A couple of days ago, we posted here about a PS1 emulator made exclusive to PSGroove.com, well a user by the name of halsafar on the same site has released a VBA Emulator for PS3, here is a quote from the source:
I am pleased to finally release my teams port of VBA (Visual Boy Advance) to the public. It is a clean port of the most recent VBA-M emulator, that is fully functional, equal to our teams SNES9X-PS3 and FCEU-PS3 releases.
We spent some time optimizing it. The VBA-M source is not conducive to being run on the PPU. After applying many small optimizations we have obtained 60fps in all the important games.
Enjoy GB and GBA with shaders!
Vba 0.99 (3.41 only, 1.92 coming soon)
Here is a short quote from the Readme:
This is an application for the PlayStation3 that makes it possible to play
Game Boy Classic / Game Boy Color / Game Boy Advance games on your jailbroken
PlayStation3. It is based on an up-to-date version of the popular PC emulator,
VBA-M.1. CURRENTLY IMPLEMENTED VBA-M FUNCTIONS
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* Saving/loading of SRAM
* Savestate loading/saving support
– Savestate slot selectable in-game
– Up to 10 saveslots2. CONTROLS
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2.1.1 CONTROLS IN ROM MENU
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Up - Go up
Down - Go down
Left - Go back five file entries
Right - Go forward five file entries
L1 - Go back one page
R1 - Go forward one pageCross - (If directory selected) enter directory/ (if ROM selected) start ROM
Triangle - (If ROM selected) start ROM with multitap support
Circle - (If not in root directory) Go back to previous directory
L2 + R2 - (If you previously exited a ROM) return to game
Select - Go to settings menu (see ‘CONTROLS IN SETTINGS MENU’ section)2.1.2 CONTROLS IN SETTINGS MENU
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Up - Go up one setting.
Down - Go down one setting.
Left - Change setting to the left.
Right - Change setting to the right.Circle - Go back to ROM menu/Go back to previous Settings screen
Start - Reset the setting back to the default value.
R1 - Go to the next Settings screen
L1 - Go to the previous Settings screen
L3 + R3 - Return back to game (if a ROM is loaded)2.1.3 CONTROLS IN-GAME
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Nothing worth really explaining here –R3 + L3 - Press these two buttons together while in-game to go back to the ROM browser menu.
R3 + R2 - Save to currently selected save state slot
L3 + L2 - Load from currently selected save state slotRight analog stick – Left - Move current savestate slot one slot backwards
Right analog stick – Right - Move current savestate slot one slot forwardTo play a game with a USB controller as Player 1, start up your PS3 and rather than using the Sixaxis/DualShock3, plug in an USB port before
connecting the controller to the PS3 – your USB pad should then become Controller 1.
12-01-2010
05:23 AM
Just what we need, another Game Boy Emulator.......
Hold on, what am i talking about, i LOVE Game Boy games, and if this is as good as the write up says then this will be my dreams come true, the other GB Emu is good, but if this is on the same level as the SNES9X Emu then happy days!!!!!
Many thanx for this one, look forward to testing it later!!
12-01-2010
05:46 AM
Just played some roms, the speed and sound is very good, On par with Snes if not better in terms of quallity, one game did black screen, rebooting the game did the tick.
12-01-2010
06:01 AM
A Gamecube/Wii and a PS2 emulator would be nice
12-01-2010
07:11 AM
MEGAUPLOAD link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BOC2WJ04
12-01-2010
07:29 AM
Why do people KEEP saying this??
Its almost like disrespecting the author of this homebrew by saying "yea this is ok, but what I really want is........"
If u want something so much, learn to code and program it urself!!
I am VERY happy about this Emu and i am about to give it a good test now, and look forward to future projects, whatever they may be!!
12-01-2010
07:43 AM
Awesome emulator. Works great the gba player ive been waiting for.Props to creators ... thanks
12-01-2010
07:57 AM
Just wanted to add another little comment.....
The other Game Boy Emu i use (Gambatte) has a nice little "Fast Foward" feature when u press R2, would there be anyway to add this feature in a future release?? as it was REALLY hand to get thru cut scenes and things!
Otherwise this is REALLY nice, working great and loads of fun!!
p.s. have a look thru the shaders and try the one called "emboss.cg" its really funny!
12-01-2010
02:01 PM
unless you didnt know already the gba games require a GBA BIOS.
then you need to go to the settings and select it.
this is not stated on the front page.
can someone add it please
12-02-2010
02:39 PM
12-03-2010
01:14 AM
whenever i l try to launch a game, it freezes up
an my ps3 has to be reset???
anyhelp?
nevermind, just A LOOOONG AS LOADING TIME
some one should fix that
12-21-2010
05:21 PM
Anyone know if this supports .sps save states?
12-22-2010
11:46 AM
how do is play it or install the vba ???
12-22-2010
12:13 PM