Hacking A thread for GBA game testing

[Deleted User]

I can confirm that neither Shining Soul I nor II does work.

Crazy Taxi - has some minor graphical glitches (I don't know if they were in the original version too, though)
Final Fantasy V - runs fine (played about 10 minutes and experienced no glitches)
Final Fantsay VI - runs fine (played about 10 minutes and experienced no glitches)
Gunstar Super Heroes - runs fine
Konami Krazy Racers - runs fine, some minor slowdown when there's a lot going on
Monster Rancher - seems to run fine (I don't know anything about this game; just regenerated a random monster and trained it a bit)
Wario Ware Inc. - runs fine

 

[Seraph]

Has anyone tried Metroid Fusion?

It seemed to run perfectly but I've only played up to getting the morph ball. May play more today to test though.

 

[viz]

Has anyone tried Metroid Fusion?

It seemed to run perfectly but I've only played up to getting the morph ball. May play more today to test though.

Ive been playing metroid fusion, im almost at sector 3, it runs perfectly IMO

 

[Ryukouki]

@Uncle FEFL - Pokemon Emerald works great, all you need is a clean dump.

No internal battery error or anything? DAMN I want this rom. No don't give it to me people, not asking for it.

 

[LUGiA]

has anyone test konami krazy racers & WWE Road to WrestleMania X8

thanks

 

[Deleted User]

WWE Road to WrestleMania X8 - seems to run fine (played an intercontinental championship match without any problems)

 

[phoenixclaws]

Tales of Phantasia (USA) - Unplayable - Crashes the Emulator after the intro verse is spoken. If the intro is skipped, then it crashes the emulator after pushing the start game option.

Konami Racers (USA) - Playable with minimal issues - Sound/Music is a bit spastic. In some menus it plays fine and during the racing it is almost okay. But in the main menu the music zips through and sometimes the SFXs seem to hiccup.

Robopon 2 Cross Version (USA) and Robopon 2 Ring Version (USA) - Unplayable. Can't get past the old GBA boot logo on the Ring Version and similarly on the Cross version except no logo just a flicker of the screen.

Medabots - Rokusho Version (USA) and Medabots - Metabee Version (USA) - Perfectly Playable.

 

[hullo8d]

@Uncle FEFL - Pokemon Emerald works great, all you need is a clean dump.

No internal battery error or anything? DAMN I want this rom. No don't give it to me people, not asking for it.

You do get an internal battery error but you can get a patch to fix it, worked on mine

.

 

[Ryukouki]

Patch linky? I googled for a while, no idea where to look.

 

[OrGoN3]

Patch linky? I googled for a while, no idea where to look.

Try searching the site next time. I simply did a regular Google search (not site specific) and the following quote came up as the first result (I simply searched for "gba pokemon rtc patch". Really, try something yourself next time.

QUOTE(how_do_i_do_that @ Apr 7 2009, 12:20 PM) pokemon games use a real time clock not found in most flash carts, this is where a patch that bypasses the function to work properly on a flash cart with out the RTC (real time clock)

There is a whole topic on this with the 3in1 here:
http://ezflash.sosuke.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=5342

The patch listed inside that:
http://nds.cmamod.com/ez5/gbaldr/pokepatch_3in1.zip

If your gba expansion is not a 3in1, there are more universal patches available here:
http://bubbz.pocketheaven.com/?system=gba&section=patch

There is also the download section here:
http://gbatemp.net/index.php?dlcategory=28

 

[Ryukouki]

OK dude I've tried all those before. And those files were for D/P migration. What the hell?

Yeah DP migrations are definitely gonna help the RTC. I read that whole topic and I didn't get diddly squat. So why don't you point out what I'm failing to see.

 

[cowboycoder77]

An obscure one perhaps but... Double Dragon Advance?

 

[hullo8d]

OK dude I've tried all those before. And those files were for D/P migration. What the hell?

Yeah DP migrations are definitely gonna help the RTC. I read that whole topic and I didn't get diddly squat. So why don't you point out what I'm failing to see.

Look in pocket heaven

Edit: Forgot to mention that it's only available for ruby and sapphire.

 

[raing3]

An obscure one perhaps but... Double Dragon Advance?

1266 - Double Dragon Advance (U) [Mode7] - 1.13 - Crashes Emulator
1428 - Double Dragon Advance (J) [Rising Sun] - 1.13 - Playable

Japanese version is in full English though it also seems and 1266 has an intro which I couldn't remove with the tools I tried. If you could remove the intro it may work.

 

[cowboycoder77]

An obscure one perhaps but... Double Dragon Advance?

1266 - Double Dragon Advance (U) [Mode7] - 1.13 - Crashes Emulator
1428 - Double Dragon Advance (J) [Rising Sun] - 1.13 - Playable

Japanese version is in full English though it also seems and 1266 has an intro which I couldn't remove with the tools I tried. If you could remove the intro it may work.

Thanks for the info (got the J version running on my PSP wheras the U version crashed with white screens so very happy) - much appreciated!

 

[Clau46]

Any one tried Golden Sun The lost age. Settings to make it run better?

thnx

 

[casidepro]

Megaman battle network 1 and 2 also work great

 

[alidsl]

Is it possible for you (Jakob95) to make the first post easier to follow?

like

Playable:
Gba games

Minimal issues
Gba games

not playable
Gba games

 

[CannonFoddr]

Is it possible for you (Jakob95) to make the first post easier to follow?

Or what about colour coding them

(Dark) Green - Playable
Blue - Issues
Red - nonplayable

 

[Jakob95]

has anyone test konami krazy racers & WWE Road to WrestleMania X8

thanks

Konami Krazy racers works perfectly.