Project Goals

##Core Project Goals##

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GBE aims to be a portable, complete GBA emulator, that relies chiefly on SDL and as such, its goals are the following:

• Emulate the GBA with cycle-accuracy.
• Emulate the GBA e-Reader.
• Emulate the GBA Serial Link Cable via networking (locally and online).
• Emulate the GCN <-> GBA Link Cable (connect to the Dolphin emulator).
• Integrate components of the original GBE project to provide GB/GBC emulation.
• Create an abstract framework to accommodate GBE integration (and allow future systems to be added easily).
• Allow Custom Graphics Replacement in GBA games (similar to the original GBE project).
• Use OpenGL shaders for post-processing scaling filters (HQx, ScaleX, xBR, xBRz, etc).

##Immediate Project Goals##

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These goals are near-term and serve to get development moving along:

• Finish ARM/THUMB implementations of the GBA's ARM7 ISA.
• Add more interrupts (Joypad, V-Count).
• Create more homebrew hardware tests, verify results in GBE+ and on real GBA units.
• Improve current LCD BG0 handling (optimize it, account for different palettes).
• Get some commercial game to boot to some extent (Deadline : October 15, 2014).

##Misc. Project Goals##

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These are goals that really aren't the focus of the project, but need to be done eventually.

• Once GBE has been integrated, emulate the GB Printer.
• Once GBE has been integrated, emulate the GB Serial Link Cable via networking (locally and online).
• Fix public/private members (most things are public when it's not necessary).
• Once GBE has been integrated, implement Custom Graphics Replacement for the GBC (currently experimental even in GBE).
• Write more homebrew hardware tests (Permanent goal...)
• Once GBE+ is usable, play games and have fun (Permanent goal also...)