Homebrew GameYob 3DS - GB/C emu

[Sizednochi]

That sound neat, I decided to give it a try.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/19691273/GameYob/gameyob_contrast.zip
This is just to get a feel for it, it doesn't discriminate against color or mono and there are no options to disable. But this is just for shits and giggles.

that feel when 2DS

 

[zero2exe]

Don't want to be a thread necro but is this still being worked on or is the VC injection far too good in comparison? I remember using this on DS and being an extremely good emulator.

 

[HtheB]

Don't want to be a thread necro but is this still being worked on or is the VC injection far too good in comparison? I remember using this on DS and being an extremely good emulator.

Yeah, it's a very good emulator for the 3DS as well, although I haven't heard from any update for a long time now

 

[VinsCool]

Last commit is from May 23rd.

 

[HtheB]

Last commit is from May 23rd.

We used to get almost every day a new build before you know..

 

[Idaho]

Well the emulator is in a good state at the moment, it surely could benefit from a few updates but my wonders are more concerned about NES and GBA, the wait for those is getting really intense ^^

 

[Deleted User]

Don't want to be a thread necro but is this still being worked on or is the VC injection far too good in comparison? I remember using this on DS and being an extremely good emulator.

As it is, it's fairly complete. A small number of games do have some issues, but a majority of games work fine. I do still have interest in GameYob, but I've been working on some other things. Plus, while I know the emulator and how it works pretty well by now, I'm still not all that great with figuring out weird game issues, which are most of what's left to fix.

 

[HtheB]

As it is, it's fairly complete. A small number of games do have some issues, but a majority of games work fine. I do still have interest in GameYob, but I've been working on some other things. Plus, while I know the emulator and how it works pretty well by now, I'm still not all that great with figuring out weird game issues, which are most of what's left to fix.

I believe in you, that you will fix those games!

Have you tried out the "contrast" adjustable version already? (http://gbatemp.net/threads/gameyob-3ds-gb-c-emu.372523/page-38#post-5517065 )

 

[Jim_e]

I believe in you, that you will fix those games!

Have you tried out the "contrast" adjustable version already? (http://gbatemp.net/threads/gameyob-3ds-gb-c-emu.372523/page-38#post-5517065 )

Oh damn forgot about that. That was like a 10 minute hack. I definitely didn't do anything to make it look like the original GB. And it was fairly dirty cause I was trying to force a linear combination to do it. Codes ugly.

As it is, it's fairly complete. A small number of games do have some issues, but a majority of games work fine. I do still have interest in GameYob, but I've been working on some other things. Plus, while I know the emulator and how it works pretty well by now, I'm still not all that great with figuring out weird game issues, which are most of what's left to fix.

The emulator is pretty solid in my opinion. I haven't ran into a well known game bugging out.

You know there are still features that can be added. Pretty UI probably tops of the list, Thumbnails for games and save states, Rewind and even Customizable color palettes in game.
Useful features for Pokemon and the like would be running 2 emulators side by side to trade between your own games.

If you want to get to some serious advance ideas Support hi-res custom textures for tiles. Just take a quick hash of Tile data and associate it with new texture packs. I considered something like this to speed up rendering by caching the VRAM to the 3ds native pixel format, but optimizations proved more than sufficient.

 

[HtheB]

Oh damn forgot about that. That was like a 10 minute hack. I definitely didn't do anything to make it look like the original GB. And it was fairly dirty cause I was trying to force a linear combination to do it. Codes ugly.


The emulator is pretty solid in my opinion. I haven't ran into a well known game bugging out.

You know there are still features that can be added. Pretty UI probably tops of the list, Thumbnails for games and save states, Rewind and even Customizable color palettes in game.
Useful features for Pokemon and the like would be running 2 emulators side by side to trade between your own games.

If you want to get to some serious advance ideas Support hi-res custom textures for tiles. Just take a quick hash of Tile data and associate it with new texture packs. I considered something like this to speed up rendering by caching the VRAM to the 3ds native pixel format, but optimizations proved more than sufficient.

What about making the contrast really work like on a real GameBoy? Should be possible right?

There are games like Alleyway and Volley Fire don't work properly.
Both have the same issue: objects that should move horizontal, are not moving at all....

Eye candy UI can always be added later on, I think we should focus on bug fixing first though...

 

[froggestspirit]

How is sound support now? Is it perfect?

 

[HtheB]

How is sound support now? Is it perfect?

Sound is in Stereo, works great. It does some crackling from time to time, but it doesn't disturb for me to the most part

 

[zero2exe]

Ok last time I re-up this thread. Wanted to comment that I tried the emulator myself and it works like a charm on the games I have tried so far (Pokemon card 2 / Zelda awakening DX). I kind of feel that the Fast Forward option is a bit slower than I remember from the DS version but otherwise everything's perfect, in fact I'd rather use this than any VC custom games. Many thanks to those behind the development of this project

 

[StriderVM]

For me, even if development just stopped, it would be fine the way it is now....... But if it can be improved even better....

 

[pedrobarca]

If only a few games have issues it might be a good idea to start a compatibility list in the wiki. What do you think about this @Steveice10 ?

 

[Deleted User]

If only a few games have issues it might be a good idea to start a compatibility list in the wiki. What do you think about this @Steveice10 ?

Not really up to me, if anyone wants to make some kind of compatibility list, go right ahead. Might expose some minor issues that I can fix fairly easily.

 

[tyrkiskpeber]

I couldn't find an answer, so I'll just come out and ask.
Where do I find gameyob.ini and where do I place it?
I'd like to be able to put games on my gateway sd card, what's the correct path for this? (I have a new 3ds)
Is this port better than the one on DS? I have a working R4 that I could use.

 

[Melon__Bread]

I'd like to be able to put games on my gateway sd card, what's the correct path for this? (I have a new 3ds)

IIRC you can not accees files on the GW card through homebrew

 

[tyrkiskpeber]

Oh, I just assumed because of the op post:
"By default, it looks for roms in the /gb directory of your SD card (NOT gateway's microSD card)."
I'll make do with the internal sd card.
Would still like an explanation on the gameyob.ini file though.

 

[Deleted User]

Oh, I just assumed because of the op post:
"By default, it looks for roms in the /gb directory of your SD card (NOT gateway's microSD card)."
I'll make do with the internal sd card.
Would still like an explanation on the gameyob.ini file though.

gameyob.ini is automatically created by GameYob when you save your settings within the app.