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The Datel '''''Advance Game Port''''' was a Game Boy Advance emulator for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] that allowed playing physical cartridges through a hardware peripheral. It also allowed creating cheats for Game Boy Advance games. Unlike the [[Game Boy Player]], it uses software emulation, leading to compatibility problems with some games. | The Datel '''''Advance Game Port''''' was a Game Boy Advance emulator for the [[Nintendo GameCube]] that allowed playing physical cartridges through a hardware peripheral. It also allowed creating cheats for Game Boy Advance games. Unlike the [[Game Boy Player]], it uses software emulation, leading to compatibility problems with some games. | ||
== Emulation Information == | |||
=== IPL ROM Dump Required === | |||
Advance Game Port will always crash at boot or freeze in a black screen unless '''Skip BIOS''' is disabled and DSP LLE is selected. '''Skip BIOS''' can only be disabled if an IPL dump from a real GameCube is present in User/GC. | |||
== Problems == | == Problems == | ||
=== Random Hangs === | === Random Hangs === | ||
Due to improper GPU timings, frames finish too quickly and GBA games will randomly hang. Dualcore is more stable than Single Core, but both will hang fairly often. | Due to improper GPU timings, frames finish too quickly and GBA games will randomly hang. Dualcore is more stable than Single Core, but both will hang fairly often. | ||
=== <s>Crash after selecting a menu item</s> === | === <s>Crash after selecting a menu item</s> === | ||
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== Version Compatibility == | == Version Compatibility == | ||
{{VersionCompatibility}} | {{VersionCompatibility}} | ||
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{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|4.0-5103|**|Crashes when selecting a menu item}} | {{VersionCompatibilityVersion|4.0-5103|**|Crashes when selecting a menu item}} | ||
{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|4.0-5382|***|AGP Support Fixes}} | {{VersionCompatibilityVersion|4.0-5382|***|AGP Support Fixes}} | ||
{{VersionCompatibilityVersion|4.0-5487|***|Better Save Support}} | {{VersionCompatibilityVersion|4.0-5487|***|Better Save Support}} | ||
{{VersionCompatibilityClose}} | {{VersionCompatibilityClose}} | ||
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{{testing/start}} | {{testing/start}} | ||
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{{testing/entry|revision=4.0-8445|OS=Windows 7|CPU=Intel Core i5 3570K @ 3.8GHz|GPU=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760|result=Can run games, but they crash randomly unfortunately. Requires an IPL dump to boot currently.|tester=JMC47}} | {{testing/entry|revision=4.0-8445|OS=Windows 7|CPU=Intel Core i5-3570K @ 3.8GHz|GPU=NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760|result=Can run games, but they crash randomly unfortunately. Requires an IPL dump to boot currently.|tester=JMC47}} | ||
{{testing/end}} | {{testing/end}} | ||