wyatt
nocash is so overlooked by the wider world outside of a handful of emulator authors.
Excellent reverse engineering and documentation of console hardware, some really cool things like a replacement PSX BIOS implementation, and stuff like Unlaunch for the DSi to boot out-of-region software.
And emulators written in x86 assembly
Aug 1, 2025 at 4:58pmWeb
Show threadInderixAug 1, 2025
@[email protected] nocash was my goat when I got my DSi and a cheap microSD card 🙏
It was the first console I ever modded it was wonderful
I never understood why the default background was that grainy black and white image of the woman, it scared the shit outta me when I first saw it but overall good stuff
Show threadwyattAug 1, 2025
@inderix I have a DSi but it's still sealed in its box so I have no idea what the image is :p
Show threadInderixAug 1, 2025
@[email protected] looks like this (not my image, grabbed off a quick search, but this is exactly what it looks like on my console too)
Show threadmedium rare birdAug 1, 2025
@wyatt no$gba is the only way I could play DS games at realtime speeds for like a decade. heroic piece of software
Show threadwyattAug 1, 2025
@migratory me too.
Show threadit/its kitten  Dec 2
@migratory @wyatt when is drastic ever going open source /hj 😭
Show threadwyattDec 2
@nyanpasu64 @migratory never and good riddance
Show threadit/its kitten  Dec 2
@wyatt @migratory wait it's bad? for years it was the only way to "play DS games at realtime speeds" on Android, but i never was able to pay for it
Show threadwyattDec 2
@nyanpasu64 @migratory and android has always been phoneshit I have no desire to use to play my games.
and if it's paid commercial software made to enable piracy then it's trash.
I don't care how good of an emulator it might be, I am fine if it disappears and i never see it again. Send money Martin's (nocash's) way instead, he could use it more
Show threadwyattDec 2
@nyanpasu64 @migratory despite no$gba being closed source or whatever, nocash releases excellent documentation and is active in the wider community. As evidenced by the bug I found that impacted basically every emulator, basically every open source DS emulator is based at least in part on nocash's "gbatek" documentation file. As such I think he deserves steady income a lot more than someone profiting off piracy
(there's nothing wrong with piracy but there is something wrong with profiting off of it)
and no$gba was the only way to play DS games at full speeds on many laptops for a long time.
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Dec 2
@wyatt their docs are so often vital for my reverse engineering efforts
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Dec 2
@wyatt also no$gmb is how I first played Pokemon Red back in the day
Show threadwyattDec 2
@foone i wish i could contact martin properly, there's a bug in no$gba and the gbatek documentation that I got fixed in melonDS and desmume that is still in no$gba 7 years after i emailed him :\
but since the bug is in a Pokémon game (Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky), it probably goes to the spam folder.
Show threadit/its kitten  Dec 2
@wyatt It's fucked that searching no$gba still turns up nogba dot com as the first result... I used to rely on no$zoomer to patch out the Spirit Tracks anti-piracy...
Show threadwyattDec 2
@nyanpasu64 just goes to show that google and DDG don't care about websites if they're actually good
Show threadendrift 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 2
@wyatt @foone I pledge to his patreon for a reason. https://www.patreon.com/martin_korth
Show threadendrift 🏳️‍⚧️Dec 2
@wyatt @foone I guess I'm in that handful of emulator authors aforementioned though
Show threadSir GarbagetruckDec 2

@endrift @wyatt @foone

I did not know Martin had a patreon.

Martin is an odd bird.

Birds are awesome.

Show threadliffy 💜Dec 3
@wyatt the DS and GBA homebrew scenes owe so much to GBATEK! can't imagine working on my GBA games without a copy of it open for reference
Show threadwyattDec 3
@lifning PSX homebrew, too.