HVCA GBA

HVCA
General
Author	outside-agb
Type	Console
Version	1.40
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2008/07/13
Links
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Website
Source

HVCA, or Home Video Computer Advance, is a NES emulator for the Game Boy Advance (formerly known as Unofficial Famicom Advance/UFCA).

Based on Famicom Advance, various functions such as support for new mappers have been greatly expanded. It supports sound, custom palette, real-time save, rapid-fire key, FDS emulation, NSF player, PogoShell plugin.

Support Mapper: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, (9), (10), 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32, 33, 34, 65, 66, 67 , 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76, (77), 78, 80, 82, (85), 86, 87, 88, 89, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 101 , 113, 118, 122, 180, 184, 185.

Installation

Method 1 - Basic:

hvca
 |-add/
 |  |-*.cfg
 |  |-*.nes
 |  |-*.nsf
 |  |-*.fds
 |  |-disksys.rom
 |-bin/
 |-cfg(samples)/
 |-hvcamkfs.exe
 |-merge.bat

• hvcamkfs.exe does not support kana (including double-byte alphanumeric characters).
• Run merge.bat. hvca.bin is output.
• If you want, find a way to add a license code to hvca.bin -> hvca.gba.

Method 2 - NES2FCA:

hvca
 |-add/
 |  |-*.nsf (NES2FCA cannot merge NSF)
 |  |-disksys.rom
 |
 |-bin/
 |-cfg(samples)/
 |-hvcamkfs.exe
 |-merge.bat

nes2fca
 |-nes2fca.exe
 |-nes2fca.cfg

<PATH>/*.cfg
<PATH>/*.nes
<PATH>/*.fds

• Run merge.bat. hvca.bin is output.
• Put hvca.bin in the nes2fca directory.
• Replace the modified nes2fca.cfg included in the download.
• Run NES2FCA, at the FCA Version section choose HVCA, then select your rom files to create .gba (see also this tutorial with photos).

When you start the emulator for the first time it will show you the Internal WRAM setting screen.

Controls

          +- INIT MENU
          |       |
      Hold [R]    |
          |       V
BOOT -(LD)+> GAME MENU <--- [R]/[L] ---------------> SRAM MENU
       A      |                                       A   |
       |      |   +-----> Unscale/Scale               |   |
       |     [A] Hold [R]                            [L] [R]
       |      |   | +[U]/[D](Unscale Y offset)        |   |
       |      V   |                                   |   V
       |     Emulation <--- [R]/[L] --------------->
       |               <--- Hold [R](Reset) -------  CONFIG MENU
       +------------------- Hold [R]+[L](Reboot)---

NSF:

L+R - Exit

Down/Up - Next/Previous NSF

Right/Left - Next/Previous track

Screenshots

Known issues

Does not work as intended on VisualBoy Advance 1.8.0.

Only one save slot for real-time saves.

Saving on the Famicom Disk System is not supported (possible if real-time save is used).

External links

• Official website - http://mc68882.s53.xrea.com/ (archived)
• Yahoo! Groups - http://groups.yahoo.co.jp/group/outside-agb/ (archived)