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* Can play the FinalFantasy games at super slow speed.
* Can play the FinalFantasy games at super slow speed.


==User guide==
==Installation==
Run SwanAdvance.exe to add roms to the emulator.
Run SwanAdvance.exe to add roms to the emulator.


Do no overwrite the original .gba file.
Do not overwrite the original .gba file.


==User guide==
===Menu===
===Menu===
Controller:
Controller:
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*This can probably damage your GBA and definitly uses more power, around 10% speedgain. Use at your own risk.
*This can probably damage your GBA and definitly uses more power, around 10% speedgain. Use at your own risk.


Pogoshell:
[[PogoShell GBA|PogoShell]]:
*Copy swanadvance.gba to the plugin folder (or compress it to mbz before you copy it).
*Copy swanadvance.gba to the plugin folder (or compress it to mbz before you copy it).
*Rename it to smsadvance.bin and add either one of the following line to the pogo.cfg file:
*Rename it to smsadvance.bin and add either one of the following line to the pogo.cfg file:
**sms 1 swanadvance.bin 2
**<code>sms 1 swanadvance.bin 2</code>
**sms 1 swanadvance.mbz 2
**<code>sms 1 swanadvance.mbz 2</code>


==Controls==
==Controls==

Revision as of 08:54, 8 September 2022

SwanAdvance
File:Swanadvance2.png
General
AuthorFluBBa (Fredrik Olsson)
TypeHandheld
Version0.1
LicenseMixed
Last Updated2006/07/28
Links
Download
Website
Source

SwanAdvance is a Bandai WonderSwanColor emulator for the GBA.

Features

  • Can play the FinalFantasy games at super slow speed.

Installation

Run SwanAdvance.exe to add roms to the emulator.

Do not overwrite the original .gba file.

User guide

Menu

Controller:

  • Autofire - Select if you want autofire.
  • Controller - 2P control player 2, Link is used to linkup 2 GBAs.
  • Swap A/B - Swap which GBA button is mapped to which SMS/GG button.
  • Use R as Start - Map the GBA R button to the GG Start button.
  • Use Select as Reset - Map the GBA SELECT button to the SMS Reset button.

Display:

  • Gamma - Lets you change the gamma ("brightness").
  • Border - Doesn't work yet.
  • Disable foreground - Turn on/off foreground rendering.
  • Disable background - Turn on/off background rendering.
  • Disable sprites - Turn on/off sprite rendering.

Other Settings:

  • VSync - Switch between speed modes, can also be toggled with L+START.
    • On - Will wait for the next vsync if needed, best for most games.
    • Force - Can help with graphics in some games, often slow.
    • Off - Can speed up some games if they don't allready use all cpu time.
    • Slowmo - Good for beating that extra fast game.
  • FPS_Meter - Toggle fps meter.
  • Autosleep - Change the autosleep time, also see Sleep.
  • EWRAM Speed - Use with caution.

Save Manager:

  • Save SRAM - Save the SRAM for the current game (it's automaticly loaded).
  • Manage savememory - Lets you erase SRAM (for now).

Others:

  • Sleep - Put the GBA into sleepmode.
  • Restart - Lets you select a new game.
  • Exit - Let's you exit the emulator back to Pogo or the FA/F2A menu.

Make sure your flashing software allocates 64kByte/512kbit SRAM for SMSAdvance.

Advanced

EWRAM speed:

  • This changes the waitstate on EWRAM between 2 and 1.
  • This can probably damage your GBA and definitly uses more power, around 10% speedgain. Use at your own risk.

PogoShell:

  • Copy swanadvance.gba to the plugin folder (or compress it to mbz before you copy it).
  • Rename it to smsadvance.bin and add either one of the following line to the pogo.cfg file:
    • sms 1 swanadvance.bin 2
    • sms 1 swanadvance.mbz 2

Controls

Menu:

Up/Down - Select game

B/A - Start selected game

In game:

L+R - Open the menu

A - Choose

B or L+R - Cancel

Start+Select - Wake up from Sleep mode

Screenshots

swanadvance3.png swanadvance4.png

swanadvance5.png

Changelog

V0.1 2006/07/28

  • Initial release.

V0.0 2006/07/23

  • Started Coding.

Credits

Huge thanks to Loopy for the incredible PocketNES and the builder.

Thanks to:

  • The crew at PocketHeaven for their support.
  • LiraNuna for some inspiration.
  • Bryan McPhail & Oliver Bergmann for the cpu code.

External links

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