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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #375 on: December 04, 2011, 09:21:12 pm »
It depends. Is that site legit? If so, then I guess it's fine, since many people might want one too.

I know I got my Nspire Clickpad for $90 on ebay plus $40 shipping fees brand new, while in stores over here it was like $169.99 without taxes, but sometimes on Ebay you gotta be careful with damaged screens and stuff.

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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #376 on: December 04, 2011, 09:23:49 pm »
For the normal CX $124.50:
http://www.bachcompany.com/product.aspx?ProductID=476

For the CX CAS $127:
http://www.bachcompany.com/product.aspx?ProductID=479

For Terms and Conditions (that has shipping details):
http://www.bachcompany.com/TermsAndConditions.aspx

The site also has other TI and brand calcs as well as overhead projectors, teacher bundles, etc.

I'm only putting this up to help, not to advertise (though it kinda is advertising...)

edit: And for DJ_O: YES it does have Voyage 200s under $200:
http://www.bachcompany.com/product.aspx?ProductID=104  ($166.49)

edit: I got mine here!  I'm a satisfied customer :D
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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #377 on: December 04, 2011, 09:26:14 pm »
Ok, and you really got no issues with your item, right? Just asking, since I tend to not trust online stores very easily.

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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #378 on: December 06, 2011, 06:20:04 pm »
Ok, and you really got no issues with your item, right? Just asking, since I tend to not trust online stores very easily.
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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #379 on: December 06, 2011, 07:34:22 pm »
I just tried limiting the GBC's speed to the Nspire CX's screen refresh rate, which seemed to fix all tearing problems. The only issue is that it reduces the gameplay to about 97% speed since the GBC and the CX have slightly differing refresh rates. I think this difference is really quite unnoticeable unless you put the calculator next to another GBC or emulator. Does anybody have objections to this?
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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #380 on: December 06, 2011, 07:36:08 pm »
Not me! Anyways 97% O.O AMAZING
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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #381 on: December 06, 2011, 07:49:33 pm »



I believe that a frameskip would be better. The game would run at 100% speed, but every 30th frame or so would be skipped. I believe this is a better solution for a few reasons:

  • Accurately emulating the game itself is more important than accurately emulating the graphics.
  • Skipping every 30th frame would be virtually unnoticeable, except maybe if you pay very close attention to graphical effects in which the game is trying to murder people with a history of seizures.
  • If you were to implement a variable game speed limit (e.g. 50%, 200%, unlimited), you would need such a frameskipping method anyways.

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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #382 on: December 07, 2011, 01:12:44 am »
Yeah, pretty much every good emulator out there have configurable frameskipping.

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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #383 on: December 07, 2011, 01:42:54 am »
Yeah, pretty much every good emulator out there have configurable frameskipping.
Most emulators are designed to run on multiple PC platforms, which all have different specs. Considering gbc4nspire runs at full speed on the TI-Nspire CX, frameskip settings should not be necessary.
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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #384 on: December 08, 2011, 06:41:30 pm »
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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #385 on: December 08, 2011, 07:54:53 pm »
Hey guys, do gbc roms take up alot of space on your nspire?
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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #386 on: December 08, 2011, 09:49:29 pm »
Game Boy games usually range from 32KB to 1MB, while Game Boy Color games are usually in the 1MB to 4MB range (with some exceptions, of course). The Nspire CX has 100MB of storage space, so you'll be able to fit quite a lot of ROMs on it.
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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #387 on: December 08, 2011, 10:46:31 pm »
Game Boy games usually range from 32KB to 1MB, while Game Boy Color games are usually in the 1MB to 4MB range (with some exceptions, of course). The Nspire CX has 100MB of storage space, so you'll be able to fit quite a lot of ROMs on it.
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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #388 on: December 08, 2011, 11:13:57 pm »
I have no objection to the GBCnspire speed management as it currently is. If you need all sorts of fanciful frameskipping and slowdown features, a PC would be a much better option. Also, I feel a slight slowdown is favorable on the nspire, due to its blurry screen. My only complaints are due to the nspire hardware, aside from the extremely minimalistic GUI and not having buttons vs touchpad as an internal option, rather than a recompile.

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Re: TI-Nspire GB Emulator
« Reply #389 on: December 08, 2011, 11:35:58 pm »
I have no objection to the GBCnspire speed management as it currently is. If you need all sorts of fanciful frameskipping and slowdown features, a PC would be a much better option. Also, I feel a slight slowdown is favorable on the nspire, due to its blurry screen. My only complaints are due to the nspire hardware, aside from the extremely minimalistic GUI and not having buttons vs touchpad as an internal option, rather than a recompile.
Oh yeah, I could definitely make two button arrangements active at the same time, since there are so many buttons. Therefore, no option needed :D

Also, the Nspire CX screen is not blurry, which is why the new gbc4nspire has no frameskip and I have to worry about tearing. The black-and-white version still has frameskip of 4 to combat the blurriness.
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