Homebrew CitrAGB - 3DS GBA Emulator (WIP)

[Smoker1]

Seriously cant wait for a .3ds or .cia of this so I can run SSF2TR

 

[Idaho]

Yeah. I have nothing against the development of this emulator of course. I'm just telling that gba injection can't be beaten if we only consider pure emulation. The history will be repeated from the POPS (PS1) injection we all loved on our PSP's. The hb ps1 emulation naturally never got close to the POPS performance

Yeah well turning a ROM into a .cia isn't as easy a turning an PS1 ISO into executable PSP program...

 

[NyaakoXD]

So any progress with the .cia version of CitrAGB?

 

[Doran754]

Is there a .cia or 3ds or this emulator for GW? I checked the first page but can't see it and I'm not reading through 24 pags. Thanks.

 

[Smoker1]

Currently only a .3dsx which only works with Ninjhax.

 

[DeadlyAnGeL91792]

where can i see more frequent updates?

 

[ody81]

where can i see more frequent updates?

In the world of tomorrow!! WOOOOOOOoooooooOOOOOOOOO XD

 

[shinyquagsire23]

Yeah I kinda got sidetracked from CitrAGB (again...). Partially because AGB_FIRM stuff came out and I was curious to see how that would go and where it would go, but also because SALT recently just got ARM11 stuff, so the amount of work needed there is quite a bit. I'll probably give .cia another go once I feel like SALT's ARM11 stuff is a bit more settled down.

 

[Smoker1]

If anything, I would try a .3ds Format first if .cia is complicated. I think .3ds should be easier.

 

[TidusWulf]

Yeah I kinda got sidetracked from CitrAGB (again...). Partially because AGB_FIRM stuff came out and I was curious to see how that would go and where it would go, but also because SALT recently just got ARM11 stuff, so the amount of work needed there is quite a bit. I'll probably give .cia another go once I feel like SALT's ARM11 stuff is a bit more settled down.

You're doing this for free, so no rush, man. We all appreciate your hard work.

 

[Idaho]

Yeah I kinda got sidetracked from CitrAGB (again...). Partially because AGB_FIRM stuff came out and I was curious to see how that would go and where it would go, but also because SALT recently just got ARM11 stuff, so the amount of work needed there is quite a bit. I'll probably give .cia another go once I feel like SALT's ARM11 stuff is a bit more settled down.

Don't let us rely on the AGB_FIRM stuff, it's complicated and an emulator could easily beat it...

 

[cearp]

Don't let us rely on the AGB_FIRM stuff, it's complicated and an emulator could easily beat it...

it would be neater i guess to make use of the agb firm stuff, and somehow inject the rom in to it on the fly etc, that would be very cool.
but yes with an emulator you can have some extra options like save states

 

[Asia81]

it would be neater i guess to make use of the agb firm stuff, and somehow inject the rom in to it on the fly etc, that would be very cool.
but yes with an emulator you can have some extra options like save states

like with 3DS virtual console for GB and GBC
but idk for gba

 

[WulfyStylez]

it would be neater i guess to make use of the agb firm stuff, and somehow inject the rom in to it on the fly etc, that would be very cool.
but yes with an emulator you can have some extra options like save states

Stuff like that's no fun since you're just making a simple tool to deal with someone else's code. If anything, a complete ground-up rebuild of AGB_FIRM would be pretty much ideal. It'd be waaay too much work, though.

 

[Normmatt]

Stuff like that's no fun since you're just making a simple tool to deal with someone else's code. If anything, a complete ground-up rebuild of AGB_FIRM would be pretty much ideal. It'd be waaay too much work, though.

I thought it was just a matter of poking some registers and loading the rom/save into the right places? (and of course saving the save back out when you quit)

 

[froggestspirit]

Stuff like that's no fun since you're just making a simple tool to deal with someone else's code. If anything, a complete ground-up rebuild of AGB_FIRM would be pretty much ideal. It'd be waaay too much work, though.

A little off topic, but has anyone taken one of Nintendo's official emulators, be it AGB, GBC, NES, etc and disassembled it? It seems like there's some parts that excel in performance compared to homebrew emulators (take the Wii's N64 VC vs. wii64). Sure the homebrew ones are generally more compatible, but it seems like some run slower, or have graphical/audio quirks.

 

[WulfyStylez]

I thought it was just a matter of poking some registers and loading the rom/save into the right places? (and of course saving the save back out when you quit)

Well, we'd need a fuller understanding of ARM7's configuration and startup first, and there'd need to be a bit of ARM11 code for handling framebuf stuff (and some other things?) It's definitely possible, you'd just need to get your feet super wet in AGB_FIRM before you got results.

 

[Sizednochi]

Linear filtering would kill whatever scaling Nintendo uses for their GBA VC stuff. It looks awful to cherrypicking eyes. Also custom button mappings please, I can't run and jump at the same time on B and A on a 3DS, the button's angles are completely different than on a GBA.

 

[Idaho]

Any news regarding this project? My 3DS is collecting dust

 

[Kikirini]

Smea mentioned that it got a speedboost in Ninjhax 2.0, but other than that I haven't heard anything.