RGBarcade: Your Game Boy Advance's best friend

[ManekiNeko]

http://www.gbax.com/gbax2004/rgbarcadegbax.zip

RGBarcade was one of the entries in the recent GBAX competition. After spending an hour with it, I'm convinced that it should take home the top prize in this contest. RGBarcade is, as the title suggests, an arcade game emulator for the Game Boy Advance. Generally, emulation is best left to more powerful handhelds like the Tapwave Zodiac and the GP32, but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by RGBarcade. It runs over a dozen classic coin-ops at full speed, without any frame skipping. Best of all, it offers the first complete version of Donkey Kong on the Game Boy Advance. That's right, folks... there's none of that inaccurate scoring and missing round BS that you had to put up with in the e-card and classic NES games. This is the real deal, with perfect gameplay and graphics.

I'm not going to say that RGBarcade is perfect. Due to legal issues, the author had to distribute it without any games... you'll have to supply your own ROMs and merge them with RGBarcade, using a helpful program included with the emulator. Also, most of the games don't yet have sound, and the tiny Game Boy Advance screen forces you to either shrink down the playfields or scroll them up and down as you play. Still, I'm extremely impressed with what the author has done with RGBarcade, and I can't wait to see what he'll do with it after the GBAX competition is over.

JR

[Jasoco]

Linkie no workie. Please fixie. It turn blankie when I clickie.

Sorrie for the way I talkie...

*cough*

I am bored and just lost a long typed reply in another thread when I pressed Back and it disappeared. So I have to make up for it.

So post pics or another link. I want to see it!

[ManekiNeko]

You sound like Lois from that episode of Family Guy where they reveal she was once an ape woman from the circus.

Er... anyway. Here are all the links I have for this emulator:

http://207.44.176.77/%7Eadmin28/gbae...arcadegbax.zip
http://www.aoot47.dsl.pipex.com/rgbarcadegbax.zip
http://www.gbax.com/gbax2004/rgbarcadegbax.zip
http://134.155.59.2/%7Eck/gbaxmirror/rgbarcadegbax.zip
http://cobbleware.com/gbax/rgbarcadegbax.zip

One of these has just got to work. If they don't, try visiting the GBAX competition page instead. You'll find a lot of other games there... but none can compare to the sheer awesomeness of RGBarcade!

http://www.gbax.com/GBAX2004.html

JR

[digitalpress]

I am bored and just lost a long typed reply in another thread when I pressed Back and it disappeared. So I have to make up for it.

Hey, next time that happens, try hitting FORWARD... wow, it RE-APPEARS!

The internet is like... some kind of black magic or something!

[Jasoco]

I am bored and just lost a long typed reply in another thread when I pressed Back and it disappeared. So I have to make up for it.

Hey, next time that happens, try hitting FORWARD... wow, it RE-APPEARS!

The internet is like... some kind of black magic or something!

No. I did that. It disappeared. Happens so much. But strangely, it only happens with big replies. Small ones don't get erased. In other words, the ones I really pour my soul into get deleted while "I have one of those too!" does not. x_x

[ManekiNeko]

(bumpalicious)

JR

[WiseSalesman]

You sound like Lois from that episode of Family Guy where they reveal she was once an ape woman from the circus.
JR

"Me likey bouncy, me likey bouncy"

[Sylentwulf]

No. I did that. It disappeared. Happens so much. But strangely, it only happens with big replies. Small ones don't get erased. In other words, the ones I really pour my soul into get deleted while "I have one of those too!" does not. x_x

Yes, it IS always the big ones, it must timeout or something, I've gotten in the happen of using ctrl-C on all of my big posts befor eI click submit

[Jasoco]

No. I did that. It disappeared. Happens so much. But strangely, it only happens with big replies. Small ones don't get erased. In other words, the ones I really pour my soul into get deleted while "I have one of those too!" does not. x_x

Yes, it IS always the big ones, it must timeout or something, I've gotten in the happen of using ctrl-C on all of my big posts befor eI click submit

Heh. I do that too. (Well, Command+C actually.) but strangely. When I copy it, it doesn't go away. Only when I forget to does it disappear too. So I gotta get into a better habit. Copy more frequently.