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[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] thesecondsfade:
Use Dropbox to download Gameboy ROMs with Wario Jewels

For those having trouble loading games because of firewall issues... or if you just want a simpler way to do it... I was able to use the public folder of my Dropbox account to load the games. I tried Tetris and Megaman II and they both worked. Here are the steps (assuming you already have a Dropbox account):

1. Create a GameList.xml using GameListCreator provided at http://wj7.fr.cr/. (watch the Tutorial video if you need help with this).

2. Upload GameList.xml and both the Roms and Covers folders that GameListCreator made to your Public Dropbox folder. I used the web tool at dropbox.com to do this so I had to make my own Roms and Covers sub-folders in the Public Dropbox folder. Then I just uploaded the all of the content of each folder to those respective directories using the Dropbox web upload tool.

3. In Dropbox, copy the public URL of GameList.xml.

4. Send an email to your phone with that URL.

5. On your phone, open the email and use the handy Copy and Paste in NoDo/MangoB2 to copy the URL.

6. Run Wario Jewels.

7. Swipe left once.

8. Tap 'Settings'.

9. Under the Gamelist Uri field, paste the Dropbox address you copied from the email.

10. Hit the Refresh button.

11. Hit the back key to go back to the Games pivot.

12. Click 'Search'.

13. Your games should be listed there.

14. Tap the game you want.

15. Hit the play button at the bottom of the screen.

16. Viola!

I did this after fiddling with trying to get through my company's firewalls and security with HFS web server... This method was MUCH easier.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] cndymn_:
one of the pokemon versions are working :( everytime the emulator is crashing
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] toolsche:
Hi,

Great app. I tried Metroid II and Super Mario Land 2. Mario Land loaded but when I click START it crashes without any error message. Metroid II worked, but it seemed a little bit slow.

@GameListCreator:

If you fill in an invalid game URI to the "Vacuum GBDB Game Uri" field a NullReferenceException is thrown.

Greets,

toolsche
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Osca:
Just out of interest, why can't the roms just be stored on the phone instead of all this online access business? Far too complicated for the majority of us despite how simple you've made it.

?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] cndymn_:
create an dropxbox account. and put gamelist, roms and covers on your dropbox and here you are...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] thesecondsfade:
Maybe you could employ a method of adding ROMs similar to vNESLight. All you do it add a ZIP file with the ROMs to the XAP file in WinZip or WinRAR. Then the games are there when you load the XAP.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] wheresmybeaver:
Yes but how would you add games at a later stage without starting from scratch with a new XAP and wiping out your saved games?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] 007ru:
If so, then you can made gamelist and share it with anybody right? I think it will be more easier when users just have ready gamelist or link for it.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Gfbugur7:
have you get pokemon working ? Pokemon crashes all the time for me
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] tmak22:
I love this!!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Mattemoller90:
Pokemon (Red, Blue and yellow - EU version (Italy)) don't start in my Samsung Omnia 7 (mango 7712) with WJ7 v0.5.4
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] cndymn_:
only US Version with [!] works..
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] kvizz:
You just drag your new roms into the romsnes zip.

It's pretty easy and you don't have to delete anything.

Doesn't run any files.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] zorozorec:
really like this!!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] jeidenn:
hello guys!Mr.BadCam i'm new user of htc ht-7 how can i install wj7? what are the things that i should do?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Ttblondey:
does your phone chevron unlock?if it is than you can install it.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] :
Are games downloaded from the server once you upload, or are you stuck playing "online"?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] MicroLikeApp:
Very nice app

I love this old school games.

Thanks.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] The420Dank:
Hey guys, awesome app but I'm having trouble loading a ROM and I've watched all the videos. Whe I drag and drop the rom into GamesListCreator, I get the following error message: "Error during the opening of the Rom : Invalid gameboy rom !" Not sure what I'm doing wrong, I've tried 2 different ROMs and no luck. Not sure if someone can help me out with a ROM that they have used before, I'm trying to load pokemon fire read version.

Also when I try to add it, I'll get "this type of file is not allowed"

I really appreciate any assistance.

---------- Post added at 04:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:42 PM ----------

Ok so I guess my prolem was, was that I was adding GBA roms. Pokeomon red is a GB rom. After I add the rom, there's no longer an error until I got to vacuum GBDB site and copy the URL into the text box then I hit refresh... Afther that I get the windows coming up that says this program has stopped working, it takes a sec then you can only click close program. I've made small progress but am stumped again ath this step.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] The420Dank:
Well I've been trying for 2 days so I guess I'm gonna give up for now. I can't get the webserver part to work, I've tried all the webservers suggested, even drop box buy when I enter the URL, its as the file is wrong or I get an error. So I'm not sure what yo do.

Thanks for the hard work or any feedback.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Wonderbreadguy:
Gotta say good work! I'm on Samsung focus 7720 RTM and had no problems getting this to work, Pokemon has a lot of glitches but I'm sure if this is still being worked on, it will be fixed in mango update. Links awakening works like a charm. Keep up the great work
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] wheresmybeaver:
Hey guys, so any update on the Mango version? I'm now unlocked again on Mango (yay) and I've tried out the latest NoDo version, but it's a still a little sluggish (HD7). Would love to have a go with the Mango version! Thanks and keep up the good work
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] The420Dank:
I can't get this to work for the life of me. When I copy the link from the vacuum website and paste it then click the refresh button, I get an error and the gamelist creator stops working. I do exactly as he does it in the video.

Can someone please post a video of how to get the webserver going? I've done HFS and it will not work when I type the URL into into the settings area. My HFS webserver looks exactly like the pictures look. I've tried dropbox and abyss. I can't even get abyss to work because it cannot find a port that is not in use even when I do auto detect... So I'm not sure what the hell to do, maybe someone can let me use their gamelist server to play pokemon blue or red? I don't know but if someone could please help I would be so very happy.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] forab:
Does it works with Mango?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] uncled1023:
Is there a mango compatible version of this available yet? Or any time soon?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ONDR4SH3K:
On page http://wj7.fr.cr/ NoDo version works with mango. I have DFT 7720 ROM and works perfectly.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Wonderbreadguy:
As well as official 7720 it works great
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Wonderbreadguy:
I'm just hoping a push to gbc is in the works, IDC about sound. But color... Would be all the emulation wp7 would need for a while, hell I'd pay for it
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Omnia7xdax:
About wj7

Hello guys i mean more important would be that you can save the romfiles in devicestorage every other thing is disappointing
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] CruciasNZ:
Hey all,

Works nicely on Mango except that when your phone is on silent is still makes error beeps and the loading beep (gameboy turn on sound). Really annoying when your playing games covertly!

I tried to play Pokemon Red but it freezes at the end of the first battle with your rival. Could someone try my gamelist out and see if it freezes in the same place then reply?

PM me if interested (and only 1 person will be selected to keep my conscience clean ;) )
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] virginsofcool:
Pokemon on WJ7 on Mango

I think that we may have to wait for the official mango version for some games, I'm not completely sure on how many but I'm going to run through my list. Pokemon Blue worked on Nodo, but using the Nodo version of WJ7 on Mango I cannot get past the screen described in the post above. Just a heads up to everybody.

I'm on 7720 official on a HTC HD7.

Oh, I also tried it with both Fast HBL timing and Compatibility HBL timing :-)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] CruciasNZ:
Thanks for your help
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Wonderbreadguy:
I have same problem, I would like to donate to the wj7 cause but with no word for so long as to anything on this project im hesitant to do so, is this dead? Wip?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] CruciasNZ:
He's on holiday according to the Facebook page
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] knightsoldier:
i cant wait for snes
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Nudua:
Nah it's not dead, but I don't think the author hangs around XDA too much though.

He usually answers pretty fast on twitter (@samoteph) if you have a question.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Wonderbreadguy:
Ah ok good to know thank you
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] forab:
I've got a problem: after I've extracted the game list creator I haven't got the file .exe to open the application!

(sorry for my english but I'm italian)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] The420Dank:
Not sure if I know which .exe you are talking about. Could you post more info or better yet, have you read all or most of the posts in this thread? Your question may have been easily answered without having to wait for a reply.

Hope this helps!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Anonymister:
Is there any chance that this will be made to work from within the games hub? I know it isn't much of an issue but I do like my games all in one place.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] forab:
I've downloaded the setupgamelistcreator and I open it with winrar. Then I have got 2 files: setup and setupgamelistcreator. I don't know how to do now to run the game list creator because this two files install it but they don't open it. What i have to do?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] CruciasNZ:
Setup is the main program. Run it to create the games list. Then upload it to dropbox. You need to upload the folder it creates with the roms in it too
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Nudua:
If u open up the xap file in winrar/or similar zip manager, u can edit the Genre to say apps.games instead of apps.normal inside the WMAppManifest.xml file, then it should show up in the games hub instead.

Genre="apps.games"
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Wonderbreadguy:
Is there any word on a mangofied version? I would check the main site but dumb wp7 won't open a Silverlight webpage.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] CruciasNZ:
He said it's not a main project anymore because he has other work on.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] forab:
But if i run setup it don't start the game list creator, but the same thing that appear when i start the setupgamelistcreator
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] :
Okay, I watched the preview and I don't get it. He is able to obtain the game list from SkyDrive, why not the functionality to download ROMs through SkyDrive?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] cgibsong002:
Has anyone actually tested this for mango?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Lonidai:
Pokémon always freezes after trainer fights. Someone know a rom without problems?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] pLUSpISTOL:
Don't think this is ever getting an update, it's like an abandoned baby with regards to the author. Bit of a shame.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] trapano15:
Nice job but some problem!!When an update?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dragonide:
pls release a mango version ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Badcam3:
We are working on it and something else ;) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...87813014.75801.225788057444688&type=1&theater
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dragonide:
Both Wario and Sonic Jewels ?!?

These are wonderfull news !!!!

Can you extimate a release date ?

Do you need beta testers ?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] sma6871:
Ha ha, its funny
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dragonide:
What's funny ?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Crash1k:
It'd be great if you could update it and make it work on Mango :)

Nice work, keep it up!

//Edit:

Well, it actually works on Windows Phone 7.5 as well. I managed to install it and test some games. If it stays like this (without frequent crashing or other problems which may occur) the developer might add this to his homepage.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] nickislauw:
does it work good??
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dragonide:
Did you sideload or did you use marketplace ?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ryotgz:
Great to hear
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Badcam3:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1462712
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dragonide:
what about Wario Jewels for Mango ?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Crash1k:
Since it wasn't on the Marketplace I had to sideload it.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dirtymagic86:
Pokemon Red Working!

Ok I now have Pokemon Red working on my HTC Titan! Took a while to get it going though! These are a few things that tripped me up during the install

1. When downloading ROMs make sure that they are .GB and not .GBC or .GBA These WILL NOT WORK. Even some .GB games don't work such as Pokemon Yellow.

2. Skydrive is useless for hosting the .XML file. I ended up using Fileden.com. Works fairly well but the website it a bit slow

3. The game 'Freezes' after you fight Gary for the first time. If you just leave it for a little while it keeps going. It may exit out of the game, but if you reload it should be in the right place.

Enjoy the classics!

[Edit]: Ok I'm finding it freezes when I talk to just about anyone before a battle now. It only lasts a minute and they say random things after it starts working again. This is getting old fast.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Crash1k:
Any new developements regarding the Game Boy emulator?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Lumia123:
How do I download this? I can't do that from computer with Zune and I can't go to the website with my windows phone either since it requires silverlight and my phone doesn't seem to support it. Any help please?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ebidd2002:
i downloaded and testing soon

thank
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] AndehX:
How exactly do I load this emulator to my Lumia 800 running the latest Mango? I can't make heads no tails of it.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] ebidd2002:
i can't install with any sideloading program

"No Additional Data:Could not extract xap file"
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Lumia123:
How did you manage to download it to mango? I managed somehow to reach the file with my phone with skydrive but when I tried to download it, it says that Windows phone doesn't support it. Is it even possible to download the program to Lumia 800?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] CruciasNZ:
Just deploy the XAP through the Application Deployment program in the SDK. However it's highly buggy with Mango, especially Pokemon games
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Hood-Boy:
Download Problems

I've no way to download anything from the website

Opera stocks in loading and IE wants me to install Silverlight, which is already installed! :confused:
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] CruciasNZ:
Just heard from the developer via Facebook that Red Cherry will release next month and will contain fixes for the Pokemon bug
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Lumia123:
Ehm, could you give me any more exact information on how to do that? I'm quite new on these things. Which program do I have to download etc..?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Lumia123:
Well I downloaded the SDK, and found the application deployment but it requires that I register my phone, and when I tried to do that, it says it costs 75 euros. And I don't want to pay this as I won't be developing any programmes or so. So is there any way to do this for free? I'd really appreciate someone responding.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] borikuapr:
Any plans for a Gameboy Color version?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Crash1k:
Just tried to play Pokemon Red, and it seems to work (since the developer fixed some problems, according to his Twitter account). It doesn't crash after the fight with the Rival and after that it doesn't show any problems.

The only thing which might be corrected is the save-state. You can't save the game by yourself, it saves automatically. Like, if you are in the middle of a fight and quit the game, you'll get back right into the fight, exactly at the time you left. If you make any mistakes you won't be able to "turn off and back on" and try it again.

Is there any fix about this?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] supernoob199:
where did you find any up to date xap? o.O he just posted on facebook:

so where did you get that one from? ;)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Badcam3:
I am doing final corrections for grammar and I am testing out games to see what works and what doesn't work. Pokemon does work :). We are also working on the final version of the layout and design. Also the emulator is called Purple Cherry.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Crash1k:
At the original link.

[I accidentally "thanked" you...]

Maybe I misunderstood things, but he said on Twitter and Facebook: "MBC3 emulation improved ! WarioLand 2 works now and NO MORE WAITING TIME with Hash on Pokemon Red ;)" and "MBC5 emulation improved ! Pokemon Yellow works now :)"

Correct me if I'm wrong?

Anyways, I'm really happy that PurpleCherry is comming soon :)

Thanks to the developer for the great work so far!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] goldenpipes:
how many bits is Gameboy Color? 16?

does XNA/Silverlight not have direct hardware access?

How can old 16bit emulation not run on WP7 when games like Sonic 4 Ep1 looks so great and runs so smooth? Is it just the engine is built more for Silverlight/XNA where as Emulators arent? I am not a programmer, but i just find this wierd.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] lebow:
Great job can't wait, have you got zelda to work perfectly?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] goldenpipes:
anyone currently playing PKMN Blue? i beat my rival the first time and the screen responded after about a minute. The 2nd time i fought him i lost and it went black and has not come back its been about 5 minutes.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] lebow:
Amazing can't wait, excited to play tecmo bowl and zelda!!
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] goldenpipes:
Aren't those on NES?

Sent from my Focus S (SGH-i937) using Board Express Pro
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] goldenpipes:
There is a reset button in the new versions where u will be able to us the save/load system on a per game basis (one would assume) as well as save states. Unless the emulator doesn't create save files. Like traditional emulator.

Sent from my Focus S (SGH-i937) using Board Express Pro
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] tyeabc:
Awesome cant wait! Any new updates on this or is there a blog somewhere where they post the updates?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] supernoob199:
didnt read?

http://www.facebook.com/WarioJewels7

It passed the marketplace certification and will be in the marketplaceafter 4h-60h (depends on your marketplace).

Have fun :)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] NGAHUN:
Not available in Hungary, Sweden etc. Why not?
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Leapo:
Just purchased the emulator, it runs perfectly :D

Bug report:

Purple Cherry appears in the app list when it should appear in the Games hub (Blue Tomato has the same problem).

You're selecting the wrong "genre" during submission through App Hub.

Feature request:

The GameBoy Color supported "colorizing" original GameBoy games with a list of custom color pallets stored in the GameBoy Color's boot ROM. if an original GameBoy game is inserted into a GameBoy Color, it checksums the title of the game and selects the appropriate color pallet from its internal list.

Is there any chance you could add the GameBoy Color's custom pallets and auto-detect the selected game? This would effectively make original GameBoy games look like they do when played on a GameBoy Color.

If that's a bit too difficult, then how about the ability to add our own color pallets? Then add the option to use each color pallet globally or just for a specific game.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Nudua:
It takes a while before it gets pushed out to all the regions.

App Hub is a slow moving beast...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] tyeabc:
sorry didnt see that thanks
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Leapo:
Dug up the pallet that the GameBoy Color applies to most original GameBoy games. Would you mind adding this one to the emulator?

Background Pallet:

Index 0: f0f0f0 - Light grey

Index 1: c0d8a8 - Green

Index 2: 0090a8 - Blue

Index 3: 000000 - Black

Spite Pallet:

Index 4: f0f0f0 - Light Grey

Index 5: e0a0a0 - Pink

Index 6: 806050 - Brown

Index 7: 000000 - Black

Here's how this pallet looks in games. This also gives GBC games semi-accurate false color.

Pokemon Blue (GB)

Legend of Zelda - Link's Awakening (GB)

Kirby's Dream Land (GB)

Pokemon Silver (GBC)
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] :
These are amazing! I was just thinking that there should be a custom palette option.
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Leapo:
Also found this. When you boot an original GameBoy game in the GameBoy Color, you can force a color pallet by holding different button combinations while the system boots.

This is a complete list of all force-able color pallets on the GameBoy Color. Should come in handy (hopefully they can be added to the emulator) :D
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] wp7calendar:
Sound good, i'll download and test it
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] dragonide:
Purple Cherry is still not available in my marketplace ...

Why ?

Many days passed by already ...
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Leapo:
Feature request:

The light-gray gamepad at the bottom of the screen can kill battery life pretty badly on phones that have an OLED screen. Could you add the option for a darker gamepad (so that it looks like one of the black GameBoy's)?

Better yet, the ability to put our own image down there and make custom skins would be great :D

Edit: Feature request:

The native resolution of the GameBoy is 160x144. In portrait mode, you're currently blowing up the image to 461x415 using bicubic interpolation. This creates a blurry image (as seen below)

You should be blowing the image up to 480x432, which is exactly 300% larger in both dimensions and fits the width of our screens perfectly. Use nearest-neighbor interpolation for a super-sharp image (as seen below)

Example of all feature requests:
[Windows Phone 7 Apps and Games] Samuel Blanchard:
Hi Leapo,

Thanks for your very interesting comments about PC7.

Feature GBC Sprite palette :

- The GBC Sprite palette is already implemented in v1.2.

Feature The light-gray gamepad at the bottom of the screen

- I'll talk about this with Damien Bigot, the Paddle designer for the portait mode.

- In Landscape mode, it could be realized very easily (in v1.2)

Feature The native resolution of the GameBoy is 160x144. In portrait mode, you're currently blowing up the image to 461x415 using bicubic interpolation. This creates a blurry image (as seen below)

The GB screen 461x415 is a sequel of BlueTomato :/ The screen have originally the size of 480x432 (on WJ7) but when I've created the port of Wario Jewels on the skeleton of Blue Tomato I don't remember of this weird size of screen.

Thanks a lot for your interest about PurpleCherry ;)