Game Boy Macro Play Gb+GBC

[error404bsod]

Ok what if a hacked ds could play GB / GBC that would be the ultimate GameBoy macro

 

[Shadow#1]

Ok what if a hacked ds could play GB / GBC that would be the ultimate GameBoy macro[emoji41][emoji41][emoji41][emoji41][emoji41][emoji1910][emoji1910]

Yea it's called a ds flashcart or a gba flashcart

 

[error404bsod]

Yea it's called a ds flashcart or a gba flashcart

I want to.do a hardware mod and homebrew my ds lite

 

[Shadow#1]

I want to.do a hardware mod and homebrew my ds lite

There is no hardware mods for dslite that will enable homebrew

 

[metroid maniac]

GameYob isn't good enough?

 

[Shadow#1]

GameYob isn't good enough?

Dslite

 

[error404bsod]

There is no hardware mods for dslite that will enable homebrew

No I mean put a gba game pak slot in a dslite co GameBoy game Paks will fit and then homebrew to let me play them because when you put a GB game in a DS/dslite it just won't play

 

[Shadow#1]

No I mean put a gba game pak slot in a dslite co GameBoy game Paks will fit and then homebrew to let me play them because when you put a GB game in a DS/dslite it just won't play

It's called an emulator

 

[error404bsod]

It's called an emulator

True

 

[Dreeefric]

I use a nds R4 with GBA runner(GBA, not all compatible), lameboyDS (gameboy color), nesDS (famicom)

 

[Jayro]

GameYob is the best way to play GB/GBC on the DS through a slot-1 card. Goomba Color is okay, but chugs in heavy games, mostly later GBC games like Shantae. GameYob is probably the best experience you'll get. It can even be configured to use just the bottom screen, too!

 

[Dionicio3]

No I mean put a gba game pak slot in a dslite co GameBoy game Paks will fit and then homebrew to let me play them because when you put a GB game in a DS/dslite it just won't play

There's nothing that can be done to a DS/DS Lite that can add physical GB(C) support. The DS is missing the hardware voltage switch (GB(C) carts ran in 5V while GBa is 3.3V). It's also missing the CGB CPU, aka the backwards compatible CPU used in actual GBAs. Like others have said in the thread, your best bet is emulating through a slot-1 flashcart

 

[FAST6191]

As above then no hardware and ease of emulation means that is the suggested route. You could possibly have it as a firmware inject at the cost of the firmware in general (that or a wifi loaded thing but eh).

Halfway house...
Two broad approaches to the same method as you are basically going to turn it into a dumper -- lack of 5V is possibly a problem but boost convertors have come on quite a lot in recent years and if it is for a few minutes to act as a dumper rather than running it is not so bad.
1) You adapt the DS internals and homebrew to support it as a dumper.
2) You put an adapter in between the GBA slot and your own custom made slot and do it in hardware (possibly faking a GBA game), dump that and run it in an emulator.
If you are asking this sort of question you are way short of being able to do that, though maybe some shortcuts could be taken
https://hackaday.com/2011/03/20/gameboy-rom-backups-using-an-arduino/

 

[DanTheManMS]

There's nothing that can be done to a DS/DS Lite that can add physical GB(C) support. The DS is missing the hardware voltage switch (GB(C) carts ran in 5V while GBa is 3.3V). It's also missing the CGB CPU, aka the backwards compatible CPU used in actual GBAs. Like others have said in the thread, your best bet is emulating through a slot-1 flashcart

Correct. The only remnants of the GB(C) remaining on the DS are some sound channels, only used in GBA mode. The rest of the hardware is gone. There are a few GBA homebrew programs that intentionally "crash" it into GBC mode, mostly just to test/confirm this theory, and as expected, it never gets past the BIOS screen.