No$gba bug thread

[Dualscreenman]

I'll track bugs for games from version to version and add them to the list along with whether or not a demo is available. When they're fixed I'll mark the bug as such. When they are available, I'll post workarounds.
Severe bugs (makes a game unplayable) are marked in red. Major bugs that prevent several games from being playable or effect several games are marked in purple.

Dementium: The Ward
Demo: Existence not determined
Bugs: (As of 2.5c)
-Lighting is screwed

Area is all lit up as if it were being shone upon by the flashlight.

Final Fantasy III
Demo: None
Bugs: (As of 2.6)
-Texture issue

Characters have black textures in overworld

-Game stops

Reported fixed 2.6

Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Demo: Kiosk demo, perhaps undumped.
Bugs: (As of 2.6a)
-3D models have improper lighting

Fixed 2.6 (Nocash 3D renderer)

-Crash during cutscene

Fixed 2.6a

Lifesigns: Surgical Unit
Demo: Existence not determined
Bugs: (As of 2.6)
-Can't save

Saving doesn't work, regardless of savetype selected

Lost Magic
Demo: Existence not determined
Bugs: (As of 2.6)
-Game doesn't run

Game crashes before gameplay

Luminous Arc
Demo: None
Bugs: (As of 2.6)
-Collision glitch

NPCs can stack upon each other and on PCs.

Mario and Luigi: Partners in Time
Demo: Existence not determined
Bugs: (As of 2.6a)
-Rom image crashes while loading the save menu

Fixed 2.6a.

Megaman Starforce
Demo: None
Bugs: (As of 2.6)
-3D battles don't render at all

Fixed 2.6, use Nocash 3D renderer.

Need for Speed Carbon: Own the City
Demo: Existence not determined
Bugs: (As of 2.6)
-Game screen is black

Fixed 2.6a

Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Demo: Existence not determined
Bugs: (As of 2.6)
-Main_siz errors

The game throws main_siz errors and exits just before the main menu

SD Gundam Generations: Crossdrive
Demo: Existence not determined
Bugs: (As of 2.6)
-Main_siz errors

The game throws main_siz errors and exits in stage 14f

Sonic Rush
Demo: Exists in the form of E3 beta, sent to Martin along with screenshot.
Bugs: (As of 2.6)
-Rings during boss battle glitch every so often.

Fixed 2.6 (Use Nocash renderer)

-Debug version crash

Debug version crashes when switching from the background maps to the tile maps.

Spectrobes
Demo: Existence not determined
Bugs: (As of 2.6)
-Black screen in game


Super Mario 64 DS
Demo: Kiosk demo exists, too large for Martin to download over dialup.
Bugs: (As of 2.6a)
-Shadows absent.

Fixed 2.6a

-Water on save selection menu is messed up

Lines appear in the water

Yoshi's Island
Demo: Exists (Does not have glitched level, useless.)
Bugs (As of 2.6)
-1-3 Collision Glich

Collision glitch prevents progression in gameplay.
Workaround (Action Replay Code):
Moonjump (By: Dualscreenman)
94000130 FFFD0000
62105f88 00000000
B2105f88 00000000
00000054 FFFF9900
d2000000 00000000

-Game refuses to boot

The game refuses to boot without BIOS images. BIOS functions with callback are not supported yet.
Workaround
Use the Nintendo DS BIOS images. Duh

If you have any more bugs, that I missed, (I must have missed some, No$gba isn't perfect by far) remind me. I'll do all the fancying up.

[grfla]

I'm not sure what you mean by demos so I'm not quite sure if the following are legal "enough" to send to martin or not, but:

Famicom Wars demo (japanese) contains a blank menu and a glitchy map.
True swing golf contains a small black square in the beginning. (and yes, all bugs are equally significant)
lara croft tomb raider legend demo or whatever has, after defeating the first bad guy, opaque light (aka something that's supposed to be transparent light but isn't transparent)

demos can be found here : Official DS Downloadable WMB Demos (website says it's legal. sorry if it isn't)

anyway, I have a feeling that martin already knows of all these bugs except possibly the ones that happen after the first second of gameplay (not that I checked much further). but who knows. Probably him. Send it to him and tell us what he says.

There are tons of bugs in 'real' games, of course, but I see little point in listing them as it has been done numerous times before, seems to have no effect on the emulator and is subject to change in each version. At least for now.

[Dualscreenman]

Don't worry, those are considered legal. (Nintendo gives the rom images away for free!)

I can't say that I share the feeling about Martin knowing about the bugs. He only has a handful of commercial games, and likes when we can give him detailed bug reports with demos. I've been in communcation with him (a lot of which was giving him cheat code documentation along with Kenobi).

Oh, and if the list is kept up-to-date and demos are found for existing games, then bug may end up getting fixed. (Rockman gave Martin a Clubhouse Games demo and he fixed up the graphics nicely the next version)

Plus, it's nice to see a premade list of why your game may not work.

[SCHUMI-4-EVA]

What about listing the crash on Lost Magic?

[RockmanForte]

Zelda phantom hourglass demo existed at gamestop that I played.. Nobody dumped it ? It will be nice to send it to him to fix the darker characters and seagulls (from intro of course).

[DarkBolo]

Mario and Luigi : Partners in Time

bug :

Rom image crashed

When want to make a save or in suitcase cut-scene

[Dualscreenman]

Updated as of now. :P
*EDIT* Oops, someone else made a post while I was editing...

[SCHUMI-4-EVA]

Originally Posted by RockmanForte

Zelda phantom hourglass demo existed at gamestop that I played.. Nobody dumped it ? It will be nice to send it to him to fix the darker characters and seagulls (from intro of course).

It's part of Download Station 7 as far as I know. So look for that.

[RockmanForte]

No, you do not understand. I know about it but I want just one demo so that he can download it since he only have dialup.

[keym]

Here's a couple.

Lifesigns: Surgical Unit

Can't save no matter which save type is used.

Dementium: The Ward

Lightning missing in the game.

Final Fantasy III

Character appears with a black texture in the overworld map.

[RockmanForte]

Aren't you using the 2.5c version ?

[SCHUMI-4-EVA]

By the way, I assume that Spectrobes has the exact same problem as Need for Speed Carbon as everything is black once you land on the planet.

[Smilley]

Luminous Arc
NPCs can stack up on the same square, even with PCs. Annoying, but not disabling.

[keym]

Originally Posted by RockmanForte

Aren't you using the 2.5c version ?

If you mean me, yes, I am, and those bugs are still present.

[Dualscreenman]

The only Zelda things in DS Download Station Volume 7 are 2 demo videos.

[Shinrin_Cole]

Originally Posted by keym

Final Fantasy III

Character appears with a black texture in the overworld map.

Sometimes it's just there heads that appear, the rest of the body is invisiable.
Also, I'm not sure if it's been fixed in this version, but you can't get past a certain point. I think you can't get past this float castle event, cause it crashes before you can do it. Emulator doesn't crash, the game just will go black screen.

[Dualscreenman]

Oh yeah, I remember reading about that here somewhere. If I ever find exactly where it crashes I suppose I could add it.

[Darkoms]

Animal Crossing - Wild World (U)
Bugs:

- While in the taxi, some 3D errors, can't se trough the plastic (the drivers head).
- The world is completly black, exept inside of the post office.

Transformers Autobots
Bugs:

- Everithing is fine until you satr playing, the world is black. Can't see a thing exept some shadow mountains.

[Shinrin_Cole]

Originally Posted by Dualscreenman

The only Zelda things in DS Download Station Volume 7 are 2 demo videos.

I just come from walmart, they have a demo version of Zelda Phantom hourglass.

[dbgarza]

Megaman StarForce: all is fine till you enter on a battle against the virus, the top screen where you fight the virus is all black except for the HP of Megaman, the HP points of the virus and the gauge line that fills up so you can press the buttons L or R to use the cards again.