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PSPVBA v1.2.3 - the Gameboy Advance Emulator
greg | July 30, 2006
Here’s yet another update from ZX-81; you thought he was gonna give up? HAH!

v1.2.3 updates:
- Rewrite critical parts of graphic emulation source code
- Rewrite critical parts of the ARM emulator to make it going faster
- Review memory cache strategy
- Bug fix and code cleaning
This version is compatible with 1.50 only!
And available for 2.X FW users is PSPVBA v1.1.2. What’s new?
- Rewrite partially the code of the graphic stuff (many parts of the code weren’t optimized at all!)
- Rewrite partially the code of the ARM emulator
- Review memory cache strategy
- Bug fix and code cleaning
Download:
PSPVBA v1.2.3 (1.50 FW only)
PSPVBA v1.1.2 (2.x FW only)
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First yeah!
Congratulations on getting first!
And you people thought he was giving up because of one bump in the road.
so wats the fps for this now?
Good job ZX-81!
Can it play most games at a decent speed?
i tried the version before. now i try this new one and to be honest its not much of a difference..i try it with dragon ball advance adventure
Heres my question, is he reallly giving up and just decided, what the hey, one more update then ill bail?
Or
Was he pulling our chain? and never had plans to give up on it in the first place?
Im sorry but you DONT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MESS WITH OTHER PEOPLES LIVES LIKE THAT!!!!!!!
Sketch
sketch - your a retard.
its an emulator, not a cure for aids.
why is pokemon emerald not working???
what if they emulated a cure for aids =P
your all retarded!!!!!!!!!
I have to quote another fourm here:
Winning a aregument on the internet is like winning the special Olympic’s in the end YOUR STLL RETARDED!!!!!!!!!!!
Great work ZX-81 I look forward to more great work from ya
Eh, I’ve heard that quote too many times. But arguing over the net can be fun at times.
Back on topic:
There’s a slight improvement. Kudos!
Dang, I wish Final Fantasy IV Advanced was supported. It boots but then stops on the white screen. It’s not fair I tell ya! -sniff-
He never said he was quiting, he said he was stuck. People took that to mean he was giving up, but people are morons.
its funny, i do little bit of c++ scripting for data work for mailing purposes and I come across some pretty hard stuff, but not as hard as emulation and to be honest great props to zx. Most people these days don’t even understand how operating sytem works in different enviornement like the spaces between these characters you are now reading in dos vs windows enviornment.. so shut up and enjoy the emu.
Good stuff, ZX-81!!! As usual, your ability to improve is still around!
Im glad he is still working on the emu. Great job!
so does fire emblem actually work well, or is that just to make the whole idea pretty?
Does this work on 2.8?
LOL JK
Does this work on 2.8?
L0L JK
yah im a retard for asking a legitament question about the topic at hand.
if you dont like it, go the fuck somewhere else and talk about something else. no one here needs some third grader barking idiotic threats and calling others names like they do in school. shit like that gets you banned.
now, back on topic.
Does anyone know if he was joking around? he makes me feel happy then sad, then happy then sad….i swear, if he keeps this up me and him are gonna have to go to counseling HAHAHEEHAHAcough cough hack!
@Sketch
My theory, is that he was just going looking over some of his various source codes. Then had an Action Man moment (remember the Jetix Fox Kids 3D animated show?) with all the math, algebric, formulas, E=MC2, etc stuff flying around him, which lead him to finding an improvement, thus releasing PSPVBA v1.2.3.
Christ, I don’t know what’s worse….2-3 updates a day, or ZX “giving up” and then CONTINUING with updates!!! It’s like Tupac releasing 10 albums after getting kiled.
Hmm personlay i don’t give a shit what you people say im just happy the speed is being improved. xD anywere NEAR playable yet?
Why Release something that hasn’t got to much of improvement. I’ve been trying to run this homebrew but it still slow… why not try fixing the whole thing first and release a greater version than just updating small things. I for one haven’t seen much improvement. It’s a great job (no complains about it, gameboy advance is a great system, and is and would be great to run it at full potential) but enough with the updates.. too many of them. If it takes to long to fix them, take as long as you need. But quit giving so many updates that are not much… Hope nobody gets mad at me for saying all this.
Luiso_Mikey…it is not for a nub to understand why these updates are given.. some use these updates to evalute the progress since alot of these emus source code are given to others to test or restructure/program it. Since you do not understand why these updates are created. These updates are not meant nubs who only care for the end product… there are many ways to write the same code, it is matter of testing which one will give the best result under the given limitation of psp. So try all updates!!!!
where can i get a good pokemon emerald rom at?
all you ZX haters can go eat some fresh shit, you think emulation is easy? its called patience…look it up.
Where did you get the Fire Emblem rom?
where do u get any GBA rom?
@2.01
You can find pretty much anything the “googling”.
hey sketch, YOU DONT
HAVE THE RIGHT TO BICH AT DEVS
Um….developers who post their work (and EXHAUSTIVE amounts of updates) on a site like this, with a comment/feedback section give people like sketch the RIGHT and an invitation to bitch.
I didnt bitch at shit, i asked a question and some fucktard buted in and started flaming…like wtf?
And what i said in my first post in all CAPS about not having a right to mess with people like that, is a joke that has been done in many a movie/comedy. YOU DONT HAVE A RIGHT TO MESS WITH MY FEELINGS ect ect. man you people need to smartin up.
back on topic.
1. The reason they release this early version shit is for the simple fact that ZX is only 1 (count em, one) man. he seems to be only working with like 3 friggin roms. so for all he knows every other rom in the world might be working perfect sept those 3. thats why they rely on us, you have thousands of roms out there and thousands of people trying diff ones. then you have those people report issues and bugs, then the programer adresses those issues. if he waited to release it when it was done, then we would have a half ass emulator. cuzz im sure zx doesnt own all the GBA games to try and he probably doesnt care to illegaly download them all just so YOU have a GBA on your PSP.
2. To all of you looking for roms to try with this or any emulator, try a program called BearShare (google it) specify your file type “apps” and then enter GBA or an exact game name. booyah, rom city. but only do this is you own the actual game and just dont know how to make backups *cough* *cough*
Try me again and i will defeat you each time.
gotta love it,
Sketch
any one else havingprobs running supermario advanced four(super mario 3) on this ? all i get is saved data corrupted in yellow text on a black screen.
yea wutup nobody sayin nothin i pwned yall nubs
I agree with sketch and I understand why updates are released, for testing purposes. But why do people go you guys dont have the right to flame devs when they put there work here for people to do exactly that. I think all of you people bitching at people complaining need to chill out. Im pretty sure Zx posts a emulator that is pointless to use hes expecting people to complain. At least it shows he is doing something.
oh but sketch you shouldnt be saying things like “like they do in school” when your ranting about how you pwned someone because you beat them in an e-arguement. Thats no diffrent.
What is the FPS?
FPS = Frames Per Second
final fantasy one and two still doesnt work either, sigh..
Why use the people to test the homebrew? Why not get a group to test it before releasing it?
Like I said before I understand you need feedback if you’re making an emulator, but why give small updates to the world. Isn’t there people around you or friends or someone to try it before releasing it to the public. That’s all I’m trying to say. I’m not saying that he shouldn’t, all i’m saying is why he can’t group a few people to give him feedback instead of having probably 10 or maybe 50 saying the same thing. Cuz to me it’s anoying when somebody says something and then another person says the same thing, then few days later somebody else say the same damn thing.
It’s great and I admire all those programmers out there making homebrews or app to run in the PSP. But why have the same feedback 50 times instead of having it 1 or 2 times…
@luiso
why does it matter? it’s up to the author to decide whether he wants to release a new version because of a typo. that’s why there are things called changelogs so ppl can read those and see if they want to download the newer version.
also, if he only releases these updates privately, ppl will start b!tchin about how he doesn’t care and doesn’t wanna release things. lose lose situation…
please help guys where do i get the roms from?!!
Alright sketch didn’t know I pushed a button there but you need to chill As for your caps deal there I CAN”T see you and so I HAVE NO IDEA what your feelings are words I can see but emotion I CAN”T and YES I agree with you updates are great to test and no I”M NOT A FUCKTARD!!!!!!!! I have been here a long time and I’m tired like you reading all these TARDS on here saying its crap or other bull shit like that I too am learning codeing and hope to contribute and fall under the mope catagory of bitching without doing somehting about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alright sketch didn’t know I pushed a button there but you need to chill As for your caps deal there I CAN”T see you and so I HAVE NO IDEA what your feelings are words I can see but emotion I CAN”T and YES I agree with you updates are great to test and no I”M NOT A FUCKTARD!!!!!!!! I have been here a long time and I’m tired like you reading all these TARDS on here saying its crap or other bull shit like that I too am learning codeing and hope to contribute and NOT fall under the mope catagory of bitching without doing somehting about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
been awhile since i downloaded a version of this emu, but it has vastly improved since the version i had on my psp. great job zx-81 if u play dragonball advanced adventure it is really fast!!! i guess the speed depends on the games in some cases. keep up the good work.
Which Fire emblem game is that that it shows on the screenshot? Is it in english?
That wasnt me saying the pwn you nubs thing lol someone used Sketch asn obviously posed as me.
MadMan: i didnt call YOU a fucktard, i didnt even mention anyones name…..your own actions are making you call yourself a fucktard. i asked a serious question and made a small harldy funny joke for fucks sake. WHOEVER started flames after that, is indeed a fucktard. so if you decide to flame, you are calling your own self a fucktard.
get it?
Agian, i didnt say that nub thing…anyone can post a message here and give it any name they want…so obviously we have a “fucktard” trying to start shit.
ignored.
oh and to show you what im saying, if you look at MY posts, my name below it is blue, meaning it can be clicked to visit my website…..the nub poster comment is black….so the idiot who posed as me forgot to add that in…lol good god people……
Sketch
quick question you know how on almost every gameboy game like pokeman that theres a glitch on the original game does the glitch still work on the new psp format