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mGBA

mGBA is an open source emulator of the Game Boy Advance. The goals are speed and accuracy.

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  • mGBA Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-07-06

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PS Vita MGBA Emulator Version 0.8.1 Test! (Latest Update)

PS Vita MGBA Emulator! UPDATED! (Improved Frame Drawing)

mGBA Emulator for PC: Full Setup and Play in 2 Minutes (The Game Boy Advance Emulator)

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  • Cheats on Visualboy Advance for Mac
    Visual Boy Advance is actually outclassed these days, use mGBA instead. Source: 9 months ago
  • I must know, how do you emulate fire emblem on a windows laptop?
    Which game do you want to emulate? If you're talking about fe7 (localized as just Fire Emblem in the west), you're gonna need a ROM which I can't link here but I can PM to you if you need it, and an emulator. I recommend Mgba (https://mgba.io/) for GBA games. Source: 9 months ago
  • Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble (D-Pad Controls) (GBC Hack)
    Install the GBA emulator called “mGBA” on your 3DS (You can install it through Universal Updater or heres a link to it: https://mgba.io [v0.10.2] ) It should be a cia file to install through FBI. Source: 9 months ago
  • Hi, new to emulators. I had a question, can I run gba and nds games on this?
    No, you can use mGBA for GBA games, and MelonDS for NDS games. Source: 10 months ago
  • If you had to use the 4.5 navis to create a team, who would you choose?
    Here's the thread for the Real Battle Network Gameplay patch, here's the English translation patch, and here's the emulator I recommend where you can just slot in the Navi of your choice to unlock them immediately. The ROM you'll have to scare up for yourself, but I'm sure you can handle it. Source: 11 months ago
  • What’s the safest and best gba emulator?
    When I Google it - this is the first site that shows up https://mgba.io. Source: 11 months ago
  • I asked my partner today why he thought he was able to finish our game but not any of the other games he worked on solo.
    Because GBA is an unsupported device, people will use an emulator to play the game on their computer or retro handheld. This means our game will require no maintenance to keep running. Updates and patches and all that jazz is taken care of by the emulator. Our game will be maintained with no effort from us as long as people are still preserving discontinued games. (Shout out to the awesome devs behind emulators... Source: 11 months ago
  • Any actually useful uses for Raspberry Pi and alternative sbc?
    Also I just run retro gaming on my windows pc since I'm always on it. I use SNES, Gameboy, PS1, PS2, PS3, XBox, and XBox 360. If sure it's not efficient to run them all separately but it works for me. Source: about 1 year ago
  • How do you guys play?
    Emulators 100%, mGBA for GBA games (My Boy for android, sprang for the paid version a while ago and don't regret it), DeSmuME for DS and Citra for 3DS. I do technically still own copies of most DS and 3DS games but I despise nuzlocking on hardware at this point and I tend to play romhacks anyways. I personally wouldn't recommend anything other than GBA games/romhacks for a phone, but maybe someone else has a... Source: about 1 year ago
  • rom hack help
    So first of all, I'd personally recommend directly using mGBA for an emulator. Source: about 1 year ago
  • What emulator is suitable for .bin game?
    It does fit the era of a GBA game and looks like one. Try mGBA from their site. Source: about 1 year ago
  • People disapppointed with the horrible endgame coop experience of Temtem: play Pokemon Quetzal, a hack of Pokemon Emerald that allows coop.
    Download https://mgba.io it is a GBA emulator that is recommended to play and allows coop. Source: over 1 year ago
  • VBA File transfer?
    See, this is the problem with people loudly insisting that VisualBoyAdvance is fine for everything they need to do. Mgba has had reliable link cable emulation for years and is much more accurate overall - in fact, I completed my Hoenn regional Dex with it. Source: over 1 year ago
  • [3] [4] all the shinies I have caught in my life! Currently going for a flygon but god dammit he ain't appearin
    Hey! So, I use MGBA for gba emulations (it can also run gb and gbc games if that's something you're interested in) and DeSmuMe for ds ones. I don't usually play 3ds games but citra works just fine for that. You can download them all in their official websites: https://mgba.io/ http://desmume.org/ and https://citra-emu.org/. Source: over 1 year ago
  • GB Operator alternatives that don't cost an arm and a leg?
    The GB Operator just dumps the ROM and save file, then loads it in mGBA. You can do the same thing. Source: over 1 year ago
  • "Help Me PLS" VBA 2.1.4 stuck running at 50%
    Haven't used VBA in a while. Maybe give https://mgba.io/ a try. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Debugging GameBoy Advance (GBA) programs/games in Emacs
    No matter which editor you debug in, the workflow is about the same. You will need DevkitPro gba-dev and an emulator like mGBA. If you want to familiarize yourself with some C code for GBA, as well as Makefiles with CFlags and other build options, there is an example repo you can check out :). - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago
  • FE Binding Blade fan translation questions
    You should not buy anything, just download the patch from the link, download a japanese fe6 rom (i can't link you to one because it's against the rules) and apply the patch using a tool like this. Then play it using a flashcart or an emulator (mGBA comes highly recommended). Fe6 was never officially translated and anyone trying to sell you a translation is a scammer trying to profit off other people's work. Source: over 1 year ago
  • I have a few questions
    For example: While playing Pokemon in mGBA, if you save in-game, it'll create/modify a file ending in .sav. That file is - theoretically - 1-to-1 with the save you would get on a physical cartridge. It's quite portable. Source: over 1 year ago
  • MMBN1 vs MMBN2
    No its not the same https://mgba.io/. Source: over 1 year ago
  • Are there any emulators for common embedded boards?
    Hey guys, I'm new to embedded progamming. I've been developing for the GameBoy Advance and it has an excellent environment to develop, without even needing a GBA. E.g a feature-rich emulator like: https://mgba.io/, a great gcc toolchain (devkitpro), you can get up and running with VS Code in seconds. Source: over 1 year ago

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