Author Topic: How does the Gameboy Player work? (Read 9886 times)

theaveng · « **on:** March 10, 2003, 06:06:09 AM »

I figure there's three possibilities:
(1) It's a software emulator that makes your GameCube think it's a Gameboy.
(2) It's the actual Gameboy hardware, but replaces the LCD with the BameCube's display.
(3) Totally different hardware.

Which one is the correct answer?

RickPowers · « **Reply #1 on:** March 10, 2003, 07:59:21 AM »

As we've stated several times, the answer is number 2.

The Game Boy Player uses an actual GBA circuit board and chips, and the boot disc (or however they're going to do it in the US, since we're told there won't be one stateside) simply tells the GCN to look there, and offers an interface for the controls and display.

theaveng · « **Reply #2 on:** March 10, 2003, 05:02:18 PM »

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As we've stated several times, the answer is number 2.

Was that rude reply necessary? NO. Just answer the question, smile nicely, and then move on.

EL Pollo DIablos · « **Reply #3 on:** March 11, 2003, 01:19:38 AM »

Yeah but as he says 'several times'.......
Read the impressions and reviews about the GB-Player.

(moving on)

El Pollo Diablos

RickPowers · « **Reply #4 on:** March 11, 2003, 06:22:45 AM »

It wasn't meant to be a rude reply, so you might want to consider not letting your personal feelings about me color what you're reading. There was no rudeness in that reply.

Edisim · « **Reply #5 on:** March 12, 2003, 02:53:30 PM »

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Originally posted by: RickPowers
As we've stated several times, the answer is number 2.

The Game Boy Player uses an actual GBA circuit board and chips, and the boot disc (or however they're going to do it in the US, since we're told there won't be one stateside) simply tells the GCN to look there, and offers an interface for the controls and display.

Has anyone, like Lik-sang.com, opened up a GBplayer yet? It probably is an actual circuit board, but with Nintendo emulating NES games on GBA, and N64 games on GCN, I wouldn't be completely surprised if it turned out to be an emulator.

The Gamecube is more than powerful enough to emulate the GBA. And it would be a cheaper way to go. Even if the US version won't have a disc, this could still be so. External devices can send their own boot code to the console (like many so-called "back-up" devices of the past have), so it could theoretically have the emulator code stored on the GBplayer and then send that and the gba game's code to the GCN's memory.

Well, even if the gbplayer is actual hardware, and not an emulator, it could still send boot code to the GCN, thus negating the need and cost of printing boot discs.

And I don't think Rick was being Rude at all. He's a wrestling fan but he's not the Ravishing one.

kennyb27 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 12, 2003, 03:45:27 PM »

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It probably is an actual circuit board, but with Nintendo emulating NES games on GBA, and N64 games on GCN, I wouldn't be completely surprised if it turned out to be an emulator.

The thing about that is that they are not really emulating the game. They ported the game. The GBA/GCN does not have an emulator that can do that. By making it the actual GBA circuit board, Nintendo not only ensures the quality, but also the endurance.

Gibdo Master · « **Reply #7 on:** March 12, 2003, 05:14:46 PM »

Yeah, if it was an emulator they may run into problems with it not being compatible with later GBA games. Using the actual GBA hardware ensures that all games will be 100% compatible with the GB Player.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #8 on:** March 13, 2003, 06:18:04 AM »

"It probably is an actual circuit board, but with Nintendo emulating NES games on GBA, and N64 games on GCN, I wouldn't be completely surprised if it turned out to be an emulator."

I don't think this issue is a matter of opinion or speculation. I'm pretty sure Rick is saying that's it's a PROVEN FACT that the GB Player is actual GBA hardware.

Edisim · « **Reply #9 on:** March 14, 2003, 12:07:01 PM »

Did anyone here get my "Ravishing Rick Rude" comment? No oldschool wrasslin' fans here, huh?

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It probably is an actual circuit board, but with Nintendo emulating NES games on GBA, and N64 games on GCN, I wouldn't be completely surprised if it turned out to be an emulator.
The thing about that is that they are not really emulating the game. They ported the game. The GBA/GCN does not have an emulator that can do that. By making it the actual GBA circuit board, Nintendo not only ensures the quality, but also the endurance.

They ported the games? Well, I don't know about Zelda, but those NES games that you can play on the GBA with the E-reader are emulated. And those NES games in Animal Crossing were emulated. And the original Metroid hidden in Metroid Prime is emulated. Why port game after game when you can write one emulator that will play all those games? And if you think there would be different compatability problems from game to game, you'd probably be right. But those can be addressed individually in a config file/log of sorts. (Anyone remember the N64 emulator Ultra-HLE?) And it is possible to use an emulator with an actual cartridge; you just read the ROM data at bootup and dump the whole thing into memory along with the emulator.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #10 on:** March 14, 2003, 12:48:06 PM »

"Did anyone here get my "Ravishing Rick Rude" comment? No oldschool wrasslin' fans here, huh?"

I did but what was I supposed to respond with? "Gosh I liked your wrestling reference."

Edisim · « **Reply #11 on:** March 15, 2003, 10:31:31 PM »

Okay, okay, Iansane... whatever you say, man. Just don't hit me with that rude awakening.. I'm going a little off topic here, but do you remember that week when he made appearances on ECW, WWF, and WCW's tv shows as he was working for ECW and one of the other companies, then left both of them for the thir? Anyway, I just wanted to see if anyone else here has been following wrestling for more than a few years...

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