Homebrew CitrAGB - 3DS GBA Emulator (WIP)

[Pickle_Rick]

Or just use AGB_FIRM.

 

[7ank0v1c]

Since the BIOS has become a bit of a topic, I'll just leave this here:

It's a legal way to get the official BIOS, for those that have a GBA flashcart. It's very barebones and you can patch it for your GBA flashcart, just it does make a save file that's twice too big. It will dump fine, you just need to go in with a hex editor and remove the empty space, which is the latter half of the file. Just start it up, and once the crap on the screen goes green, it's done. Just let your flashcart write the save to your SD card, clean up the empty data with a hex editor, and then rename it gba_bios.bin. There you go, you have your own official GBA BIOS legally.

It will work on DSs as well, as long as you're using a GBA flashcart and running it in GBA mode. I'm not trying to shove the legal option down anyone's throat, just pointing it out for anyone interested.

Could you please re-link that file? i desperatley want to get the BIOS legally and am using an EZ Flash IV cart but it doesnt work with anything else?

 

[VinsCool]

Could you please re-link that file? i desperatley want to get the BIOS legally and am using an EZ Flash IV cart but it doesnt work with anything else?

Try this one:

https://gbatemp.net/attachments/gbamp_bios_dumper-zip.20093/

[edit] actually nevermind, I saw you posted on that thread earlier today, my bad.

 

[ajc11196]

hey-- not sure if this is still updated but im trying to run this on my O3ds and I just get a black screen. I used FBI to install and have all the files either in the root or in the file folder. Is there somthing im doing wrong?

 

[Vulpes-Vulpeos]

hey-- not sure if this is still updated but im trying to run this on my O3ds and I just get a black screen. I used FBI to install and have all the files either in the root or in the file folder. Is there somthing im doing wrong?

Get latest nightly of mGBA here https://mgba.io/downloads.html or use this app to create Virtual Console injects https://gbatemp.net/threads/discussion-new-super-ultimate-injector-nsui.500376/.

 

[Deleted User]

Yeah, you should choose Virtual Console injects for the O3DS system. Get an N3DS/N2DS system for mGBA.

 

[CrostDaergon]

Hi, I did everything that was required to install CitrAGB on my N2DSXL but it just gets stuck in a black screen and I can't go back to the HOME menu. What's wrong ?

 

[Vulpes-Vulpeos]

Hi, I did everything that was required to install CitrAGB on my N2DSXL but it just gets stuck in a black screen and I can't go back to the HOME menu. What's wrong ?

Use mGBA or gPSP core from Retroarch.

 

[the_randomizer]

Silly question, but is mGBA superior to GBA VC injections in terms of speed?

 

[fmkid]

Silly question, but is mGBA superior to GBA VC injections in terms of speed?

Dunno exactly. But having in account that GBA VC injection runs on native mode (is not emulation), then I would say that injection is better than emu (just because that).

On the other hand, an emulator like mGBA have the possibility to increase frames rate (also, to adjust them), but the more frames increased the less accuracy obtained, if you will. Just my humble opinion

 

[the_randomizer]

Dunno exactly. But having in account that GBA VC injection runs on native mode (is not emulation), then I would say that injection is better than emu (just because that).

On the other hand, an emulator like mGBA have the possibility to increase frames rate (also, to adjust them), but the more frames increased the less accuracy obtained, if you will. Just my humble opinion

I just want more features like save state, which VC doesn't have for GBA, no real scaling or filter options. I'd figure mGBA would have to use garbage frameskip.

 

[michele59]

gpSP/CitrAGB Compatibility Lists Are;

Legends
Works - Playable/Very Playable
Few Issues Occurr - Playable/Very Playable/Working/Not Playable
Issues - Working/Not Playable
Doesn't Work - Unplayable

Commercial Games List
007 Everything or Nothing: Works
Classic NES Series: Garbled black image on In-Game Screen, White Screens Crackling Noises after Load this Sleep Mode
Rayman Advance Raving Rabbids: Works but White Lines on Anti-Piracy Health-Warning Screen.

 

[michele59]

Only game I tried was Metroid Zero Mission but I get nothing. The emu just seems to crash or freeze upon selecting a folder or game.
I'll check my structure again to be sure. My gba_bios.bin sha1sum checks okay with a figure I found online. I have it at the root along with the rom and the config.txt.

Ninjhax shows v1.1b when I start cubic ninja, of course.

EDIT: I may have simply been too impatient. The demo is running now but it just takes a long while to get it running once you select it. They delay is over a minute, so very long.

Uses the gpSPDC or UO gpSP Kai or Caanoo-gpSP or gpSP2X or gpSPLibretro

 

[michele59]

Unplayable/Not Playable

Classic nes Series gba
Megaman 0
PocketNES​

Playable

007 (Goldeneye) Everything or Nothing
Cologne
Crash bandicoot XS
Flintstones advance
James Bond 007 NightFire
Mario Kart Super Circuit
Megaman Battle Network 3
Megaman Battle network 4
Mr. Driller 2
Mr. Driller A Fushigi na pacteria
MSXAdvance
Rayman Advance Raving Rabbids
Rockman EXE 4.5 the real operation
Super Mario Advance 1
Super Mario Advance 2
Super Mario Advance 3 (Requires the S-Ram Patch to work correctly)
Super Mario Advance 4 (Requires the S-Ram Patch to work correctly)​

Working/Not Playable

Goomba Color
Sims 2 Pets, The​

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Uses mGBA Instead!!!

 

[michele59]

gpSPDC working on Android