Homebrew app Emulator NGPGBA a new NeoGeoPocket emulator

[FluBBa]

First (re)release for the GBA.
Should play a lot of games (slowly).
2 things to be aware of, the game cartridges for the NGP don't contain "ROM" but is actual flash memory, some of the blocks are not protected and this is used for saves, the bios always writes to the last block on each boot up. On the GBA emulator I don't allow changes to the flash memory since the game resides in the GBA cartridge.
https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA/releases

 

[FluBBa]

Fixed the header id.
https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA/releases/tag/v0.5.3

 

[patters]

Multi-platform Python 3 builder app for this emulator available here (along with many others):
https://github.com/patters-syno/gba-emu-compilation-builders

 

[FluBBa]

Small update to keep up to date with the NDS version.
https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA/releases/tag/v0.5.4

 

[FluBBa]

I got stuck in trying to get sound working in Rockman Battles & Fatal Fury without the bios, but I finally found a huge bug in my HLE BIOS code so now a lot more games should work without a BIOS.

• Fixed writing to scroll registers.
• Optimized K2GE access.
• Added speedhack for Big Bang Pro Wrestling.
• More games should work without a BIOS.

https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA/releases/tag/v0.5.5

 

[VinsCool]

This is awesome!
I love how the GBA is still getting love even in the era of mobile phones with powerful CPUs

 

[slaphappygamer]

Awesome! Great to see you back in action. Time to dust off the old GBA!

 

[enarky]

Wait. This is from 2022? I somewhat expected this post to be necrobumped from back in 2006 or so.

Great to see you're still doing GBA stuff, @FluBBa. Can't wait to try this later.

 

[jajabinx35]

I really want to get this working.

Got my flashcard ready....managed to run the .gba file but it doesn't detect my .ngp roms. Is there any instructions to get this working?

 

[MrJugon]

I got stuck in trying to get sound working in Rockman Battles & Fatal Fury without the bios, but I finally found a huge bug in my HLE BIOS code so now a lot more games should work without a BIOS.

• Fixed writing to scroll registers.
• Optimized K2GE access.
• Added speedhack for Big Bang Pro Wrestling.
• More games should work without a BIOS.

Hello!

Excuse me for asking you, how do you put this emulator in ez flash and make it work? I’m somewhat lost.

Thanks a lot

 

[jajabinx35]

Hoping some instructions do come...

 

[SylverReZ]

Hoping some instructions do come...

1.) Rename the header file to whatever you want, then open up the header file in a hex editor.

2.) Replace the placeholder game name with the game's name. If the name is less than 30 characters, remember to null out the left over characters. Once you have done, you can save it and close out of the hex editor.

3.) In the command prompt, merge both the emulator ROM, the header, and the NGP ROM using the following command:

copy /b "NGPGBA.GBA"+"game.header"+"rom.ngp" "output.gba"

4.) A new ROM file should be outputted. Open up the finalised ROM using either an emulator or run it on your preferred flashcard.

Managed to do this successfully using "Fatal Fury - First Contact".

 

[jajabinx35]

1.) Rename the header file to whatever you want, then open up the header file in a hex editor.

2.) Replace the placeholder game name with the game's name. If the name is less than 30 characters, remember to null out the left over characters. Once you have done, you can save it and close out of the hex editor.

3.) In the command prompt, merge both the emulator ROM, the header, and the NGP ROM using the following command:

copy /b "NGPGBA.GBA"+"game.header"+"rom.ngp" "output.gba"

4.) A new ROM file should be outputted. Open up the finalised ROM using either an emulator or run it on your preferred flashcard.

Post automatically merged: Nov 12, 2022

Managed to do this successfully using "Fatal Fury - First Contact".

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You sir are awesome. I will try this as soon as I get home. Would love to see how it runs.

 

[SylverReZ]

You sir are awesome. I will try this as soon as I get home. Would love to see how it runs.

I hope my guide has helped you.

The emulation is really slow. If you want to play it at the speed that its supposed to run at, run the emulator in "mGBA", set the fast forward speed to '5x' then enable the fast forward option.

 

[FluBBa]

New release of NGPGBA!

• Added a hacked builder for Windows.
• Fixed IRQ & Micro DMA handling.
• Fixed BG priority updates mid screen (Rockman).
• Fixed HLE BIOS some more.
• Fixed save states a bit.
• More optimizations.

https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA/releases/tag/v0.5.7

 

[Flame]

i love @FluBBa emu's. FluBBa emulators to me are like what crack to a crackhead is.

 

[hippy dave]

i love @FluBBa emu's. FluBBa emulators to me are like what crack to a crackhead is.

 

[headles]

Is the new version supported in pogo shell for direct launching roms?

 

[AlirezaM]

NGPGBA on Symbian OS - Nokia E5 (using GBA emulator):



P.S.
There was no native NeoGeo Pocket (Color) emulator for Symbian OS, so I used NGPGBA. The screen recorded using Bluetooth connection and a Windows application, that's why there are some lags and speed down, otherwise the real game speed is really good on the device itself (without sound).

 

[FluBBa]

New version with some small fixes.

• Optimized reset/init.
• Fixed saving of settings.
• Added scrolling to menus.

https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/NGPGBA/releases/tag/v0.5.8