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2011-03-27T01:23:16Z

Tibfib:

WebOS 2 Upgrade

2011-02-25T23:57:50Z

Tibfib:

= Overview =
With the release of the webOS 2.1.0 doctor by HP for O2 and Vodafone Pre+ devices, there is now a legal way to get webOS 2.1 onto the legacy devices of carriers that are not onboard with the 2.x upgrade. Compatible devices include all Pre and Pre Plus devices. This is not compatible with Pixi devices.

= Disclaimer =
'''This is a process that uses official HP software in unofficial ways. You should always be prepared for the unlikely possibility that your device may be completely wiped and your Palm profile may be permanently destroyed. Do not proceed unless you have made appropriate backups and are OK with that. Working knowledge of MetaDoctor and Linux systems in general is needed.'''

If you feel the need to ask whether you should do this on your primary phone, then you should not, as that indicates that you have not yet taken the required precautions and backups in case something goes wrong.

= Video Overview =
''Pre|Central'' forum user @malpha recorded a two-part video overview of the process as she followed this step-by-step. The videos can be found [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJB8NJ72kZg here].

= Using MetaDoctor Scripts =

Note: Scripts currently exist for the following devices:
* Sprint Pre/FrankenPre+
* Verizon Pre+
* AT&T Pre+
* "WR" devices
* Telcel Pre
* Bell Mobility Pre

== Step 0: Backup your device ==
Make sure you have copies of all the data that you want to preserve from your palm profile. There is a possibility that you will need to clear your palm profile to be successful in this upgrade, so you should act as if that is going to happen from the start.

Also, make sure you run the Save/Restore application from Preware to back up your application data - you don't want to lose your Angry Birds progress, do you?

Then copy all the files from the USB drive onto your PC to keep them safe. The webOS Doctor has been known to wipe your USB drive without warning, so you should act as if that is going to happen from the start.

A guide for backing up using Save/Restore can be found [http://www.precentral.net/backing-your-application-data-settings-save-restore-homebrew here].
== Step 1: Install Prerequisites ==
* '''MetaDoctor''' - see [[Application:MetaDoctor]] for information on how to install MetaDoctor
* '''Palm SDK ''' - see [http://developer.palm.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&layout=page&id=1661 Palm Developer Website]

== Step 2: Prepare your Palm Profile ==
With unsupported carrier/device/OS combinations, it may be necessary to clear some Palm Profile data to allow you to sign in on webOS 2.x devices. The process is as follows:
'''Warning: this will delete data from your Palm Profile, including but not limited to: calendars, contacts, account information, email signatures, bookmarks, memos, tasks, SSM/MMS messages, and icon/launcher arrangement.'''
# Open the Backup app.
# Turn off backups, confirming that you wish to erase your palm profile information.

== Step 3: Run device-specific MetaDoctor script ==
The MetaDoctor scripts will automatically download the latest necessary webOS doctors, extract and replace CDMA radio firmware as necessary, and will build and launch the modified webOS Doctor.

'''From the meta-doctor directory''', run the meta-script that corresponds to your advice. For example, a Sprint user would run:
<pre><nowiki>
./scripts/meta-sprint-pre-2.1.0
</nowiki></pre>

A list of all the scripts can be found by typing
<pre><nowiki>
ls ./scripts/
</nowiki></pre>

== Step 4: Run the modified webOS Doctor ==
The meta-script will automatically launch the modified webOS Doctor for you. However, if you need to move it to a different location and run it manually, the modified doctor will be a '''.jar''' file located in the build output directory:
<pre><nowiki>meta-doctor/build/preplus-p101ueude-wr-2.1.0/webosdoctorp101ueude-wr-2.1.0.jar</nowiki></pre>

== Step 5: Restore /etc/palm-build-info ==
If the meta-script left a palm-build-info-unmasqed file in your working directory, then after you log into your profile you need to copy this file back onto your device. Open up a terminal and cd back to the meta-doctor directory, then type in the following:

<pre><nowiki>
novacom run file://usr/sbin/rootfs_open -t
novacom put file://etc/palm-build-info < palm-build-info-unmasqed
novacom run file://sbin/reboot
</nowiki></pre>

If you are accessing through Putty or some other terminal on Windows, use these commands to copy the palm-build info. This is assuming that you have copied the palm-build-info-unmasqed file to your USB portion.
<pre><nowiki>
cd /
/usr/sbin/rootfs_open -t
cp -f /media/internal/palm-build-info-unmasqed /etc/palm-build-info
/sbin/reboot
</nowiki></pre>

== Step 6: Donate to WebOS Internals and purchase the Preware Homebrew Documentation app ==
If this worked for you, we would appreciate a donation at http://donate.webos-internals.org - and if you want to thank Rod Whitby personally for the many hours that he put into creating the Meta-Doctor and this upgrade procedure, you should purchase the Preware Homebrew Documentation app from the official app catalog, and leave a nice 5 star review containing your message of thanks.

= Caveats =
== App Catalog ==
* Apps that are marked as only compatible with webOS versions 2.x and above do not currently work with some of these doctored installations of webOS 2.1.0. On some of the devices/carriers, masquerading is used which leads to the Palm profile still reporting version 1.40.50.

== Preware ==
* '''OVERCLOCKING IS NOT YET SUPPORTED'''. Palm has yet to release the source code for the kernel used in webOS 2.1.0. As such, releasing customized kernels is currently impossible. The custom kernels will arrive within a few days of the source code becoming available.

* Not all patches have been ported over yet. If you want to check for a certain patch, please see webOS Internals' [http://patches.webos-internals.org/?do=browse&webosver=2.1.0&category=all webOS-Patches page].

== Masquerading ==
* Palm's servers only accept certain device/OS combinations as valid. While ROW Pre and Pre Plus devices running 2.1 are accepted, Pre and Pre Plus devices running on Sprint, Verizon and AT&T have to masquerade as still running webOS 1.4.5. To achieve this, /etc/palm-build-info is replaced with the version from the 1.4.5 doctor to trick Palm's servers into believing it is a valid device/OS combination and allowing app catalog access. Once app catalog access is achieved, /etc/palm-build-info can be replaced with the 2.1 version which is found in meta-doctor/palm-build-info-unmasqed on the computer you built the doctor with.

== Carrier-Specific Applications ==
* Carrier specific apps such as Sprint Navigation and the Verizon hotspot app are not included at this time. Apps that have been tested and are known to install cleanly and work will be added to the custom webOS Doctor for the appropriate device/carrier.

== Palm Profile ==
* Some people have had problems signing in to existing Palm Profiles on 2.1 due to backup data. To make sure that you can sign in to your profile on 2.1, you should disable backups before doctoring to 2.1 and delete server side backups. Of course, this deletes most of the data in your Palm Profile (memos, tasks, calender entries, accounts, ...). Your apps will be restored on 2.1, but that is about it. Note that not all people have issues with backups. If you would rather not delete your Palm Profile data, you can try doctoring to 2.1 without turning backups off and see if restoring everything works. If it doesn't, you'll have to doctor back to 1.4.5 to turn off backups or use a new Palm Profile, though.

==GPS==
* To enable GPS functionality it may be necessary to go to the "Location Services" application, make sure that "GPS", and "GPS Location Services" are enabled. Test the GPS using ##477# (##GPS#) from the phone application, and press the "Get Fix" button.
* If neither ##477# utility nor Google Maps is able to successfully fix your position, return to the "Location Services" application, open the ''Preferences'' menu, expand ''Locate Me Using...'' and ensure that both '''GPS''' and '''Google Services''' are selected. After selecting '''Google Services''', you will be prompted to accept the Terms of Service. Once both options are selected, test GPS functionality again. The ##477# utility may still fail the first several times, but should complete successfully after repeated attempts, and should continue to function normally thereafter.

== Flash ==
* Adobe Flash is not included in this webOS 2.1 doctor, but can be added with files from a VZW Pre2 2.01 doctor.

=== Adding Flash Support (Easy Method) ===
The easiest way to get flash on your webOS 2.1.0 legacy device is via creating a modular package and installing that, along with a patch to make the Adobe Flash preferences visible in the browser.

It sounds complex, but it much easier overall and [http://tinyurl.com/flash-webos-2-1-0 a How-To has been detailed here]

=== Adding Flash Support Manually ===
1. Extract WebOS.tar from the Resources folder in the VZW doctor to a location on your hard drive 
2. Copy the following files from the extracted WebOS.tar to their equivalent locations in your MetaDoctor (alternatively, you can copy them manually to a live device using Novaterm)
<blockquote>/etc/adobe/mms.cfg
 /etc/adobe/oem.cfg
 /usr/lib/BrowserServerPlugins/libflashplayer.so
 /usr/lib/BrowserServerPlugins/resource/plugin-icon-noplay.png
 /usr/lib/BrowserServerPlugins/resource/plugin-icon-play-down.png
 /usr/lib/BrowserServerPlugins/resource/plugin-icon-play.png
 /usr/lib/BrowserServerPlugins/resource/plugin-icon-unknown.png
 /usr/lib/BrowserServerPlugins/resource/plugin-scrim.png
 /usr/lib/libFlashGraphics.so
 /usr/lib/BrowserServerPlugins/FlashMiniAdapterData/plugin-icon-noplay.png
 /usr/lib/BrowserServerPlugins/FlashMiniAdapterData/plugin-icon-play.png
 /usr/lib/BrowserServerPlugins/FlashMiniAdapterData/plugin-icon-unknown.png
 /usr/lib/BrowserServerPlugins/FlashMiniAdapterData/plugin-scrim.png
 /usr/lib/BrowserServerPlugins/FlashMiniPlugin.so</blockquote>
3. Open /usr/palm/applications/com.palm.app.browser/app/controllers/preferences-assistant.js (either in your MetaDoctor or on your live device -if on a live device, remember to make a backup!)
 Find the following two lines (should be lines 46 & 47) and comment them out by adding // to the beginning of each line:
<blockquote>this.controller.get("flashPref").hide();
 this.controller.get("autoLoadPref").hide(); </blockquote>
4. Reboot your Pre if the editing was done on a live device

Flash preferences should now be visible under browser preferences.

Application:Preware

2010-05-05T22:34:31Z

Tibfib:

{{application
|name=Preware
|type=webOS
|version=Version: Beta 0.9.38 (3 May 2010)
|tag=Utilities
|screenshot=Preware_ss1.png
|description=

== Summary ==
{{icon|Icon_Preware.png|float:right;}}
Preware is a package management application for the Palm Pre. Preware allows the user to install any package from any of the open standard package repositories on preware.org (or any other location that hosts an open standard package repository). Preware relies on a custom written service developed from community research which allows the mojo app to talk to the built-in ipkg tool.

This application was the result of extensive community-based design in [[IPKG Service]] and [[Preware Design]].

For application management, Preware can access more applications, and has more features, than any other on-device package installer.

And since it is open source, and has a completely open development process supported by a team of world-class WebOS Internals developers, it will continue to get better much faster than any other package management application.

Preware is the open application installer that has been written specifically to support a homebrew ecosystem where any developer can upload any application to any submission site, and that application can then be installed by any user. Developers no longer need to upload their applications to multiple submission sites, and users are no longer excluded from accessing applications from any open standard package repository.

=== Key Features ===

* Install / Remove / Update Homebrew Applications including advanced applications with special requirements.
* Install / Remove / Update WebOS Themes
* Install / Remove / Update WebOS Patches
* Install / Remove / Update WebOS Kernels
* Install / Remove / Update Palm App Catalog Applications
* Support for installation of signed packages

== Usage ==

=== Preferences ===

[[Image:Preferences.png|160px|bottom]] You can select preferences in the top left corner of the pre to bring up the preferences screen. On the Preferences screen you can specify the look of the application, the frequency that feeds are updated, and what Preware will show you by default.

=== Feed Management ===

[[Image:Preware_ss9.png|160px|bottom]] In the preferences section on the top bar on the right side is a button that takes you to the feeds screen. On the feeds screen you can select which feeds are loaded and which ones are not. Simply select the on or off button for that feed. (If you are not interested in themes you can disable the two feeds for themes to speed up the updating of feeds) Preware comes with the following feeds by default (some are disabled by default, but are easily enabled if desired).

* Optware
* Palm Beta
* Palm Beta Updates
* Palm Catalog
* Palm Catalog Updates
* Palm Web
* Palm Web Updates
* PreCentral
* PreCentral Themes
* PreThemer
* WebOS Internals
* WebOS Kernels
* WebOS Patches

====Adding Custom Feeds====

See [[Testing Feeds]] for custom feed instructions.

=== Package Updates ===
=== Applications ===
=== Themes ===
=== Patches ===
=== Installed Packages ===
=== List of Everything ===
=== Saved Package List ===

== Status ==

This is beta software. Even so:

* Since 27 August 2009 it is the only over-the-air installer for the palm capable of installing advanced palm applications such as the [[On_Screen_Keyboard|on screen keyboard]] or the terminal application.
* Since 27 August 2009 it is the only application supporting installation from all existing palm homebrew feeds.
* Since 17 September 2009 it also supports installation of themes.
* Since 8 October 2009 it also supports installation of webos patches.
* Since 12 Jan 2010 it also supports all Palm App Catalog feeds.
* Since 3 May 2010 is also supports installation of webos custom kernels.

== License ==

Please be aware that org.webosinternals.preware and org.webosinternals.ipkgservice are licensed under the GPLv2.

They cannot be used by a closed source application. If you want to use them in a non-GPLv2 but otherwise open source application, please contact the authors.

== Operating notes ==

=== Limitations ===

No known limitations.

=== Known bugs ===

*When selecting a patch with dependencies, if you view those dependencies then install them, when Preware returns you to the original patch's screen it will still have the 'install' button showing even though it is installed successfully. Swiping back and returning will show the correct status.

*The Update All button can get confused if there are patches with complex dependencies. This will be fixed in a future version.

*If updates to App Catalog applications are pending, they will be silently skipped when using the Update All button.

*The Updates feature from the regular Palm Launcher, may claim that application updates are needed, and then when the user clicks Show Updates shows the App Catalog's installed applications, there are none shown that need updating. This isn't as expected. This is because an app that was previously only in Preware has now migrated to the Palm Catalog. Don't worry, your apps are up to date (with the possible exception of the one with the conflict.) Not a bug in PreWare per se' but an app version conflict because the app is in both the Palm Catalog and also in Homebrew. Notice that you don't need to remove preware to install the app from the official catalog, but simply disable the feed in preware then "update feeds" to refresh the list then it should install fine from the official app catalog.

*In the Manage Feeds scene, feeds do not delete when they are turned off. For now, toggle them ON and then swipe delete.

== Installing Preware ==

''Simple step-by-step instructions with screenshots are here: [http://forums.precentral.net/showthread.php?p=2040315 Getting Started: Preware]''

You do not need to access the Linux command line or "root your Pre" to install or use Preware.

Please use version 3.12 or later of the [http://forums.precentral.net/canuck-software/228310-webos-quick-install-v3-12-a.html WebOS Quick Install] tool to install the Package Manager Service and the Preware application directly from the WebOS Internals feed.

No other application installer tool is sophisticated enough to install the custom Package Manager Service that Preware requires. Preware can install it, but you need a way to bootstrap Preware first, so you need to use our stand-alone Preware Installers or WebOS Quick Install for the very first installation of Preware.

You need to have your Pre in [[Getting started|developer mode]] when using the stand-alone Preware Installer or WebOS Quick Install for the very first installation of the Package Manager Service and Preware. Once you have Preware correctly installed, you never need to use [[Getting started|developer mode]] again with Preware (it does the required steps in the background for you whenever it needs to).

Note that Preware works just as well on the Emulator as it does on a real device, and is installed in exactly the same way.

=== Installing Preware with WebOS Quick Install ===
'''Simple step-by-step instructions with screenshots are here: [http://www.precentral.net/how-add-homebrew-apps-patches-and-themes Getting Started: Preware]'''
'''Latest Version of WebOS Quick Install available here: [http://forums.precentral.net/canuck-software/228310-webos-quick-install-v3-12-a.html WebOS Quick Install v3.12]'''

# Install the required Software
## [http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1 Click here] to verify that you have the latest java installed on your computer and update if needed
## [http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Webos_Doctor_Versions Click here] to download the current webOS Doctor for your carrier and phone in a subdirectory your will remember (maybe "Palm"?). If you already have it, skip this step.
##* '''Do not run the webOS Doctor'''
## [http://images.precentral.net/sites/precentral.net/files/webos-homebrew-apps/wosqi/WebOSQuickInstall.jar Click Here] to download the latest version of WebOS Quick Install
# Put your device in [[Getting started|Developer Mode]]
# Run WebOS Quick Install
# Click the third button on the right (Blue Down Arrow)
# Choose WebOS Internals Feed (all) from the dropdown list at the top.
# Select ''Package Manager Service'' from the list.
# Select ''Preware'' from the list.
# Click Download.
# Click Close.
# Click Install.
Note: If WebOS Quick Install offers to install the Package Manager Service automatically to enable tweaking, do not agree. It will install the wrong version. You must install it as detailed above.

=== Installing Preware from Terminal, Novaterm or WebOS Quick Install "Linux Commandline" ===

Really, unless you *really* know what you are doing, you should use the normal WebOS Quick Install installation instructions above.

<source lang="bash">
cd /tmp
wget http://bit.ly/preware-bootstrap
sh preware-bootstrap
</source>

=== Installing Preware with Preware Installer ===

# '''Put your phone into [[Getting started|Developer Mode]]''' (skip if you already have developer mode on)
# '''Install Required Software''':
## [http://www.java.com/en/download/installed.jsp?detect=jre&try=1 Click here] to verify that you have the latest java installed on your computer and update if needed
## [http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Webos_Doctor_Versions Click here] to download the current webOS Doctor for your carrier and phone in a subdirectory your will remember (maybe "Palm"?). If you already have it, skip this step.
##* '''Do not run the webOS Doctor'''
# '''Install Preware''':
## Right click the most recent PrewareInstaller.jar from [http://get.preware.org/ get.preware.org] and choose ''Save As...''
## Save the Preware Installer in the same folder where your save the webOS Doctor.
## Open (run) the Preware Installer (Double click the jar file you just downloaded.)
## Click Tools then Update Drivers to refresh Novacomd. This may take a few minutes.
## Click INSTALL. Wait while the ''Install'' button is grayed out (Preware is being installed).
## When the Preware Installer Button is no longer grayed out, close the Preware Installer.
# '''Restart your phone''':
## Press and hold the ON/OFF button for 8 seconds
## Tap Power
## Tap Restart
# '''Update the Package Manager Service and Preware'''
## Tap Launcher
## Tap Preware
## Tap OK to continue if there is a splash screen
## Tap Package Updates (an update for Package Manager Service and Preware should be shown)
## Tap Package Manager Service
## Tap Update
## Tap OK when the Package Manager Service application has installed
## Swipe back to return to Package Updates
## Tap Preware
## Tap Update
## Tap OK when the Preware application has installed

=== Updating ===

To update Preware or the Package Manager Service, simpy use Preware.

Note that you cannot use fileCoaster, or PreLoad, or PreUpdate to install or update Preware or the Package Manager Service. Those tools are unable to operate correctly on advanced homebrew packages.

=== Removal ===

''Why would you ever want to remove Preware?''

To remove Preware, use WebOS Quick Install's Device Management page and unselect the Package Manager Service and the Preware application.

=== Recent enhancements ===
0.9.38: Robustified the scanning of unknown packages, with the hope of preventing hangs. Added the ability to swipe delete items from the Saved Package List. Disabled the app catalog and themes feeds on first installation, but kept palm update feeds enabled. Added prerm conditionals to assist an easy transition from Preware Alpha back to Preware 1.0. Added support for the webos-kernels feed.

0.9.36: Added searching from the main screen. Added the ability to email an IPKG Log. Added warning message for custom feed additions, and robustified the feed management page. Added support for kernel packages.

0.9.35: Added Saved Package List functionality for saving and restoring your list of installed packages. Updated German translations, courtesy of Markus Leutwyler (swisstomcat). Restricted new feed names to lower case characters for consistency.

0.9.33: Restricted input character set for new custom feed names. Fixed javascript timeout problem with large feeds.

0.9.31: Renamed Fix Unknown Types to Scan Unknown Packages, and now reports the id of the package being scannned.

0.9.30: Now chooses the correct information to display for packages in multiple feeds.

0.9.29: Added option to search package descriptions instead of just the titles. Integrated Luna Manager into Preware, find it in the app menu.

0.9.28: Added support for displaying the countries for which an application is released.

0.9.27: Fixed a serious bug in update subscription handling. Now hides the price sort option when none of the loaded packages have any prices.

0.9.26: Fixed a bug in App Catalog background operation detection.

0.9.25: Added a preference to only show free applications.

0.9.24: Added protection against App Catalog installs clobbering the ipkg status file.

0.9.23: Spanish translations added, courtesy of Ángel Prada (Malakun).

0.9.22: Italian translations added, courtesy of Federico Pietta (Darkmagister).

0.9.21: German translations added, courtesy of Volker Zota (DocZet) and Thomas Linden (debilator).

0.9.20: Fixed an error in the French support which prevented Preware from loading.

0.9.19: Localization support and French translations added, courtesy of Yannick LE NY. Fixed the OnFeeds split error, caused by zero length feed config files. Now continues to load the package feeds after an update error.

0.9.18: Added second line options for feed, price & feed, and price & version & feed. Added reporting of each feed index file as it is being downloaded.

0.9.16: Removed the partial app limit fix (obsolete as of webOS 1.3.5)

0.9.15: Added Palm App Catalog feeds, including price information.

0.9.14: Added support for installation of signed packages without confirmation.

0.9.13: Enabled the Update All button, and added support for skipping restart actions (e.g. when installing multiple patches).

0.9.12: Fixed the recurring splash screen bug.

0.9.11: Added a preference for enabling and disabling the fair dinkum partial app limit fix.

0.9.10: Added support for category themes.

0.9.9: Massive speed improvements, a fix for the theme hanging problem, and support for Pixi patching.

0.9.8: Robustified the calls to the JSON parser to handle packages with syntax errors in appinfo.json

0.9.7: Added a preference to enable or disable fixing the metadata for unknown type packages.

0.9.6: Added the initial startup screen. Fixed the display of packages with multiple maintainers. Now loads extended appinfo and control file information for Unknown packages. Changed default list second-line to version + maintainer. No longer allows back-gestures during package operations. Multi-line package titles are now supported. Show All Packages changed to Show Available Types and now defaults to No.

0.9.5: A package is removed if the user cancels installation. More verbose status and error messages. Selects appropriate webos-patches feed automatically.

0.9.4: Added support for package dependencies.

0.9.3: Adds the webos-patches feed, and feed management support.

0.9.1: Adds the All category, plus other miscellaneous fixes.

0.9.0: Now supports themes, restart flags and the new memory-reduction service methods.

0.8.5: Massive speed improvement on loading, now supports package types and adding feeds.

0.8.2: More preferences added and now functional, with listing and update frequency options.

0.8.1: Preferences scene implemented. Upstart job stops on removal.

0.8.0: Now supports Descriptions and Screenshots.

0.7.7: Addition of ipkglog and config list, and if ipkgservice fails at start it notifies people, and if it fails after postinst it considers it complete anyways

0.7.6: Fixed the superfluous update subscription message windows

0.7.5: Fixed update subscription oddity.

0.7.4: Fixed remounting of root filesystem for post-install and pre-remove scripts on the Pre.

0.7.1: Fixed buttons and title on script view screen.

0.7.0: Initial support for post-install and pre-remove scripts, including secure informed user consent. Does not work properly with dependencies yet, so please install dependencies one at a time.

0.6.7: Fixed bug in category drop-down list.

0.6.6: Fixed bug in package size reporting.

0.6.5: Updated icon and other graphical annotations.

0.6.4: Categories drop-down bug fixed. Preware category updated.

0.6.2: Categories now work to some extent. Still a bug in the drop down box.

0.6.1: Sorting by name or date is now available. Application details screen is much more organized.

0.6.0: No user visible changes. Preparation for the secure informed user consent functionality.

0.5.1: Filtering is now available on the list screens. Just start typing ...

== Repository ==

Preware and the Package Manager Service are housed in the applications/preware and services/ipkservice git repositories at http://git.webos-internals.org/

For commit permission to the open source project, contact rwhitby on #webos-internals or email [[mailto:support@webos-internals.org support@webos-internals.org]]

== Preware Bootstrap ==

The Preware Bootstrap is the fastest, most robust way to install or update Preware and the Package Manager Service.

<source lang="bash">
cd /tmp
wget http://bit.ly/preware-bootstrap
sh preware-bootstrap
</source>

}}

Testing Feeds

2010-03-30T01:52:57Z

Tibfib:

Setting up the WebOS Internals testing feeds on your webOS 1.3.5+ device:
===Using a Computer===
1. Gain access to the shell, either through novaterm/ssh or via the terminal application available through the regular WebOS Internals Feed

2. Execute the following script:

<pre>
cd /media/cryptofs/apps/etc/ipkg
echo "src/gz webosinternals-testing http://ipkg.preware.org/feeds/webos-internals/testing/all" >webos-internals-testing.conf
echo "src/gz webosinternals-testing-armv7 http://ipkg.preware.org/feeds/webos-internals/testing/armv7" >>webos-internals-testing.conf
</pre>

3. Once Preware is launched, selected the Update Feeds menu.

===Using Preware===
With Preware versions 0.9.30 and above, users are now able to add custom feeds through Preware without the use of a computer. The following instructions will explain how to add the Webos-Internals Testing feed for all devices:
#Open Preware and wait for it to finish loading.
#Open the App Menu (tap "Preware" in the top left corner of the screen) and tap Manage feeds.
#Scroll to the bottom until you see the New Feed box.
#Type webosinternals-testing in the NAME text box.
#*'''NOTICE: DO NOT PUT SPACES IN THE NAME. THEY RESULT IN THE FEED NOT LOADING.''' Instead use hyphens and make sure the name is NOT capitalized.
#Type or paste the URL http://ipkg.preware.org/feeds/webos-internals/testing/all/ in the URL text box
#*Make sure to delete 'http://' before pasting the URL if the URL already contains 'http://'
#Make sure the IS COMPRESSED option is set to YES (currently the toggle does not work, but will be fixed in future versions).
#Tap Add Feed and then tap Yes when the alert pops up.
#Gesture swipe back, open the App Menu, and tap Update Feeds.
Congratulations, you have just added a custom feed! For adding other feeds, be sure to replace the name and URL in these instructions with the proper name and URL.

The following are the testing feed URLs specifically for Pre, Pixi, and emulator respectively (These are separate from the 'all' testing feed):
:Pre:
:http://ipkg.preware.org/feeds/webos-internals/testing/armv7/

:Pixi:
:http://ipkg.preware.org/feeds/webos-internals/testing/armv6/

:Emulator:
:http://ipkg.preware.org/feeds/webos-internals/testing/i686/

Application:SaveRestore

2010-03-30T01:49:59Z

Tibfib:

{{application
|name=SaveRestore
|type=webOS
|version=Version: Beta 0.4.6 (29 Mar 2010)
|tag=Utilities
|screenshot=Saverestore_ss1.png
|description=

== Summary ==
Save/Restore enables saving and restoring application data to and from the /media/internal/saverestore/ directory (USB drive) on a webOS device.

== Installing SaveRestore ==
Use [[Preware]] to install this application.

The latest beta, version 0.4.6, is available in the testing feed. See [[Testing Feeds]] on how to add the testing feeds to Preware.

== Usage ==
===Saving Data===
[Add Image of Save Here]

Click on "Save Application Data" to start saving your application data to the USB drive. Once you are at the save page, you can choose which applications you would like to back up. When you have decided, tap the "Save Selected" button at the bottom of the screen.

===Saving Data===
[Add Image of Restore Here]

If you need to restore your backed-up data, tap on "Restore Application data" on the main page. Then, pick which applications you would like to restore. To restore the data, click on the "Restore Selected" button.

== Supported Applications ==
*A+ Student Organizer 
*Asphalt5 
*Asphalt5 Free 
*Dragon Game (How to Train Your Dragon) 
*drPodder 
*drPodder HB 
*Dungeon Hunter 
*Glyder 2 
*JogStats 
*JogStats Trial 
*Keyring 
*Memos* 
*Messaging* 
*Monopoly 
*Netstat 
*Need For Speed Underground 
*Shrek Kart 
*SplashID 
*The Sims 3 

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Restore is not yet available for these applications

== Operating Notes ==
===Disclaimer ===

This application is in a general beta testing phase, but you should not trust it as your sole backup of data. WebOS Internals provides Save/Retore as is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of Save/Restore is with you. Should Save/Restore prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. In no event will WebOS Internals or any other party be liable to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use Save/Restore (including but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure of Save/Restore to operate with any other programs).
===Limitations===
The Memos and Messaging application data can not be restored at this time.
===Known Bugs===
No known bugs

== Changelog ==
0.4.6: Added support for Dungeon Hunter. 
0.4.5: Public Release Candidate

== Contributors ==
*rwhitby
*AnOutsider
*swisstomcat
*oil
}}

Application:SaveRestore

2010-03-30T01:49:08Z

Tibfib:

{{application
|name=SaveRestore
|type=webOS
|version=Version: Beta 0.4.6 (29 Mar 2010)
|tag=Utilities
|screenshot=Saverestore_ss1.png
|description=

== Summary ==
Save/Restore enables saving and restoring application data to and from the /media/internal/saverestore/ directory (USB drive) on a webOS device.

== Installing SaveRestore ==
Use [[Preware]] to install this application.

The latest beta version 0.4.6, is available in the testing feed. See [[Testing Feeds]] on how to add the testing feeds to Preware.

== Usage ==
===Saving Data===
[Add Image of Save Here]

Click on "Save Application Data" to start saving your application data to the USB drive. Once you are at the save page, you can choose which applications you would like to back up. When you have decided, tap the "Save Selected" button at the bottom of the screen.

===Saving Data===
[Add Image of Restore Here]

If you need to restore your backed-up data, tap on "Restore Application data" on the main page. Then, pick which applications you would like to restore. To restore the data, click on the "Restore Selected" button.

== Supported Applications ==
*A+ Student Organizer 
*Asphalt5 
*Asphalt5 Free 
*Dragon Game (How to Train Your Dragon) 
*drPodder 
*drPodder HB 
*Dungeon Hunter 
*Glyder 2 
*JogStats 
*JogStats Trial 
*Keyring 
*Memos* 
*Messaging* 
*Monopoly 
*Netstat 
*Need For Speed Underground 
*Shrek Kart 
*SplashID 
*The Sims 3 

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Restore is not yet available for these applications

== Operating Notes ==
===Disclaimer ===

This application is in a general beta testing phase, but you should not trust it as your sole backup of data. WebOS Internals provides Save/Retore as is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of Save/Restore is with you. Should Save/Restore prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. In no event will WebOS Internals or any other party be liable to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use Save/Restore (including but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure of Save/Restore to operate with any other programs).
===Limitations===
The Memos and Messaging application data can not be restored at this time.
===Known Bugs===
No known bugs

== Changelog ==
0.4.6: Added support for Dungeon Hunter. 
0.4.5: Public Release Candidate

== Contributors ==
*rwhitby
*AnOutsider
*swisstomcat
*oil
}}

Application:SaveRestore

2010-03-30T01:41:22Z

Tibfib:

{{application
|name=SaveRestore
|type=webOS
|version=Version: Beta 0.4.6 (29 Mar 2010)
|tag=Utilities
|screenshot=Saverestore_ss1.png
|description=

== Summary ==
Save/Restore enables saving and restoring application data to and from the /media/internal/saverestore/ directory (USB drive) on a webOS device.

====Disclaimer====

It is in a general beta testing phase, but you should not trust it as your sole backup of data. WebOS Internals provides Save/Retore as is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of Save/Restore is with you. Should Save/Restore prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. In no event will WebOS Internals or any other party be liable to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use Save/Restore (including but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure of Save/Restore to operate with any other programs).

== Usage ==
===Saving Data===
[Add Image of Save Here]

Click on "Save Application Data" to start saving your application data to the USB drive. Once you are at the save page, you can choose which applications you would like to back up. When you have decided, tap the "Save Selected" button at the bottom of the screen.

===Saving Data===
[Add Image of Restore Here]

If you need to restore your backed-up data, tap on "Restore Application data" on the main page. Then, pick which applications you would like to restore. To restore the data, click on the "Restore Selected" button.

== Supported Applications ==
*A+ Student Organizer 
*Asphalt5 
*Asphalt5 Free 
*Dragon Game (How to Train Your Dragon) 
*drPodder 
*drPodder HB 
*Dungeon Hunter 
*Glyder 2 
*JogStats 
*JogStats Trial 
*Keyring 
*Memos* 
*Messaging* 
*Monopoly 
*Netstat 
*Need For Speed Underground 
*Shrek Kart 
*SplashID 
*The Sims 3 

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Restore is not yet available for these applications
== Changelog ==
0.4.6: Added support for Dungeon Hunter. 
0.4.5: Public Release Candidate

== Contributors ==
*rwhitby
*AnOutsider
*swisstomcat
*oil
}}

Application:SaveRestore

2010-03-30T01:30:22Z

Tibfib:

Application:SaveRestore

2010-03-30T01:29:37Z

Tibfib:

{{application
|name=SaveRestore
|type=webOS
|version=Version: Beta 0.4.6 (29 Mar 2010)
|tag=Utilities
|screenshot=Saverestore_ss1.png
|description=

== Summary ==
Save/Restore enables saving and restoring application data to and from the /media/internal/saverestore/ directory (USB drive) on a webOS device.

====Disclaimer====

It is in a general beta testing phase, but you should not trust it as your sole backup of data. WebOS Internals provides Save/Retore as is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of Save/Restore is with you. Should Save/Restore prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. In no event will WebOS Internals or any other party be liable to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use Save/Restore (including but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure of Save/Restore to operate with any other programs).

=== Key Features ===
*Save and Restore Application Data including:
**Memos
**Messaging
**Need for Speed

(see "Supported Applications" for a full list)

== Supported Applications ==
*A+ Student Organizer 
*Asphalt5 
*Asphalt5 Free 
*Dragon Game (How to Train Your Dragon) 
*drPodder 
*drPodder HB 
*Dungeon Hunter 
*Glyder 2 
*JogStats 
*JogStats Trial 
*Keyring 
*Memos* 
*Messaging* 
*Monopoly 
*Netstat 
*Need For Speed Underground 
*Shrek Kart 
*SplashID 
*The Sims 3 

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Restore is not yet available for these applications
== Changelog ==
0.4.6: Added support for Dungeon Hunter. 
0.4.5: Public Release Candidate

== Contributors ==
*rwhitby
*AnOutsider
*swisstomcat
*oil
}}

Application:SaveRestore

2010-03-30T01:27:11Z

Tibfib:

{{application
|name=SaveRestore
|type=webOS
|version=Version: Beta 0.4.6 (29 Mar 2010)
|tag=Utilities
|screenshot=Saverestore_ss1.png
|description=

== Summary ==
Save/Restore enables saving and restoring application data to and from the /media/internal/saverestore/ directory (USB drive) on a webOS device.

====Disclaimer====

It is in a general beta testing phase, but you should not trust it as your sole backup of data. WebOS Internals provides Save/Retore as is without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of Save/Restore is with you. Should Save/Restore prove defective, you assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. In no event will WebOS Internals or any other party be liable to you for damages, including any general, special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use Save/Restore (including but not limited to loss of data or data being rendered inaccurate or losses sustained by you or third parties or a failure of Save/Restore to operate with any other programs).

=== Key Features ===
*Save and Restore Application Data including:
**Memos
**Messaging
**Need for Speed

(see "Supported Applications" for a full list)

== Supported Applications ==
*A+ Student Organizer 
*Asphalt5 
*Asphalt5 Free 
*Dragon Game (How to Train Your Dragon) 
*drPodder 
*drPodder HB 
*Dungeon Hunter 
*Glyder 2 
*JogStats 
*JogStats Trial 
*Keyring 
*Memos* 
*Messaging* 
*Monopoly 
*Netstat 
*Need For Speed Underground 
*Shrek Kart 
*SplashID 
*The Sims 3 

<nowiki>*</nowiki>Restore is not yet available for these applications
== Changelog ==
0.4.6: Added support for Dungeon Hunter. 
0.4.5: Public Release Candidate

== Contributors ==
*rwhitby

}}

Application:SaveRestore

2010-03-30T01:11:31Z

Tibfib:

{{application
|name=SaveRestore
|type=webOS
|version=Version: Beta 0.4.5 (29 Mar 2010)
|tag=Utilities
|screenshot=Saverestore_ss1.png
|description=

== Summary ==
An application use to save and restore application data to/from the USB drive.

=== Key Features ===
*Save and Restore Application Data including:
**Memos
**Messaging
**Need for Speed

(see "Supported Applications" for a full list)

== Supported Applications ==

}}

Save and Restore

2010-03-30T01:04:12Z

Tibfib:

== Summary ==
A general architecture for saving and restoring stuff from application data areas to the USB drive.

== Architecture ==

* A binary C-based org.webosinternals.saverestore service provides the ability to run a set of pre-installed scripts
* The service calls the scripts with a small set of known arguments (e.g. 'info', 'save', 'restore', etc)
* The scripts are named according to the appId of the application that owns the data
* The scripts are stored in a location that is only accessible by installing them as root (e.g. a signed app with a post-install script)
* The service does not allow the execution of scripts outside of that location
* Therefore, any script that is run by the service has been installed by a means that already had root access

== Features of the service ==

* A method to list the current set of available scripts with info about id, name, ...
* A method to call an individual script, or the set of all scripts, with a command method
** save
** restore

== Implementation Decisions ==

* Where to store the data
** Choose /media/internal/saverestore

== Situations To Persist Across ==

* Partial Erase
* Profile Reset (/var and /media/cryptofs are wiped, but /media/internal is retained)

== Locations of Application Data ==

* /var/palm/data
* /media/internal/.app-storage
* /var/luna/data
* additional files in the application directory

Application:VBA

2010-01-17T03:29:03Z

Tibfib: /* Gameboy Advance */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider donating. See [http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/224974-visualboyadvance.html official thread] for the paypal link if you're interested.

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre. If you want to try some free Homebrew games for the GBA look at the end of the wiki page.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 NOTE The game talks about "/media/internal/vba/roms" because that's what the folder is called from the game's perspective. When mounted on USB it will just be "/vba/roms". Sorry for the confusion!

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
{| border="1"
|'''Pre Button'''
|'''Emulator Function'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|WASD
|Up/left/down/right
|
|-
|k
|B
|
|-
|l
|A
|
|-
|q
|L (trigger)
|
|-
|p
|R (trigger)
|
|-
|Enter
|Start
|
|-
|Spacebar
|Select
|
|-
|@
|Turbo
|
|-
|. (period)
|Screenshot
|
|-
|t
|Start/Select/a/b All at Once
|Useful for Resets
|-
|orange+s (minus)
|Toggle Displaying Emulation Speed
|
|-
|orange+l (apostrophe)
|Change Scaling Filter
|
|-
|orange+z (or y for qwertz pre)
|Toggle Sound
|Boosts (GBA) Performance
|}

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Save state support
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
Orange: Not Playable/Very Slow 
Yellow: Semi-Playable 
Green: Playable 
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Backyard Football
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|1.0.3
|Menus work near 100% but gameplay is slow.
|-
|Breath of Fire II
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-67%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Runs at 100% walking around. Battles haven't been tested.
|-
|Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without Sound
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Golden Sun: The Lost Age
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without sound if you have a lot patience.
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|63%
|1.0.3
|Playable, but a little slow.
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Pokemon - Ruby
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-90%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|}

== Free Roms==
There are several places where you can get free homebrew games for the GB and GBA that are 100% legal to download and try on the emulator. 
The best source for homebrew games for any console is http://www.pdroms.org but there are several other homebrew sites arround that offer something similar. 
Here is a small list of free games that are worth trying, if you have more add them to the list! 

===GBA===
{| border="1" class="freeware"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Link'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Anguna
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1724/
|-
|Another World
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=content/gba/anworld.inc
|-
|Arkanoid Clone
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4039
|-
|Bust-A-Move Clone
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.russprince.com/gba/
|-
|Dangerous XMAS
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/rickxmas.htm
|-
|Hergs Solitaire
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1317/
|-
|The Last Seal
|bgcolor=""|%
|bgcolor=""|%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/895/
|-
|Motocross Challange
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/495/
|-}
If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to ".gba"

Application:VBA

2010-01-17T03:28:00Z

Tibfib: /* Gameboy Advance */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider donating. See [http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/224974-visualboyadvance.html official thread] for the paypal link if you're interested.

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre. If you want to try some free Homebrew games for the GBA look at the end of the wiki page.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 NOTE The game talks about "/media/internal/vba/roms" because that's what the folder is called from the game's perspective. When mounted on USB it will just be "/vba/roms". Sorry for the confusion!

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
{| border="1"
|'''Pre Button'''
|'''Emulator Function'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|WASD
|Up/left/down/right
|
|-
|k
|B
|
|-
|l
|A
|
|-
|q
|L (trigger)
|
|-
|p
|R (trigger)
|
|-
|Enter
|Start
|
|-
|Spacebar
|Select
|
|-
|@
|Turbo
|
|-
|. (period)
|Screenshot
|
|-
|t
|Start/Select/a/b All at Once
|Useful for Resets
|-
|orange+s (minus)
|Toggle Displaying Emulation Speed
|
|-
|orange+l (apostrophe)
|Change Scaling Filter
|
|-
|orange+z (or y for qwertz pre)
|Toggle Sound
|Boosts (GBA) Performance
|}

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Save state support
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
Orange: Not Playable/Very Slow 
Yellow: Semi-Playable 
Green: Playable 
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Backyard Football
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|1.0.3
|Menus work near 100% but gameplay is slow.
|-
|Breath of Fire II
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-67%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Runs at 100% walking around. Battles haven't been tested.
|-
|Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without Sound
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Golden Sun: The Lost Age
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without sound if you have a lot patience.
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|63%
|1.0.3
|Playable, but a little slow.
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Pokemon - Ruby
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80-90%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|}

== Free Roms==
There are several places where you can get free homebrew games for the GB and GBA that are 100% legal to download and try on the emulator. 
The best source for homebrew games for any console is http://www.pdroms.org but there are several other homebrew sites arround that offer something similar. 
Here is a small list of free games that are worth trying, if you have more add them to the list! 

===GBA===
{| border="1" class="freeware"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Link'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Anguna
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1724/
|-
|Another World
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=content/gba/anworld.inc
|-
|Arkanoid Clone
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4039
|-
|Bust-A-Move Clone
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.russprince.com/gba/
|-
|Dangerous XMAS
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/rickxmas.htm
|-
|Hergs Solitaire
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1317/
|-
|The Last Seal
|bgcolor=""|%
|bgcolor=""|%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/895/
|-
|Motocross Challange
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/495/
|-}
If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to ".gba"

Application:VBA

2010-01-17T03:23:15Z

Tibfib: /* Gameboy Advance */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider donating. See [http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/224974-visualboyadvance.html official thread] for the paypal link if you're interested.

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre. If you want to try some free Homebrew games for the GBA look at the end of the wiki page.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 NOTE The game talks about "/media/internal/vba/roms" because that's what the folder is called from the game's perspective. When mounted on USB it will just be "/vba/roms". Sorry for the confusion!

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
{| border="1"
|'''Pre Button'''
|'''Emulator Function'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|WASD
|Up/left/down/right
|
|-
|k
|B
|
|-
|l
|A
|
|-
|q
|L (trigger)
|
|-
|p
|R (trigger)
|
|-
|Enter
|Start
|
|-
|Spacebar
|Select
|
|-
|@
|Turbo
|
|-
|. (period)
|Screenshot
|
|-
|t
|Start/Select/a/b All at Once
|Useful for Resets
|-
|orange+s (minus)
|Toggle Displaying Emulation Speed
|
|-
|orange+l (apostrophe)
|Change Scaling Filter
|
|-
|orange+z (or y for qwertz pre)
|Toggle Sound
|Boosts (GBA) Performance
|}

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Save state support
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
Orange: Not Playable/Very Slow 
Yellow: Semi-Playable 
Green: Playable 
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Backyard Football
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|1.0.3
|Menus work near 100% but gameplay is slow.
|-
|Breath of Fire II
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-67%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Runs at 100% walking around. Battles haven't been tested.
|-
|Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without Sound
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Golden Sun: The Lost Age
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without sound.
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|63%
|1.0.3
|Playable, but a little slow.
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Pokemon - Ruby
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80-90%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|}

== Free Roms==
There are several places where you can get free homebrew games for the GB and GBA that are 100% legal to download and try on the emulator. 
The best source for homebrew games for any console is http://www.pdroms.org but there are several other homebrew sites arround that offer something similar. 
Here is a small list of free games that are worth trying, if you have more add them to the list! 

===GBA===
{| border="1" class="freeware"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Link'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Anguna
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1724/
|-
|Another World
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=content/gba/anworld.inc
|-
|Arkanoid Clone
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4039
|-
|Bust-A-Move Clone
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.russprince.com/gba/
|-
|Dangerous XMAS
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/rickxmas.htm
|-
|Hergs Solitaire
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1317/
|-
|The Last Seal
|bgcolor=""|%
|bgcolor=""|%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/895/
|-
|Motocross Challange
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/495/
|-}
If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to ".gba"

Application:VBA

2010-01-17T03:20:55Z

Tibfib: /* Gameboy Advance */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider donating. See [http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/224974-visualboyadvance.html official thread] for the paypal link if you're interested.

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre. If you want to try some free Homebrew games for the GBA look at the end of the wiki page.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 NOTE The game talks about "/media/internal/vba/roms" because that's what the folder is called from the game's perspective. When mounted on USB it will just be "/vba/roms". Sorry for the confusion!

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
{| border="1"
|'''Pre Button'''
|'''Emulator Function'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|WASD
|Up/left/down/right
|
|-
|k
|B
|
|-
|l
|A
|
|-
|q
|L (trigger)
|
|-
|p
|R (trigger)
|
|-
|Enter
|Start
|
|-
|Spacebar
|Select
|
|-
|@
|Turbo
|
|-
|. (period)
|Screenshot
|
|-
|t
|Start/Select/a/b All at Once
|Useful for Resets
|-
|orange+s (minus)
|Toggle Displaying Emulation Speed
|
|-
|orange+l (apostrophe)
|Change Scaling Filter
|
|-
|orange+z (or y for qwertz pre)
|Toggle Sound
|Boosts (GBA) Performance
|}

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Save state support
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Backyard Football
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|1.0.3
|Menus work near 100% but gameplay is slow.
|-
|Breath of Fire II
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-67%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Runs at 100% walking around. Battles haven't been tested.
|-
|Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without Sound
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Golden Sun: The Lost Age
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without sound.
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|63%
|1.0.3
|Playable, but a little slow.
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Pokemon - Ruby
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80-90%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|}

== Free Roms==
There are several places where you can get free homebrew games for the GB and GBA that are 100% legal to download and try on the emulator. 
The best source for homebrew games for any console is http://www.pdroms.org but there are several other homebrew sites arround that offer something similar. 
Here is a small list of free games that are worth trying, if you have more add them to the list! 

===GBA===
{| border="1" class="freeware"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Link'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Anguna
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1724/
|-
|Another World
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=content/gba/anworld.inc
|-
|Arkanoid Clone
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4039
|-
|Bust-A-Move Clone
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.russprince.com/gba/
|-
|Dangerous XMAS
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/rickxmas.htm
|-
|Hergs Solitaire
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1317/
|-
|The Last Seal
|bgcolor=""|%
|bgcolor=""|%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/895/
|-
|Motocross Challange
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/495/
|-}
If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to ".gba"

Application:VBA

2010-01-17T03:19:54Z

Tibfib: /* Gameboy Advance */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider donating. See [http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/224974-visualboyadvance.html official thread] for the paypal link if you're interested.

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre. If you want to try some free Homebrew games for the GBA look at the end of the wiki page.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 NOTE The game talks about "/media/internal/vba/roms" because that's what the folder is called from the game's perspective. When mounted on USB it will just be "/vba/roms". Sorry for the confusion!

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
{| border="1"
|'''Pre Button'''
|'''Emulator Function'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|WASD
|Up/left/down/right
|
|-
|k
|B
|
|-
|l
|A
|
|-
|q
|L (trigger)
|
|-
|p
|R (trigger)
|
|-
|Enter
|Start
|
|-
|Spacebar
|Select
|
|-
|@
|Turbo
|
|-
|. (period)
|Screenshot
|
|-
|t
|Start/Select/a/b All at Once
|Useful for Resets
|-
|orange+s (minus)
|Toggle Displaying Emulation Speed
|
|-
|orange+l (apostrophe)
|Change Scaling Filter
|
|-
|orange+z (or y for qwertz pre)
|Toggle Sound
|Boosts (GBA) Performance
|}

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Save state support
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Backyard Football
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|1.0.3
|Menus work near 100% but gameplay is slow.
|-
|Breath of Fire II
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-67%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Runs at 100% walking around. Battles haven't been tested.
|-
|Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without Sound
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Golden Sun: The Lost Age
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable without sound.
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Playable, but a little slow.
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Pokemon - Ruby
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80-90%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|}

== Free Roms==
There are several places where you can get free homebrew games for the GB and GBA that are 100% legal to download and try on the emulator. 
The best source for homebrew games for any console is http://www.pdroms.org but there are several other homebrew sites arround that offer something similar. 
Here is a small list of free games that are worth trying, if you have more add them to the list! 

===GBA===
{| border="1" class="freeware"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Link'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Anguna
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1724/
|-
|Another World
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=content/gba/anworld.inc
|-
|Arkanoid Clone
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4039
|-
|Bust-A-Move Clone
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.russprince.com/gba/
|-
|Dangerous XMAS
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/rickxmas.htm
|-
|Hergs Solitaire
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1317/
|-
|The Last Seal
|bgcolor=""|%
|bgcolor=""|%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/895/
|-
|Motocross Challange
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/495/
|-}
If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to ".gba"

Application:VBA

2010-01-17T03:11:25Z

Tibfib: /* Gameboy Advance */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider donating. See [http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/224974-visualboyadvance.html official thread] for the paypal link if you're interested.

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre. If you want to try some free Homebrew games for the GBA look at the end of the wiki page.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 NOTE The game talks about "/media/internal/vba/roms" because that's what the folder is called from the game's perspective. When mounted on USB it will just be "/vba/roms". Sorry for the confusion!

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
{| border="1"
|'''Pre Button'''
|'''Emulator Function'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|WASD
|Up/left/down/right
|
|-
|k
|B
|
|-
|l
|A
|
|-
|q
|L (trigger)
|
|-
|p
|R (trigger)
|
|-
|Enter
|Start
|
|-
|Spacebar
|Select
|
|-
|@
|Turbo
|
|-
|. (period)
|Screenshot
|
|-
|t
|Start/Select/a/b All at Once
|Useful for Resets
|-
|orange+s (minus)
|Toggle Displaying Emulation Speed
|
|-
|orange+l (apostrophe)
|Change Scaling Filter
|
|-
|orange+z (or y for qwertz pre)
|Toggle Sound
|Boosts (GBA) Performance
|}

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Save state support
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Backyard Football
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|1.0.3
|Menus work near 100% but gameplay is slow.
|-
|Breath of Fire II
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-67%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Runs at 100% walking around. Battles haven't been tested.
|-
|Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|1.0.3
|Semi-Playable
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Playable, but a little slow.
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Pokemon - Ruby
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80-90%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|}

== Free Roms==
There are several places where you can get free homebrew games for the GB and GBA that are 100% legal to download and try on the emulator. 
The best source for homebrew games for any console is http://www.pdroms.org but there are several other homebrew sites arround that offer something similar. 
Here is a small list of free games that are worth trying, if you have more add them to the list! 

===GBA===
{| border="1" class="freeware"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Link'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Anguna
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1724/
|-
|Another World
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=content/gba/anworld.inc
|-
|Arkanoid Clone
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4039
|-
|Bust-A-Move Clone
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.russprince.com/gba/
|-
|Dangerous XMAS
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/rickxmas.htm
|-
|Hergs Solitaire
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1317/
|-
|The Last Seal
|bgcolor=""|%
|bgcolor=""|%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/895/
|-
|Motocross Challange
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/495/
|-}
If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to ".gba"

Application:VBA

2010-01-17T03:03:55Z

Tibfib: /* Gameboy Advance */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider donating. See [http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/224974-visualboyadvance.html official thread] for the paypal link if you're interested.

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre. If you want to try some free Homebrew games for the GBA look at the end of the wiki page.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 NOTE The game talks about "/media/internal/vba/roms" because that's what the folder is called from the game's perspective. When mounted on USB it will just be "/vba/roms". Sorry for the confusion!

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
{| border="1"
|'''Pre Button'''
|'''Emulator Function'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|WASD
|Up/left/down/right
|
|-
|k
|B
|
|-
|l
|A
|
|-
|q
|L (trigger)
|
|-
|p
|R (trigger)
|
|-
|Enter
|Start
|
|-
|Spacebar
|Select
|
|-
|@
|Turbo
|
|-
|. (period)
|Screenshot
|
|-
|t
|Start/Select/a/b All at Once
|Useful for Resets
|-
|orange+s (minus)
|Toggle Displaying Emulation Speed
|
|-
|orange+l (apostrophe)
|Change Scaling Filter
|
|-
|orange+z (or y for qwertz pre)
|Toggle Sound
|Boosts (GBA) Performance
|}

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Save state support
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Backyard Football
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|1.0.3
|Menus work near 100% but gameplay is slow.
|-
|Breath of Fire II
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-67%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Runs at 100% walking around. Battles haven't been tested.
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Playable, but a little slow.
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Pokemon - Ruby
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80-90%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|}

== Free Roms==
There are several places where you can get free homebrew games for the GB and GBA that are 100% legal to download and try on the emulator. 
The best source for homebrew games for any console is http://www.pdroms.org but there are several other homebrew sites arround that offer something similar. 
Here is a small list of free games that are worth trying, if you have more add them to the list! 

===GBA===
{| border="1" class="freeware"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Link'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Anguna
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1724/
|-
|Another World
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=content/gba/anworld.inc
|-
|Arkanoid Clone
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4039
|-
|Bust-A-Move Clone
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.russprince.com/gba/
|-
|Dangerous XMAS
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/rickxmas.htm
|-
|Hergs Solitaire
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1317/
|-
|The Last Seal
|bgcolor=""|%
|bgcolor=""|%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/895/
|-
|Motocross Challange
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/495/
|-}
If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to ".gba"

Application:VBA

2010-01-17T03:02:52Z

Tibfib: /* Gameboy Advance */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider donating. See [http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/224974-visualboyadvance.html official thread] for the paypal link if you're interested.

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre. If you want to try some free Homebrew games for the GBA look at the end of the wiki page.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 NOTE The game talks about "/media/internal/vba/roms" because that's what the folder is called from the game's perspective. When mounted on USB it will just be "/vba/roms". Sorry for the confusion!

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
{| border="1"
|'''Pre Button'''
|'''Emulator Function'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|WASD
|Up/left/down/right
|
|-
|k
|B
|
|-
|l
|A
|
|-
|q
|L (trigger)
|
|-
|p
|R (trigger)
|
|-
|Enter
|Start
|
|-
|Spacebar
|Select
|
|-
|@
|Turbo
|
|-
|. (period)
|Screenshot
|
|-
|t
|Start/Select/a/b All at Once
|Useful for Resets
|-
|orange+s (minus)
|Toggle Displaying Emulation Speed
|
|-
|orange+l (apostrophe)
|Change Scaling Filter
|
|-
|orange+z (or y for qwertz pre)
|Toggle Sound
|Boosts (GBA) Performance
|}

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Save state support
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Backyard Football
|bgcolor="orange"|35%
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|1.0.3
|Menus work near 100% but gameplay is slow.
|-
|Breath of Fire II
|bgcolor="yellow"|60-67%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|Runs at 100% walking around. Battles haven't been tested.
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Playable, but a little slow.
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Pokemon - Ruby
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80-90%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|}

== Free Roms==
There are several places where you can get free homebrew games for the GB and GBA that are 100% legal to download and try on the emulator. 
The best source for homebrew games for any console is http://www.pdroms.org but there are several other homebrew sites arround that offer something similar. 
Here is a small list of free games that are worth trying, if you have more add them to the list! 

===GBA===
{| border="1" class="freeware"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Link'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Anguna
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1724/
|-
|Another World
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=content/gba/anworld.inc
|-
|Arkanoid Clone
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4039
|-
|Bust-A-Move Clone
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.russprince.com/gba/
|-
|Dangerous XMAS
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/rickxmas.htm
|-
|Hergs Solitaire
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1317/
|-
|The Last Seal
|bgcolor=""|%
|bgcolor=""|%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/895/
|-
|Motocross Challange
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/495/
|-}
If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to ".gba"

Application:VBA

2010-01-17T02:40:34Z

Tibfib: /* Gameboy Advance */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider donating. See [http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/224974-visualboyadvance.html official thread] for the paypal link if you're interested.

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre. If you want to try some free Homebrew games for the GBA look at the end of the wiki page.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 NOTE The game talks about "/media/internal/vba/roms" because that's what the folder is called from the game's perspective. When mounted on USB it will just be "/vba/roms". Sorry for the confusion!

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
{| border="1"
|'''Pre Button'''
|'''Emulator Function'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|WASD
|Up/left/down/right
|
|-
|k
|B
|
|-
|l
|A
|
|-
|q
|L (trigger)
|
|-
|p
|R (trigger)
|
|-
|Enter
|Start
|
|-
|Spacebar
|Select
|
|-
|@
|Turbo
|
|-
|. (period)
|Screenshot
|
|-
|t
|Start/Select/a/b All at Once
|Useful for Resets
|-
|orange+s (minus)
|Toggle Displaying Emulation Speed
|
|-
|orange+l (apostrophe)
|Change Scaling Filter
|
|-
|orange+z (or y for qwertz pre)
|Toggle Sound
|Boosts (GBA) Performance
|}

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Save state support
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Lord of the Rings, Return of the King
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Playable, but a little slow.
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Pokemon - Ruby
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80-90%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|}

== Free Roms==
There are several places where you can get free homebrew games for the GB and GBA that are 100% legal to download and try on the emulator. 
The best source for homebrew games for any console is http://www.pdroms.org but there are several other homebrew sites arround that offer something similar. 
Here is a small list of free games that are worth trying, if you have more add them to the list! 

===GBA===
{| border="1" class="freeware"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Link'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Anguna
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1724/
|-
|Another World
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=content/gba/anworld.inc
|-
|Arkanoid Clone
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4039
|-
|Bust-A-Move Clone
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.russprince.com/gba/
|-
|Dangerous XMAS
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/rickxmas.htm
|-
|Hergs Solitaire
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1317/
|-
|The Last Seal
|bgcolor=""|%
|bgcolor=""|%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/895/
|-
|Motocross Challange
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/495/
|-}
If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to ".gba"

Application:VBA

2010-01-17T00:30:12Z

Tibfib: /* Controls */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider donating. See [http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/224974-visualboyadvance.html official thread] for the paypal link if you're interested.

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre. If you want to try some free Homebrew games for the GBA look at the end of the wiki page.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 NOTE The game talks about "/media/internal/vba/roms" because that's what the folder is called from the game's perspective. When mounted on USB it will just be "/vba/roms". Sorry for the confusion!

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
{| border="1"
|'''Pre Button'''
|'''Emulator Function'''
|'''Notes'''
|-
|WASD
|Up/left/down/right
|
|-
|k
|B
|
|-
|l
|A
|
|-
|q
|L (trigger)
|
|-
|p
|R (trigger)
|
|-
|Enter
|Start
|
|-
|Spacebar
|Select
|
|-
|@
|Turbo
|
|-
|. (period)
|Screenshot
|
|-
|t
|Start/Select/a/b All at Once
|Useful for Resets
|-
|orange+s (minus)
|Toggle Displaying Emulation Speed
|
|-
|orange+l (apostrophe)
|Change Scaling Filter
|
|-
|orange+z (or y for qwertz pre)
|Toggle Sound
|Boosts (GBA) Performance
|}

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Save state support
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|-
|Pokemon - Ruby
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80-90%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|}

== Free Roms==
There are several places where you can get free homebrew games for the GB and GBA that are 100% legal to download and try on the emulator. 
The best source for homebrew games for any console is http://www.pdroms.org but there are several other homebrew sites arround that offer something similar. 
Here is a small list of free games that are worth trying, if you have more add them to the list! 

===GBA===
{| border="1" class="freeware"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Link'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Anguna
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1724/
|-
|Another World
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=content/gba/anworld.inc
|-
|Arkanoid Clone
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.playeradvance.org/forum/showthread.php?t=4039
|-
|Bust-A-Move Clone
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.russprince.com/gba/
|-
|Dangerous XMAS
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/rickxmas.htm
|-
|Hergs Solitaire
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|100%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/1317/
|-
|The Last Seal
|bgcolor=""|%
|bgcolor=""|%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/895/
|-
|Motocross Challange
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|http://www.pdroms.de/files/495/
|-}
If the downloaded game has a ".bin" extension just rename it to ".gba"

File:VBAcontrols.png

2010-01-16T22:16:01Z

Tibfib: VisualBoyAdvance Controls

VisualBoyAdvance Controls

Application:VBA

2010-01-16T22:00:39Z

Tibfib: /* Gameboy Advance */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=3S7ULCYRCDWS8&lc=US&item_name=Will%20Dietz&item_number=palm%20pre&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted donating]

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
WASD --Up/left/down/right. 
K --B 
L--A 
Q--L 
P--R 
enter--start 
space--select 
@--turbo 
orange+s (minus)--toggle displaying emulation speed
orange+L (quote)--change scaling filter 
orange+@ (zero)--change orientation 
. (period)--snapshot 
t -- start/select/a/b all at once 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> (orange+z/asterisk *orange+y for german qwertz Pre) --toggle sound for speed (particularly GBA) 

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Save state support
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit to load. Extremely Playable without Sound!
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|-

Application:VBA

2010-01-16T22:00:08Z

Tibfib: /* Adding ROMS */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=3S7ULCYRCDWS8&lc=US&item_name=Will%20Dietz&item_number=palm%20pre&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted donating]

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 As of 1.0.3, the "roms" folder is also where the saves (.sav) and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
WASD --Up/left/down/right. 
K --B 
L--A 
Q--L 
P--R 
enter--start 
space--select 
@--turbo 
orange+s (minus)--toggle displaying emulation speed
orange+L (quote)--change scaling filter 
orange+@ (zero)--change orientation 
. (period)--snapshot 
t -- start/select/a/b all at once 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> (orange+z/asterisk *orange+y for german qwertz Pre) --toggle sound for speed (particularly GBA) 

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Save state support
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Extremely Playable without Sound! Very playable if you disable music in options.
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|-

Application:VBA

2010-01-16T21:59:14Z

Tibfib: /* Feature Requests/TODO */

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=3S7ULCYRCDWS8&lc=US&item_name=Will%20Dietz&item_number=palm%20pre&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted donating]

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 As of 1.0.3, this is also where the save games and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
WASD --Up/left/down/right. 
K --B 
L--A 
Q--L 
P--R 
enter--start 
space--select 
@--turbo 
orange+s (minus)--toggle displaying emulation speed
orange+L (quote)--change scaling filter 
orange+@ (zero)--change orientation 
. (period)--snapshot 
t -- start/select/a/b all at once 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> (orange+z/asterisk *orange+y for german qwertz Pre) --toggle sound for speed (particularly GBA) 

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* Save state support
* Option to move/hide the "Wrote battery" message.
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Extremely Playable without Sound! Very playable if you disable music in options.
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|-

Application:VBA

2010-01-16T21:56:21Z

Tibfib:

=VisualBoyAdvance=
VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

==Credit==
Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010. 
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

==License==
All source is under the GPLv2 license.
The original source code is available [http://vba.ngemu.com/downloads.shtml here] 
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git [http://git.webos-internals.org/?p=games/visualboyadvance.git here] 

== Donate ==
Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy!
If you like it please consider [https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=3S7ULCYRCDWS8&lc=US&item_name=Will%20Dietz&item_number=palm%20pre&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_LG%2egif%3aNonHosted donating]

== Installing VBA ==
Install [[Preware]], and then launch it. Click on "Available Packages" then "Applications, or "Available Applications" then "All" depending on the Preware preferences you have chosen. Now type in "visual" (no quotes). VisualBoyAdvance should show up. If not, make sure your feeds are up to date. Click on VBA and then click install. You will probably have to install other services as well (it will tell you if you do).
 

Now you are ready to add ROMs(games)!

==Adding ROMS==
We aren't going to discuss how to get ROMs here but we will tell you how to transfer them to your Pre.

Compatible ROM Files: 
.gba (Game Boy Advance) 
.gbc (Game Boy Color) 
.gb (Game Boy) 

Once you have installed VBA on your Pre via [[Preware]], click on it from the launcher to open it for the first time. This should create the necessary folders for the ROMs.

Now connect your Pre to your computer via USB mode. Once the Pre shows up on your computer, open it. You now should be at the "root" of your Pre's storage. If you look at the folders in the root, there should be a few including the "wallpapers", "ringtones", and most importantly, "vba" folders. Click on that and then the "roms" folder. Copy the ROMs from your computer and move them here. DO NOT put the ROMs (.gb, .gbc, .gba) in folders or zips within the "roms" folder.

 If you don't see a "vba" folder, but you do see a "wallpapers" and a "ringtones" folder AND you know you installed VBA properly, go ahead and create the necessary folders. Create one at the root called "vba" (no quotes or caps). Then make another one inside that called "roms" (again, no quotes or caps).

 As of 1.0.3, this is also where the save games and screen captures go.

==Controls==
To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector. 
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them. 

These are the current controls (while playing): 
WASD --Up/left/down/right. 
K --B 
L--A 
Q--L 
P--R 
enter--start 
space--select 
@--turbo 
orange+s (minus)--toggle displaying emulation speed
orange+L (quote)--change scaling filter 
orange+@ (zero)--change orientation 
. (period)--snapshot 
t -- start/select/a/b all at once 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> (orange+z/asterisk *orange+y for german qwertz Pre) --toggle sound for speed (particularly GBA) 

==Screenshots/Videos==
No Screenshots Yet!(fbcat doesn't grab opengles apps apparently?)

YouTube Videos of VBA(1.0.1): 
Mario Kart Advance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCZs3SU_Nc 
Metroid Fusion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nZKduqLcC8 
Zelda DX: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UE8SbBLbqHI 
Pokemon Crystal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-312zgBPpyI 
Super Mario Land 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ9s_57jGTM 

== Feature Requests/TODO ==
Here's a list of feature requests I'm aware of and/or things I plan to do.
* Use type:game instead of upstart launcher.
* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
* Add ability to customize controls
* Add on-screen controls
** Portrait: controls can go off the screen (below, move image up)
** Landscape: if you can resolve the alpha blending performance issues, make that happen!
* Zip rom support
* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
* save state support
* Create /save folder for .sav files (battery-backed RAM save info), instead of placing .sav in the /roms folder
* More Scaling options, particularly 1:1 (no scaling)
* Better performance on GBA!!
** See iphone/GP2X ports and their ARM optimizations! (dynarec?)
* Frameskip options! (auto-frameskip?)

==Known issues==
* Poor performance in GBA. Try disabling sound (press '*'/orange+z)
* Audio doesn't seem to be fully disabled (you won't hear anything, but Pulseaudio is still doing a little work)
* Occasionally crashes when minimized and Sound is activated
* Notifications always appear as if in landscape

== Changelog ==
* 1.0.3 Added toggle for displaying emulation speed to help compatability reports
* 1.0.2 Small metadata fix.
* 1.0.1 Small performance boost, public release!
* 1.0.0 Initial release (testing feed). Reimplemented rendering engine, rom selector.

== Compatibility List==
This is a list of games and how well they run.
PLEASE include a version number (on rom selector) when adding entries!
To see the emulation speed percentage, hit orange+s while playing (as of 1.0.3). 

===Gameboy/Gameboy Color===
All GB/GBC Games should be compatible (99.9%) at 100% Speed, please just report those NOT working.
{| border="1"
|Title
|Works
|Version
|Notes
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Zelda DX
|YES
|1.0.0
|
|-
|Bugs Bunny and Lolla Bunny: Operation Carrots
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|-
|The Lion King: SImba's Mighty Adventure
|YES
|1.0.3
|
|}

===Gameboy Advance===
{| border="1" class="wikitable"
! rowspan="2" | '''Title'''
! colspan="2" | '''Speed'''
! rowspan="2" | '''VBA Version'''
! rowspan="2" | '''Notes'''
|-
! '''Sound'''
! '''No Sound'''
|-
|Advance Wars
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|68%
|1.0.3
|Very Playable without Sound!
|-
|Fire Emblem
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Extremely Playable without Sound! Very playable if you disable music in options.
|-
|F-Zero - GP Legend
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|55%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|95%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Iridion II
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Kuru Kuru Kururin
|bgcolor="orange"|40%
|bgcolor="yellow"|65%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mario & Luigi - Superstar Saga
|bgcolor="orange"|65-70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80-100%
|1.0.3
|Menu 100% with Sound ;), ingame mostly fullspeed without.
|-
|Mario Kart - Super Circuit
|bgcolor="orange"|44%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|Time Trial without Sound is almost Fullspeed (95%)!
|-
|Metal Slug Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Metroid Fusion
|bgcolor="yellow"|68%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|92%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Mortal Kombat Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|1.0.3
|Playable without sound
|-
|Ninja Five-0
|bgcolor="yellow"|57%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|Runs very good without Sound
|-
|PocketNES - NES Emulator
|bgcolor="orange"|60%
|bgcolor="yellow"|80%
|1.0.3
|-
|Pokemon - Fire Red
|bgcolor="orange"|47%
|bgcolor="yellow"|64%
|1.0.3
|A little slow to actually play, but bearable I guess
|-
|Pokemon - Leaf Green
|bgcolor="orange"|46%
|bgcolor="yellow"|63%
|1.0.3
|Error Loading Savegame, but still works.
|-
|Rayman Advance
|bgcolor="orange"|53%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|75%
|1.0.3
|Without sound very playable!
|-
|R-Type 3
|bgcolor="yellow"|70%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90-100%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA2 - Super Mario World
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA3 - Yoshi's Island
|bgcolor="orange"|43%
|bgcolor="yellow"|58%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|SMA4 - Mario Bros. 3
|bgcolor="orange"|51%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|72%
|1.0.3
|Takes a bit time to Load.
|-
|Sonic Advance 1
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 2
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Sonic Advance 3
|bgcolor="orange"|49%
|bgcolor="yellow"|72%
|1.0.3
|to slow for sonic
|-
|Super Ghouls'n Ghosts
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|bgcolor="yellow"|69%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|V-Rally 3
|bgcolor="orange"|37%
|bgcolor="orange"|48%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Land 4
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Wario Ware Inc.
|bgcolor="yellow"|60%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|70-80%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zelda - A Link to the Past
|bgcolor="orange"|45%
|bgcolor="yellow"|62%
|1.0.3
|Slow but Playable!
|-
|Zelda - The Minish Cap
|bgcolor="orange"|50%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|85%
|1.0.3
|
|-
|Zooo
|bgcolor="orange"|55%
|bgcolor="lightgreen"|90%
|1.0.3
|
|-

Application:VBA

2010-01-16T21:41:21Z

Tibfib:

Application:VBA

2010-01-16T16:44:55Z

Tibfib: /* Gameboy Advance */

Application:VBA

2010-01-16T16:14:08Z

Tibfib: /* Gameboy Advance */

Application:VBA

2010-01-16T15:46:25Z

Tibfib: /* Gameboy Advance */

Application:VBA

2010-01-16T15:45:14Z

Tibfib: