Iván Delgado

Code writer and web designer. I hack old games and rarely play them. I like dem colors.

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

This is without a doubt my best project to date. I hope you are as excited as I am!

[Limited Run Games @LimitedRunGames]

The transforming hero Yakopoo is back in Trip World DX! Limited Run's Carbon Engine team & Sunsoft collaborated to create this all-new, colorized remaster of Trip World for modern consoles. Physical pre-orders open on April 28th.

Learn more: https://t.co/OPjJJOeSXE

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@guinxu Del refresco no te puedo decir mucho (si tienes VRR habilitado miraría por ahí), pero lo de acoplar/desacoplar paneles sí que me pasa.

Lo que hago es guardar el layout, editarlo a mi gusto en el XML (pesadísimo, pero es solo una vez) y si hace falta restaurarlo, es solo un click

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@guinxu Para Affinity te recomiendo esto: https://t.co/tGAatW1Xv2

Entre otras muchas cosas incluye un plugin que parchea algunos problemas de compatibilidad.

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

I did an interview about Super Mario Land DX that didn’t end up being published as planned, so I’m sharing it here.

Hope you find it interesting!

https://t.co/YmIe4C4C8U

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@Crash_Universe The emulator isn’t good enough for hi-color, but even if I could get around that, I honestly can’t see myself doing justice to all that amazing art. Absolute legend of a game, though, huge respect for what you pulled off on the GBC!

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

I'm seeing a lot of confusion, so I'll try my best to clarify what this is about:

- I'm building a way to "port" GB/GBC games to the GBA. The end result is a native GBA game

- This uses a custom GB to GBA emulator (think 'Classic NES Series' but for GB) + native GBA code

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

I've hinted at it so much there's no point in keeping it under wraps any longer.

For the longest time, I've been working on a way to port GB games to the GBA.

What I ended up building is a modified GB>GBA emulator that targets a fantasy console instead - I call it the GB Bridge

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@EndyMX Oh, sorry, I thought you understood what this was but still doubted the feasibility of my mockups.

To answer your question: no, you won’t be able to simply put a GB game somewhere and magically make it look like that. This is a framework for romhackers to port GB games to GBA.

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@EndyMX I’m not sure I follow.

Are you referring to things like changing the HUD? As I explained earlier I can run native GBA code, so it makes sense to me to modernize its appearance.

In general colorization hacks often involve graphical changes, just look at what I did with SMLDX.

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@EndyMX All mockups are made within the tested limits of my system (up to 4 layers of 4bpp graphics and a fixed set of sprites, in this case) to set an end goal. I can’t see how that’s misleading.

That’s what I always recommend to do first for a colorization too: https://t.co/RdMpRtQ3YA

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@tetrisgm As long as someone makes the hack, yeah.

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@thisissomeuser No, the graphics live in the GBA side and the Z80 (well, the SM83) only sends an event to set them https://t.co/IC9jPqoAl3

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

- The game can then use special registers to trigger native GBA events

- Those events are implemented per game (graphics, palettes, extra effects, etc.)

- This is not even close to automated. It's a framework for romhackers/artists (me) to give GB games the "Advance" treatment

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

I've hinted at it so much there's no point in keeping it under wraps any longer.

For the longest time, I've been working on a way to port GB games to the GBA.

What I ended up building is a modified GB>GBA emulator that targets a fantasy console instead - I call it the GB Bridge

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@DaBigJ_Twit This is about porting games, not performing miracles.

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@Fiuke_ Sí, en principio se podría. Al final puedes enganchar rutinas nativas de GBA al juego, así que puedes implementar un motor de sonido para GBA e invocar cada BGM o SFX cuando toque.

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@MarkBozon @cliffsrepaircor Nothing that magical, no https://t.co/OU6czM1xcw

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

I'm seeing a lot of confusion, so I'll try my best to clarify what this is about:

- I'm building a way to "port" GB/GBC games to the GBA. The end result is a native GBA game

- This uses a custom GB to GBA emulator (think 'Classic NES Series' but for GB) + native GBA code

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

- What I've shared so far are mockups, since they're the best way to communicate the end goal. The current POCs are still rough and a bit disjointed, so here's one to illustrate my point

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

- The game can then use special registers to trigger native GBA events

- Those events are implemented per game (graphics, palettes, extra effects, etc.)

- This is not even close to automated. It's a framework for romhackers/artists (me) to give GB games the "Advance" treatment

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@kehander I do, but honestly, nowadays it's such a niche thing that I can't say I'm too worried about it.

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@DigiAtlas Handcrafted by yours truly

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@KingLJN_97 Something like that. This enables romhackers/artists to port games to the GBA in the same way the DX hacks port GB games to the GBC.

This is done in two steps:
1. A romhack to port GB/GBC ➜ GB Bridge
2. A romhack that triggers calls to execute native code + that native code.

[Iván Delgado @toruzz]

@kaylleysbf @MrSujano Something like that, yes. It produces a real GBA game that you can run anywhere, including real hardware!