Changes

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! scope="col"|Name

! scope="col"|Latest Version

! scope="col"|GB/GBC

! scope="col"|[[Recommended Emulators|Recommended]]

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|[[mGBA]]

|[https://mgba.io/downloads.html {{MGBAVer}}]

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|[[higan]]

|[http://byuu.org/emulation/higan/ {{higanVer}}]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

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|[[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|VBA-M]]

|[https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m/releases {{VBAMVer}}]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

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|iDeaS

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20150311100053/http://ciacin.site90.com/ideas.php 1.0.4.0]

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

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|[[GBE+]]

|[https://github.com/shonumi/gbe-plus {{GBEVer}}]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

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|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

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|[[MAME]]

|[http://www.mamedev.org/release.html {{MAMEVer}}]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

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|Meteor

|[https://github.com/blastrock/meteor 1.4.2]

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

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|NanoboyAdvance

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|[[No$|No$GBA]]

|[http://problemkaputt.de/gba.htm {{No$GBAVer}}]

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

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|BoyCottAdvance

|[http://boycottadvance.emuunlim.org/Downloads.htm 0.2.8]

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

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|PlayBoy Advance

|[https://www.zophar.net/macintosh/gba/playboy-advance.html 1.0]

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

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|[[mGBA]]

|[https://mgba.io/downloads.html {{MGBAVer}}]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}<ref group=N name=medusa /> ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

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|[http://www.explusalpha.com/ GBA.emu]<br/><small>(VBA-M r1097 based)</small>

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

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|[http://allaboutwindowsphone.com/software/content/VBA8_1.php VBA8]

|[https://www.appx4fun.com/xap/15223/ 2.27]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

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|[https://forums.windowscentral.com/app-spotlight/252987-trio-nintendo-emulators-vba8-vgbc8-snes8x.html VBA10]

|[https://forum.xda-developers.com/windows-10-mobile/windows-10-mobile-apps-and-games/app-vba10-emulator-t3588704 1.22]<br/>[https://emulator.games/emulators/gameboy-advance/vba10/ Alt]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

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|[[gpSP]]

|[http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=package.gpsp.notaz 0.9.2.8]

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

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|[[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|VBA-M]]

|[https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m v2.0.1]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

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|[https://sites.google.com/site/fastemulator/ My Boy!]

|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fastemulator.gba 1.8.0]

|{{✓}}<ref group=N name=myoldboy>Separate paid app called My OldBoy!.</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

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|[https://iemulators.com/gba4ios v2.1]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{~}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

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|[[mGBA]]

|[https://mgba.io/downloads.html {{MGBAVer}}]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

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|[https://www.gc-forever.com/wiki/index.php?title=Enhanced_mGBA emGBA]

|[https://files.extremscorner.org/gamecube/apps/mgba/latest Git]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

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|[[gpSP#PSP_version|TempGBA4PSP]]

|[http://www.mediafire.com/download/41ny5xrwxizalx4/TempGBA4PSP-26750221.zip 26750221]

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

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|[[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-GX|VBA GX]]

|[https://github.com/dborth/vbagx/releases 2.4.0]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}<ref group=N>As VBA-Next.</ref> ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

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|[[gpSP]]

|0.9

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|[[Virtual Console]]

|8.10

|{{✓}} <small>(Nintendo 3DS only)<small> ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} <small>(Wii U only)<small> ||{{✓}} <small>(Pokemon only)</small> ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}

===Comparisons===

;[[mGBA]]:Aims for accuracy, speed, and features. For its accuracy, it's gradually becoming the best at that. It's actively developed and has features VBA-M lacks such as a Tilt Sensor, and more recently Game Boy Camera support.

:;[[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|Visual Boy Advance-M (VBA-M)]]:A fork with additional improvements. It is behind in terms of accuracy and performance compared to mGBA.

::;VBA-Next:A [[RetroArch]] fork from an older revision of VBA-M with added speedhacks and tweaks, making it useful for lower-end devices. A bit less accurate in some respects, but fixes a few games such as Advance Wars 2.

* '''VGA Mode (poppy bright):''' No desaturation

'''higan:''' Under Settings > Video Filter, you will find the "Color Emulation" checkbox.

Similar to the scaling effects used on the Super NES known commonly as "Mode 7" graphics, the Game Boy Advance has affine transformation effects for some backgrounds and individual sprites that can be done in hardware. Due to the GBA's lower resolution, some detail may be lost.

===Save formats===

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! scope="col"|Name

! scope="col"|Supported Version

! scope="col"|Single Pak

! scope="col"|GameCube

! scope="col"|Nintendo DS

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|[[mGBA]]

|[https://mgba.io/downloads.html {{MGBAVer}}]

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|[[VisualBoy Advance#VBA-M|VBA-M]]

||[https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m/releases {{VBAMVer}}]

|{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}}

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|[[No$|No$GBA]]

||[http://problemkaputt.de/gba.htm {{No$GBAVer}}]

|{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

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|[[DeSmuME]]

|[https://ci.appveyor.com/project/zeromus/desmume {{DeSmuMEVer}}]

|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}}

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;VBA-M: This doesn't work with old VBA versions.

:Just disable "Pause when Inactive", configure all four Joypads each with their own button layout, enable "Link, Enable GBA Link". Now open VBA-M again as many times needed for each player, and have them each use their separate Joypad configuration. Each player will have a separate SRAM save file.

;VBA Link + e-Reader:Useful if you want to use the Pokémon Battle-eCards. Downloads and instructions reside [http://projectpokemon.org/forums/showthread.php?42433-RELEASE-VBA-LINK-E-READER here].

;mGBA:Select "New multiplayer window" from the menu. As you load your ROMs into each window, "Player [X] of [Y]" will appear across the title bar. This can be done for up to four players. However, multiple instances of the same ROM will share a save file.

===GBA Wireless Multiplayer===

* VBA '''doesn't''' emulate this feature, and its "Motion Control" option (with keys mapped to each tilt direction) covers the GBC title Kirby Tilt'n Tumble.

* mGBA supposedly includes this feature but key remapping for tilt sensors is not present in the latest builds.

====ROM Patches====

Fixes applied directly to the ROM (with the Lunar IPS utility, or at runtime using mGBA or VBA-M and naming them the same as the ROM in the same directory) by various scene release groups to make it compatible with any emulator/flashcard. D-Pad controls substituting motion controls don't work as well here as they tilt it "too much" at times to be very playable.

An peripheral device by Capcom and Takara compatible with ''Mega Man Battle Network 4'' (Japanese edition). It can be connected to the Game Boy Advance and allow the player to transmit real-life toy Battle Chips to the NetNavis in the game. It's also compatible with toy Advanced PETs and ''Rockman.EXE 4.5 Real Operation''. It can also unlock minigames in ''Mega Man Zero 3''.

===Glucoboy===