iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

Hello, All!

I have reuploaded three of my emulators, iNES, VGB, and VGBA, to Maemo5 Extras-Testing. These are the latest versions with a few more bugfixes not present in the earlier versions. Now, in order to get these programs into proper Maemo5 Extras, you have to vote for them.

Please, vote here:
http://maemo.org/packages/package_in.../ines/3.6.9-2/
http://maemo.org/packages/package_in...l/vgb/3.5.6-2/
http://maemo.org/packages/package_in.../vgba/3.6.8-2/

PS: I also uploaded Maemo4 versions to Diablo Extras. Should appear there shortly.

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

VGBA cant find any roms in this new build. I have the files on the phone (checked it).

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

i just updated and VGBA found my roms what was already on device fine, i know this is a cliche suggestion for everything but try a reboot lol

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

I think the new install has reset the directory he used last in VGBA, and now he is lost.

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

I already tryed that, but ill try to reinstall the app...

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

I reinstalled and rebooted again and still having this problem.

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

when it opens up file directory when you choose rom, click the arrow at top left and try configure your path to roms

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

VGBA seems alot snappier, thanks!

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

I had that problem too! I'm assuming you were using a rom with an uppercase file extension like blablabla.GBA

change the uppercase extension to *.gba and you are good to go!

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

thanks i just noticed after you writ that a 2 of my roms are not showing i did not check before i just assumed they all was there b/c top few on list i tried was there

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

That fixed the problem. Thank you :)

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

where are these located;i cant find these

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

what catalogue do i need to add to my application manager to see these?

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

Thanks. This is really good news.

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

do you think there will be a gameshark build into the vgba?? =]

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

thanks.now just got to buy some roms

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

...if you install them, and test them against the QA checklist. No-one should be voting on an app without having installed it :-)

http://wiki.maemo.org/Extras-testing/QA_Checklist

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

sweet, thanks for the update. however is there a proper way of saving game status? i have to freeze state to keep my progress since norma save doesn't work, unless i'm doing it wrong which is probably the case =)

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

i updated vgba n now it doesn't recognize the rom files i had on my n900. i tried to reboot the device but it didn't help.
the previous version saved the games, but after some time, it stopped recognizing the .sav files n had to start the games from the beginning :(

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

i found a way to open the file. selected the rom from file manager and chose vgba as the application to open it.
this new version runs much faster. on the previous one, a 4-minute half in fifa 2007 was much more than 4 minutes. good job. thanks.

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

file manager seems to be the only way to list the roms with vgba. This is actually better then using the built in directory list as it only updates once and not every time you want to play a new rom. Just associate a gba rom with the vgba and your good to go.

btw, what bugs did this update fix? Shining Force gba still wont play properly(wont let charecter move left or right) and still no option to customise keys.

Ines seems to run faster now tho (at least i think!) super mario 3 seems to run full speed finally on the n810. Sound still stutters like mad but the speed has improved as far as i can tell.

Good job to the author on updating these applications for us!

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I have a question. Is there a way to clear all keys except the ones that you choose using maemo settings. I am trying to use movement keys like this
WER
SDF
XCV

D should = not used

Where W would be up left. E would equal Up. and so on. But the D key on the keyboard is mapped as a button. I would like to know if there is a way for me to unmap it.

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

is there a way to fix the saving problem for vgba? does anyone know how?

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

Note:
You are using a Linux device, it knows the difference between lower and upper case filenames. Your files must have .gba, .gb, .gbc, .nes, or .fds extensions in lower case.

PS: Things like .gba.gz are also ok.

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

I also tried .zip and .7z but I guess they don't work(?) :(

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Can anyone please tell from where to get the roms and how to use them.

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

There are public domain, homebrew ROMs at http://www.pdroms.de/.

The discussion of how and where to acquire copyrighted ROMs is not permitted in this forum.

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

These emus often don't close properly for me. They hang and become unresponsive until I either kill it or it gives me the "x app has become unresponsive.." message and I kill it that way. I haven't used them much because of the southpaw keyboard layout, but if anyone else has this issue I can do some more thorough testing.

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

They seem to have made it into extras since I'm now getting an update alert for them with extras-testing disabled.

Can we take it from this that the whole Nintendo unpleasantness was successfully resolved?

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

i updated ines and vgba. It seems that ines doesn't have full screen option anymore (ctrl + enter). Vgba works great, now that i can configure buttons the way i like, this emulator is perfect! Thank you very much for this update :)

Any tips how to get ines fullscreen?

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

Haven't tried it yet, but Ctrl+Enter worked on GameGear - does it work here?

I too would like to know the backstory on why these disapeared. Also any word on when we might be seeing iSNES back?

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

You are probably running the Media Player. Stop the Media Player playback, and the emulators will close instantly. This is a bug in the Maemo5 PulseAudio implementation. It has nothing to do with the emulators themselves.

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

Ctrl+Enter.

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Yes, thats the one...but Ctrl + Enter gives you 4:3 screen (not full screen in N900). Before update the full screen was 16:9.

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

Why would you want is stretched so much?

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

Did the original NES have 16:9 screen?

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I am still wondering if there is a way to make it so only the keys that you map do something.

Re: iNES, VGB, VGBA Now in Extras-Testing
 

it did not look bad at all in fullscreen (the older version). And if you didn't like it, just pressed ctrl + Enter and you got letterbox view back. Now there is only letterbox option. Would be great if next update brings fullscreen mode option back.

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is there a way to do frameskip? i love pokemon but too much talking. same story line. thanks for the great update. it looks a lot better now with the maemo setting.

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Fullscreen is possible, if you enable the virtual on-screen keyboard and hit "F6"- key.

But now you can't hide the keyboard. :(

An option to mapp the keyboard to a hardware-button would be nice. :)