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===VBA===The original VBA emulator is ancient and has ceased development in 2004. VBA-M is begun as a multiplayer branch of it to become ever since a continuation of VBA, as it is regularly updated.

VBA-Next VisualBoyAdvance 1.8.0 is an optimized the latest version of an older revision the original emulator. While still very useful and functional, and including emulation for tilt controls in Kirby Tilt'n Tumble (GBC), it doesn't emulate some features of special cartridges with solar or gyroscopic controls (those need ROM patches to function for that version), and doesn't include Link cable emulation (VBA-M with speedhacks and is available as originally was a libretro core multiplayer branch) or e-Reader emulation (earlier mods for [[RetroArch]]1. There is also a libretro version of the latest VBA7 and 1.6 versions tried to, but only covered standalone e-MCard emulation, which is slower but has less compatibility issues and regressionsnot linked e-Card/GBA game or linked e-Card/GC game).

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. ===VBA Link e-Reader===Project Pokémon made a version of VBA 1.73 that adds both e-Reader and Link Cable support. While they were once available separately, this version permits the use of battle e-cards.  Using the e-Reader functionality requires a ROM of the Nintendo e-Reader. Load the ROM, then navigate to "Scan Dot Code." The emulator will ask for a dump of the e-Reader card barcode. Choose one that you had previously downloaded from your computer. (You can download the raw dumps as No-Intro's e-Reader set) <!-- Previous link, dead now, for reference: http://www.get-your-rom.com/ner-nintendo-e-reader-roms -->===VBA-M===The newer open-source active GBA emulator. Includes Link cable emulation between two GBA gamepacks, and as of v0956, Joylink GC/GBA emulation, which saw a huge compatibility overhaul in early 2015 (fixing notably Navi Trackers and Wind Waker). e-Reader emulation is being slowly added too (none of the emulators so far emulate all three types of e-Reader connectivity - e-Reader only, e-Reader/GBA cartridge, and e-Reader/GameCube). Still doesn't emulate special cartridge features like solar and gyroscopic sensors.

Using the e===VBA-Next===VBA-Reader functionality requires a ROM Next is an optimized version of an older revision of the Nintendo eVBA-Reader. Load the ROMM with speedhacks and is available as a libretro core for [[RetroArch]], then navigate to "Scan Dot Code." The emulator will ask making it recommended for a dump of the eWii (over VBA-Reader card barcode. Choose one that you had previously downloaded GX, from your computera speed perspective) and Android. (You can download There is also a libretro version of the raw dumps here: http://www.getlatest VBA-your-rom.com/ner-nintendo-e-reader-roms Beware: the website M, which is hard to navigateslower but has less compatibility issues and regressions.)

For the ===VBA-GX===Wii, it's better to use -exclusive VBA-M optimized port (though less optimized than the VBA-Next core of RetroArch than to use VBA-GX). However, VBA-GX supports using Supports the Wiimote as a gyrometer (required for a few GBA games), whereas VBA-Next does notvarious Wii controllers.

Be sure you have "vba-overIs the only version of the emulator to support solar sensor emulation (Boktai series) and gyroscopic sensors (WarioWare Twisted, Yoshi's Universal Gravitation) as well as the tilt sensors for the GBC Kirby game, but requires clean ROMs of these as their emulation ROM patches break their proper functionality here. They are controlled using the Wiimote.ini" in As for the solar sensor games, pointing the same folder as VBA Wiimote skyward charges the Gun deSol while pointing it to avoid save type issuesthe ground blocks sunlight. Current Has other optional motion-based Wiimote controls for other notable games. ===VBA-M builds come with this by defaultJS===Javascript port for playing on computer web browsers. Available [http://dl.dropbox. 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 VBAcom/u/20328726/vbamjs/index.html|here].