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;[[No$|No$GBA]] | ;[[No$|No$GBA]] | ||
:PocketStation as part of NO$GBA 2.7 onwards. The odd choice of emulators comes from GBA, DS and PocketStation sharing parts of the ARM architecture. Functional. | :PocketStation as part of NO$GBA 2.7 onwards. The odd choice of emulators comes from GBA, DS and PocketStation sharing parts of the ARM architecture. Functional. | ||
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+ | ==Emulation issues== | ||
+ | ===Missing retail kernel dumps=== | ||
+ | According to nocash there are two known versions of the PocketStation kernel: | ||
+ | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" | ||
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+ | ! scope="col"|Version | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|CRC32 | ||
+ | ! scope="col"|Recommended | ||
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+ | |061 | ||
+ | |5FB47DD8 | ||
+ | | {{✗}} | ||
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+ | |110 | ||
+ | |09881F33 | ||
+ | | {{✓}} | ||
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+ | ;061:Distributed with [[PKEmu]] as kernel.bin and is also what MAME uses.<ref>[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/0f0d39ef81562c75e79176dd3bebb1e491ca39d5/src/mame/drivers/pockstat.cpp#L1006 pockstat.cpp], see CRC value.</ref> It's thought to be from prototype hardware, which would explain its incompatibility with certain games regardless of the emulator used. | ||
+ | ;110:Also called "J110", this is the BIOS used for all retail PocketStations and should provide compatibility for all software on any emulator. DrHell recommends dumping it yourself using the [http://onorisoft.free.fr/retro.htm?ps/ps.htm PocketStation BIOS Tool by Orion_]. Unfortunately, no kernel dump of this version has surfaced online. | ||
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+ | ==References== | ||
+ | <references /> | ||
[[Category:Consoles]] | [[Category:Consoles]] |