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Makes me wonder, could the GB/GBC hardware in the GBA be used by GBA games?
by HideousKojima 4y ago
Makes me wonder, could the GB/GBC hardware in the GBA be used by GBA games?
- wk_end 4y agoIt couldn't (besides the audio channels, which were shared).
- Cu3PO42 4y agoAs another comment already states: for the most part, no. However, the GBA CPU (an ARM7) in a DS is used as the IO-processor for DS games, while an ARM9 is the main chip. On the 3DS the ARM9 is the co-processor, while a new ARM11 is the main application processor. Since the 3DS can also run DS games it still has an ARM7 as well and can natively run GBA games, even if that functionality was barely used by Nintendo.
- philistine 4y agoThe problem with GBA functionality is you lost the ability to go back to the home menu; you had to force reset the console to exit. I think that’s why Nintendo only used the GBA mode under duress, and only once.