A few years after arriving on 68K calculators, Game Boy emulation is finally arriving on z80 calculators, specifically the 15 MHz models in the TI-83 Plus series (Silver Editions and TI-84. Not TI-Nspire, though). Calc84maniac has released an alpha version of his Game Boy emulator, TI-Boy SE, on
Ticalc.org. Currently, a few games seems to work pretty well and some are getting close.
More screenshots and videos, but let's be nice to our irreducibles dial-up users and let's just link them:
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The emulator has various functions, such as:
-50%, 75% and 100% zoom, to accomodate the smaller TI-84+ screen
-Grayscale (can be turned off)
-Sound (requires old Xbox headphones or an adapter with regular headphones. Sound can be turned off, too)
-Saving (in appvar form, with the option of archiving them on exit, by using a certain key combination)
-Sprite tracking mode, so while playing in 75% and 100% zoom modes, your playable character stays in the screen without having to constantly shift the screen manually using calc keypad.
-And more!
Because of the calculator platform limitations, games runs considerably slower from time to time, but most remains playable and some runs much faster than others.
File has been added to our site archives, altough it links to the ticalc.org file info page, since it is still in early stages and might be updated again in the near future.
Remember, however, that distributing copyrighted games ROMs and calculator ROMs is illegal and against our forum rules, so please do not ask or distribute any on our board. Use Google for that.On another note, we are pleased to welcome
Eeems in our programming team. We're adding him to the team and changing his forum status as this news is edited.