So here it is how to play FREE DS and GBA (GameBoyAdvanced) games on your pc or laptop for FREE.
Using an Emulation software called NO$GBA + NO$ZOOMER.
NO$GBA is the actual Emulator and NO$ZOOMER is an addon to get more functionality out of the Emulator!, Simples!.
Ok a quick how to for you all..
How To Install and Run the NO$GBA Emulator
The process is fairly straightforward:
Download the NO$GBA exe
Put it in a folder of your choice
Prepare your games (back up your cartridges onto your PC)
On running NO$GBA will ask for a cartridge/game to load, choose one
The game will run automatically
PC Hardware Requirements
The NO$GBA documentation states that a x386 processor should be able to run the emulator, albeit slowly. This may have been true when it was purely a Game Boy Advance emulator (but even then it would have been doubtful).
I recommend, at least, the following:
Intel Pentium (Or compatible) Processor
At least 256 MB of RAM (if you have only 256MB of RAM in this day and age - UPGRADE!)
Video card that supports DirectX9 (when playing any 3D games)
Windows XP/2000/Vista
Mouse - the emulator uses the mouse as an emulated stylus.
A Game Pad is recommended to get the best out of the games. Using the keyboard to play is often too hard.
Getting and Running the NO$GBA Emulator
The steps to get and run the emulator are as follows:
Prepare your games by downloading the ROM image onto the PC - this is the most complex and difficult part of the process - but this step-by-step guide should help (or this one)
Unzip the downloaded emulator file into a folder you want the NO$GBA emulator to reside
Double click the 'NO$GBA.EXE' to run the emulator (you will be asked to choose the ROM image for a game before anything else which is why you need the ROM images prepared)
Simple as that (apart from the backing up games part!).
Once you have a game running see the next section for changing configuration details.
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Let me explain a little on how it works...
Actually just watch their video its all their and simple too...
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EDIT: An edited version can be found at the end of this post!
EDIT2: Another refined version for you :P, Again at the end of this post.
As ever install either as..
1), Put your desire into recovery...
[code]From r5 root methord - thanks to paul @ Modaco
Entering recovery in future
Included with the root script is a script for entering recovery in the future. To use...
* Turn on the device with the volume button held down * Navigate to the 'RECOVERY' option on the menu, using the volume buttons to move and the power button to select. * In your terminal window, enter either 'recovery-windows.bat', './recovery-mac.sh' or './recovery-linux.sh' as appropriate. * It is recommended that you do NOT use the 'USB mount' functionality in the recovery image!
Obviously were are using ./recovery-linux.sh in this guide
2), Then issue command # sudo ./adb-linux push bootanimation.zip /data/local
Making sure bootanimations.zip is in the root of the adb folder on your pc.
3), Now highlight the reboot phone option and select it, Reboot and enjoy!!
OR
Failing that you can ..
1. Download "Root Explorer" from the android market. 2. Copy the bootanimation.zip to the root of your sdcard, 3. Using root explorer copy the bootanimation.zip to /data/local reboot and enjoy!
EDIT: Added extra frame to stop the "s" Hanging in the htc desire anime.