Homebrew gba to .nds converter?

[holeymad111]

Sorry if there are any confusions with the heading of this post and sorry if this has been brought up before.

i was thinking... i know you can play gba games on an iplayer flash cart because of inbuilt ram or something. and that you cant play it on any others because gba mode uses a different technique* to load games onto the system.

so instead of making anemulator for a flashcart to play gba games. why doesnt someone make a program to patch .gba roms to .nds roms.

somehow converting them to:

a. show the gba game on the bottom screen and just leave the top screen blank.

b. make the touhscreen unusable (obviously)

c. make the x and y buttons do nothing.

surely that would be easier than making an emulator that probably wont work anyway...

what are youre thoughts.



* for loss of a better word

 

[DCG]

the coding of a gba game is mutch different than a nds game, the ds actualy uses a different prosessor for gba games and sounds. so you cant change the game form one coding to another, the thing you could try is rebuilding it in a homebrew version for the ds.

 

[Demonbart]

Well I once had a topic asking the same thing, but what I learned from that is that every GBA game is coded in a different way, so it's impossible to make a universal patch that works for all games, you'd have to manually edit the games one by one.

 

[BoxShot]

It doesn't work that way. I don't even think the structure between these two systems are the same as well.

 

[Demonbart]

It doesn't work that way. I don't even think the structure between these two systems are the same as well.

Well I guess you do have a point there, thing is, I was only reciting from what I know (which is admittedly not much at all) and of course there are other obstacles as well.

 

[jurassicplayer]

The only thing I ever wonder when looking at these threads is just how many people think that they are the only one to have thought of the idea...I think this proves that we are all egotist on the inside because obviously even with the large number of people that there are, we are definitely the first ones to have ever thought of it xD.

 

[CrimzonEyed]

is it really that hard to convert it?
my brother have been using a program to convert gbc/gba games to java files and been able to play them on his phone

 

[DCG]

which type of phone does he use? iphone or another kind of smart phone?

 

[Kwartel]

is it really that hard to convert it?
my brother have been using a program to convert gbc/gba games to java files and been able to play them on his phone

you mean GB 'cause GBA on phone would be to hard. And GB/GBC is playable on ds-flashcard

 

[DCG]

you mean GB 'cause GBA on phone would be to hard. And GB/GBC is playable on ds-flashcard

with a emulator

 

[Rydian]

Crimzon: Are you sure that's not just a packager program to stick the ROM in a premade emulator? I've run across a lot of those looking up emulators for older systems.

Regardless, that's a different platform.

 

[Frogman]

I can play gba games on my iPod touch

sounds laggy

 

[zuron7]

Not possible since the GBA uses a different processor and when something is played through the DS slot it goes to the processor that processes DS games.

So the only way to play GBA games is by using an emulator or running it through the GBA slot using the expansion pack.

Hope this answers your question.

 

[KirovAir]

Not possible, not even remotely possible when you look at the fact how the GBA processor handles games, and the NDS processor handles games. (The architecture is different etc.) You would have to emulate it, but the DS lacks the power for the job. (As said over 9000 times before)

 

[BlueStar]

Christ on a jetski, not this thread again.

Someone posts this idea every week and have done for about the last five years. The answer is the same as it was for all of those threads, no. Not now, not ever. So either buy a slot-2 card or a slot-1 card with built in GBA support.

 

[WildWon]

To OP, it's not possible. Otherwise, it would have been done. Probably years ago

*locked*