would anyone mind sharing some techniques they use for generating random numbers? I know most computers go to the system clock and ask for the time in...
I'm looking for a debugger that can load all the symbols of your asm or C code (so that you can set a breakpoint at "plot_pixel" instead of at 0x8001FAB)....
Hi everybody, i've read almost every thread about DMA, and i'm having a problem that's giving me headaches and that i think nobody encountered, . I'm using dma...
I searched thru the old messages for any information regarding the xboo cable, and I'm getting the sinking feeling the author who wrote the software dropped...
There's an article in GameTM magazine this month about the AGB 3d engine and James Daniels Payback! The magazine writes about whats happening to GTA on the gba...
If you want to plot a single pixel in mode3 you have to read back the whole halfword from VRAM, mask it, and write it back. The fastest routine i could come up...
Hey All, My graphics look pretty dark on the AGB compared with the monitor (not supprising!). What do most people do? Make bright graphics or apply a gamma /...
Could someone explain (or point me to some information) double buffering in mode4 to me? Right now, whatever i plot to 0x6000000 is shown on screen immidiatly,...
Hi peeps, Has anyone managed to the f2a hi-speed linker cable this working with an ECP port under win2k. I've got a vaio laptop (the cheapskates didn't put an...
I'm back with a new website! it's at: http://www.akkit.org/sgstair This website highlights GBA dev, PC dev, and Electronics Dev. I will hopefully be updating...
Greetings, I have an application for the GBA which needs to save data in the battery backed SRAM at 0x0E000000. It saves OK on an older 64M flash advance card...
Hi, We're writing a project that needs multiplayer communication but with multiple interrupts enabled in the crt0.s We are using Jeff's crt0 in combination...
Hi, I've run into a slight problem when trying to change code to a branch. This is because branches are relative to the PC so I need to specify what address...
Do any of the games released yet for the machine run at 30fps? .. I'm also considering going 30fps, but I'm afraid it will be unacceptable on GBA - Any...
Anyone else having trouble getting this setup to work? I start VBA with the wait for connection. I then start insight with the elf file to load. It connects...
Right now I've got a tight AI loop for the CPU player of a puzzle game. The AI is steadily becoming more complex and time comsuming, and I need to start...
Hi. Remember my stupid english? Fine ^^ Ive finished the editor to make animation sequences for sprites made for my engine (used in tutorial 3). With this it...
Hi, This will undoubtably sound like a very silly question, and I'm pretty sure that I already know the answer, but ... I've been developing a simple game in...
Last month I released some patches which enable DevKit Advance to work with GCC 3.2. Since neither of the two maintainers have done a release yet, I'm posting...
In multiboot code, what is it that the master gba has to send to the slave? Is it a .mb rom, a normal rom image, a few lines of code? I know its a strange...
Hi, I've just noticed something weird about global variables in IWRAM on gcc. If I use ints, then each consumes 32 bytes of IWRAM, presumeably because the...
I'm in the middle of a project to enhance the PocketNES emulator to use other tiles for metroid, and perhaps add some extra layers and enhance the sound......
Nintendo announced some kind of adapter to play GameBoy, GameBoy Color and GameBoy Advance games via the GameCube. The price tag is set for 5.000 Yen ($41 USD)...
Hello again, Curious about interupt priorities. I have multiple interupts turned on and am using the vcnt and timer1 interupts. The timer1 is being used by...
Apparently, some gbadev list members have had good experiences with Lik Sang and bad experiences with Hong Kong Toys and Lan Kwei. Who has had good or bad...
Hello, When a vcnt interrupt gets called, where abouts along the hline does it happen? will it be during the hblank? if so where abouts? Regards Ken...
Hi all, I'm trying hard to communicate between GBA and PC with MBV2 cable (see post 13306) in 32bit transfert lenght mode but got only one word every two word...
Hi all, just a heads up, I released an update for HAM 2.50 users. The main news are: - Krawall audio API fully integrated into HAM build logic - Supports...