Wasabi GBA

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Wasabi
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General
AuthorFluBBa (Fredrik Ahlström)
TypeHandheld
Version0.2.4
LicenseMixed
Last Updated2024/04/10
Links
1.0 - 0.2.4 Download
Website
Source

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

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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

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