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{{#seo: |title= (Handheld) - GameBrew |title_mode=append |image=smsakuw2.png |image_alt=Unofficial SMSAdvance }} The Unofficial SMS Advance is a a fork of [[SMSAdvance GBA|SMSAdvance]] v2.0 to include compression support (experimental). Originally made by FluBBa, it is a SEGA Master System & Game Gear emulator for the GBA. You can also play SG-1000 games on it. Do note, you will need Python 2.x and Apack software to be able to compress files. ==User guide== ===Compression=== There are two programs required for compression. The first is sms.hack.py. It compresses 128KB of a ROM and decompresses it whenever it is needed. The result is that ROMs compressed with this will have more of a delay for things like saving, closing the L+R menu, etc. The second is sm2.py. It compresses 16KB of a ROM, however it only needs to do so once (at the start). Because less is compressed, the compression ratio is obviously reduced. It is possible to use either one on a ROM-by-ROM basis, so it's up to you on which you prefer. ===How to use=== Download [https://www.ibsensoftware.com/products_aPACK.html apack.exe] and copy it into the same directory as sms.hack.py/sm2.py. Run <code>sms.hack.py rom.sms rom.smh</code> or <code>sm2.py rom.sms rom.sm2</code>. Either rename the new rom back to .sms or, if using SMSAdvance as a plugin under [[PogoShell GBA|PogoShell]], leave the name alone and add two entries under pogo.cfg: * <code>smh 1 smsadvance.mbz 2</code> * <code>sm2 1 smsadvance.mbz 2</code> After that you can build a compilation or build a pogoshell image. ==Changelog== '''v2.0k 2006/09/10''' * Added compression support. ==External links== * Author's website - [https://web.archive.org/web/20150430211129/http://kuwanger.net/gba/smsadvance/ http://kuwanger.net/gba/smsadvance/] (archived)

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