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    • HyruleslinkH
      Hyruleslink @altdottravelling
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      @altdottravelling Question. How do you select lr-mba for Gameboy games? I only see that emulator as an option for Gameboy Advance games. I am assuming you are loading your GB roms into the GBA roms folder to accomplish this?

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator @Hyruleslink
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        @hyruleslink

        If you had lr-mgba installed prior to the update, you may need to remove it and add it again using the RetroPie-Setup for the launch option to appear in the GameBoy Runcommand menu.

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        • CederickC
          Cederick
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          So is it actually like using the Super Gameboy on SNES? Because I would love to play Pokémon Gold and Silver (Spaceworld) like it was presented back then with the borders and everything.

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          • mediamogulM
            mediamogul Global Moderator @Cederick
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            @Cederick said in Super Gameboy emulation?:

            So is it actually like using the Super Gameboy on SNES?

            Pretty much, yes. The only function that isn't emulated via lr-mgba are SNES-specific games from a Gameboy ROM. However, I believe the only example of this is the SNES 'Space Invaders' arcade port found on the Gameboy version.

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            • CederickC
              Cederick
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              So I tried to put the sgba roms in gbc and it dosn't show up..

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              • mediamogulM
                mediamogul Global Moderator @Cederick
                last edited by mediamogul

                @Cederick

                There aren't any unique Super Gameboy ROMs to speak of. They should all be standard .gb files. They'll work zipped as well.

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                • CederickC
                  Cederick
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                  Pokémon Gold - Spaceworld 1997 Demo (NonDebug) (Header Fixed).sgb
                  Pokémon Silver - Spaceworld 1997 Demo (NonDebug) (Header Fixed).sgb

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                  • mediamogulM
                    mediamogul Global Moderator @Cederick
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                    @Cederick

                    Interesting. To my knowledge those should really have the .gbc extension.

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                    • CederickC
                      Cederick
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                      The Spaceworld demos where developed to run on super gameboy hardware since the gbc wasn't out around this time and they still wnated to show off what they be able to do with colors.

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                      • edmaul69E
                        edmaul69 @Cederick
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                        @Cederick if the emulator is capable of playing the .sgb files changing it to .gbc or .gb will work. And doing so will make it show up in the gamelist. All my gbc games have a .gb extention and work just fine.

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                        • mediamogulM
                          mediamogul Global Moderator @Cederick
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                          @Cederick said in Super Gameboy emulation?:

                          The Spaceworld demos where developed to run on super gameboy hardware since the gbc wasn't out around this time

                          In that case, the .gb file extension would be more appropriate, although as @edmaul69 mentioned, either should work. Keep in mind that .gb and .gbc both denote a certain type of ROM. Seeing as how the Super Gameboy never had a unique ROM type, I imagine that the .sgb extension is there to tell compatible emulators to load the Super Gameboy BIOS automatically. With lr-mgba, loading a .gb file with the Super Gameboy BIOS manually enabled should produce the same results.

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