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gnuboyBE - Gameboy Color Emulator for Casio BE-300 |
This is a free software, open source, GameBoy/GameBoyColor emulator for the Windows CE powered
Casio BE-300. It is a port of the GNU GPL gnuboy software, ported to the BE-300
platform by Darren Wall (aka "Comboman").
 Download Executable Here
Download Source Here
(A Russian version is avaiable here)
The porting is based largely on gnuboy CE for H/PC Pro. The H/PC Pro
version worked (mostly) on the BE but had some issues due to the BE's
lack of hardware keyboard and non-standard directory structure which
required a configuration file to be copied to the root directory after
each reset.
Changes in the BE-300 version from the H/PC version
1. Key mapping for BE-300 is now the default (see below)
2. No configuration file necessary (still available if desired).
3. Start and Select buttons added to the drop-down menu.
4. Save state files stored in "/Nand Disk/My Documents" rather than "/My Documents"
4. Cooler icons. :-)
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Installation Instructions |
1. Place gnuboy.exe in some folder on your BE.
2. Place your GB/GBC ROM image files in some folder on your BE.
3. Run gnuboy.exe on your BE.
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Controls |
BE-300 GameBoy
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Direction Pad Direction Pad
ESC key A button
OK key B button
File/Start Start button
File/Select Select button
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Known Issues |
This emulator has run almost every GameBoy and GameBoyColor rom which
was I have tried. Runing 4MB roms may require the use of a memory adjuster on the BE-300. Many thanks to the orginal
authors Laguna and Gilgamesh and to the others who ported it to just about every
system out there (DOS, Windows, Linux, PPC, WinCE).
There is a "small" bug in the current version. If you hit the power button while playing a game (or if the auto-shut-off kicks in while playing a game), the program will continue running but no longer respond to any user input (buttons, screen taps, etc). A soft-reset (sticking the stylus in the hole in the side of your BE) will restore the system to normal.
The sound is OK on the older games but tinny and stuttering in the newer color games. I suspect the sound hardware was improved in the GameBoyColor and this is not fully emulated. I'll look into it.
The next version will include:
- PCConnect installer.
- Use the rocket button for Start.
- Improved sound.
- Fix power button bug.
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Support |
This software was tested on a standard BE-300 (I'm not sure if it requires
BE-Patch, it does not require BE-500 GX.DLL). It also works on
EpodXP/EpodMX/Xpod/eXpod.
I don't give out my private email address (I get too much spam already) but I am
available on most of the BE-300 forums under the name "Comboman" if you have
questions, other than "Where can I find romz?". Some public-domain, freeware, shareware and otherwise legally-distributable ROMs are available here, other than that, you're on your own.
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Legal Stuff |
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
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Other Emulators for BE-300 |
If you like this program, you may enjoy these other emulators which work (in varying degress) on the BE-300.
Jason's BE emulator page - PocketAtari, PocketSNES, PocketColeco, PocketSCUMM.
PocketNES - NES emulator.
InfoNES - Japanese NES emulator (L'Agenda is Japanese version of the BE-300).
CoPilot - Palm Pilot emulator (requires version 1 or 2 ROM).
PocketGenesis - Sega Genesis emulator. Wow!
PocketDOS - MS-DOS 8086 emulator.
AppleCE - Apple II emulator.
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