That's the idea. I'd take a couple of my simpler games and try to get them to work with the GMA emulator. It can play WAV files and for input it's got cursor keys and a few buttons, so it's got everything I need.
I haven't got any pricing for blowing the PROM and making the cartridges, but I'm not planning to go down that route. I suspect you'd have to make quite a lot to make it cost-effective and it would be better to link up with a company who already had the mechanisms - and Ninetendo licence - in place. You can buy an EPROM kit, so you can burn and erase the cartridges from the PC, but it's only really for testing and demonstrating (I suppose some people may use it for copying) but it wouldn't make sense to use this media for the games because of the extra cost. The alternative to a cartridge is that the DS has wi-fi built-in and there is a technique you can use to download programmes from a PC, so there isn't any hardware cost. Steve Azabat Software Computer Games for Blind and Partially Sighted Beginners Tel: 07740 777 364 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.azabat.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bryan Peterson Sent: 05 March 2007 17:00 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Boy Advance Let me see if I've got this right. You're thinking to try and write accessible games for the GBA? Interesting idea, but I'm not sure how workable it would be. I suppose you'd just have to use an emulator to play 'em since we don't have access to the cartridges or a means of getting the finished product onto them. I supose if you were skilled enough you could conceivably develop your own games for an existing console and do it legally. Yo probably couldn't get them licensed by Nintendo without rather a lot of money, so you probably wouldn't make a whole lot from them but it's worth a try. Bryan and Jennie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Azabat Software (Steve Crawford)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Boy Advance > The stuff is written in C. I'm a VB6 person so there's a learning curve, > but > I've done a lot of work in Perl and the notation is similar, plus the > development kit has lots of samples. > > If you are interested, there's an entire book you can download for free on > GBA programming at www.jharbour.com and the development kit (also free) is > called HAM and is at www.ngine.de > > Steve > > Azabat Software > Computer Games for Blind and Partially Sighted Beginners > Tel: 07740 777 364 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: www.azabat.co.uk > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Liam Erven > Sent: 05 March 2007 14:26 > To: Gamers Discussion list > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Boy Advance > > > I'd love to know what language these games are written in. > it's probably some scary low level language. eep. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Azabat Software (Steve Crawford)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 8:18 AM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Boy Advance > > >> The emulation is so that I can write the games on my PC and test them out >> before I upload them to the DS. I'm not copying Nintendo games or >> planning >> to run them on my PC. I want to create new games and try to sell them. Is >> there a problem with that plan? >> >> Azabat Software >> Computer Games for Blind and Partially Sighted Beginners >> Tel: 07740 777 364 >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Web: www.azabat.co.uk >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Behalf Of Bryan Peterson >> Sent: 05 March 2007 13:31 >> To: Gamers Discussion list >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Boy Advance >> >> >> Not on the Game Boy itself, but emulation is illegal. >> Bryan and Jennie >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Azabat Software (Steve Crawford)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 2:57 AM >> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Boy Advance >> >> >>> Hmm, you mean to say that there's a law that says blind people aren't >>> allowed to play games on the GameBoy? >>> >>> Azabat Software >>> Computer Games for Blind and Partially Sighted Beginners >>> Tel: 07740 777 364 >>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Web: www.azabat.co.uk >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Behalf Of Bryan Peterson >>> Sent: 05 March 2007 01:44 >>> To: Gamers Discussion list >>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Boy Advance >>> >>> >>> I could be wrong but I think that's illegal. >>> Bryan and Jennie >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Azabat Software (Steve Crawford)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 6:36 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Game Boy Advance >>> >>> >>>> The GBA may be outdated, but games developed for the GBA should run on >>>> the >>>> DS. Also, the DS is wifi and it's possible to upload files to it from a >>>> PC, >>>> so there are no hardware costs. I've downloaded a GBA emulator so in >>>> theory >>>> I should be able to create a game and get it into a DS. The question is >>>> whether it's worthwhile doing. >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Gamers mailing list .. Gamers@audyssey.org >>> To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can >>> visit >>> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make >>> any subscription changes via the web. >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gamers mailing list .. 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