GBA Bios - Page 2

The Vagrant · May 17th, 2002

ya sure buddy...and I'm Anakin Skywalker's long lost twin brother...and it's really me who'll become Darth Vader....yup I'm gonna kill Annie and take his place...mwahahahahahah.

PS. I saw ep2...could you tell?

REi_FoX · May 17th, 2002

well i saw it too and i didnt saw you...

Hydra · May 17th, 2002

About the sonic thing being played without the bios, I found that if you use the bios once you never have to use them again. Strange!

G-Pitts · May 17th, 2002

How can it be???

Hydra · May 17th, 2002

Hmm maybe it remmember it need the bios thus automatically uses them.

G-Pitts · May 17th, 2002

You mean you didnt delete the bios??? if that so, that is normal, just like epsxe remember to use the bios whenever it run a game. Actually VBA will use the bios for all games once you have configure it properly.

Hydra · May 18th, 2002

But aren't the bios worse that normal running of VBA?

G-Pitts · May 18th, 2002

No, I dont think so. VBA running great with the bios in my system. I dont know about yours.

Velocity 7 · June 9th, 2002

I think it's just all better with everyone if you just use the BIOS for all the games. Perhaps everything will be much better for all of you.

BTW, does Nintendo post any new GBA BIOSes? Not requesting any, but I'm just wondering if there are any "versions" of the BIOS...

Hydra · June 12th, 2002

There is one problem there, the makers of the emus aren't allowed to distribute the bios with the emulator. So we would probably end up with another string of people asking "Where can I find the BIOs?" (Not a request

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June 22nd, 2002

I didnt have to push those buttons either it booted up fine for me

EXE · June 27th, 2002

Golden Sun 2 didn't start with gba bios

only start in Dreamgba.... but i have problem wiith dreamgba(maybe?)

**Forgotten** · June 27th, 2002

It will be fixed in the upcoming version. It uses some interesting code which caused problems.

Forgotten

Hydra · June 27th, 2002

Oh are you people who don't need the bios using something else apart for VisualBoy?

Cypherswipe · May 12th, 2003

There are at least 2, maybe 3 versions of the bios floating around the web. One is labelled [UNK], one is labelled [ts2], and one isn't labelled (it may be one of the other 2 or it may be a third one). One of the labelled ones gave me problems on some games, the other worked fine. However, I only use a bios if the game won't work without it, otherwise I just use the emulated bios. One thing that kinda sucks about the bios situation is that save states done with bios enabled can't be loaded with bios disabled and vice-versa. Not a big deal, but it can be annoying when you forget to turn the bios on/off and get a "save is not using bios" error message when trying to load the savestate.

**Forgotten** · May 13th, 2003

There is only one good BIOS version. N has not made any versions as far as I know.

The reason for the "save is not using bios" or save is using bios messages is because it changes the BIOS addresses. When you save, the CPU may be in the middle of a BIOS execution, so if you try to load it without the BIOS, it will not work or go nuts. The emulator is just protecting you.

May 17th, 2002	#21 (permalink)
The Vagrant Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Valnain, Valendia Posts: 424	ya sure buddy...and I'm Anakin Skywalker's long lost twin brother...and it's really me who'll become Darth Vader....yup I'm gonna kill Annie and take his place...mwahahahahahah. PS. I saw ep2...could you tell? __________________ Warping the minds of men and sheperding the masses has always been your church’s domain. You lure sheep with empty miracles and a dead god. Or perhaps you, too, are a sheep. A poor little lamb, bleating for your faith as though it were milk of the poppy. Yet mark your savior well, for he is one of the demons you so fear.

May 17th, 2002	#22 (permalink)
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May 17th, 2002	#23 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	About the sonic thing being played without the bios, I found that if you use the bios once you never have to use them again. Strange! __________________ 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

May 17th, 2002	#24 (permalink)
G-Pitts Whats Up Doc! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Land Below The Wind, Malaysia Posts: 1,232	How can it be??? __________________ 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 17th, 2002	#25 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	Hmm maybe it remmember it need the bios thus automatically uses them. __________________ 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

May 17th, 2002	#26 (permalink)
G-Pitts Whats Up Doc! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Land Below The Wind, Malaysia Posts: 1,232	You mean you didnt delete the bios??? if that so, that is normal, just like epsxe remember to use the bios whenever it run a game. Actually VBA will use the bios for all games once you have configure it properly. __________________ 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 18th, 2002	#27 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	But aren't the bios worse that normal running of VBA? __________________ 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

May 18th, 2002	#28 (permalink)
G-Pitts Whats Up Doc! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Land Below The Wind, Malaysia Posts: 1,232	No, I dont think so. VBA running great with the bios in my system. I dont know about yours. __________________ Kar-T-Ney + AMD Athlon64 X2 3600+ (2.25 ghz) + 4096 MB DDR2 + Geforce 7600GT 256 MB DDR3 + Realtek HD Audio + WinXP Pro SP2

June 9th, 2002	#29 (permalink)
Velocity 7 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Your Computer Posts: 106	I think it's just all better with everyone if you just use the BIOS for all the games. Perhaps everything will be much better for all of you. BTW, does Nintendo post any new GBA BIOSes? Not requesting any, but I'm just wondering if there are any "versions" of the BIOS...

June 12th, 2002	#30 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	There is one problem there, the makers of the emus aren't allowed to distribute the bios with the emulator. So we would probably end up with another string of people asking "Where can I find the BIOs?" (Not a request ) __________________ 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 22nd, 2002	#31 (permalink)
Kna127 Guest Posts: n/a	I didnt have to push those buttons either it booted up fine for me

June 27th, 2002	#32 (permalink)
EXE Mobile Suit Gundam Pilot Join Date: May 2001 Location: Malaysia Posts: 535	Golden Sun 2 didn't start with gba bios only start in Dreamgba.... but i have problem wiith dreamgba(maybe?) __________________ My Pc spec: P4 1.5Ghz Windows XP Pro/DX9.0b Geforce4MX 420 64MB RAMS 256MB RAMS

June 27th, 2002	#33 (permalink)
Forgotten Emu author Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 483	It will be fixed in the upcoming version. It uses some interesting code which caused problems. Forgotten

June 27th, 2002	#34 (permalink)
Hydra ???!!!???!!!?!?! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: In your lunchbox. No don't open the lid! Ack the light it burns. Posts: 2,183	Oh are you people who don't need the bios using something else apart for VisualBoy? __________________ 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

May 12th, 2003	#35 (permalink)
Cypherswipe Extra Large Member Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 934	There are at least 2, maybe 3 versions of the bios floating around the web. One is labelled [UNK], one is labelled [ts2], and one isn't labelled (it may be one of the other 2 or it may be a third one). One of the labelled ones gave me problems on some games, the other worked fine. However, I only use a bios if the game won't work without it, otherwise I just use the emulated bios. One thing that kinda sucks about the bios situation is that save states done with bios enabled can't be loaded with bios disabled and vice-versa. Not a big deal, but it can be annoying when you forget to turn the bios on/off and get a "save is not using bios" error message when trying to load the savestate. __________________

May 13th, 2003	#36 (permalink)
Forgotten Emu author Join Date: Oct 2001 Posts: 483	There is only one good BIOS version. N has not made any versions as far as I know. The reason for the "save is not using bios" or save is using bios messages is because it changes the BIOS addresses. When you save, the CPU may be in the middle of a BIOS execution, so if you try to load it without the BIOS, it will not work or go nuts. The emulator is just protecting you.

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