I've done a tiny bit of GBA coding and quite enjoyed it, mostly working off
this book
The GBA has a nice architecture and is a good start for beginning console programming. Good luck!
GameBoy Advanced Programming
Yeah I started out developing on the commodore 64 and would love to make games for fun
thanks for the link. its awesome
thanks for the link. its awesome
Your options are to use C,C++, or Object Pascal for development for Gameboy advance(See delphigamer.com for information). Visit gbadev.com and take a look at the links and forums. That should be enough to get you started.
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Quote:Original post by Tesl
I've done a tiny bit of GBA coding and quite enjoyed it, mostly working off
this book
The GBA has a nice architecture and is a good start for beginning console programming. Good luck!
I second this link, with a vengeance. If you want to learn how to program for the Gameboy Advance, this is the best place to do it. The author was originally told to write a book about gba programming, but because of legal issues surrounding a linker cord (or something to that extent), the book was never published, but here it is online.
While this link is not totally exclusive, it is the best place to start.
I was trying out a pong clone a while ago and decided to stop just because it wasn't really getting anywhere. Big help came from Neil...
I mostly used DevKit Advance and this article. Again, huge thanks goes to Neil for the help. He was responsible for Mortal Konsole for the GBA which inspired me to try out GBA development in the first place. My conclusion? Man, Nintendo doesn't like its developers as much as Microsoft does...
I mostly used DevKit Advance and this article. Again, huge thanks goes to Neil for the help. He was responsible for Mortal Konsole for the GBA which inspired me to try out GBA development in the first place. My conclusion? Man, Nintendo doesn't like its developers as much as Microsoft does...
I was surprised that no one has mentioned GBA dev.org yet. There are a few libraries that are freely available SGADE and HAMlib from memory.
I also recommend The Pern Project and TONC as tutorials.
Me and a friend did try to make a small MGS2 2D clone a while ago but the code was a mess due to poor exprience and project management.
[Edited by - yaustar on June 17, 2006 7:33:41 AM]
I also recommend The Pern Project and TONC as tutorials.
Me and a friend did try to make a small MGS2 2D clone a while ago but the code was a mess due to poor exprience and project management.
[Edited by - yaustar on June 17, 2006 7:33:41 AM]
Quote:Original post by nick5454You can't use C# of DirectX on GBA. Everything is done with hardware. I would reccomend trying the HAM library and VisualHAM as for the IDE. You don't have to use a library though, programming the GBA isn't very difficult at all.
I want to write a pokemon spin off for my sone on GBA.
Can I write it in c#/Directx and when I compile will that be ok?
Or what libraries should I use? This is a typical 2D game for the gameboy.
I have the schematics for the hardware, so my only question is the libraries I should use.
Thanks,
Nick
Here is a free book about GBA programming by Jonathan Harbour. It uses C but you can also use C++.
Good luck [smile]
P.S. The picture is something I just whipped up in a couple minutes. See, hardware programming is easy (I'm a bad programmer so I like easy)! No libraries needed!
[Edited by - DigiDude on June 17, 2006 2:27:41 PM]
Hey thanks everyone!
That link to john harbour is absoluely awesome. Ive read half the book and gba programming is sooo cool. Screw an OS!
It reminds me back in the day when I made video games in do and was messing with hardware as close ap possible.
GBA rules!!
thanks for all the links, thier absoultely great. And I cant wait for my MBV2 cable to arrive.
Thanks all
Nick
That link to john harbour is absoluely awesome. Ive read half the book and gba programming is sooo cool. Screw an OS!
It reminds me back in the day when I made video games in do and was messing with hardware as close ap possible.
GBA rules!!
thanks for all the links, thier absoultely great. And I cant wait for my MBV2 cable to arrive.
Thanks all
Nick
Hey thanks everyone!
That link to john harbour is absoluely awesome. Ive read half the book and gba programming is sooo cool. Screw an OS!
It reminds me back in the day when I made video games in do and was messing with hardware as close ap possible.
GBA rules!!
thanks for all the links, thier absoultely great. And I cant wait for my MBV2 cable to arrive.
Thanks all
Nick
That link to john harbour is absoluely awesome. Ive read half the book and gba programming is sooo cool. Screw an OS!
It reminds me back in the day when I made video games in do and was messing with hardware as close ap possible.
GBA rules!!
thanks for all the links, thier absoultely great. And I cant wait for my MBV2 cable to arrive.
Thanks all
Nick
lol. When i first downloaded that GBA programming book I read the whole thing in one sitting, heh =)
Unfortunately got other projects on the go, but hope to do some more GBA coding soon =)
Unfortunately got other projects on the go, but hope to do some more GBA coding soon =)
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