Game Link.

MechAngelus · March 1st, 2004

Hi.

How i can play a game with game link ?
Have an emulator that support game link ?

Or split screen... anything

Cypherswipe · March 1st, 2004

You can fork out $5,000 for no$gba (I just love the idiocy of that sentence, paying $5,000 for a prog who's name begins with "no$"). It claims to have link support, although since no one's willing to pay that kind of money for an emulator, no one knows for sure. No other emu claims to have link support of any kind, and most of them expressly state that they will never add it. Most people say it'd be impossible, a few people say it'd be possible, but far too complex, and would only be able to run on a comp with some kind of insane 69Ghz or more processor.

Nevermore · March 1st, 2004

Aw man it totally shattered all my dreams of playing GBA online through vba.

Darkflame · March 23rd, 2004

Dont get depressed, people here tend to be pessimistic.

My crude calculations show that you need 1ghz+0.5ghz per player if a GBA emu was made.
(based on how many VBA i can open an simultaniously run...ie, if it used the TGDual method. I tested it using Sonic Battle,I could open 3 and run then at full speed on my 1.3ghzAMD.
Was really fun playing 3 copys of the same game at once

)

Thats way under 60ghz+, and i imagine most gamers will have the nesscerly speed in time. Also, this is an overestimate, as there is numberious things that wouldnt actualy need to be emulated twice.
(sound, for instance)

All we need is some codeing god to put a lot of effort into it.

gameman733 · March 25th, 2004

its not the power thats the problem. Its the link itself. Think about it, the link not only transmits controller functions, but also data. Ex. Golden sun 1 and 2 or pokemon. Consoles just transmit the controler functions. Also, the GBA link requires an almost lag free connection, something that even a network connection cant give.

Alchy · March 26th, 2004

(as posted in the other identical thread that's been moved)
So keep the link internal to your PC, and pass the data between two instances of the emulator. Transfer your keypresses to your friend, whose PC inputs them on the second instance of the emulator and vice versa.

takwu · March 31st, 2004

which requires a hellishly good multiprocessing operating system AND processor(s)
something like a mainframe

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MechAngelus Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 1	Game Link. Hi. How i can play a game with game link ? Have an emulator that support game link ? Or split screen... anything

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Cypherswipe Extra Large Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 934	You can fork out $5,000 for no$gba (I just love the idiocy of that sentence, paying $5,000 for a prog who's name begins with "no$"). It claims to have link support, although since no one's willing to pay that kind of money for an emulator, no one knows for sure. No other emu claims to have link support of any kind, and most of them expressly state that they will never add it. Most people say it'd be impossible, a few people say it'd be possible, but far too complex, and would only be able to run on a comp with some kind of insane 69Ghz or more processor. __________________

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gameman733 Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: no where Posts: 338	its not the power thats the problem. Its the link itself. Think about it, the link not only transmits controller functions, but also data. Ex. Golden sun 1 and 2 or pokemon. Consoles just transmit the controler functions. Also, the GBA link requires an almost lag free connection, something that even a network connection cant give. __________________ Desktop: CPU:Athlon XP 2400+ Mobo:Shuttle AK32VN Memory:256MB PC2100 DDR-RAM + 512 PC2700 DDR-RAM Video Card:Apollo Geforce 6600GT + HDTV out Hard Drives: Maxtor 120GB 7200 RPM + Maxtor 120GB 5400 RPM + Maxtor 20GB DVD+RW: Lite-on LDW-401S 4x Running XP Pro SP2 Linbox (R.I.P, Dead Motherboard)(server): CPU: 1.4ghz Athlon Mobo: ECS K7S5A Memory: 2x64MB SDRAM Video Card: ATI Rage something Drives: hda: 6 GB HD hdc: DVD-rom Drive Running Debian Sarge

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March 1st, 2004	#3 (permalink)
Nevermore Psychotic Robot Master Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Angelgrove Posts: 1,362	Aw man it totally shattered all my dreams of playing GBA online through vba.

March 23rd, 2004	#4 (permalink)
Darkflame Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 5	Dont get depressed, people here tend to be pessimistic. My crude calculations show that you need 1ghz+0.5ghz per player if a GBA emu was made. (based on how many VBA i can open an simultaniously run...ie, if it used the TGDual method. I tested it using Sonic Battle,I could open 3 and run then at full speed on my 1.3ghzAMD. Was really fun playing 3 copys of the same game at once ) Thats way under 60ghz+, and i imagine most gamers will have the nesscerly speed in time. Also, this is an overestimate, as there is numberious things that wouldnt actualy need to be emulated twice. (sound, for instance) All we need is some codeing god to put a lot of effort into it.

March 26th, 2004	#6 (permalink)
Alchy Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 60	(as posted in the other identical thread that's been moved) So keep the link internal to your PC, and pass the data between two instances of the emulator. Transfer your keypresses to your friend, whose PC inputs them on the second instance of the emulator and vice versa.