#90134 - gauauu - Wed Jun 28, 2006 3:54 pm
So there's a new book out there that attempts to tell people how to program for GBA. Retro Gaming Hacks. I saw this in my local Barnes n Noble, and flipped it open.
There's a chapter near the end that gives a crash course in GBA programming. I didn't take the time to check for accuracy, but hopefully it'll be better than Harbour's book, or we'll have another one to constantly tell people to avoid :)
I did enjoy that it mentioned www.gbadev.org, though!
#90159 - Fatnickc - Wed Jun 28, 2006 6:25 pm
I'm surprised Nintendo didn't give them a C&D, but I suppose that any book publisising the homebrew scene can't do too much wrong, other than stir up a fair few FAQ-able questions.
#90194 - tepples - Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:33 pm
What would be the best way to describe the differences between this and other books and recommended practice? Something like "The Annotated Annotated C Standard"?
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#90196 - Cearn - Wed Jun 28, 2006 9:47 pm
I saw this in a store a few months ago. I can't remember exactly what it said, but I do clearly remember going "Ah, crap!" at some point, and that it uses Devkit Advance.
#90263 - sgeos - Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:55 am
| Fatnickc wrote: |
| I'm surprised Nintendo didn't give them a C&D |
They may have. Who knows, maybe the publishers lawyers said no. At any rate, the gba is being phased out and it's not worth fighting over.
-Brendan
#90276 - tepples - Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:36 am
| sgeos wrote: |
| At any rate, the gba is being phased out |
Even while it's still outselling the DS? And once the GBA is phased out, will flash equipment still be available? Case in point: When I first got into GBA homebrew, nobody was selling GBC homebrew equipment. I worry that by the time the Game Boy Evolution (rumored name) comes out, all the DS stuff will be Slot-1 flash cards and SD adapters.
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#90286 - Fatnickc - Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:34 am
| sgeos wrote: |
| Fatnickc wrote: | | I'm surprised Nintendo didn't give them a C&D |
They may have. Who knows, maybe the publishers lawyers said no. At any rate, the gba is being phased out and it's not worth fighting over.
-Brendan |
But the last time J Harbour tried to get his book published, which was fairly recently, he got shot down before taking off..
#90379 - zzo38computer - Fri Jun 30, 2006 12:18 am
It even has ZZT, which I used before and it is very good. And even about printing manuals and packages for homebrew games, and other stuff. To make and sell GBA game, you can do the same for NDS game, just on GBA cartridge and use FlashMe or FWNITRO or Datel MaxMediaLauncher to run that game from GBA slot.
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#90560 - MrD - Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:45 pm
What has ZZT?
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