EricDeLee Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 Yes.... I know that is an EVIL question, but I was curious if there was anyone working on a product that will allow you to play these games on an SP. Of course when I get my LYNX... that won't be an issue any longer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailChao Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 The GBA is too underpowered to emulate a Lynx at reasonable speed, even though a SuperGB alike thing could be made, it would be pointless, as the cost of production would be more than that of buying a new Lynx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrandPubaa Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Are you sure, TailChao? I've heard that there is a real SNES emulator in the works for GBA. I've even seen some screenshots of the thing running. Now, no offense to the Lynx or anything, but it's certainly not up to par with the SNES in terms of power. Not that i'm an emulator writer or anything, but I can't see the Lynx hardware as being harder to write for. Just my first two cents in the Lynx forum, hehe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailChao Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 Just remember though, the GBA will never be able to fully emulate the SNES, especially with sound or in HiRes mode. The Emulator is already chuggy, and the GBA lacks the RAM for full emulation. Somthing like the lynx would run of course, but not well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vb_master Posted June 3, 2004 Share Posted June 3, 2004 I've heard that there is a real SNES emulator in the works for GBA. I've even seen some screenshots of the thing running.There are two' date=' both by the same person at different places:Pocket SNES Advance and... Loopy's SNES Advance Loopy's site is much more up to date than Pocket SNES Advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrandPubaa Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 I think that a reasonalbly playable Lynx emulator could be developed. The screen size is fairly close, the resolution is pretty low, and of course, only 16 colors can be displayed simultaneously(well...in most cases, anyway...). Granted, my knowledge of the Lynx hardware isn't that good(notice the lack of clarification on the res and screen size). What i'm trying to get at is that the hardware requirements aren't nearly as demanding as, for instance, the SNES emu. Then again, I really don't like my odds when debating with a Lynx developer... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted June 4, 2004 Share Posted June 4, 2004 uhm, the lynx is 16mhz, the snes is 4. do the math Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariDude Posted June 6, 2004 Share Posted June 6, 2004 Given the fact that the GBA was just barely appear to keep up with getting a good Atari 2600 emulator (Activision Anthology), making a LYNX emulator for the GBA might be mission impossible. It would be too slow to be playable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cryptik76 Posted June 7, 2004 Share Posted June 7, 2004 Given the fact that the GBA was just barely appear to keep up with getting a good Atari 2600 emulator (Activision Anthology), making a LYNX emulator for the GBA might be mission impossible. It would be too slow to be playable. Part of the reason why the Atari 2600 is so hard to emulate on the GBA is due to the way the Atari 2600 games were programmed. The GBA is far more capable of emulating the NES than the 2600. I don't know the technical stuff behind that claim; I'm just repeating what I've heard on this board. I remember back when my PC at the time (which was much more powerful than a GBA) was barely able to run a 2600 emulator, yet NES games (through Nesticle) ran fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrandPubaa Posted June 8, 2004 Share Posted June 8, 2004 Yeah, I was going to say something along those lines, though admittedly, my reference would have been the PC-Engine. Even so... Regardless, I'm definitely not the authority on these things. I have read some stuff about emulation, and of course, i've got some emulator experience. I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 uhm' date=' the lynx is 16mhz, the snes is 4. do the math [/quote'] actually the lynx has a processing speed of 4mhz, and the snes clocks in at 3.58mhz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshua Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 it is certainly possible, however it really is a question of interest with the next gen handhelds on the horizon. especially the psp with its large screen and massive processing power would be particularly good at emulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARTH Posted June 12, 2004 Share Posted June 12, 2004 all I can think is why????? you buy the latest hardware and then woder if it can play the old games kinda defeats the purpose of buying the thing doesn't it when you can pick up the real thing cheaply that is guaranteed to play lynx games perfectly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapchimp Posted June 29, 2004 Share Posted June 29, 2004 Theres me thinking the GBA is a portable SNES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricDeLee Posted June 30, 2004 Author Share Posted June 30, 2004 I posted this question as a noob in the Lynx area (ie... BEFORE I got my Lynx). I only wondered this as to the wonders today that people do with flash carts. I know the GBA SP can play any NES games and regular GBA games. I never thought I was going to get a Lynx (although after I bought mine, I know of at least 6 in the local area I can buy)... that's why I wanted to know if an emulator would be made for the GBA SP (cause I love it as a portable as well). But all of this is moot as I am a proud owner now of a LYNX... I just need to get a battery pack and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapchimp Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Well I have old sierra atari ST games in full, that run on my series 60 nokia 6600. Plus I have a gameboy, snes, and mega drive/genesis roms on my mmc card with emulaotrs, that all run on this failry low powered device. I even asked the company that make the gameboy emulator to do an atari lynx one, but they grumbled something about copyright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 Well all the stuff at the time said the lynx was 16mhz? Were they lying or was that just a 16mhz graphics chip and a 4mhz cpu? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Jefferson Posted August 6, 2004 Share Posted August 6, 2004 was that just a 16mhz graphics chip and a 4mhz cpu? Yep! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 well, irregardless, it still had a 16mhz chip in it. the snes sure didnt, and neither did the genesis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory DG Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 Why not just put the Lynx chips in a GBA cart and load the ROMS (or real carts with a pass-through)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapchimp Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 I'm not to technical, but why do that when the cellphone I have, can run old ST games like leisure suit larry? Surely a GBA has more processing power than my mobile phone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 well it takes some muscle to emulate a 4mhz chip AND a 16mhz chip and whatever else the lynx had. In many ways, it was one of the most powerful consoles of it's day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocket Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 The GBA will never emulate at 100% the SNES... even the mighty GP32 can't handle it perfectly. About a Lynx emulation, maybe we'll see it one day on GP32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TailChao Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 well, irregardless, it still had a 16mhz chip in it. the snes sure didnt, and neither did the genesis. Well, that 16Mhz Chip is the VDP =P If a Genesis was going to be emulated, you need to account for it's faster VDP (~21Mhz? I can't remember the exact speed), the 68k (7.6Mhz), and the Z80 (3.5Mhz), plus the FM and PSG if you wnted sound If the SNES was in target, you'd need to emulate It's VDP (21Mhz?) the 65816 (Variable 1-3.58Mhz) and the extra sony sound controller, plus the DSP for sound (much simpler to emulate than an FM in my opinion) The lynx is closer than SNES/Genesis, but still far from being perfectly emulated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapchimp Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 The GBA now has a movie player, so it must have a fair wack to run these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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