A GameBoy emulator (GPLv2: gnuboy, ported, tested on K3) - Page 3

inameiname · 03-28-2012, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geekmaster

To see how fast a video game can update the eink screen using ordered dither, check out this video of a kindle touch playing an old black and white movie clip:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2020810

We should be able to borrow code from that video player when it is published to use in video games.

That's pretty cool. I'd love to test that video on my Kindle 3. Would it work on this version of the Kindle too? Not necessarily for any other reason than to show people that my Kindle can play movies. Hehe.

Regardless, I can see how much better a potential video game could play using the screen refresh/update settings from that.

geekmaster · 03-28-2012, 04:16 PM

The K3 uses the same screen so it should be possible. The framerates I posted (to which this video player seems to be following) were tested on the K3.

Of course, the dithered-video drivers used in this video player were tuned for the touch, but they should be adaptable to the K3, and useable in video games.

tradingbr · 03-28-2012, 07:38 PM

Make this available on the KT and I shall grant you intercourse with my sister

geekmaster · 03-28-2012, 07:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tradingbr

Make this available on the KT and I shall grant you intercourse with my sister

But do you have trading rights on your sister's services?

varnie · 03-30-2012, 10:19 AM

sorry for my ignorant question.
I couldn't find any suitable ROM files for the gameboy emulator running on Kindle Touch.
Even that Tetris.rom says

Quote:

ERROR: only 4BPP is supported for now

So, which ROM files runs well on the kindle touch (if there're any)?

geekmaster · 03-30-2012, 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by varnie

sorry for my ignorant question.
I couldn't find any suitable ROM files for the gameboy emulator running on Kindle Touch.
Even that Tetris.rom says

So, which ROM files runs well on the kindle touch (if there're any)?

It is not a ROM file issue, but the fact that you are running a 4 BPP program for the K3 on an 8 BPP framebuffer in the Touch.

You need a version of gnuboy ported to the touch, with changes to support eh 8 BPP framebuffer.

tradingbr · 04-01-2012, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by geekmaster

But do you have trading rights on your sister's services?

I bought my sister's soul

jonthedit · 04-03-2012, 12:03 AM

Could someone compile this for me?

hawhill · 04-03-2012, 07:53 AM

The archive in the OP also contains a readily compiled version. I was just too lazy to separate sources and the binary, and it's quite small anyway.

aBP · 04-06-2012, 05:46 AM

It would be amazing to have this on the K4!

I really hope someone ports it soon!

jmseight · 04-14-2012, 10:21 PM

Hi Hawhill,

This is a great application and my son loves it.

I wrote a little script to do ls of the installed roms on the screen and asks the user to type in the ROM to load (with geekmaster's keyboard input program).

Have you made the version with the 3x pixel size increase?

Also, have you gotten sound to work?

Thanks,
James

hawhill · 04-15-2012, 06:09 AM

Oh, thanks :-) I think people would enjoy if you published that script!
I've not gotten around to spend further work on this. But I certainly will :-)

Now, what can I do to help you motivate your son to read some books, too? :-)

Conner · 04-15-2012, 07:22 AM

ok, How do i install?

hawhill · 04-15-2012, 07:49 AM

As it is now: you don't. You just copy over the fbgnuboy binary over to your Kindle and somehow manage to run it - e.g. by using a custom launchpad configuration, by using a terminal like myts etc.

It does not have any UI interfacing (yet).

Conner · 04-15-2012, 01:58 PM

if it has no ui , then how do i select a rom?

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03-28-2012, 04:16 PM	#32
geekmaster Carpe diem, c'est la vie. Posts: 6,433 Karma: 10773670 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Multiverse 6627A Device: K1 to PW3	The K3 uses the same screen so it should be possible. The framerates I posted (to which this video player seems to be following) were tested on the K3. Of course, the dithered-video drivers used in this video player were tuned for the touch, but they should be adaptable to the K3, and useable in video games.

03-28-2012, 07:38 PM	#33
tradingbr Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: KT	Make this available on the KT and I shall grant you intercourse with my sister

04-03-2012, 12:03 AM	#38
jonthedit Nameless Being	Could someone compile this for me?

04-03-2012, 07:53 AM	#39
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	The archive in the OP also contains a readily compiled version. I was just too lazy to separate sources and the binary, and it's quite small anyway.

04-06-2012, 05:46 AM	#40
aBP Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: K4NT	It would be amazing to have this on the K4! I really hope someone ports it soon!

04-14-2012, 10:21 PM	#41
jmseight Zealot Posts: 130 Karma: 10000 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Kindle 3G, Kindle Touch 3G, iRiver Story HD, Sony Reader	Hi Hawhill, This is a great application and my son loves it. I wrote a little script to do ls of the installed roms on the screen and asks the user to type in the ROM to load (with geekmaster's keyboard input program). Have you made the version with the 3x pixel size increase? Also, have you gotten sound to work? Thanks, James

04-15-2012, 06:09 AM	#42
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	Oh, thanks :-) I think people would enjoy if you published that script! I've not gotten around to spend further work on this. But I certainly will :-) Now, what can I do to help you motivate your son to read some books, too? :-)

04-15-2012, 07:22 AM	#43
Conner Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Kindle 3 Wifi	ok, How do i install?

04-15-2012, 07:49 AM	#44
hawhill Wizard Posts: 1,379 Karma: 2155307 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Goettingen, Germany Device: Kindle Paperwhite, Kobo Mini	As it is now: you don't. You just copy over the fbgnuboy binary over to your Kindle and somehow manage to run it - e.g. by using a custom launchpad configuration, by using a terminal like myts etc. It does not have any UI interfacing (yet).

04-15-2012, 01:58 PM	#45
Conner Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Kindle 3 Wifi	if it has no ui , then how do i select a rom?

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