FPC 4 GBA: first working game (WIP)

[Legolas]

So... finally I am sure that fpc4gba can be used to make some working games
Here some screenshots of a boring tetris clone:


I know, I know... graphic sucks, the font should be more readable and numbers should be right-aligned... But it is only a wip version I have made to prove myself that my work on freepascal compiler wasn't useless
As you can see, Freepascal for gba works fine, except an array related bug I'm not been able to understand. :cry:

Now the code needs a heavy cleaning, so you should wait a little for binary and code

Edit: it works on real hardware too (here on my DS)


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Edit: uploaded a new version with some bug fixes

[WILL]

Hey, where can we download the game? I wanna play!

[Legolas]

Hey, where can we download the game? I wanna play!

Ok, download added :lol:

[WILL]

For some reason, I couldn't get past 4000 points. :lol:

Now bad. Controls could use some work. I'd love music. Great first game demo using FPC for the GBA.

How long did it take to develop?

[Legolas]

For some reason, I couldn't get past 4000 points. :lol:

Now bad. Controls could use some work. I'd love music. Great first game demo using FPC for the GBA.

How long did it take to develop?

ROTFL! Well, the score system needs some heavy recoding...
I have coded it in 4/5 days, in my spare time.

[Traveler]

That is just plain awesome!

Could you walk us through on how to put it on a DS? My brother has one and I may be able to persuade him to lend it to me :-)

[Legolas]

That is just plain awesome!

Could you walk us through on how to put it on a DS? My brother has one and I may be able to persuade him to lend it to me :-)

Oh, it's pretty simple: all you need is a passkey that jump DS encryption routines and a storing device like M3, G6 or SuperCard. These cards fit in GBA slot of the DS and use as storage a card usually used for digital camera (sd or cf).

[savage]

As I already said, Great stuff! Some "for dummies" instructions would be usefull for both, DS and GBA ( my son has 2 GBAs ) so I would like to try this out.

[Legolas]

As I already said, Great stuff! Some "for dummies" instructions would be usefull for both, DS and GBA ( my son has 2 GBAs ) so I would like to try this out.

As I have already stated, you need a flash cart (like gba movie player and so on). The rom is already patched to run on real hardware, so you only need to put it on your cart. Some carts could require to use their specific software to flash the cart...

If you don't have a cart, with GBA you can use a link cable that will send the rom directly into GBA ram.

Actually I have a DS only, so I can't be more specific

[savage]

Where can I get the cart or where can I get the cable? Links please.