Homebrew Is it possible to port the Android GBA emulator My Boy! for 3DS?

doha057 · Jan 26, 2020

I mean I am glad that 3DS vc injection runs every GBA games with 100% accuracy, and there are other emulators like mGBA still getting updates periodically. But for purely linking functions, I think My Boy! for Android OS is the best GBA emulator ever designed. Since it can run on any Android phones, New 3DS is strong!! I think it could handle it. Btw I have no programming knowledge so it was just a curiosity.

Shadow#1 · Jan 26, 2020

doha057 said:
I mean I am glad that 3DS vc injection runs every GBA games with 100% accuracy, and there are other emulators like mGBA still getting updates periodically. But for purely linking functions, I think My Boy! for Android OS is the best GBA emulator ever designed. Since it can run on any Android phones, New 3DS is strong!! I think it could handle it. Btw I have no programming knowledge so it was just a curiosity.

No

doha057 · Jan 27, 2020

Shadow#1 said:
No

Okay

Ryccardo · Jan 27, 2020

Sure, it is possible to port the actual emulation logic (I doubt it makes sense to port Android style filesystem access, eh?) - of course, that requires source code and willpower

doha057 · Jan 27, 2020

Ryccardo said:
Sure, it is possible to port the actual emulation logic (I doubt it makes sense to port Android style filesystem access, eh?) - of course, that requires source code and willpower

Wouldn't that be awesome, like real linking functions using 3DS WiFi? Like Nes virtual console

Ryccardo · Jan 27, 2020

doha057 said:
Wouldn't that be awesome, like real linking functions using 3DS WiFi? Like Nes virtual console

Not that much - real GBA hardware can be found everywhere and you can't be more accurate than that, while relatively accurate GBA emulators on more appropriate platforms (PCs) have existed for years

Besides, if the goal is just to get multiplayer support, it's probably a more efficient choice to add it in an existing emulator (especially as I think mGBA has it in the PC version!)

spectral · Jan 27, 2020

You're also overestimating the power of the N3DS. It is significantly faster than the O3DS but it is in no way "strong".

doha057 · Jan 27, 2020

VBA is my most favorite emulator because of the hours I have spent with it, gpsp next because of PSP. I know what I am asking is redundant, I mean if Nintendo wanted, they could easily implement it on their own legit VC just like GB, GBC and NES vc. There is even an IR port in 3DS which I think was never used ever. The reason I was talking about My Boy! is because its probably the only GBA emulator where they actually focused on link function, before that it was VBA link and no$gba.

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spectral said:
You're also overestimating the power of the N3DS. It is significantly faster than the O3DS but it is in no way "strong".

Probably, since I don't have knowledge over hardware either, so I was like comparing 3DS with a smartphone.

spectral · Jan 27, 2020

doha057 said:
VBA is my most favorite emulator because of the hours I have spent with it, gpsp next because of PSP. I know what I am asking is redundant, I mean if Nintendo wanted, they could easily implement it on their own legit VC just like GB, GBC and NES vc. There is even an IR port in 3DS which I think was never used ever. The reason I was talking about My Boy! is because its probably the only GBA emulator where they actually focused on link function, before that it was VBA link and no$gba.

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Probably, since I don't have knowledge over hardware either, so I was like comparing 3DS with a smartphone.

Its many times weaker than pretty much any smartphone when it comes to CPU performance, which is what matters most in emulation.

DSoryu · Jan 27, 2020

If you are looking for the wireless multiplayer functions, you should check out GBARunner2 by @Gericom . It is not entirely an emulator but an hypervisor which runs GBA code in NDS mode, and there is a build that suports "NiFi" (The wireless function of the NDS) that emulates wireless multiplayer (AKA Link Cable). Currently is on a very good state with many features and great compatibility, and is stil uner development so you can expect improvement as time passes.

doha057 · Jan 27, 2020

spectral said:
Its many times weaker than pretty much any smartphone when it comes to CPU performance, which is what matters most in emulation.

Thanks for clearing that up :grog:

Ryccardo · Jan 27, 2020

doha057 said:
There is even an IR port in 3DS which I think was never used ever

It's used in the Pokemon games as an optional convenience for selecting a local player (just as it was done in their DSi predecessors by including the hardware in the gamecard), which... well, isn't much, but better than the PSP 1000

(The tables flip when unofficial uses are considered)

doha057 · Jan 27, 2020

Ryccardo said:
It's used in the Pokemon games as an optional convenience for selecting a local player

Ahh I see, they were very humble at supporting older stuff weren't they :bow:

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