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Dragon Warrior Not Working

Discussion in 'Technical Help' started by Mordak, May 10, 2009.

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  1. Mordak

    Mordak Active Member

    So I tried to play Dragon Warrior I & II, Dragon Warrior Monsters, Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 Cobi's Adventure on my Visual Boy Advance emulator for the mac and the VBA quits on me before I even start to play the games. The furthest I got in any of them was DW I and the application quit after the opening cutscene finished. Is there anything I can do to fix this?
     
    Mordak, May 10, 2009
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  2. anandjones

    anandjones Well-Known Member

    What version of VBA?
     
    anandjones, May 10, 2009
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  3. Mordak

    Mordak Active Member

    I believe it's version 1.7.4 for the mac.
     
    Mordak, May 10, 2009
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  4. anandjones

    anandjones Well-Known Member

    Hmm. Does it automatically just quit the emulator process or?
     
    anandjones, May 11, 2009
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  5. Mordak

    Mordak Active Member

    For Dragon Warrior I & II it quits after the opening cutscenes to either game.
    For Dragon Warrior Monsters it quits immediately.
    For Dragon Warrior Monsters 2 Cobi's Adventure it quits after selecting new game.
     
    Mordak, May 12, 2009
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  6. TirithRR

    TirithRR Well-Known Member

    Just in case, follow the instructions in this thread:
    https://www.romulation.org/forum/index.php?topic=6326.0

    It basically puts a good GBA bios in your VBA files, and makes your VBA use it. Maybe these Dragon Warrior ROMs need a good GBA bios to work correctly?

    This will make VBA run better, and does not cause any problems with any other games, just fixes problems.
     
    TirithRR, May 12, 2009
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  7. Mordak

    Mordak Active Member

    Didn't work, but maybe the files I got aren't compatible with the mac version....
     
    Mordak, May 12, 2009
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  8. TirithRR

    TirithRR Well-Known Member

    Make sure to delete the .sav files after doing the BIOS upgrade with VBA.
     
    TirithRR, May 12, 2009
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  9. Mordak

    Mordak Active Member

    I tried that and no change. Actually these are all GBC games and I don't thing the GBA bios I got is compatible with the mac version of VBA.
     
    Mordak, May 13, 2009
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