Visual Boy Zune (GB/GBC Emu.)
UPDATED!!
This is the first Gameboy Classic and Gameboy Color Emulator for the Zune HD!!! You can play any Gameboy or Gameboy Color games just so you have the ROM for it….. Google’s your friend.
Controls:
- Use the Select your roms from the Rom Selection Screen on first boot up.
- Use the D-Pad to move, Action buttons “A” and “B”, as well as the start, select, and menu button(which changes layout)
- To exit the app simply push the home button, but be aware that if you have a pin, or want to play DRM’d music, you must restart your zune.
- Read the Read-Me for extra controls and functions such as how to add ROM’s and ROM art.
- Place ROMS in the rom folder under content in the zip, then run deploykit.exe
Current Build Status:
- VBA-M builds targeted to OpenZDK
- Display works
- Input works
- Dumb layout selector works
- Choppy Sound
- GBA games now work!!
- Game Saves work!!
- Supports custom Layouts!!
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When I start the app up, it gives me three game to choose from. None of them are Pokemon. Help pleasee?
Cha0s you must “acquire” the pokemon rom. Those games are just samples that just come with the emulator… Google is your friend, just make sure the extension is either .gbc or .gb
Read the Read-Me included with the download.
for the screen shot for the emu there is the legend of zelda a link to the past is that real or just a screen shot….. and when i put the image for a game and put .png after it doesn’t work help please
Are you trying to put .png after the rom? or the picture file? And yes legend of zelda does work
after the picture i put .png and after the rom i .zip i have a bunch of roms on there but its annoying to remember which one is which lol what im i doing wrong. and send me the link of the site from where you got zelda for cuz i looked all over the net and couldnt find it
you have to make sure that both the .zip and the .gbc/.gb inside the zip are the same exact name, same with the pictures…… Example:
mario.zip
>mario.gb
mario.png
Then redeploy
Are you still working on getting sound and gameboy advance games to work? I don’t want to loose my saves if I re-deploy the app because a new version of this app got released.
Where do I find the pngs for the games?
I went to ********* Anyone know of a better site?
NEVERMIND I gott ittttttt I just made paint pngs HAHA
were did you get the rom for legend of zelda for the screen shot? and when i downloaded the roms they were unpacked and had the same names as the picture and when i put .png after it still didnt work
so i go to ********* and i download the color roms to a folder on my computer. I then proceed and say extract all, i get a read me notice(and i already read the README for the VBA) and *game name*.gb with a blank paper as the icon. I’m not good at this and I don’t know what to do now so i can play my games. HELP PLEASE
I am having problems deploying the games. If I don’t add any games, it deploys fine, but when I try to add any games, it gives me an error message “Invaled file name. Max file length os 40. [exception from fault code 103]”
I don’t know what is wrong because none of my file names are 40 characters. Help please.
I also cannot find legend of zelda anywhere
were did you find the legend of zelda rom
does anyone actually know how 2 get extra roms on?
don’t unzip the rom. Just put that zip file in the rom folder and it will work.
People. roms go inside the roms folder inside of a zip file…. example:::
roms
___zelda.png
___zelda.zip
______ zelda.gb
___mario.png
___mario.zip
______mario.gb
You can get pngs from google, just search, same as roms.
DO NOT LINK ROM SITES AS IT IS ILLEGAL!!!
If this continues to be an issue people who link sites will no longer be able to comment!!
wheres the ROM folder? in VBA files?
nvm, sorry for the confusion, for that 2 work, what must i put in the ROM folder for a single game?
sorry again, how to i get the .png?
Its Okay, the actual rom must be in a zip archive. the picture just goes straight in the roms folder. You can use winzip, etc to place the .gb file inside a zip. NOT RAR
Whenever I try to put it on, it says the specified thumbnail image does not exist, even though it is right there, and has the same name and everything
yes I also had that problem can someone please help
ok so i have the rom on my comp and i can play it on my pc, but i have no idea how to get it on my zune, and i tried the “read me” files but all they say is that the site i downoladed it from is not the host to the game but that the copyright belongs to the author of the game… it says nothing about how to get it on the zune… would really like some help please
i cant get the png thing 2 work.
when i move the zip to the rom it doesnt appear, but somehow the tetris image magically appeared when i didnt mean 2 do anything(i have it on my zune now) but i cant get images
I cant re-deploy the app after i add roms.. It gives me a com exception. ->
[COMException]
Could not connect to ThunderX91(my zune’s name). Make sure the device is connected, a game is not already running, the screen is not locked, and the Zune software is not running your computer.
I’ve checked all of them and nothing is working. I am trying to deploy the Legend of Zelda – Oracle of Ages and Seasons and neither works. Please someone give me some help. Thanks in advanced
i need help i dont understand how to put a pic for the rom please i have tryed what it says in the “read me” part but i still dont get in i need someone to put maybe a video up? and how do you delete roms because i got one i dont want and another that is a deplicate of another need so much help
hey thunder, restart your zune then try it again, if that doesnt work, restart your comp 2
ok, i understand how to add everything into the proper folders and i can deploy the app to my zune but when i try to start the app it starts to load then the screen goes black and i end up back at my home screen. i’ve deployed multiple times but the results are always the same. not sure if i’m doing something wrong
neverming, i’ve been able to start up the app now, not sure what i did
hey guys
if anyone wants pokemon silver just email me
zaydyboy@hotmail.com
and if anyone has super mario bros or zelda it would be really awesome if you shared
peace
If you need help with “obtaining” roms/ add me on windows live messenger/msn…. husker91@sbcglobal.net
Okay, so i have got the roms in .zip on, with the images as .png, and when i launch the app, i have of every game
i mean i have 2 of every game
how do i get the .png’s?
Ok, To get the pictures applied to each ROM, First get a picture you want for your ROM, Second make sure its in .png file type (you can learn this by right clicking the picture and looking at its properties) if its not I reccomend opening it up with paint (right click it and choose “open with” then choose “paint”) Now click “file” then “Save as” and then there should be a “save as type” if you can, change that to .png. Now you gotta save that into ROMs folder in the content folder. Now, change the name of your picture to be EXACTLY the name of you Zip folder (ROM) (if you don’t know how to rename it all you have to do is right click it and then choose “rename”) Now double click the zip folder, in it there should be a file ALSO rename that file to be the same. Now after you redeploy the app it should all work out. If it doesn’t work, tell me. I tried to make it as fool proof as possible.
Oh yeah, and if you get stuck at any one of my instructions then tell me.
will photoshop work 2?
nevermind
what roms are capyrighted and are illegal 2 use?
@helpless
All of them are except some homebrews.
I’m pretty sure none of the copy rights are recent if its on the Gameboy Color. :p I got pokemon yellow and its copy righted from 1997 to 1999 (or something close to that) so I’m pretty sure that the company can’t press charges but they might get mad.
when i deployed everything, it said the name was over 40characters (it was exactly 40, not over), so i deleted the files that were exactly and now it says it cant find them (i restarted the deply after deleting). any help?
@Predator, thank you for giving straightforward answers, do u know if mario and donkey kong are copyrighted?
No Predator, all games except some hombrews are copyrighted and illegal to download. Copyrights last a long time. Even Atari games are still copyrighted.
Of course, you most likely wont get caught from downloading these games, but it is still illegal.
Oh really? Dang it……… hmm I might think twice about downloading another ROM. BTW, Helpless, Check your zune to see if the rom got on there anyway, if It didn’t try whittling down the name of the zip file and the file inside. (I got that error too and I’m not exactly sure how I fixed it) For example “Super mario bros 3″ to “Mario” (Keep in mind that you have to change the .png picture name too if you do that)
@ indee13, Your pic looks like a bleeding children’s drawing of a cloud…….. Just had to point that out……
Btw not trying to be a bad influence but think about it, there are millions of people who download roms and you might be one of them. How is nintendo gonna catch you, one person out of a million, downloading roms. And another thing is NINTENDO DOESN’T EVEN SELL GAMEBOY COLOR GAMES ANYMORE!!!!!!!!! How can they be mad?!?!?! (if there is this secret site made by Nintendo where they sell gameboy color games tell me, I’m pretty sure there’s not) I guess you may be stealing from some random chump trying to sell an ancient gameboy game on ebay or something though, but not really anyone else…….. Food for thought………
anyone know how to download some cheats for it ??
When ever i put in a game in the roms folder and try and play it , it doesn’t seem to want to work? i get the picture of it working and all but when i try and play the game it wont play?
@predator
Nintendo does not want people do download roms because they might have plans to resell the games. They wouldn’t sell them as gameboy carts, but they might release them for other systems. For example, they might create a DS game that is a bundle of gameboy games. The chances of someone getting caught downloading roms is very slim though.
@Theuser13
You can’t put cheats on it.
@Jelly
Is a picture of the game itself showing up, or is it only the layout that is showing with a black screen?
@Predator, i tried changing the file name and it still didnt work
@dooglehead
i go into the app and has the black layout and all the game’s i put in it. it only plays the games that it came with but nothing i put in. is there something i need to do?
You should do a Game Boy Advance or PSP emulator for the zune .. that would be awesome !!
how would he put the L and R triggers ?
@ Jelly
have you played the game Acceleroid by DiNo Games before? it is kind of like breakout and space invadors combined. the developer has “triggers” by tapping down on the top (actually the side, but it is played in landscape) of the zune, not on the screen but on the side. im not sure exactly how this works but it could possibly be used for a gameboy advance.
o and on your comment above, i had the same problem too, but i got 2 games to work by adding an image (just copy the file title and rename the pic title the same as the file but with a .png at the end (instead of .gbc) then add the picture to
VbaMZuneDeployer>data>content>roms
for some reason the games didnt have the pictures on as an icon, but i figured out where they are and they work, so can’t rlly complain… hope this helps
so if saying the website that u get the roms can some one email it to me at st.scheel@hotmail.com
Nice, I like it. Also, for roms… #####.com
don’t add illegal links
Hey in the beginning the gameboy app worked but then out of know where it stoped working it just shows a blank screens
any help?????????
For some reason my VB doesn’t work Ive tried countless times to make it work, uninstalled and reinstalled, but all it does it make the loading logo then back to swipe. dosent go to any games or anything. wondering if anyone can help me fix this?
Some people over at zuneboards.com found a way to add sound. They left out where to save it so i dont know how to get it to work. Any help?
Here is how to get .png pictures that you can use for your roms. (note, i made this comment to be foolproof, so if i overexplain, you have my apologies.) The official Visual Boy Zune website has a good amount of rom pictures that you can use and are free. (if they don’t have the one you want, there is a link that i havent tried, but has more pictures.) i will put a link to this site at the bottom. Anyways, first thing you’re gonna want to do when you find the picture you want is to right click (don’t ignore this part because you think you’re a smartass and dont need this)and selct open with… Then select Paint and go to save as. At the bottom of the menu thing that comes up is a thing that says save as type. Select PNG (*.PNG). Now shift your attention to the side of the menu. Go to desktop (or wherever you saved visual boy zune) and double click VBA to open it. Now open the file VbaMZuneDeployer inside it, then open the file Data inside that, then open the file Content inside that, then open the file Roms inside that. NOW HIT THE SAVE BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MENU THING!!! (Sorry for freaking out, but if you didnt, all those steps from just now would be wasted). Anyways, now close Paint and open the VBA file from wherever you have it saved (double click it). Now open ALL the files you just opened in the SAME ORDER. You should end up in the roms file wherew you just saved your new picture. Now, rename the picture so it has the EXACT same name as the zipped (compressed) folder containing the rom you wanted it for. It is NOT neccassarry to make it end in .png. Now you hit the back button until you end up in the file that contains the file “deploykit.” open (double-click) it and when the security warning comes up (it does on mine dunno about yours) hit run. When the visual boy zune thing pops up, hit deploy to deploy Visual Boy zune with your new picture(s).And you’re done!!! Congrats on the snazzy new pictures. Note; You can, and probably will, do this for all of your roms. Now, for the link I promised, here it is: http://visualboyzune.com/tiki-index.php?page=Rom+Icons.
HOPE THIS HELPS
Just copy and paste it into the http space at the top of the browser. Note, I MADE THIS MOSTLY BY EXPERIENCE THOUGH I DID READ SEVERAL POSTS FROM SEVERAL SITES TO HELP ME FIGURE THIS OUT. That is all. Note, I like to write notes like this
what happens when you re-deploy after adding roms but they dont show in the roms menu after starting the app?
never mind. its now only not working with Pokemon Crystal. anyone get that one to work?
what did the update do?
i cant deploy!!! i just get the winrar thing but i dont know what to do after that.. can someone put a video on how to put this on the zune itself please
um does any one know if you can play ur own music while you r using the emulator??
i am having trouble i dont know what to do becuase it is a zipped file
Unzip the file, then once you have all the software, deploy it.
New Version is up!!
I take it you found the one I was talking about!
Haha, sure did!
Why does it run so slow compared to the last one? I’d rather have it run faster than have sound. It’s gonna take me forever to beat Fire Red.
Is it really? Seems to be running fine for me. Ill upload the older version too for people that have problems.
Same thing for me, gb/gbc games run fine but the gba games have a lot of lag on it. I don’t know if it just requires a lot of memory or if gba games require to much from the zune.
If its just the gba games that lag then the previous version won’t help at all since it only supports gbc games. The tegra is fully capable of handling these games, It is up to the developers
I was replying to the comment saying how it was running slower for them. I was agreeing to that about how the gba games were slow and how the gb/gbc games were even slow at first.
When will the gba games be running at normal speed?
How do i even get the file on my zune???
Is the sample video at the top of the page yours? Cuz thats the same lag im getting and what i assume the others are getting too.
get roms at cool roms…..they have pretty much every rom i was looking for
after i save the file how do i unpack it every time i click the file it just opens and never gives me the option to unpack help me please
I am wondering ‘if its’ possible to trade pokemon WITH other people who have pokemon VIA zuneHD
When i click on the VBA (saved to my desktop) it opens zune software and cannot be dragged and dropped, what did i do wrong?
What website did you get your roms at? i got four of them and every time they start to deploy on my zune it stops the process.
every time i try 2 deploy it 2 my zune hd it says Invalid file name length is 40. [exception from fault code 103]
I have a few roms on mine but they all run really slow. Is there anyway make them run faster? Also, is there any way to get some off of my zune?
how do i put the roms on my zune they wont appear.
wtf man i dont know how many times ive tried but everytime i put pokemon emerald on my zune and open the app visual boy zune the screen goes black and just goes straight to the main menu on my zune ive tried downloading the rom from different sites and it still doesnt work! HELP!
Will there be any more updates? Are you still working on this project? Have you fixed the choppy sound yet?
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