Author Topic: Heig-Boy! (Read 16876 times)

pcercuei · « **on:** November 30, 2010, 10:35:04 pm »

Heig-Boy!
GameBoy B&W emulator for Dingux
ALPHA
Version 0.1

Presentation:
I was sick of not being able to play Super Pika Land in color

So I decided to port the wonderful GameBoy emulator written by Brunni and his team, on Dingux and OpenDingux.
The emulator now uses SDL both for sound and video. The emulation is fullspeed starting from ~360MHz.

Screenshots:

Changelog:

30/11/10: Very first version.

Howto:

Launch the emulator with gmenu2x, and choose the ROM to launch with the integrated browser (edit->Selector Directory to choose the ROM folder).
The emulator can load palette script files, to colorize gameboy titles. If the game filename is "foo.gb", the palette has to be named "foo.gb.pal.ini". It has to be on the same directory as the ROM file.
The default palette is a black/yellow one, to mimic the look of the old gameboy screen. If you prefer to have a greyscale palette, just rename the palette "greyscale.gb.pal.ini" as described previously.
L+R to exit, L+X for a save state, L+Y to load the save state.

To create a palette:
Visit this website, and download the "ColorIt Painter" program: http://brunni.dev-fr.org/index.php?page=pcsoft_heigboy

SiENcE · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2010, 10:54:07 pm »

Nice and thanks Ayla!

clach04 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 01, 2010, 04:07:20 am »

Good job Ayla!

Is the source available? I might look at doing a native build if the code is available.

pcercuei · « **Reply #3 on:** December 01, 2010, 07:18:13 am »

I know the original authors, I asked them to merge my code, so then you'll just have to checkout their SVN and make

SiENcE · « **Reply #4 on:** December 01, 2010, 12:05:32 pm »

Quote from: Ayla on December 01, 2010, 07:18:13 am

I know the original authors, I asked them to merge my code, so then you'll just have to checkout their SVN and make

Ayla, that's how i like it.

ufo.mesh · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2010, 12:10:58 pm »

Small offtop: What's the game (Pikachoo??) Level is very similiar to "Super Mario Land" (world 3, afair)

And thanks for the Heig-Boy!

UPD: Sorry, I was so impressed by this news that didn't notice the answer in it

goldenegg · « **Reply #6 on:** December 02, 2010, 01:41:14 am »

Just tried this and it's fantastic! Thanks for your work!

Hopefully someone decides to port this to the Caanoo as well.

clach04 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 02, 2010, 02:57:33 am »

Quote from: Ayla on December 01, 2010, 07:18:13 am

I know the original authors, I asked them to merge my code, so then you'll just have to checkout their SVN and make

Do you have a URL for that? The web site, http://brunni.dev-fr.org/index.php?page=pcsoft_heigboy appears to only offer 7z files.

ufo.mesh · « **Reply #8 on:** December 02, 2010, 09:02:13 am »

I've got problems running this emulator

After I launch it, it drops off the main dingux menu.
I placed files in \local\emulators\heig-boy and copied and changed a link-file (in \local\gmenu2x\sections\emulators) with

Code: [Select]

title=heig-Boy!
icon=/boot/local/emulators/heig-boy/heigboy.png
exec=/boot/local/emulators/heig-boy/heigboy.dge
clock=360
gamma=719565932
backlight=100

File names and paths are correct.
Any suggestions?

zear · « **Reply #9 on:** December 02, 2010, 11:03:23 am »

Quote from: ufo.mesh on December 02, 2010, 09:02:13 am

I've got problems running this emulator After I launch it, it drops off the main dingux menu.
I placed files in \local\emulators\heig-boy and copied and changed a link-file (in \local\gmenu2x\sections\emulators) with
Code: [Select]
title=heig-Boy! icon=/boot/local/emulators/heig-boy/heigboy.png exec=/boot/local/emulators/heig-boy/heigboy.dge clock=360 gamma=719565932 backlight=100File names and paths are correct.
Any suggestions?

It requires you to pass the roms as command line parameters. Edit the link in gmenu2x and modify the rom selector options.

Friendly Neighborhood Dingoonity Troll · « **Reply #10 on:** December 02, 2010, 11:11:45 am »

Quote from: ufo.mesh on December 02, 2010, 09:02:13 am

I've got problems running this emulator After I launch it, it drops off the main dingux menu.

Just to clarify what zear said:

Turn on the "Selector Browser". For "Selector Directory", put your rom folder.

ufo.mesh · « **Reply #11 on:** December 02, 2010, 11:29:10 am »

Thanks zear and Jesse! Everything works fine for now!

SiENcE · « **Reply #12 on:** December 02, 2010, 12:52:57 pm »

Where can i find "palette script files"?

ufo.mesh · « **Reply #13 on:** December 02, 2010, 03:41:30 pm »

I still didn't find 'em, only an editor. Be glad to download 'em, too

pcercuei · « **Reply #14 on:** December 02, 2010, 05:06:08 pm »

I can give you the one I made for Super Pika Land

As far as I know there are very very few palette scripts that have been made.
That's sad regarding what can be done with it.

If you are up to, you can design your own for your favorite game, it's very easy and fun to do

SiENcE · « **Reply #15 on:** December 02, 2010, 08:43:29 pm »

You should add your one to this thread. Maybe more people create some. Also make a link to the Editor.

Chris23235 · « **Reply #16 on:** December 03, 2010, 05:35:34 pm »

Thanks for your work.

rip · « **Reply #17 on:** December 17, 2010, 05:25:07 pm »

Hi,

I did not know this emulator and I was surprised.
You say that the games are going well apart from a speed of
360 but I could play almost everything at normal speed, 336.
Works very well.
Already commented in another post, but I was surprised at how well it sounded.
Thanks for discovering this little gem and I hope you continue updating it.

pcercuei · « **Reply #18 on:** December 18, 2010, 08:32:40 am »

Wow, thank you

About the sound, that's something I take care of.
On heig-boy, sound is 44kHz stereo. Just try the difference with gnuboy4d, you'll be surprised

wy_scorpio · « **Reply #19 on:** February 11, 2011, 08:12:12 am »

great!
but the emu should has a menu,and the frequency should be in 336Mh .that is better,
thanks

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