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Help help w/GBA Roms . how do i play them ?

I'm assuming you want to use the Gameboid emulator, so here are the steps for that:

1) Download Gameboid from the Market.

2) Download the gba_bio.bin file on your computer (I got it here: gba_bios.bin)

3) Hook your Droid up to your computer with the USB cable, pull down the notifications window and select "USB connected" and then Mount.

4) Go to your SD card and create a folder (I used "games") and then a folder for your Gameboid bios and roms (I used "gameboid") so you have sdcard/games/gameboid.

5) Copy the gba_bios.bin into the gameboid folder.

6) Download .gba rom files for the games you want and put them in the same folder.

7) Turn off USB Storage, open gameboid, navigate to your gameboid folder and load the rom.

8) Start playing!
 
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I saw the Rom for Pokemon Emerald mentioned in another thread and id like to start with that.

And if you want the Pokemon Emerald rom, just search Google for "pokemon emerald rom" and you should find it in the first few results.

I'm not sure for all of the emulators, but I don't think you have to download a bios for SNESoid or NESoid... all you have to do is add the roms to your SD card.
 
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I'm assuming you want to use the Gameboid emulator, so here are the steps for that:

1) Download Gameboid from the Market.

2) Download the gba_bio.bin file on your computer (I got it here: gba_bios.bin)

3) Hook your Droid up to your computer with the USB cable, pull down the notifications window and select "USB connected" and then Mount.

4) Go to your SD card and create a folder (I used "games") and then a folder for your Gameboid bios and roms (I used "gameboid") so you have sdcard/games/gameboid.

5) Copy the gba_bios.bin into the gameboid folder.

6) Download .gba rom files for the games you want and put them in the same folder.

7) Turn off USB Storage, open gameboid, navigate to your gameboid folder and load the rom.

8) Start playing!


thank you man!! I really appreciate not flaming me . Ive seen bits and pieces of this but this is great .

These were the most concise directions that I have found and wham, Games galore .

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I have a Motorola Droid & wanted the gba emulator light. & it told me to specify my BIOS. So then I downloaded it from a website, but now What? ? It still says I need to specify. Do I need a computer? Any way to do it without a computer?

Mount your phone onto your PC, go to your SD card, make a folder called "Games", in that folder make another one called "Gameboid". Put your .bin file in the Gameboid folder. When you get a rom for a game, put your rom into the Gameboid folder as well.

It's written in like the 2nd post.
 
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Hi. I just got the Samsung Fascinate. This is my first smartphone, so i've never downloaded apps. Anyway, I downloaded a gba_bios.bin file and I created the subfolder "gameboids" inside the "game" folder and moved all the roms I downloaded to the gameboid folder. Now here's what happens

1) I open the gameboid app
2) it asks me to select a ROM and it presents a list of all my roms
/sdcard/games/gameboides
3) I select gba_bios.bin
4) the screen transitions to show a gameboy controller with buttons to click on (they vibrate)
5)This is where I get lost. I have no idea what to do afterward. I did everything but actually load the ROM.

Can you help me?

THANKS!!!
 
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Is there a way to load games back up without buying the full version? If not, is there another gba emulator that does do this? TIA

I believe the free version allows game saves, just no save states.

Many emulation sites are getting shut down because of emulation being illegal and all.

Just do a google search and you should be able to find at least one working link.

Emulation is not illegal. Having ROMS of games you don't own is. Luckily, however, the law doesn't bother near as much as it used to, with the most commonly emulated systems being dead.

Something about the idea of using a full Wii controller to play a game on a cell phone screen seems rather funny!

That's why I got the game gripper. Not quite as nice, but much more compact / discrete.
 
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