Is Snes Emulation On The Gba Possible?

GI16GUNNER · May 3rd, 2002

IS SNES EMULATION ON THE GBA POSSIBLE USING THE FLASH ADVANCE ? ANY BODY WORKING ON ONE?

REi_FoX · May 3rd, 2002

nah maybe not if you want an snes emu use znes

Asz · May 3rd, 2002

I doubt it, considering that the GBA has about just as much power (just a little more) than the SNES. And emulating need lots of power.

gerbilcannon · May 3rd, 2002

Next question will probably be "y0 d00ds, when will GaMEcUbE be emulated on the GBA?" from some random person somewhere.

Asz · May 3rd, 2002

Yeah that is a good question! When will I be able to play Smash Bros. Melee on my GBA? I'm sure I could mod my GBA a put the mini-DVD drive on it!

REi_FoX · May 3rd, 2002

that would take ages...

G-Pitts · May 3rd, 2002

The probability to emulate snes game with full speed on GBA is 0.00001%

Its impossible, GBA didnt have enough power to emulate Snes.

TGBFox · May 4th, 2002

yeah, that is impossible..
but what can be done, is writing ports from snes to gba in the same (or better) quality.

Exophase · May 21st, 2002

Not only is it impossible to do fullspeed, but it's impossible to do period. GBA lacks resolution, and more importantly, buttons. That NES emulator proved that people won't mind if you scale the games (and make the emulation look like a lowres crapfest... Megaman looks like he has down syndrome) but you can't fake buttons. At least I feel pity for whoever tries to make X be an exotic combination of what few buttons are there.

- Exo

Skye · May 25th, 2002

Yeah it's out of the question tho it would be nice.

-Skye

Hydra · May 27th, 2002

The only chance is a port being made, like the mario games.

**liquid** · June 4th, 2002

I'm finally glad to see most of the popular SNES games (Zelda, Metroid, and some square games) are now being ported to the system with new updated features

...can't wait to play Zelda in 4-player mode

Zataki · June 6th, 2002

Yes, i agree. It will be difficult with the GBA limited buttons. (2 button short)

GI16GUNNER · June 18th, 2002

I think all of you are wrong, they said it couldnt be done but now I have all the Nes roms, on The GBA. People are hard at work on a snes emu for GBA. Its only a matter of time.

Esturk · June 18th, 2002

I believe the only way to play snes on GBA would be to port them to run on the GBA hardware. Then you'd just use a flash advance linker or something like it. I doubt it would be possible though.

Maverice · January 13th, 2004

The Action Replay has the AR button, which allows for a code to be implemented when pressed. Someone could develop a linker cart with the extra buttons and the main emulator. The emulator-cart hybrid would send the emulator core the button signals to be interpreted into game functions. Of course, this requires separate hardware which has to be fasioned by hand and extensive coding knowlege of the GBA platform. As such, it's not IMPOSSIBLE, but really, really, REALLY improbable. Another option is to make a linker cart without the buttons, but have it check the multiplayer port for, say, input from a SNES controller with a GBA link adapter? You could have the cart accept either GBA carts with the SNES rom on it, or instead of a bridge, use SD or MMC for holding roms. Less complicated than the previous suggestion, but a bit unusual. However, you'd and :cuss2: before you ever finished a project like this, .

VDDZ · January 13th, 2004

lol

I remember hearing of a port of Snes9x to the gba, but a lot of GBA guru's thought it was crap. It might still be floting out there somewhere, but take caution, it could be a virus.

BTW, buttons were said to be faked but pressing L+A for X and L+B for Y,or what every you set it to. Oh yeah, there was said to be no sound.

I"m sure it could be done on the GP32, tho.

**Yeloazndevil** · January 16th, 2004

this is a 2 year old thread
*closing*

May 3rd, 2002	#1 (permalink)
GI16GUNNER Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3	Is Snes Emulation On The Gba Possible? IS SNES EMULATION ON THE GBA POSSIBLE USING THE FLASH ADVANCE ? ANY BODY WORKING ON ONE?

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REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,648	nah maybe not if you want an snes emu use znes __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

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gerbilcannon The Pretty One Join Date: May 2001 Location: Collegedale, TN Posts: 1,247	Next question will probably be "y0 d00ds, when will GaMEcUbE be emulated on the GBA?" from some random person somewhere. __________________ "Me? I'm a pop idol." "And you will shed tears of scarlet!"

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REi_FoX ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Fantasy ¡¾¡¾¡¾¡ Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 3,648	that would take ages... __________________ FoR PiNoYs WhO WanTs To BuY CheAp ParTs CliCk Here also Here Processor - Intel Quad 2 Quad q6600 G0 Stepping [Stock Settings] Memory - 2GB Team Elite 800mhz Graphics Card - Palit Daytone Geforce 8800 GT 512 MB Mobo - Abit IP-35-E OS - Dual Boot Windows XP Professional SP3 and Ubuntu Linux Pad - PS1 and PS2 > USB Adapter 3DMark05 Score - 35082

May 3rd, 2002	#7 (permalink)
G-Pitts Whats Up Doc! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Land Below The Wind, Malaysia Posts: 1,232	The probability to emulate snes game with full speed on GBA is 0.00001% Its impossible, GBA didnt have enough power to emulate Snes. __________________ Kar-T-Ney + AMD Athlon64 X2 3600+ (2.25 ghz) + 4096 MB DDR2 + Geforce 7600GT 256 MB DDR3 + Realtek HD Audio + WinXP Pro SP2

May 3rd, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Asz EATS BREAKFAST WITH FACE Join Date: May 2001 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 1,611	I doubt it, considering that the GBA has about just as much power (just a little more) than the SNES. And emulating need lots of power.

May 3rd, 2002	#5 (permalink)
Asz EATS BREAKFAST WITH FACE Join Date: May 2001 Location: Tucson, Arizona Posts: 1,611	Yeah that is a good question! When will I be able to play Smash Bros. Melee on my GBA? I'm sure I could mod my GBA a put the mini-DVD drive on it!

May 4th, 2002	#8 (permalink)
TGBFox Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: In my parents basement somewhere in Germany Posts: 24	yeah, that is impossible.. but what can be done, is writing ports from snes to gba in the same (or better) quality. __________________ T he G litched B lack F o x

May 21st, 2002	#9 (permalink)
Exophase Emu author Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Bloomington IN, USA Posts: 1,061	Not only is it impossible to do fullspeed, but it's impossible to do period. GBA lacks resolution, and more importantly, buttons. That NES emulator proved that people won't mind if you scale the games (and make the emulation look like a lowres crapfest... Megaman looks like he has down syndrome) but you can't fake buttons. At least I feel pity for whoever tries to make X be an exotic combination of what few buttons are there. - Exo

May 25th, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Skye Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gville, Florida Posts: 908	Yeah it's out of the question tho it would be nice. -Skye

May 27th, 2002	#11 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	The only chance is a port being made, like the mario games. __________________ Mobo: Asus A8V Deluxe CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ RAM: 1024MB DDR400 Dual Channel Graphics: nVidia Geforce FX 6600 GT 128MB DDR3 HDD: 260GB OS: Windows XP SP2

June 4th, 2002	#12 (permalink)
liquid Ebichu! Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Tampa Bay, Florida Posts: 2,088	I'm finally glad to see most of the popular SNES games (Zelda, Metroid, and some square games) are now being ported to the system with new updated features ...can't wait to play Zelda in 4-player mode __________________ ...no sig for now

June 6th, 2002	#13 (permalink)
Zataki Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: California Posts: 79	Yes, i agree. It will be difficult with the GBA limited buttons. (2 button short) __________________ "Worst episode ever!"--Comic Guy--

June 18th, 2002	#14 (permalink)
GI16GUNNER Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 3	I think all of you are wrong, they said it couldnt be done but now I have all the Nes roms, on The GBA. People are hard at work on a snes emu for GBA. Its only a matter of time.

June 18th, 2002	#15 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	I believe the only way to play snes on GBA would be to port them to run on the GBA hardware. Then you'd just use a flash advance linker or something like it. I doubt it would be possible though. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 4MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5K Deluxe, Intel P35 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

January 13th, 2004	#16 (permalink)
Maverice Registered User Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1	Acutally, there is a possiblity The Action Replay has the AR button, which allows for a code to be implemented when pressed. Someone could develop a linker cart with the extra buttons and the main emulator. The emulator-cart hybrid would send the emulator core the button signals to be interpreted into game functions. Of course, this requires separate hardware which has to be fasioned by hand and extensive coding knowlege of the GBA platform. As such, it's not IMPOSSIBLE, but really, really, REALLY improbable. Another option is to make a linker cart without the buttons, but have it check the multiplayer port for, say, input from a SNES controller with a GBA link adapter? You could have the cart accept either GBA carts with the SNES rom on it, or instead of a bridge, use SD or MMC for holding roms. Less complicated than the previous suggestion, but a bit unusual. However, you'd and :cuss2: before you ever finished a project like this, .

January 13th, 2004	#17 (permalink)
VDDZ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: in a box under the stairs in the corner of the basement half a block down the street from Jerry's Bait shop, You know the place. Posts: 502	lol I remember hearing of a port of Snes9x to the gba, but a lot of GBA guru's thought it was crap. It might still be floting out there somewhere, but take caution, it could be a virus. BTW, buttons were said to be faked but pressing L+A for X and L+B for Y,or what every you set it to. Oh yeah, there was said to be no sound. I"m sure it could be done on the GP32, tho. __________________ Image made by someone at deviantART.com, I lost their name, sorry...

January 16th, 2004	#18 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,138	this is a 2 year old thread closing

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