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diff --git a/games/vbam/README b/games/vbam/README index a300e865d2..940fe37e79 100644 --- a/games/vbam/README +++ b/games/vbam/README @@ -1,19 +1,36 @@ -vbam (cross-platform GameBoy emulator) +vbam (cross-platform gameboy/gbc/gba emulator) -VisualBoyAdvance-M is a Nintendo Game Boy Emulator with high compatibility -with commercial games. It emulates the Nintendo Game Boy Advance hand -held console, in addition to the original Game Boy hand held systems -and its Super and Color variants. VBA-M is a continued development of -the now inactive VisualBoy Advance project, with many improvements from -various developments of VBA. +VisualBoyAdvance-M is a Nintendo Game Boy Advance Emulator with high +compatibility with commercial games. It emulates the Nintendo Game Boy +Advance hand held console, in addition to the original Game Boy hand +held systems and its Super and Color variants. VBA-M is a continued +development of the now inactive VisualBoy Advance project, with many +improvements from various developments of VBA. -This application is the wxGTK GUI version of VisualBoyAdvance-M. The -name of the executable is "visualboyadvance-m". +The main executable is /usr/games/vbam, which is a command-line app +with no GUI controls. -FFMPEG=ON will enable recording and playback. It requires ffmpeg. +Optional dependencies: -There are a couple of alternatives on SBo you might try instead of this -VBAM SlackBuild: vbam-libretro, mgba, and/or libretro-mgba. +wxGTK3 - highly recommended, autodetected (can be disabled via +WX=no). This gives you a /usr/games/visualboyadvance-m executable that +has a modern graphical user interface, plus desktop integration. -Note: when upgrading from 2.0.2 to 2.1.0, you may have to "rm -rf -~/.vbam". Do this if vbam segfaults. +SFML - autodetected (can be disabled via SFML=no). Only required for +emulating the GBA Link cable. + +lirc - autodetected (can be disabled via LIRC=no). Allows using an +IR remote control to control the emulator. Only works with the SDL +user interface (the vbam executable). Untested by the SlackBuild +maintainer, as I don't own any lirc-compatible hardware. + +Notes: + +The config file (vbam.ini) is shared between the visualboyadvance-m +and vbam executables, and lives in ~/.config/visualboyadvance-m/ +(mentioned here because the man pages don't document this). When +upgrading versions, you might have to delete the config file if vbam +and/or visualboyadvance-m crash or act weird. + +There are a couple of alternatives on SBo you might try instead of +this vbam SlackBuild: mgba and/or higan. |