[How To] Nintendo GB, GBC & GBA emulation (VBA) on Linux (Ubuntu/Mint/Debian)

[Lolma0Hax0r]

how do you fix the choppy sound?

[pizzadude808]

VBAM is much better since all my GBA games run glitchy and all my GB/GBC games run too fast. You can get VBAM in the playdeb repo.

[carramrod14ps3]

where do we get the roms.........im really having issues

[thatoneflamingguy]

pokemon emerald wont load at all. i just get a white screen.

[that1guyproductions]

thank you :)



[freshfromcompton]

Thank you sooo much buddy

[Gigamonkey2]

I have visualboy advance for ubuntu. The game speed and everything runs great, but the sound is very choppy, what can i do?

[kad3t]

@Gigamonkey2

It's just an idea but maybe try switching between pulse and other audio drivers/wrappers?

[Darkrai1276]

@Gigamonkey2 mabye go to a diffrent emulator, i use vizzed which has lots of gameboy gb coulor and advance games

[4jask22]

would anyone know how to make it fullscreen?

[MaliceBloodlust]

Would anyone know how to fix a sound problem with the emulator, i'm having a sound skip issue where the sound is all choppy and stuff

[kad3t]

@MaliceBloodlust

Ubuntu? 10.10 pr 10.04? You may wanna switch from Pulse audio to another driver, Ubuntu Forums will explain how to do it easily.

[MaliceBloodlust]

@kad3t I'm running 10.10 I'll look to see what I have to do on the forums thanks.

[GoldNerd12]

Hey I Really appreciate this video it really helped by i still have a problem. the sound skips, and it also seems as if the frames skip as well even when its on 0, and usually the percentage on my vba is always at around 100 but now it just goes to 70 and below what shud i do???

[kad3t]

@GoldNerd12

What distribution, graphic card (do you use prioperitary gpu drivers), did you make any updates recently?

[GoldNerd12]

@kad3t The last update i made was switching to ubuntu and i actually dont know and i really dont kno how to check. im kinda new to ubuntu and i was told ubuntu linux was the best so i just updated thinking that it was going to be the same as windows just a little more safer

[kad3t]

@GoldNerd12

Ubuntu is very user-friendly, especially if someone just switched. I moved both of my parents to Ubuntu and they have no issues with it in their day to day usage, though I hardly would call them power users, LOL! ^_^ Anyway, somewhere in your System Tools menu there should be System Profiler & Benchmark (aka System Information), run it and highlight the Summary tab, your GPU will be listed there.

[GoldNerd12]

@kad3t srry for answering so late, but I can't find it at all im srry if im being a bother but yea i checked system tools and all i get is bleachbit, GTK-Theme, and oracle vm virtual box :P

[kad3t]

@GoldNerd12

That's not what you're supposed to check but no worries. Open your terminal and type in "hardinfo" with no quotemarks it should open a new graphical window with all the informations that can proove helpful here. ^_^

[GoldNerd12]

@kad3t Alright i got the summary and everything but i dont kno where to check im guessing its in computer so im just gnna say wat i see and hope it helps

Processor - 2x Genuine Intel(R) CPU - T2060 @ 1.60GHz

Memory - 10161MB (344MB used

Operating System - Ubuntu 10.10

and then the rest is just username and date

[kad3t]

@GoldNerd12

Weird, there should be something about your graphics card. Tell you what, let's do it differently. Go into All Applications - Administration (I'm sorry if I'm slightly wrong but I don't use Ubuntu) and seek for Restricted Drivers or Non-Free Drivers or Propriatary Drivers or Additional Drivers. One of those. Click it and see if there's any to install.

[GoldNerd12]

@kad3t okay i checked and there is one driver that is not installed (or activated) should i install it now and just incase you need to know what is there is two one is activated one is disabled

the activated one is - Broadcom B43 Wireless Driver

The deactivated one is - Broadcom STA Wireless Driver

[kad3t]

@GoldNerd12

Oh, no... I mean you can and it may improve your wireless if it's recommended otherwise just leave it. I believe that the issue you're having may be due to your graphics card. Isn't it a built in Intel card on your laptop? Though you could possibly get a workaround at Ubuntu forums, honestly the best place to get ubuntu support. If you google it it should be first result. I'm sorry I couldn't help you here...

[GoldNerd12]

@kad3t no worries you gave me new known knowledge lol

[aveil2998]

Visualboyadvance is great and all... But I'm goin with chibiwolf here, there r no cheats 4 it, and I reaally need them. But I'm fine by playing the game by the rules, It'l just b hard..

[kad3t]

@aveil2998

I understand but I was not the one who created the software/emulator. I'm afraid I can't do anything about that. The how to video was only supposed to show how to run an emulated game... I'm sorry.

[KillaKang33]

how can i use gameshark codes on this emulator? i cant seem to find the option

[kad3t]

@KillaKang33

I'm afraid the Linux version of emulator has no cheat function. Well, at least it not used to.

[ChibiwolfXD]

The linux version of this Emulator is garbage. The save slots never work, the hotkeys for quick save/load wont work, sound skips, all graphics plug ins fail, reducing frameskips still makes my game warp at 9001 mph, major lag, ect. I can go on for ever. My computer isn't shit, either. Radeon HD 4670, Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Sound Card, 4GB of RAM, 3.2Ghz processor, running Ubuntu 10.04. Small things like this make me miss windows.

[kad3t]

@ChibiwolfXD

Well, I have not had such terrible issues with it even though my PC is less powerful than yours. The issues may be with a graphic card, I'm afraid as Radeons unfortunately are not as well supported as GeForce cards are. What you could do, however is try to:

1. run windows in VirtualBox,

2. run windows' version of emulator through Wine,

3. dual-boot.

[ChibiwolfXD]

@kad3t

1: Tried it

2: Tried it

3: Since I installed Ubuntu, my Disc Drive no longer opens. That and the fucking OS formatted my windows partition.

Oddly enough, I can run ePsxe, Project 64, and Dolphin just fine.

[kad3t]

@ChibiwolfXD

Hmm... I suppose you either had only one partition or run through installator without a proper read of all on screen informations as installer itself when it runs gparted leaves you with two options and first of which (the default) one is the one that "takes over" the whole HD.

I have no more ideas really apart maybe from visiting devs website and seeking a sollution on their forums or newer updated version of emulator. There's also ubuntuforums . org (no spaces) too. Very helpful

[Turbolord]

I hate this version. Although i have set frameskip to 0 my games run at about 150% all the time. And the space throttle just isnt fast enough and feels very choppy. Also it doesnt have a cheat function.

The windows version is so much better but unfortunately wine wont run it.

[kad3t]

@Turbolord

May I ask who is a manufacturer of your graphic card chip? It sort of sound as if it was ATI. There were some serious issues with decent ATI drivers for Linux some time ago, and since I am not an ATI user no more I have no clue if they still persist but it sound like it may be the reason for your issues.

[Turbolord]

@kad3t I have a nvidia 9600 gt and the latest driver installed.

[kad3t]

@Turbolord

Weird... Hmm... Maybe try going to VBA website and asking in their forums. I've heard that people there are quite helpful. It may just be a repo version issue or something minor easily correctable.

[yoyoman331]

Is not having the cheat option/menu at the top a linux thing..? I see yours doesn't have it as well.

[kad3t]

@yoyoman331

It may not. I've never used it under Windows either anyway.

[mamdooo7]

@kad3t hey man, i wanted to play with my brother pokemon fire red but i dont have the vba link emulator for ubuntu ! so what can i do ?

[kad3t]

@mamdooo7

Right... Google Ultimate Edition (it's linux distribution but don't worry), then when you get to their homepage, somewhere on the right there will be a link to repositories. Add their repo, reload your repos and it will be available in your Synaptics Package Manager from then on.

[mamdooo7]

@kad3t mm ., do u have any links ??? thats because im new to linux actually and i didnt understand ANYTHING from ya exept the synaptic.........well yes im sorta noob.

[kad3t]

@mamdooo7

No problem. The help is on it's way. Check your private messages. YT doesn't allow links here.

[yoyoman331]

@kad3t

I'm using Ubuntu 10 and Vba 1.7 for linux and mine doesn't have the cheat menu. I've tried using the windows version through wine but it won't work.

[kad3t]

@yoyoman331

WineHQ site is always a good place to go when something Windows based just don't work. There's bound to be there someone with same issue and sollution.

[superawesom3]

OK dude thank you very much, you helped me better then those who just give links to emulators but you helped my find a better one. I installed everything n changed the frameskip to "0". i also know a site to download ROMs called coolromDOTcom. and im wondering if its a good place to download gameboy games to Ubuntu. I have already downloaded games to the ZSNES emulator but just want to make sure if its a right site for gameboy games

[kad3t]

@superawesom3

It's good but at p l a n e t e m u . n e t (or . c o m - no space) there's ALL games not just some of them available, so make sure you do check it out as well.

[matau454]

I tried this a few times it doesn't work. It also just says 2 new packs will be installed and 0 GB have to be downloaded. I have Ubuntu and did the same thing you did. Can you help me?

[kad3t]

@matau454

You may try going to ultimate edition site, add their repository as instructed on the site, reload your sources and try again.

[Regonics]

Great video. Good quality, nice music, and easy to follow and read instructions. Nice job!

[kad3t]

@Regonics

Thanks! That was the main target for it, to be informative and easy to follow as my microphone was not operational back then. If you liked it check my other emulation under linux videos! ^__^

[Crypt1cmyst1c]

okay so i'm a totaly linux n00b and im booting Ubuntu 9.04 off the CD. problem is, i cant seem to find my wireless network on there so theres no internet... any way i can download whatever needs to be downloaded on to my hard drive while on XP then access it in ubuntu and install it? im already an avid emulator already with VBA so i just wanna have something farmiliar with me on my ubuntu

[kad3t]

@Crypt1cmyst1c

This may seem like an odd solution but use 9.10 or wait another two and a half weeks for 10.4 as both have much better wireless drivers support.

[motionsickness57]

Thanks, man. It was really helpful. Now all i have to do is get a rom that actually works... cuz i tried downloading pkmn emerald, but it doesn't work... all there is a blank screen.

[kad3t]

@motionsickness57

Check at p l a n e t e m u . n e t there's definitely many versions of each ROMs there...

[Crypt1cmyst1c]

you need to change the save type to "128k flash"

also, set "automatic IPS patching" "real time clock" and  "synchronize" on

[Fl4m3PT]

@motionsickness57 that's not a rom problem

u have to change save type to 128kb

[schoollabfun]

thanks this really helped

[kad3t]

Welcome! You may wanna check my videos about other emulators for Linux also.

[VlcakStalker]

I use gngb because I could never get the frameskip right. (yes I did put it at zero) It doesn't have a gui so you have to use the terminal but it works well (except no GBA emulation).

[kad3t]

If nothing else works for you you may wanna try using windows versions of GBA emulators through Wine on your Linux. I've posted a video on solving Wine issues some time ago so if you look it up I belive you'll find some useful website addresses there to hel you with that. ^__^

[adevilsbane]

Thaaaaaaaank yoooooooouuuuuuu. Saved me lots of aggro believe me. 2 hours trying to download emulators and shizz. 5 stars oohhh yeeaah

[kad3t]

Welcome!

If it was helpful you may wanna consider subscribing though I'm not going to try to convince you any more than by saying that I covered some other emulators already & will cover some more in the future. ^__^

One way or another I'm glad I could help.

[kylediaz41]

sorry dood i dont wanna be rode but thats not my thing im just sayin dood sorry

[kad3t]

Aah... OK, I guess.