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Deluxe23

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Registered: 2007-04-13

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

i have a ds, supercard and a superkey too.
how can u save in games like wario land, zelda, nyuk1998 ?

nyuk1998

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Registered: 2005-12-01

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

I actually compiled one game at a time, ran it (the .gba) through the supercard patcher, and when I saved, I used the R+L+B+A+Start method.

PeterSmith

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Registered: 2007-04-28

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Must be something with a DS Lite.  I have an original DS, Supercard, and a Superkey.  Most games work pretty well, with exception of the 4mb games.

No, it's not related with the DS Lite. Pokemon Crystal does not work well even on a "standard" DS. There goes something wrong  everytime a character talks to me or a text is displayed, it switches the graphics to a kind of special character set with triangles and similar symbols, you can't play because the graphics are destroyed (text is still readable), sometimes if you go into a house the graphics are restored and it looks fine again (until a new text is displayed).
Believe me, it's related with the emulation or whatever code is used here, it seems to be related with font switching or a similar thing.
Pokemon Crystal doesn't work yet.

nyuk1998

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Registered: 2005-12-01

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

PeterSmith - My bad.  I haven't tried Pokemon Crystal yet, but I'll take your word for it.

Deluxe23

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Registered: 2007-04-13

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

nyuk1998, I used the R+L+B+A+Start method too.
but i save in wario land 1 at the start of the level, and then its crashed and my savegame is "killed" :-(

nyuk1998

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Deluxe - did you select "save" in the supercard patcher?

Mach-X

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Glad to see the emu scene is still strong. I am now going to purchase my first new gaming device in almost 15 years, a shiny new DS Lite Onyx.  My question is, will Goomba Color work with devices such as the CycloDS I ordered? And do you know how the CycloDS would handle save states?

Dwedit

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Goomba Color is a GBA program, and does not work with DS Slot 1 cards.  That doesn't mean there won't eventually be a DS version...

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Mach-X

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

From what I understand from the CycloDS documentation, it will allow the running of GBA applications on the DS, I assumed this meant emulators as well. Any thoughts?

Mach-X

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Ok, I found some more info. Apparently the CycloDS is a slot 2 card, so I'm assuming that it forces the DS into GBA mode. But I can't find any information about whether or not it will run without a passme device. I don't really care about running DS roms, but I'm hoping I can get GBA/GBx roms going. I guess I'll just have to wait till it arrives and start messing with it. But thank you for bringing GB Color emulation to the GBA, hopefully it will work for me.

r0ni

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Registered: 2007-01-15

Posts: 5

Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

DW is there a possibility we could get the option back to play GBC games without SGB borders? 

Also, I think the yellow color scheme for mono games needs to be tweaked, using that on a backlit SP or DS looks absolutely horrible, maybe I'll look at some colors and see if I can find one that would be better...

and just because I'm already typing I thought I'll add this... there is a feature in KiGB that creates the shadow of the original mono GB screen on the emulated image, is there a possibility something like that could be added to goomba?

Dwedit

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Registered: 2004-12-12

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

DW is there a possibility we could get the option back to play GBC games without SGB borders?

I'll assume you mean with SGB Borders?  Because right now GBC games are played without them.
The usual way to get SGB border in GBC games is to boot the game in SGB mode, wait for the border to be transmitted, then reboot in GBC mode keeping the border.  Conker's Pocket Tales is the only game that doesn't like to play that way, since its SGB version is a completely separate game from the GBC version.  If you boot that in SGB mode, it displays a warning message about your saved games are going to be erased, then prompts for a language, then finally loads the border.  Unless goomba kept two saved games for each game (and only conker needs that), you wouldn't be able to get SGB borders in GBC mode for that game.
There's also the SGB+GBC mode which confuses games.  It's basically a GBC which responds to SGB packets sent over the controller port.  Some games support it correctly, loading borders while in GBC mode and everything, some just treat it as a GBC only, while other games (Dragon Warrior Monsters) have incorrect colors in that mode.

Also, I think the yellow color scheme for mono games needs to be tweaked, using that on a backlit SP or DS looks absolutely horrible, maybe I'll look at some colors and see if I can find one that would be better...

Yes, I noticed the yellow mode looks like crap.  Need to find a good photo of the Pea Soup LCD on the game boy to make a better palette.

and just because I'm already typing I thought I'll add this... there is a feature in KiGB that creates the shadow of the original mono GB screen on the emulated image, is there a possibility something like that could be added to goomba?

A shadow of the original screen?  Do you mean like a pixel grid, or each pixel having a shadow underneath it?  A pixel grid is not feasible since the resolution of the GBA isn't high enough for that.  A pixel shadow is not likely since this isn't a pixel drawing emulator, it maps the GBC's background and sprites to GBA background layers and sprites, never drawing individual pixels directly.  Even if a 'pixel shadow' could be done by duplicating the background layer and setting all palette entries to a dark color, I don't think it would look good since the offset isn't fractional.  Then there's the whole thing about lack of enough background layers to properly emulate the GBC, I'm just not really keen on wasting a background layer for a shadow effect.

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r0ni

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Registered: 2007-01-15

Posts: 5

Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

OK I was wrong with what I was saying before, your right borders do only come up on SGB games... but can we get SGB colors without the borders? (I know if I put it in GB mode the borders will go away)

Attached is a shot of metroid 2 title screen in KiGB with some LCD filter thing on that makes it look pretty GB-mono like, maybe those colors could be used for the yellow preset?

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Deluxe23

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Registered: 2007-04-13

Posts: 8

Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

nyuk1998 , yes i've select save!
R+L+B+A+Start method burns my hand :D
there are any answers for the saving problem with supercard?

nyuk1998

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Registered: 2005-12-01

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Deluxe - Sorry, that's the only way that works for me.

Deluxe23

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Registered: 2007-04-13

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

i've developed a little frontend for goomba thats "converts" gbc 2 gba
d/l here: (LINK TO FILE REMOVED BY DWEDIT). extract to C:\froomba.
fw.dat, is the newest goomba (dwedit release) software.
much fun :)

Last edited by Deluxe23 (2007-05-30 11:47:16 pm)

Dwedit

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Your program creates popup ads.  Not acceptable.
I'm not sure whether you had malicious intent or not, but please explain to me why there is an IE control within that VB program in the first place.  Furthermore, the window behaves oddly, reopening after being closed.  If I try to move the window around, it snaps back to its original position.
Also, why is there even a "Loading..." Message?

It looks like this program may have malicious intent, such as collecting ad revenue.  I'm classifying it as adware.  If you want to re-upload a clean version of your tool, then fine.

Last edited by Dwedit (2007-05-31 6:56:53 am)

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BelmontSlayer

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Registered: 2007-01-25

Posts: 8

Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Your program creates popup ads.  Not acceptable. It looks like this program may have malicious intent, such as collecting ad revenue.  I'm classifying it as adware.  If you want to re-upload a clean version of your tool, then fine.

Nice one! I hate the assholes who code viruses and adware/spyware. So, when are you planning to release a beta of your DS version of Goomba Color? You know...the one that doesn't exist?

*wink*

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Deluxe23

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Registered: 2007-04-13

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

assholes?
no spyware....

XyM

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Hello Dwedit.

I´m from Spanish and I don`t speak english. So, I only said... Thank You, Goomba Color is great.

john

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

whenever i tried to complile a gba. file use included gba front or whatever, and flash to my drive yada yada
it doesnt work, 4 our 32 games show up, and pokemon pinball doesnt work!!!

anyways, how do i check my roms? if that couldd be it
or if not?

thank you

the same thing happens with the regular goomba

Sir Spanky

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Will the save state function ever been re-included in goomba? In the version I have of Goomba colour, they don't seem to work at all...

mesterial

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Registered: 2007-08-24

Posts: 1

Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Hi there!

I've been searching all the Internet to get a working GBC emulator for my DS Lite (using a Slot-2 CycloDS) and I must say GoomBA Color is the BEST of all!!!!!!

BUT...

In fact, I want such emulator for 2 GBC games : Harry Potter 1 & 2... and they both make ugly glitches!!!  :(

Since it's almost 1.0 version, will they work one day???

Thank you Dwedit for your wonderfull work!!!
Cheers from France!  ;)

Askot

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Registered: 2007-09-17

Posts: 3

Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Hi:

First of all, great emulator, it rules, thanks for supporting it Dwedit!

Now, I going to give you a little of feedback, I' ve tested in 3 roms: KOF '95, World Heroes 2 Jet and Wario Blast! with SGB activated and they looked awsome, but input (pressing Start) or display cursor don't work, u_u!

Thats's all, keep up the good work man!!

Gausen

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Registered: 2007-04-26

Posts: 12

Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Hi:
Now, I going to give you a little of feedback, I' ve tested in 3 roms: KOF '95, World Heroes 2 Jet and Wario Blast! with SGB activated and they looked awsome, but input (pressing Start) or display cursor don't work, u_u!

Askot, it also happened to me. I believed its beacause the input is somehow readed as P2 input (this is clear for Killer instinct). The only workaround i found is running those games in gb mode (not sgb).

RetroMan

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Registered: 2007-10-14

Posts: 1

Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Hi guys,

I'm a bit confused about which version to obtain. I find a build #5 on this site. But at http://gbaemu.dcemu.co.uk/files/goombacolor_alpha6.zip there seems to be an Alpha6 release?

Which one to use, which one is official?

Thanks a lot,

Edit: I tried the Alpha 6 release and it runs great. DWEdit, what a good job!

Last edited by RetroMan (2007-10-14 2:18:15 am)

Dwedit

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

The Test build series is newer than Alpha 6.

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BelmontSlayer

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Registered: 2007-01-25

Posts: 8

Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Any idea when you'll release a new build? The last one is almost 6 months old. No rush, just wondering. Thanks!

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Dwedit

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Yeah, that usually means I haven't been working on Goomba Color for 6 months :)

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李宁

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Re: Goomba Color Alpha Testing

Hello:
    Dwedit!
    I'm Chinese. And I come from Nintendo World BBS.
    Thanks a lot for your  Goomba Color Alpha Test build 0.5! Most of the Game Boy Color games can be run perfectly! I enjoy it a lot. But when I play the game "Metal Gear Solid", I can't pass stage 3. The screen will become corrupted once you go into the elevator. I have tried that both on my PC and GBA(not GBASP or GBM, using EZflash Cart). The results are the same. Goomba Color Alpha 6 have the same problem in this game. Many of us players are looking forward to your next version. Thanks again!