Installing gpSPhone (a GameBoy Advanced emulator)

Installing gpSPhone (a GameBoy Advanced emulator)
(intel / PPC Mac/Windows/Vista)
Emulators for almost every old hunk of junk computer (I personally programmed with BASIC on an Atari 400) or video game console have been around for ages. The GameBoy Advanced is no exception. There is a project called gpSPhone which is being developed by ZodTTD with some help from NerveGas. I'm assuming you've jailbroken/activated and installed Installer and/or SSH on your iPhone already. If not, then please look here 1.1.2 Firmware Unlock for iPhone (Windows/Vista) or 1.1.2 Firmware Unlock for iPhone (Mac) .Launch Installer and click the Install icon. Press the Games folder and scoll down the list to find gpSPhone. Install the application and press Home to relaunch the SpringBoard when it has finished. When you slide to unlock, you'll see the new program icon on the SpringBoard. The application is now installed.

• Mac PPC/Intel
• To make the application run you need to get the GameBoy BIOS file which is the heart of the emulator. Simply go to Google and enter gba_bios.bin as your querry. As of right now (11/15/07) it's the first result.
• Launch Fugu. Navigate to the /Applications/gpSPhone.app folder and place the bin file there. This completes the application.
• Next you need to create a storage place for the game files (or ROMs). Navigate to /var/root/Media/
• Now click New Folder and make a folder called ROMs. Make sure this folder is created Remotely and click Create.
• Now double click the ROMs folder and click the New Folder button again. Make a folder called GBA.
• Now you need to get some games. There's a site (pdroms.de) that has a selection to choose from. If you should download a game that has a .bin extension, just change it to .gba. Only put the .gba files in the GBA folder. Once your games are installed, you need to set their permissions so that they will run. Right click each file in turn, and select Get Info.
• Check the three Executable boxes then click Apply. Repeat for the other game files.
• Play some games. When you launch gpSPhone you will see your list of installed games. Note the Settings button. Games are hit and miss as far as playability and the sound. Of the five I've tried, only Asteroids has been worth anything.
• (Windows XP / Vista)
• Launch Installer and click the Install icon. Press the Games folder and scoll down the list to find gpSPhone. Install the application and press Home to relaunch the SpringBoard when it has finished. When you slide to unlock, you'll see the new program icon on the SpringBoard. The application is now installed.
• To make the application run you need to get the GameBoy BIOS file which is the heart of the emulator. Simply go to Google and enter gba_bios.bin as your querry. As of right now (11/15/07) it's the first result.
• Launch WinSCP. Navigate to the /Applications/gpSPhone.app folder and place the bin file there. This completes the application.
• Next you need to create a storage place for the game files (or ROMs). Navigate to /var/root/Media/ Click the Create Directory button.
• Call the folder ROMs, and click OK.
• Now double click the ROMs folder and click the Create Directory button again. Call this folder GBA then click OK.
• Now you need to get some games. There's a site (pdroms.de) that has a selection to choose from. If you should download a game that has a .bin extension, just change it to .gba. Only put the .gba files in the GBA folder. Once your games are installed, you need to set their permissions so that they will run. Right click each file in turn, and select Properties.
• Check the three X boxes then click OK. Repeat for the other game files.
• Play some games. When you launch gpSPhone you will see your list of installed games. Note the Settings button. Games are hit and miss as far as playability and the sound. Of the five I've tried, only Asteroids has been worth anything.