Post by: Tokerev on April 08, 2003, 03:04:30 PM
Post by: Taco on April 08, 2003, 04:20:03 PM
Post by: kennyb27 on April 08, 2003, 04:24:50 PM
Post by: JoeFalco on April 08, 2003, 04:35:15 PM
Post by: ruby_onix on April 08, 2003, 05:18:42 PM
256 Megabit is 32 Megabytes. Nowhere near one gig.
Although they don't mention that limitation in the GBA's specs on Nintendo's website anymore (they did since before the GBA launched), so maybe the GBA SP doesn't have that limitation
Post by: Grey Ninja on April 09, 2003, 12:09:56 AM
Anyways, I would like to point out another glaring problem with this. Neither the GBA CPU or sound capability is up to par for what you are suggesting. Decoding MPEG4 movies is more than the GBA CPU can handle. The GBA can run windows AVI format movies, but they are large, and seldom worth the trouble.
Post by: EL Pollo DIablos on April 09, 2003, 06:21:10 AM
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Originally posted by: ruby_onix
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), so maybe the GBA SP doesn't have that limitation
Didn't nintendo say the SP was the same inside as the normal GBA??
El Pollo Diablos
Post by: Tokerev on April 09, 2003, 11:04:16 AM
Post by: Fammy2000 on April 09, 2003, 11:43:49 AM
A better solution would to sell the videos online and then transfer to your SD Card via computer and then put into the GBA.
But since the Gamecube is a "games only" device I doubt we will see my drug induced idea.
Post by: kennyb27 on April 09, 2003, 01:22:01 PM
QuoteAh, the sad reason behind this is because there are evil people in this world who buy one of these and use them to burn all of their GB games that they ever wanted on to one single cartridge. As mentioned, the cost to mass produce this would be incredibly high and not worth it. But sure, if you're point is who would like it, I would, but not for some 70 dollars a game.
And i have been looking on websites, when i found 1gb carts. Thats why i mentioned it.
Post by: Grey Ninja on April 10, 2003, 12:56:13 AM
The biggest N64 game was 512Mb (that's 64MB)
The biggest current GBA game is 256Mb (that's 32MB)
In order to fit a movie onto a GBA cart, you would need some miracle compression that would scrunch a 2 hour movie into 32MB. Such an algorithm would likely take a great deal of processing power to decode. The GBA's CPU is NOT powerful enough to decode Divx, MPEG4, WMV, or whatever else you might think of. If you were to use an uncompressed AVI, you would need to reduce the resolution to about 1 pixel by 1 pixel in order to fit it on the cart.
Can't we just use our consoles to play games anymore?
Post by: Grey Ninja on April 21, 2003, 01:52:52 PM
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Originally posted by: Fammy2000
Nintendo could release a GBA SD Card adapter (they won't, but let's dream) with built in video playback. SD Cards are quickly approaching 1Gig (currently 1/2). Sure they are expensive, but we are dreaming (and costs will come down). A full length movie for the GBA screen size would actually be less than a Gig. I'll just guess randomly that 256MB would be enough for a 2 hour flick. That puts the cost for a movie card around $100. They could go the Compact Flash route instead. Those a a little cheaper.
A better solution would to sell the videos online and then transfer to your SD Card via computer and then put into the GBA.
But since the Gamecube is a "games only" device I doubt we will see my drug induced idea.
Just who in the hell are you?
Post by: Fammy2000 on April 22, 2003, 04:21:57 AM
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Just who in the hell are you?
Dude, that was all luck. I was just dreaming about how to do it. Maybe I should make obscure GBA peripherals
Post by: NickNiteQ93 on April 23, 2003, 05:11:53 PM
Post by: Gamefreak on April 23, 2003, 10:03:36 PM
Stick on of those battery/screen things on it and you'll have almost an hour of play time! weeeeUm...obviously the GBA will not get an SD card adaptor. But one was announced for the GCN since it was unveiled. If they still release that.....
Then you could hook your GBA to your GCN and have the GCN do the processing and the GBA do the screening
But of course that presents some probs:1. You're TV is right there in front of you.
2. Nintendo is never going to get the rights for movies and put them on SD cards that cost more than GCN games
Now on the other hand....download MP3's from your comp and listen to em whilst playing Animal Crossing 2 or the Sims or Burnout or something....
Post by: Tokerev on April 24, 2003, 07:39:22 AM
Post by: Gamefreak on April 24, 2003, 11:42:26 AM
And the video will suck. SUCK. GBA is as capable as running movies as the SNES, exept half the resolution, about....
Post by: Chiphead on April 27, 2003, 11:27:01 AM
Post by: Grey Ninja on April 27, 2003, 04:03:53 PM
Post by: joeamis on May 01, 2003, 03:40:17 PM
without commercials it would be about 20 minutes long
i think that could be done, maybe 2 episodes per cart
and sell it for like 18 bucks
I know you can easily get them on vhs and dvd but i believe having it on gba would
actually be popular too, people will want to watch them on the bus ride to school
or in the car when traveling with parents
Post by: BlkPaladin on May 01, 2003, 07:48:37 PM
Post by: Windwaker on May 07, 2003, 03:58:30 PM
Post by: Beave on May 13, 2003, 05:38:55 AM
Do you think users would be able to encode there own video and hence encode at greater then 10 FPS and at what ever resolution? That would be really good if you could, but i suspect that the way they're going to make money off it would be in selling the movies. Does the adapter do any processing or is it left to the GBA CPU? If thats the case maybe greater quality cant be attained.
I don't expect anyone to really know but thought to add some comments for discussion.
Post by: Kulock on May 13, 2003, 11:43:44 AM
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Originally posted by: joeamis
could they fit an episode of Pokemon on a gba cart?
without commercials it would be about 20 minutes long
i think that could be done, maybe 2 episodes per cart
and sell it for like 18 bucks
Are you quoting from the news? 4Kids announced that very thing for Yu-Gi-Oh and Pokémon, GBA-TV. Two episodes, VCR-like controls, carts around $20...
If you weren't cheating, you called it, alright...
Post by: joeamis on May 15, 2003, 03:10:46 PM
wow this isn't the first time i've thought a company "stole my idea" lol
Post by: wizards23 on May 19, 2003, 03:01:49 PM
Post by: oohhboy on May 20, 2003, 03:35:27 AM
