Help & Download BAO
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TIPS FOR PERFORMANCE
- Disable Java Console
- Disable Java Logging
- Enable JIT Compiler
- Use a FAST PC
INFORMATION
- Emulation features
- GBA GFX Modes 0/1/3/4/5 Support
- CPU ARM/THUMB Support (Uncomplete)
- VBLANK/HBLANK/VCOUNT Interrupts Support
- BIOS Support (Uncomplete)
- DMA3 Support (Uncomplete)
- Keypad Support
- Here are the keys
R is Button A
T is Button B
E is Button LS
Y is Button RS
(TAB) is Button SELECT
(ENTER) is Button START
LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN are LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN
+ Increase FrameSkip (Faster Speed)
- Decrease FrameSkip (Smoother Speed)
P Pause Emulation
Z Reset Emulation
- Most demos/games/roms run at ~60 FPS on an AMD Athlon 750 Mhz
(not too bad since the Windows version runs at ~140 FPS)
- Optimizations are still possible
- It is a straight but partial port of BoycottAdvance
HISTORY
[10/09/2001] BAO 0.12
- Better BIOS support
- Fixes some bugs
- Some optimizations
- Improve Splash screen loading
[09/30/2001] BAO 0.11
- Let user choose the startup file
- Add Splash screen by Karine
- Add skin support & default skin by Karine
- Add Frameskip support (+/- keys)
- Add Reset option (Z key)
- Add Pause option (P key)
- Small optimizations
- Fixes some bugs
- Improve progress bar
[09/23/2001] BAO 0.10
- Add support for Mode 0/1
- Add OAM rotation/scale support
- Add OAM support for all modes
- Improve interrupts support
- Fixes DMA
- Fixes some CPU bugs
- Add some BIOS functions
- Small optimizations
- Highly better compatibility (300 demos & commercial roms !!!)
- Improve (maybe) ROM Loading
- Improve Zip support
- Improve ROM Selection
[UNRELEASED] BAO 0.09
[09/13/2001] BAO 0.08
- Add support for Mode 5
- Add support for interrupts
- Fixes DMA
- Fixes some CPU bugs
- Add some BIOS functions
- Small optimizations (memory acesses, DMA, ROM Loading)
- Better compatibility (124 demos !!!)
- Add a nice progress bar inside the applet
- Improve ROM Selection
[09/10/2001] BAO 0.07
- Add option to use BAO as an applet for your own web site !
- Compatibility improvements
[09/09/2001] BAO 0.06
- Fixes ROM Selection (you can now close the window...)
- HUGE LEAP again in compatibility (about 100 demos work !!!)
[09/08/2001] BAO 0.05
[09/07/2001] BAO 0.04
[09/05/2001] BAO 0.03
[09/04/2001] BAO 0.02
[09/03/2001] BAO 0.01
GREETINGS
- Sonik_666/Karine for their skins
- Brice Fines for many tips & advices
- Darren for tips for the FAQ
- Karma for his GirlfriendAdvance (other GBA emulator in Java)
- Cowering/Link for the nice GoodGBA tool
- Guyfawkes, Yheti, Emumaniac, Nico for bug reports
- All coders from the GBADev Scene for their nice demos
