GBA Link Emulation (Coming soon or Don't Count on it)?

[doom]

Dpes anyone think there is going to be any major developement in GBA link emulation?

I hope so.......

[Winged 2.0]

It will eventually come around but not on VBA. :\ Their site was shut down and I am not sure if they are still developing it.

[Josh]

I know that I haven't been able to get on their site for a long time. I do remember them posting on their site that they would NOT add link emulation. One main reason was the fact that the link cable had transfers speeds of up to 2 mbps. You also had to figure out how to emulate it. They also said legal reasons.

[Winged 2.0]

What kind of legal reasons would those be since they already have made an emulator...

Boycott Advance, anyone?

[Josh]

I was just stating what I heard.

[Winged 2.0]

No, I believe what you said to be fact, knowitman, but just poking at the facts.

[Articwolf]

visual boy got shut down?! oh man...

[Winged 2.0]

Theres a possibilty that they just changed websites. I wouldnt worry ATM.

[Zorlon]

They are very much alive but have moved to NGemu

http://vba.ngemu.com/

[doom]

hmm interesting posts btw who is the person who voted "doom is gay for posting this poll"? just want to know.

Oh and the legal reasons for vba not working on link is because it would increase the interest in illegal rom usage on t heir emulator
or something like that

[Themikemachine]

Well but since VBA is open source you could learn to program and write link support yourself. Ill be waiting

[Josh]

It would be hard to though. It would be a lot harder then other emus like N64 and NES and them. They give their reasons right here.

http://vba.ngemu.com/faq.shtml#cat11_0

[Winged 2.0]

Ah I see. That makes sense.

[Zorlon]

Linking in that way has already been done a few times with gameboy emu's, just not with Gameboy Advance Emu's yet..

Not just TGB Dual either, there are 2 others I know of, one that uses IP to join independant emu's and the other isn't too diff from TGB Dual

[doom]

Yea I know about TGB duel and a few others but on vba's site they say that tgb duel doesn't truely emulate a link cable so oh well hope something happens soon.....