Homebrew Does a poke walker emulator exist yet?

[Frostiikin]

I was just wondering if a poke walker emu exists yet that can communicate with a legitimate HGSS cartridge

 

[SCOTT0852]

1) there is no emu
2) pokewalkers use IR, so you'd have to make it run on either a TV remote, game boy color, 3DS, some ancient phone/laptop with IR, or make a save exploit for another HG/SS game (probably not happening).

 

[blindseer]

1) there is no emu
2) pokewalkers use IR, so you'd have to make it run on either a TV remote, game boy color, 3DS, some ancient phone/laptop with IR, or make a save exploit for another HG/SS game (probably not happening).

That or the original psp 1000 had an ir receiver too, would be hilarious having a pokewalker emu on the psp...

 

[Ryccardo]

3DS [...] or make a save exploit for another HG/SS game (probably not happening).

Due to how the 3DS infrared driver is written, you would basically need to make that an ARM9 homebrew (to exclude the official driver) and write one yourself...

Comparatively, it would be easier to write a DS/i homebrew that fits in memory and asks the user to swap cards with an IR one

 

[IC]

Isn't it possible to make your own IR device with an arduino or something similar?

 

[The Real Jdbye]

Due to how the 3DS infrared driver is written, you would basically need to make that an ARM9 homebrew (to exclude the official driver) and write one yourself...

Comparatively, it would be easier to write a DS/i homebrew that fits in memory and asks the user to swap cards with an IR one

I believe the DSi won't let you hotswap carts, only the DS did.

 

[Ryccardo]

I believe the DSi won't let you hotswap carts, only the DS did.

You need to reset the slot-1 after a swap: officially only the launcher can do that, but all current-generation homebrew loaders allow running apps with all permissions enabled
(Or you can solder together the 2 pins on the side of the slot-1, then the console will never know if the card is ejected, despite the fact they could just have checked the actual data pins as they have been doing since day one of the original DS )

 

[migles]

i would be more interested in homebrew for the pokewalker.. there was attempts of people to upload custom sprites pokemon but heh.. nothing that i could use :C
i got 3 pokewalkers, 2 from the games, 1 i found in the street lol

funny interesting fact (i did read about this long time ago, my memory can be wrong):
the pokewalker rom only contains the code to receive the program (and that sad pokewalker image)
when you connect to a HGSS game it uploads everything like the menus, sprites, functions etc

 

[ElHave]

https://github.com/jpcerrone/pokestroller

https://github.com/UnrealPowerz/powar

 

[Tarmfot]

I would prefer using the bluetooth capabilitites of Typing Pokemon Adventures for homebrew use.

 

[Vixi]

USB IR receivers do exist just FYI.

People use them in HTPCs.

 

[ElHave]

The most sad part of this emulators is you need original files of pokewalker, so if you dont have one, you cant emulate what doesnt make so much sense.

 

[cearp]

The most sad part of this emulators is you need original files of pokewalker, so if you dont have one, you cant emulate what doesnt make so much sense.

That's the same for emulating anything though - can't you just download the files?
Or is there no dump shared online at all?

 

[ElHave]

That's the same for emulating anything though - can't you just download the files?
Or is there no dump shared online at all?

thats why, anyways i seen the same with pocket pikachu and now there is a project you can play it and dont need any dump. And the dump of these devices is not than easy like dump your 3ds or ds firmware nand or bios files, also is required other device in this case a DS to dump it so is not only own the device you need to own extra devices.

 

[cearp]

thats why, anyways i seen the same witrh pocket pikachu and now there is a project you can play it and dont need any dump. And the dump of these devices is not than easy like dump your 3ds or ds firmware nand or bios files, also is required other device in this case a DS to dump it so is not only own the device you need to own extra devices.

sure, but no need to dump it yourself! but... after looking, I can't seem to find a dump.
you could join the pokewalker hacking discord and see if someone might help you out.