Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
VBA-M has an option for Motion controls "Input, Set, Motion". It currently works with all versions of the GBC title Kirby Tilt'n Tumble, which also was a special cartridge with a motion sensor built-in to control movement in-game. But VBA-M does not support motion controls for GBA games yet.
GBARunner2 is not available for Dreamcast.
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows|Linux|macOS}}
|[https://github.com/ares-emulator/ares/releases {{aresVer}}]
|{{✓}}||{{✗}}||?{{✗}} ||?{{✗}} ||{{✗}}||?||{{✓}}||{{✓}}||?{{✗}}
|-
|iDeaS
|{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||Low ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[[AloneGBA]]
|align=left|{{Icon|Windows}}
|[https://standalones.dev 1.0.2]
|{{✓}}<ref group=N name=pizzaboygbc>Separate app called Pizza Boy GBC.</ref> ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[http://www.explusalpha.com/ GBA.emu]<br/><small>(VBA-M r1097 2.1.4 based)</small>
|align=left|{{Icon|Android|Pyra}}
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.explusalpha.GbaEmu {{.emuVer}}][https://github.com/Rakashazi/emu-ex-plus-alpha git]</br>[https://pyra-handheld.com/repo/apps/75 1.5.46.02 Pyra]
|{{✗✓}} <ref group=N name=gbc.emu>Separate app called GBC.emu.</ref> ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|VGBAnext
|[https://mgba.io/downloads.html {{MGBAVer}}]
|{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✓}} ||Mid ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}} ||{{✓}}
|-
|[[gpSP]]
|align=left|{{Icon|PSP|DC}}
|?
|? ||? ||? ||? ||{{✗}} ||? ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}
|-
|[[gpSP#PSP_version|TempGBA4PSP]]
* '''VGA Mode (poppy bright):''' No desaturation
'''mGBA:''' Under Tools > Settings > Shaders> Load New Shader, you will find three customizable '''Desaturation''' parametersselect "gba-color.shader"
'''VBA-M:''' (nightly only): Under Options > Game Boy Advance, you will find the option, '''LCD Filter'''.
===Horrible Sound Quality===
As a handheld rushed to the market (because of the WonderSwan Color competition), the Game Boy Advance had some cut corners. The sound hardware was affected the hardest: while it could play Game Boy Color sound in addition to samples and sequenced music like what would be heard on the SNES, the actual sound playback quality is awful compared to the actual higher quality sound samples stored internally in the ROM.
There were [https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/881/ tools] made to extract the internal high-quality music (as midi files plus a sound font, to be played on foobar2000), however, interest remains limited in implementing its playback in real-time on emulators. It's worth noting it exists as a very experimental feature on [[mGBA]] (nightly versions) under Enhancements as "XQ GBA Audio", but very buggy and still limited to games using the standard sound engine, the so-called "Sappy" engine, which is still a big part of the GBA's software library.
! No$GBA
! My Boy!
! Pizza Boy GBA
|-
| Solar Sensor
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✓}}
| {{~✓}}<ref group=N name=RetroArch>Motion Control support present on RetroArch VBA-M core.</ref>
| {{✗}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
|-
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| Multi Plust On System
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| Turbo File Advance
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| Power Antenna & Bug Sensor
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| Official Nintendo Infrared Adapter
| {{✓}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
| {{✗}}
|}
<references group=N />
===Solar Sensor===
* VBA-M: This emulator uses the keys of the lateral motion controls to change the Solar Sensor levels. You can find those keys and modify them in Options -> Input -> Configure... -> "Special" tab.
* No$GBA: Under '''Options/Emulation Setup''', you can find the Solar Sensor Level option. You are given the choice between only three brightness levels though: Darkness, 100 Watts, and Bright Sunlight.
* My Boy! : This emulator uses a button combination or the device's light sensor to check the brightness level. You can change this under Settings -> Input -> Cartridge Features -> "Solar Emulation By" menu.* Pizza Boy GBA: Uses the device's light sensor to check the brightness level.
====ROM Patches====
===Motion Control===
====Emulation====
* 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.
* VBA-M core on RetroArch includes motion control support by using a controller stick (left or right)
* mGBA includes full motion control support in latest dev builds using the motion sensor present in controllers like DualShock 4, Switch Pro Controller, etc.
* My Boy! uses the device's accelerometer to emulate this feature. You can change the sensitivity under Settings -> Input -> Cartridge Features -> "Motion sensitivity" menu.
* Pizza Boy GBA also used the device's accelerometer to emulate this feature for games like WarioWare: Twisted and Yoshi's Universal Gravitation.
====ROM Patches====
