[ulumu]

This is my ever first port, so still lots of improvement room. Comments are welcomed.

Ported from VBA-m for playbook

[Updated]
Features:
- Support Both Z10 and Q10
- Support Bluetooth joypad (only tested for wiimote since that is all I got)
- When joypad is paired, overlay icons are hidden
- OpenGL ES2.0 is used for rendering front end (updated SDL)
- Load GBA, GBC, GB roms, from phone or from SD-card
- Swipe from Top of screen will give a Top Menu, allowing to Save/Restore state, Mute/unMute, Key Config and ROM loading. Swipe from Top again to close the Top Menu.
- Allow changing touchsreen icon transparency level (double click anywhere in Key Config window to switch to different transparency level)

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Q10 Keyboard Mapping:
- Dpad (Up/Down/Left/Right) --> WSAD or WZAD
- A & B --> L & M
- L & R --> Q & P
- Start & Select --> Spacebar & ENTER
- ROM loading --> 0 (Number 0)

Wiimote key mapping:
- Wii-Button "2" A
- Wii-Button "1" B
- Wii-Button "B" L
- Wii-Button "A" R
- Wii-Button "-" START
- Wii-Button "+" SELECT
- Wii-Button "Home" ROM-Selector
- Wii-Button "A"+"-" Save States
- Wii-Button "A"+"+" Load States

Install:
- Use side load tool such as DDPB

Upgrade:
- MUST delete misc/gbaemu/vbam.cfg

Disclaimer:
- We will not help and provide games. You should own the game and support the developer.
- Do this at your own risk. We are not responsible for any damage to your device or any side effect that may caused to your device.

Loading games:
- Place gba.bin bios in misc/roms/gba
- Place .gba, .gbc, .gb ROM in misc/roms/gba, inside phone or SD-CARD

Known issues:
- for Dev-Alpha device, need to change openGl option in vbam.cfg to 1 in order to avoid corruption.

[Updated]
Known Tricks:
- Turn on Youtube, have video started then pause, and have it stay in active frame. This helps improving emulator frame rate.

[Updated]
Latest Release 1.0.5.4
Release Date: Apr 28, 2013
Download link: GBA-BB (r1.0.5.4)
To upgrade, you must delete misc/gbaemu/vbam.cfg
Fixes:
- sometimes SD card ROM files not showing in loading screen, fix by using 64bit API.

Previous Release 1.0.5.3
Release Date: Apr23,2013
Download Link: GBA-BB (r1.0.5.3)
To upgrade, you must delete misc/gbaemu/vbam.cfg
Fixes:
- Fix optimization bug introduced in 1.0.5.2, causing some games (e.g. Lost Vikings, Zelda) not function correctly
- Add Top Menu (swipe from Top of screen), replace old hidden button like Load/restore state button.

Previous Release 1.0.5.2
Release Date: Apr21,2013
Download Link: GBA-BB (r1.0.5.2)
To upgrade, you must delete misc/gbaemu/vbam.cfg
Fixes:
- Support Q10 and Z10. When emulator running in Q10, touchscreen overlay icon is hidden.
- Lots of optimization in emulator
- State save and restore hidden button now is far away from each other, avoid accidental touch the wrong button

Previous Release 1.0.4.4
Release Date: Mar26,2013
Download Link: GBA-BB (r1.0.4.4)
Fixes
- Bug fix SGB frame corruption
- Bug fix STL100-1 and dev-alpha device black screen problem
- Bug fix slow frame rate on some of the GBA games
- Bug fix GB/GBC game loading problem if first game loading is GBA
- Bug fix GBA state loading/state saving problem if ROM is not first loading ROM
- Known issue: for dev-alpha device, openGl option in vbam.cfg must be 1, otherwise there is corruption

Previous Release 1.0.4.2
Release Date: Mar20,2013
Download Link: GBA-BB (r1.0.4.2)
New Features:
- Add sd card ROM loading support
- Add GBC and GB ROM support
- Add Touchscreen overlay transparency user control (Swipe from Top, then double click anywhere to switch to different transparency level)
Fixes
- Fix random Touchscreen Button disappearing issue
- Improve Audio quality
- Fix memory leaking issue in Touchscreen Configuration window

Initial Release 1.0.3.2
Download Link: GBA-BB (r1.0.3.2)

Sources:
GBA_bb: https://github.com/ulumu/GBA_bb
SDL: https://github.com/ulumu/SDL
TCO: https://github.com/ulumu/TouchControlOverlay

Credits:
- Froogyface, froggyface: VBA-M emulator for Playbook port. Inspiration of all this.

[viper1931]

Anyone try this yet?

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[Snake785]

It works great so far. Performance is excellent and the Wiimote works good as well.

Thanks for releasing this. Your efforts are appreciated.

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[ulumu]

Glad it works well for u. Try connect to a HDTV through hdmi, u will love it even more.


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[anthonybaker]

Sweet can't wait to try it

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[GeoB301]

I'm so excited about this! Can't wait to get my Z10 even more now!
I'm going to be playing Pokemon like it never went out of style!

[JBezeau]

Awesome! thanks a ton! can finally play some pokemon haha

[viper1931]

We NEED to use a wiimote for this or does it come with touch screen controls on the screen?

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[ulumu]

Both touch screen and bluetooth joypad (wiimote) are supported. When there is no wiimote is paired to the z10, u will see the touch icon overlay. When wiimote is paired, then the touch icon is hidden.

I prefer not seeing the touch icon when the wiimote is paired, so that I can play pokemon on a big screen tv with the wiimote

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[Johny 5]

AWESOME!! I don't have a z10 yet but does this run smoother than the version for playbook? for some reason it (pokemon) feels kinda slow on the playbook.. Is there an option to completely disable the audio (to improve performance something the playbook version lacks) or is it just mute audio (like playbook version)?

[viper1931]

For some reason when I first tried they weren't showing. Works now and is smooth. Thanks! Would loveeeeee it if gameboy/color and n64 emu worked. Zelda om the phone would be awesome.

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[ulumu]

There is a n64 emu already in this game forum, just search for it.

For Game Boy color, there is issue with resolution adjustment, so will take more time to get it fix. Will be in next release.

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[silenced]

Surprised there's no Snes emulator yet

[viper1931]

Got the n64 one and a gb/color one, tho the joystick for n64 is too sensitive and the dpad on gb is just a square. Thanks for letting me know. An snes one and it'll be perfect. Thanks again.

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[sgt_snacks-64]

Giving this a try. Thanks so much! I do love my Emulators, even more when they have Gamepad support

[A7omic]

Once I get my LE I will port my PlayBook SNES emu. I will also add gamepad support, I should be able to use the changes Ulumu made to the sdl and tco libraries for his port. Unless someone else beats me to it that is.

[ulumu]

Once I get my LE I will port my PlayBook SNES emu. I will also add gamepad support, I should be able to use the changes Ulumu made to the sdl and tco libraries for his port. Unless someone else beats me to it that is.

Looking forward to ur port. Bring it on

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[JoshDargie]

Unfortunately I don't see any touchscreen buttons, how do I enable this?

[glenixtr15]

Unfortunately I don't see any touchscreen buttons, how do I enable this?

Happens to me every now and then. If the emu loads with no onscreen controls I just close it and open it again. Usually the second time it loads with the controls.

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[ulumu]

Happens to me every now and then. If the emu loads with no onscreen controls I just close it and open it again. Usually the second time it loads with the controls.

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Let me check it to see where the glitch is. I have to try a lot of times to finally see it once.

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[canderson85]

I'm not getting this to work. Where specifically are you suppose to be putting the roms? sd card? full path please.

and what about gba bios?

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[KermEd]

Full path is at the top. Also, follow any of the links above to find the other info you want. Its all there but you need to go farther than this thread.

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[Daytona123]

If you cant wait, the snes emulator for the playbook works well, with the exception of the mangled graphics of the touch controls. Very playable, especially since the controls are hidden under your thumbs

[dalight13]

works like a charm for a start, needs improvement but works good so can't really complain.

[wonda242]

For some reason I cant find the actual buttons? Am I missing something?