GBA Tests

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This page documents the results of various emulators and hardware using test ROMs. Emulators tested using official BIOS when applicable.

gba-suite r79
No.	Test Name	Subtests	NanoBoyAdvance	SkyEmu	mGBA	Ares	No$GBA	Visual Boy Advance M
01	Memory tests	1552	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Fail (1181)	Fail (1420)
02	I/O read tests	130	Fail (126)	Fail (125)	Fail (120)	Fail (124)	Fail (129)	Fail (100)
03	Timing tests	2020	Pass	Pass	Fail (1768)	Fail (1570)	Fail (1121)	Fail (1023)
04	Timer count-up tests	936	Fail (903)	Fail (587)	Fail (744)	Fail (456)	Fail (152)	Fail (440)
05	Timer IRQ tests	90	Pass	Pass	Fail (70)	Fail (0)	Fail (44)	Fail (8)
06	Shifter tests	140	Pass	Pass	Pass	Fail (132)	Pass	Fail (132)
07	Carry tests	93	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass
08	Multiply long tests	72	Fail (52)	Fail (52)	Fail (52)	Fail (52)	Fail (52)	Fail (52)
09	BIOS math tests	615	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass
10	DMA tests	1256	Pass	Pass	Fail (1232)	Fail (1212)	Fail (1048)	Fail (1068)
11	Misc. edge case tests	10	Fail (8)	Fail (3)	Fail (4)	Fail (1)	Fail (6)	Fail (7)
12	Video tests	5	Pass	Pass	Fail (3)	Fail (3)	Fail (3)	Fail (4)

AGS Aging Cartridge v10.0
No.	Test Name	Subtests	NanoBoyAdvance	SkyEmu	mGBA	Ares	No$GBA	Visual Boy Advance M
01	Memory	9	Pass	Pass	Fail (8)	Fail (6)	Fail (8)	Fail (1)
02	LCD	7	Pass	Pass	Pass	Fail (5)	Pass	Fail (6)
03	Timer	3	Pass	Pass	Pass	Fail (1)	Fail (2)	Fail (2)
04	DMA	9	Pass	Pass	Pass	Fail (7)	Fail (8)	Fail (7)
05	COM	N/A	Skip	Skip	Skip	Skip	Skip	Skip
06	Key Input	1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass
07	Interrupt	7	Pass	Pass	Pass	Fail (4)	Fail (6)	Fail (5)

jsmolka gba-tests commit a6447c5
No.	Test Name	NanoBoyAdvance	SkyEmu	mGBA	Ares	No$GBA	Visual Boy Advance M
01	arm	Pass	Pass	Fail test 235	Fail test 225	Fail (crash)	Fail test 225
02	bios	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Fail test 3	Fail test 1
03	memory	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass
04	nes	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Fail test 1	Pass
05	thumb	Pass	Pass	Fail test 230	Fail test 227	Fail test 225	Fail test 221
Save
01	none	Pass	Fail test 1	Pass	Fail test 1	Pass	Fail test 1
02	sram	Pass	Fail test 1	Fail test 6	Fail test 1	Pass	Fail test 6
03	flash64	Pass	Fail test 1	Fail test 6	Fail test 1	Fail test 10	Fail test 6
01	flash128	Pass	Fail test 1	Fail test 6	Fail test 1	Fail test 10	Fail test 6

NBA hw-test commit cec2372
No.	Test Name	Subtests	NanoBoyAdvance	SkyEmu	mGBA	Ares	No$GBA	Visual Boy Advance M
DMA
01	burst-into-tears	3	Fail (0)	Fail (0)	Fail (1)	Fail (0)	Fail (1)	Fail (0)
02	latch	3	Pass	Pass	Fail (1)	Fail (1)	Fail (0)	Fail (1)
03	start-delay	1	Pass	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
IRQ
01	irq-delay	3	Pass	Fail (0)	Fail (1)	Fail (0)	Fail (0)	Fail (1)
PPU
01	bgx	1	Pass	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
02	status-irq-dma	4	Fail (0)	Fail (0)	Fail (0)	Fail (0)	Fail (stuck)	Fail (2)(stuck)
03	vram-mirror	10	Pass	Fail (6)	Pass	Fail (7)	Fail (7)	Pass
Timer
01	reload	7	Pass	Fail (5)	Fail (4)	Fail (0)	Fail (0)	Fail (2)
02	start-stop	2	Pass	Fail (1)	Fail (1)	Fail (1)	Pass	Fail (1)
Misc
01	halt-cnt	5	Pass	Fail (3)	Fail (1)	Fail (2)	Fail (0)	Fail (stuck)

AGBEEG Aging v0.0.2
No.	Test Name	Subtests	NanoBoyAdvance	SkyEmu	mGBA	Ares	No$GBA	Visual Boy Advance M
01	Cartridge	2	Fail (1)	Fail (1)	Fail (0)	Fail (0)	Fail (0)	Fail (0)
02	CPU	3	Fail (2)	Fail (1)	Fail (1)	Fail (2)	Fail (2)	Fail (2)
03	DMA	1	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail

Other tests
Test Name	Subtests	NanoBoyAdvance	SkyEmu	mGBA	Ares	No$GBA	Visual Boy Advance M
GValiente
Background palette h-blank update - circle	1	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass	Pass
Sprite update HDMA - diamond	1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Sprite border HDMA - cube	1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Velipso
Large sprite row warp	2	Pass	Pass	Pass	Fail	Fail	Fail
Interrupt timing vblank + timer0	1	Pass	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail	Fail
Ladystarbreeze
Mid-frame video capture DMA	1	Pass	Pass	Fail	Fail	Fail (stuck)	Fail (stuck)

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