Tom Posted December 11, 2007 Share Posted December 11, 2007 The GBA has 240x160 square dots. It's an odd resolution, often too small to directly "port" over graphics from other platforms. Additionally the top and bottom few lines are way too dark and shouldn't be used to display anything important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
israelg Posted December 24, 2007 Author Share Posted December 24, 2007 Well, My first imressions with StellaDS: 1. Asteroids - working full speed but with more filickering than the original 2. Chopper Command - Slow 3. Pitfall - Slow 4. Pitfall 2 - Very Slow 5. Phoenix - Near Perfect 6. Space invaders - A little slow ? 7. Pac-Man - OK 8. Ms PacMan - OK Combat is OK, but I remember there was once an AI version of combat... where can I find this version ??? I.G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari~e Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Do we not remember this from our own Andrew Davie in 2001 Yes, Pitfall is running with 270% !!! What ever happend to this project ? I.G That was a crash project I did for a particular Activision guy I knew from these forums, to prove to his bosses that it was in fact possible to do a reasonable Atari 2600 emulator on GBA. I got it working with something like 20 Activision games installed and running at reasonable speed, and delivered it to this guy to show at an Activision meeting. I worked on this for weeks, busting my gut, and not only did he NOT even thank me for the work (of course I wasn't paid), the project was approved and given to another developer without me even being told. After that particular kick in the teeth, I dropped the project and lost all respect for the person in question. The bottom line is that yes, it is possible to do a pretty good Atari 2600 emulator on the GBA. I did it. It wasn't perfect, and it slowed down here and there... but I only spent a month or two on it and I'm confident it could have been optimised to achieve better speed. But it was pretty good, and pretty damn neat playing Atari 2600 on my handheld. Cheers A I sure would like to have the Atari 2600 VCS emu for the GBA. I would be forever so grateful, hahaha. I just want to play Atari 2600 Ms. Pac-Man on my GBA. My PSP is too bulky. I would appreciatew it but so would everybody else. So much for that :0)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted January 13, 2008 Share Posted January 13, 2008 I think it would be good to have a VCS Emu for the GBA..I don't care about the DS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
israelg Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 Hi, Just a simple question: Is there a way to patch the roms so they will run faster on StellaDS I read that the rom pass through such a treatment for the GBA Activision Anthology, and chopper command really runs faster on GBA Activision Anthology than it runs on StellaDS Eckhard Stolberg helped me a few years ago to run Chopper Command on my super charger my patching the game... Thanks I.G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
israelg Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 And another question, can I take out the roms from the GBA Activision Anthology (Already Patched!!!) ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
israelg Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 http://www.atariage.com/hack_page.html?Sys...ftwareHackID=91 This is a good example how to speed up a game through patching... It will be nice to get the same effect for Pitfall & H.E.R.O. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vic George 2K3 Posted February 5, 2008 Share Posted February 5, 2008 2600 Smurf Rescue on GBA is my particular fancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted March 27, 2008 Share Posted March 27, 2008 Do we not remember this from our own Andrew Davie in 2001 Yes, Pitfall is running with 270% !!! What ever happend to this project ? I.G That was a crash project I did for a particular Activision guy I knew from these forums, to prove to his bosses that it was in fact possible to do a reasonable Atari 2600 emulator on GBA. I got it working with something like 20 Activision games installed and running at reasonable speed, and delivered it to this guy to show at an Activision meeting. I worked on this for weeks, busting my gut, and not only did he NOT even thank me for the work (of course I wasn't paid), the project was approved and given to another developer without me even being told. After that particular kick in the teeth, I dropped the project and lost all respect for the person in question. The bottom line is that yes, it is possible to do a pretty good Atari 2600 emulator on the GBA. I did it. It wasn't perfect, and it slowed down here and there... but I only spent a month or two on it and I'm confident it could have been optimised to achieve better speed. But it was pretty good, and pretty damn neat playing Atari 2600 on my handheld. Cheers A Seems to me the right thing to do would have been for you to finish it on your own and distribute it for free before the Activision game came out. It's always a nice "screw you" to give away something that someone who cheated you is trying to make money off of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick74161 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 I Wish there was a 2600 emu for the GBA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europatari Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 about all this, i dont need a emulator for multiple games, i need one just for one game is it possible to change the roms of activision anthology? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
israelg Posted August 21, 2019 Author Share Posted August 21, 2019 After 12 years, and this thread is still active.... wow! Why using GBA anyway ? Which model ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europatari Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 On 8/21/2019 at 1:16 PM, israelg said: After 12 years, and this thread is still active.... wow! Why using GBA anyway ? Which model ? the gba sp or the retro mini i actually only want to play rs basketball on gba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
israelg Posted August 22, 2019 Author Share Posted August 22, 2019 4 hours ago, Europatari said: the gba sp or the retro mini i actually only want to play rs basketball on gba What about using android ? it runs all roms perfectly, just buy a cheap Bluetooth controller... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRGilbert Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 At least at this point we have the Flashback Portable which does anything 2600 I would want, and does it decently well and is probably cheaper than a GBA flashcart anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europatari Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 16 hours ago, israelg said: What about using android ? no andrid is not that basic as GBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europatari Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 15 hours ago, SRGilbert said: At least at this point we have the Flashback Portable which does anything 2600 I would want, and does it decently well and is probably cheaper than a GBA flashcart anyway. but i will give you right there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 On 8/23/2019 at 7:23 AM, Europatari said: but i will give you right there I have a flashcart I have used. It was doable but not perfect. I would honestly get the FB portable. Simple solution and just a little higher than a flashcart price. Also if you get the rom pack you have better compatibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europatari Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 5 hours ago, MrBeefy said: I have a flashcart I have used. It was doable but not perfect. I would honestly get the FB portable. Simple solution and just a little higher than a flashcart price. Also if you get the rom pack you have better compatibility. no, the reason, why am i begging for atari 2600 on GBA is, i want to play games Such as: RS Basketball, Reactor, Air Sea Battle and Combat on the Retromini: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Well i think this has the gba 2600 emulator i used. Its been so long i have no clue if an emulator would work within an emulator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europatari Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 12 hours ago, MrBeefy said: Well i think this has the gba 2600 emulator i used. yeah, and which is this gba 2600 emulator you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeefy Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 10 hours ago, Europatari said: yeah, and which is this gba 2600 emulator you use? Whoops sorry forgot this. http://www.gameboy-advance.net/gba_roms/emulated_on_gba.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europatari Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 (edited) otherwise, here is the source code if somebody has the spunk to program it: http://n64.icequake.net/mirror/64scener.parodius.com/gba/game/2600_gba.zip Edited August 28, 2019 by Europatari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Europatari Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 here is the attachment, if you want: 2600_gba.zip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asaki Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 On 8/18/2019 at 4:18 AM, Europatari said: is it possible to change the roms of activision anthology? Possibly. I was messing around with the idea one night, I got a few ROMs extracted, but I couldn't quite pinpoint the compression routine they use. I got pretty close, but not close enough to actually run anything. I did crack the Atari DS ROMs, though B) On 8/25/2019 at 3:11 PM, Europatari said: no, the reason, why am i begging for atari 2600 on GBA is, i want to play games Such as: RS Basketball, Reactor, Air Sea Battle and Combat on the Retromini: I bought a BitBoy PocketGo during Black Friday for about $40, it has a pretty good port of Stella on it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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