels to jump over broken ones.
>I might look into fixing the few broken levels.
Fixed it, played half thru but got tired, had to cut out level 5 right now, rest is there.

New upload
https://pastebin.com/Fzu6PLqC

Set gamma one notch to the right if you want a brownish filter to have a more similar hue to the N64 version.
Slso up, down, up, down, left, right, left, right is godmode + ammo and weapons, do it twice to turn godmode off again but keep ammo and weapons.

>>9046827
Are there no dungeon crawlers for GBA like Dungeon Master??

>>9046827
How pathetic do you have to be to want this? God I hate coomers who have to have it invade every aspect of their lives.

Mazes of Fate is good.

>>9057252
>>9057291

I'm having trouble playing patched games on my GBA. I've patched them correctly and FLIPS tells me it's patched successfully but when I go to play them it's just a black screen. I know patched games work on my everdrive because I've downloaded some prepatched Fire Emblem games and they work fine. Any ideas?

>>9057309
I don't use an everdrive, does it give you the option to boot through bios?

>>9057316
Nah there's a quick boot option but that doesn't work either.

>>9057326
Does it work on emulator?

>>9054881
>>9054891
Such a shame

>>9056573
>>9057149
Anyone tested this? Does it work?

>>9058271
I ran it on real hardware before posting. It's just a Doom64 WAD crunched to play on prBoom port for GBA.

>>9048128
I think it's kinda funny that she got her ass beat in this match but acted like she was hot shit for bleeding. Then again she's way less pretentious and annoying than Britt Baker, who did the exact same thing, so I guess I can't hate too hard on the bunny

>>9048825
Pokemon Unbound

>>9049071
>>9049072
>>9049073

So you're just going to post this here and not share the theme?

>>9059417
Well, unlike Britt, Allie wasn't treated like she was the only thing that mattered for a whole year.

>>9059845
Make your own, these themes are easy to make

dickers

>>9056573
>>9057149
Also posting here, uploaded Chex Quest 1 and 2 for the Doom thread.

https://pastebin.com/79FCfQgE

>>9056573
>>9057149
>>9061392
Copy paste from Doom/FPS thread:

I spent some more time refining them. Probably this is where I'll leave it, Chex Quest is good enough outside of having Doom 2 music which you can disable and Doom 64 TC worked fine and I got pretty far without problems, might be fully playable.

All 3 ROM files are here:
https://pastebin.com/GQPjyFGk

If you do notice any bugs and problems you can post here, if I see the post I'll try to fix it.
This isn't anything serious, just fun past time I spend some time on the weekend on, so don't expect commercial levels of polish.

Based on PrBoom GBA ports.
https://github.com/doomhack/GBADoom
https://github.com/Kippykip/GBADoom

Most cheats are the same, except idkfa and iddqd are in one: UP, UP, DOWN, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT (enter twice to get ammo+guns+keys and disable godmode).

>>9046827
Any anime games or visual novels on this?

>>9048128
Thatz some of the fakest fake blood I've seen. Do they have make it like that so people don't pass out?

>>9062073
Nah. That's real. You can't really do blood packs in a match. Allie did probably gig herself more than she intended however.

https://www.tokyvideo.com/es/video/anna-jay-tay-conti-vs-penelope-ford-the-bunny-full-match

She blades a couple minutes in.

>>9062012
only this one

>>9060234
True. I'm still waiting on Jamie Hayter to get her Wardlow moment

Golf.

Aria of Sorrow: ALTER
I can't recommend this enough if you like AoS.

>>9046993
That video and the testing methods were fucking garbage. Not worth listening to that retarded nonsense.

>>9065815
Not the only tests done. It makes sense from a technical standpoint too, it converts a frame after it's transferred, so having one fram extra latency is normal.

Which flash carts do you guys use? I just picked up an SP for $30 at a yard sale and only have a limited selection of games.

>>9065834
For GBA games, EZ Flash Omega Definitive is the only option worth considering.
For GB/C games, there are various options depending on what features you want and what you are willing to spend.

>>9066810
This, ignore the Everdrive shills

>>9067001
For GB/C everdrive is actually really good, with Chinese clones at the low end and the x7 at the high end. But for GBA there's no contest, ODE is the only sensible option

>>9066810
>EZ Flash Omega Definitive
Enjoy your corrupted saves.

>>9067598
Not sure if misinformed, illiterate, or just dumb.

>>9067635
Everdrive shill

>Everdrive manual says to wait a few seconds before turning off after saving to not loose any saves
>totally fine, no complaints

>Ez flash manual says to wait a few seconds before turning off after saving to not loose any saves
>hurr it's broken reee

>>9067670
The DE doesn't even have that limitation.

>>9063975
Looks fun, is enough of it in English to be playable if one does not know Nip?

>>9067694
yes

>>9067670
I never understood this, why is wester overpriced crap from a tranny excused for jts problems but good value chinese thing that works totally fine gets ridiculed

>>9068996
Same reason why people without expensive PVMs get ridiculed, even if they don't want big obvious scanlines shitting up their picture.

>>9060534
Fuck off faggot