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Wasabi
Wasabi
General
Author	FluBBa (Fredrik Ahlström)
Type	Handheld
Version	0.2.4
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2024/04/10
Links
	1.0 - 0.2.4 Download
	Website
	Source

Latest revision as of 09:00, 13 December 2024

Wasabi is a Watara Supervision emulator for the GBA. It was first release as a PogoShell plugin, the homebrew was re-released in 2022.

The release currently does not include a builder, you can use patters's Python build scripts to compile the ROM.

User guide

File:

Load Game - Select a game to load.
Load State - Load a previously saved state of the currently running game.
Save State - Save a state of the currently running game.
Save Settings - Save the current settings.
Reset Game - Reset the currently running game.

Controller:

Autofire - Choose to enable or disable autofire.
Swap A/B - Swap which GBA button is mapped to which SV button.

Display:

Gamma - Adjust the gamma ("brightness").
Contrast - Change palette contrast.
Palette - Select from different palettes.

Settings:

Speed - Switch between speed modes (Normal, 200%, Max, 50%).
Autoload State - Toggle savestate autoloading.
- Automagically load the savestate associated with the selected game.
Autosave Settings - Save settings when leaving the menu if any changes are made.
Autopause Game - Toggle if the game should pause when opening the menu.
Overclock EWRAM - Adjust waitstates on EWRAM (use at your own risk, doesn't work on Gameboy Micro).
Autosleep - Change autosleep time (see also Sleep).

Machine Settings:

Machine - Select the emulated machine.

Debug:

Debug Output - Show an FPS meter for now.
Step Frame - Emulate one frame.

Sleep:

Put the GBA into sleep mode.
Start+Select wakes up from sleep mode (activated from this menu or from 5/10/30 minutes of inactivity).

Quit Emulator:

Tries to reset the Flashcart and reboots the GBA.

Controls

GBA A/B - Supervision A/B

GBA Start - Supervision Start

GBA Select - Supervision Select

GBA D-Dad - Supervision D-Pad

L+R - Menu

Start+Select - Wake up from sleep mode

Screenshots

Changelog

V0.2.4 2024/04/10

Added sound.
Optimized CPU core.

V0.2.3 2022/10/14

Added Quit Emulator menu item.
Added Overclock EWRAM menu item.

V0.2.2 2022/10/07

Added new debug menu.
Better menu traversing.

V0.2.1 2022/09/26

First re-release of Wasabi for GBA, this time all games should "work".
Still missing sound.

V1.0 2004/11/30

First release: cpu, vram emulated.
Probably the last release as well.

Credits

Huge thanks to Loopy for the incredible PocketNES, without it this emu would probably never have been made.

Thanks to: Peter Trauner & Kevin Horton for docs about the Supervision.

Osman Celimli for docs, tests & help about the Supervision. http://tailchao.com/Wataroo/

External links

Author's website - http://hem.passagen.se/flubba/gba.html (archived)
GitHub - https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/WasabiGBA

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 {{Infobox GBA Homebrews
 |title=Wasabi
-|image=wasabigba02.png
+|image=wasabigba.png
-|description=Supervision emulator for Pogoshell.
+|description=Supervision emulator.
-|author=FluBBa (Fredrik Olsson)
+|author=FluBBa (Fredrik Ahlström)
-|lastupdated=2022/10/14
+|lastupdated=2024/04/10
 |type=Handheld
-|version=0.2.3
+|version=0.2.4
 |license=Mixed
-|download=https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/gbahomebrews/wasabigba.7z
+|downloadraw=[https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/gbahomebrews/wasabigbapogo.7z 1.0] - [https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/gbahomebrews/wasabigba.7z 0.2.4 Download]
-|website=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720235823/http://hem.passagen.se/flubba/gba.html
+|website=https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/WasabiGBA
 |source=https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/WasabiGBA
 }}
@@ Line 18: / Line 18: @@
 |image_alt=Wasabi
 }}
-Wasabi is a Watara Supervision emulator for the GBA.
+Wasabi is a Watara Supervision emulator for the GBA. It was first release as a [[PogoShell GBA|PogoShell]] plugin, the homebrew was re-released in 2022.
-It must be used as a [[PogoShell GBA|PogoShell]] plugin.
+The release currently does not include a builder, you can use [[GBA_Emulator_Compilation_Build_Scripts|patters's Python build scripts]] to compile the ROM.
-==Installation==
+==User guide==
-Copy Wasabi.gba to the plugin folder then rename it to sv.bin.
+'''File:'''
+*Load Game - Select a game to load.
+*Load State - Load a previously saved state of the currently running game.
+*Save State - Save a state of the currently running game.
+*Save Settings - Save the current settings.
+*Reset Game - Reset the currently running game.
-It can also be used as a mb-plugin in Pogo2 by renaming it to wasabi.mb; or compressed with the dcmp tools included in Pogo2 and be renamed wasabi.mbz.
+'''Controller:'''
+*Autofire - Choose to enable or disable autofire.
+*Swap A/B - Swap which GBA button is mapped to which SV button.
-Make sure your flashing software allocates 64kByte/512kbit SRAM for Wasabi.
+'''Display:'''
+*Gamma - Adjust the gamma ("brightness").
+*Contrast - Change palette contrast.
+*Palette - Select from different palettes.
+'''Settings:'''
+*Speed - Switch between speed modes (Normal, 200%, Max, 50%).
+*Autoload State - Toggle savestate autoloading.
+**Automagically load the savestate associated with the selected game.
+*Autosave Settings - Save settings when leaving the menu if any changes are made.
+*Autopause Game - Toggle if the game should pause when opening the menu.
+*Overclock EWRAM - Adjust waitstates on EWRAM (use at your own risk, doesn't work on Gameboy Micro).
+*Autosleep - Change autosleep time (see also Sleep).
+'''Machine Settings:'''
+* Machine - Select the emulated machine.
+'''Debug:'''
+*Debug Output - Show an FPS meter for now.
+*Step Frame - Emulate one frame.
+'''Sleep:'''
+*Put the GBA into sleep mode.
+*Start+Select wakes up from sleep mode (activated from this menu or from 5/10/30 minutes of inactivity).
+'''Quit Emulator:'''
+*Tries to reset the Flashcart and reboots the GBA.
 ==Controls==
-L+R - Open the menu
+GBA A/B - Supervision A/B
-A - Choose
+GBA Start - Supervision Start
-B or L+R - Cancel
+GBA Select - Supervision Select
-R+Start - Quick load
+GBA D-Dad - Supervision D-Pad
-R+Select - Quick save
+L+R - Menu
-L+Start - Speed modes (throttled/unthrottled/slomo)
+Start+Select - Wake up from sleep mode
-Start+Select - Wake up from sleep mode (activated from menu or 5/10/30 minutes of inactivity)
+==Screenshots==
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/gbahomebrews/wasabigba2.png
+https://dlhb.gamebrew.org/gbahomebrews/wasabigba3.png
-==Known issues==
+==Changelog==
-It's slow, no sound and is not tested well.
+'''V0.2.4 2024/04/10'''
+* Added sound.
+* Optimized CPU core.
-==Changelog==
+'''V0.2.3 2022/10/14'''
-'''V0.2.3'''
 * Added Quit Emulator menu item.
 * Added Overclock EWRAM menu item.
-'''V0.2.2'''
+'''V0.2.2 2022/10/07'''
 * Added new debug menu.
 * Better menu traversing.
-'''V0.2.1'''
+'''V0.2.1 2022/09/26'''
 * First re-release of Wasabi for GBA, this time all games should "work".
 * Still missing sound.
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 ==Credits==
-Huge thanks to Loopy for the incredible PocketNES.
+Huge thanks to Loopy for the incredible PocketNES, without it this emu would probably never have been made.
+Thanks to: Peter Trauner & Kevin Horton for docs about the Supervision.
-Peter Trauner for the doc about the super vision.
+Osman Celimli for docs, tests & help about the Supervision. http://tailchao.com/Wataroo/
 ==External links==
 * Author's website - [https://web.archive.org/web/20060720235823/http://hem.passagen.se/flubba/gba.html http://hem.passagen.se/flubba/gba.html] (archived)
-* Github - https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/WasabiGBA
+* GitHub - https://github.com/FluBBaOfWard/WasabiGBA
-[[Category:GBA homebrew emulators]]
+{{GBA emulators}}
-[[Category:Homebrew handheld emulators on GBA]]
+[[Category:GBA plugins for PogoShell]]
-[[Category:GBA homebrew plugins]]