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Beginners > Ok I am a total noob

#41679 - gomp - Sun May 01, 2005 3:17 am

I know what I want to do with the game boy, all it needs to do is a few calculations and give me the out put, graphics can be almost null, So what soft ware do I need to write a program like this, I know I am gonna need that little GBA cart thing to put the program onto so I can run it in the GBA, but besides that what code runs the best on a GBA what do I need to get this project off the ground?

#41690 - zazery - Sun May 01, 2005 5:31 am

I believe all of your questions are answered in the "Frequently Asked Questions *READ FIRST!*" topic at the top of the beginners forum. If there is anything you don't understand there please post here and I'm sure someone will be able to help.

#41732 - yaustar - Sun May 01, 2005 4:10 pm

Define a 'few calculations'.. wouldnt a calculator be more approiate?
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#41867 - ymalik - Mon May 02, 2005 5:10 pm

You'll have to tell us more about your project.

#41903 - roBster - Mon May 02, 2005 11:19 pm

zazery wrote:
I believe all of your questions are answered in the "Frequently Asked Questions *READ FIRST!*" topic at the top of the beginners forum. If there is anything you don't understand there please post here and I'm sure someone will be able to help.


Would you guys recommend this before other FAQ's ?

#41907 - yaustar - Mon May 02, 2005 11:46 pm

Yes. :)
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#41954 - gomp - Tue May 03, 2005 7:20 pm

basically I want the gameboy to calculat the speeds of a ball and a wheel and the momentum of the ball and when It will fall into the wheel and what area of the wheel it will fall into when it does fall.
kinda like that big ass thing those guys made in the 70's for roulette.
with a wireless game link and another game boy set up to play a sound or just say the numbers where it should land.
I think I would have enought power to do it cause well a home built computer from the 70's did. But you guys would know better than me
I have been wanting to learn C for a while maybe greed will be the motivation I needed :P

#41976 - yaustar - Tue May 03, 2005 10:08 pm

Learn how to do it in C console first before even thinking about doing it for the GBA.. You have a lot less power on the GBA to calculate a simulation like that then on a PC, and if you cant do it on a PC, well......
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#41981 - tepples - Tue May 03, 2005 10:39 pm

And if you need graphics to make the output of the simulation, use the Allegro library. That's what I started on before I learned the GBA.
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