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Felix Nipper Plant Level: 33 Posts: 99/422 EXP: 208347 For next: 20832 Since: 04-03-04 From: Canada Since last post: 224 days Last activity: 6 days |
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| It seems that my computer isn't quite capable of running VisualBoy Advance at anywhere near a decent framerate. That said, I figure that a DOS-based emulator might be more practical. Thing is, I've never heard of a DOS-based GBA emulator. Does anyone know if any exist? As a side note, any suggestions you can offer to get VBA running at a decent speed would be appreciated. System Specs: Processor: Pentium II 350Mhz RAM: 160MB OS: Windows 98 (edited by Felix on 04-11-04 08:14 PM) |
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Kitten Yiffer Purple wand Furry moderator Vivent l'exp����¯�¿�½������©rience de signalisation d'amusement, ou bien ! Level: 135 Posts: 1023/11162 EXP: 28824106 For next: 510899 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 4 min. |
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| http://www.zophar.net/gba.html There is an DOS GBA emulator on that page (with the name VGBA), but I would be surprised if you could run any games with it.  It's old... |
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Felix Nipper Plant Level: 33 Posts: 106/422 EXP: 208347 For next: 20832 Since: 04-03-04 From: Canada Since last post: 224 days Last activity: 6 days |
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Originally posted by Kitten Yiffer Woah. Thanks, but that didn't work at all. I find that VBA almost works properly if nothing else at all is open... but that's about it. Anyone know if there are any preferences I can change to make it run smoother? |
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Colleen Administrator Level: 136 Posts: 872/11302 EXP: 29369328 For next: 727587 Since: 03-15-04 From: LaSalle, Quebec, Canada Since last post: 3 hours Last activity: 1 hour |
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| A P2 350 *COULD* run GBA games at full speed, but you'd have to play around with the frameskip. Maybe lowering sound quality or disabling it could help as well. I know my Celeron 300 ran them at around 40% speed, but it was a Celery. Yours should be able to squeeze out more speed. |
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Felix Nipper Plant Level: 33 Posts: 115/422 EXP: 208347 For next: 20832 Since: 04-03-04 From: Canada Since last post: 224 days Last activity: 6 days |
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Originally posted by Colleen Well, the sound on it is absolutely crap due to skipping, anyhow... so maybe I could cut that out. But I'll leave that for a last resort, because the music is half the reason I love games so much! Thanks, though. I'll fiddle around, and see what happens. |
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KawaiiImoto-e Hammer Brother Level: 49 Posts: 206/1068 EXP: 852917 For next: 30966 Since: 03-15-04 From: In my own little complicated dreamworld Since last post: 16 days Last activity: 4 days |
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| you'll get fullspeed with VBA in allmost all GBA Games on a PIII 450MHz with 128MB RAM. It also helps when you disable and close all applications, you don't need for VBA. |
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Originally posted by KawaiiImoto-eAlso consider raising the priority to high. PII 300mhz 191 MB RAM Winblowz 98 SE  I usually leave the sound on though... As you said, it's also one of the reasons I play the damn things  |
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Old Zem Level: 27 Posts: 148/260 EXP: 102369 For next: 13790 Since: 03-16-04 Since last post: 213 days Last activity: 203 days |
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| Very similar to my specs. For a while I ran games at 80% or so with frameskip 2, but I like it better with frameskip 0, even though it does run at 40-50%. You get used to the speed, and it's a lot, well, smoother.. in gameplay as well as graphics. |
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