[SOLVED] Info on NES/GBA Emulators

Posted:
Aug 30th, '15, 18:27
by rancilyo
Hi everybody. I just installed Mageia 5 and I was wondering if there were any emulator programs to run old NES/SNES and GBA games. I can't find Visual Boy Advance on the "Install and Remove Software" program.
Thanks!
Re: Info on NES/GBA Emulators

Posted:
Aug 30th, '15, 20:43
by rancilyo
xxblx wrote:NES: fceux
GBA: vbam
Thanks! but it seems that fceux isn't in the repos

any other choice?
Re: Info on NES/GBA Emulators

Posted:
Aug 30th, '15, 20:54
by xxblx
fceux in official repos, you just need to turn on tainted repository branch
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[xxblx@localhost ~]$ urpmq -Y fceux
fceux
fceux-net-server
[xxblx@localhost ~]$ urpmq -i fceux
http://ftp.belnet.be/mageia/distrib/5/x86_64/media/tainted/release/media_info/20150613-194711-info.xml.lzma
Name : fceux
Version : 2.2.2
Release : 4.mga5.tainted
Group : Emulators
Size : 1888623 Architecture: x86_64
Source RPM : fceux-2.2.2-4.mga5.tainted.src.rpm
URL : http://fceux.com/
Summary : A cross platform, NTSC and PAL Famicom/NES emulator
Description :
FCEUX is a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), Famicom, and Famicom
Disk System (FDS) emulator. It supports both PAL (European) and NTSC
(USA/JPN) modes.
The FCEUX concept is that of an "all in one" emulator that offers accurate
emulation and the best options for both casual play and a variety of more
advanced emulator functions. For pro users, FCEUX offers tools for debugging,
rom-hacking, map making, Tool-assisted movies, and Lua scripting
Re: Info on NES/GBA Emulators

Posted:
Aug 30th, '15, 22:21
by doktor5000
Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [SOLVED], thanks