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The original VBA emulator is ancient and has ceased development in 2004. VBA-M is a continuation of VBA, as it is regularly updated.
 
The original VBA emulator is ancient and has ceased development in 2004. VBA-M is a continuation of VBA, as it is regularly updated.
  
VBA-Next is an optimized version of VBA with speedhacks and is available as a libretro core for [http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/RetroArch RetroArch].
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VBA-Next is an optimized version of an older revision of VBA-M with speedhacks and is available as a libretro core for [http://emulation-general.wikia.com/wiki/RetroArch RetroArch]. There is also a libretro version of the latest VBA-M, which is slower but has less compatibility issues and regressions.
  
 
For the Wii, it's better to use the VBA-Next core of RetroArch than to use VBA-GX. However, VBA-GX supports using the Wiimote as a gyrometer (required for a few GBA games), whereas VBA-Next does not.
 
For the Wii, it's better to use the VBA-Next core of RetroArch than to use VBA-GX. However, VBA-GX supports using the Wiimote as a gyrometer (required for a few GBA games), whereas VBA-Next does not.
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Be sure you have "vba-over.ini" in the same folder as VBA to avoid save type issues. Current VBA-M builds come with this by default. libretro versions of VBA have this baked into the binary, but also output a different save format that needs to be converted with a tool to be used with standalone VBA.
  
 
==Source Code==
 
==Source Code==
 
VBA: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vba/files/VisualBoyAdvance/
 
VBA: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vba/files/VisualBoyAdvance/
 
[[Category:Emulators]]
 
[[Category:Emulators]]

Revision as of 19:40, 16 February 2014

Current version: 1.8.0-beta 3
Active: No
OS: Windows, Linux, OS X, BeOS, Wii, Gamecube
Authors: Forgotten, VBA Team
Official website: VBA-M.com
Source code: SourceForge

VisualBoy Advance is a Game Boy/Color and Game Boy Advance emulator.

Download

VisualBoy Advance-M Dev Builds

Visual Boy Advance GX (Wii/GC only)

Versions

The original VBA emulator is ancient and has ceased development in 2004. VBA-M is a continuation of VBA, as it is regularly updated.

VBA-Next is an optimized version of an older revision of VBA-M with speedhacks and is available as a libretro core for RetroArch. There is also a libretro version of the latest VBA-M, which is slower but has less compatibility issues and regressions.

For the Wii, it's better to use the VBA-Next core of RetroArch than to use VBA-GX. However, VBA-GX supports using the Wiimote as a gyrometer (required for a few GBA games), whereas VBA-Next does not.

Be sure you have "vba-over.ini" in the same folder as VBA to avoid save type issues. Current VBA-M builds come with this by default. libretro versions of VBA have this baked into the binary, but also output a different save format that needs to be converted with a tool to be used with standalone VBA.

Source Code

VBA: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vba/files/VisualBoyAdvance/