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|discontinued = 2010

|predecessor=[[Game Boy/Game Boy Color emulators|Game Boy (Color)]], [[Virtual Boy emulators|Virtual Boy]]

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==Emulators==

===PC / x86===

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|[{{MednafenURL|releases/}} {{MednafenVer}}]<br/>[https://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/ libretro core]

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

|{{?}} || || ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

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|GameBeanAdvance

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===Mobile / ARM===

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|Pizza Boy GBA

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|[https://www.explusalpha.com/contents/gba-emu GBA.emu]<br/><small>(VBA-M 2.1.4 based)</small>

|{{?}} || || ||{{✓}} ||{{✗}} ||{{✗}}

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===Consoles===

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|3.4 test 4 build 230

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;[[mGBA]]:Free and open-source Game Boy/Color and Game Boy Advance emulator developed by endrift. Being written from scratch, it aims for speed, [[Emulation Accuracy|accuracy]], and portability. As of yet, it's the most complete GBA emulation effort with [[#Enhancements|enhancements]] and [[#Hardware_features_and_accessories|feature support]], passing the older project VBA and its forks. It is also available as a Libretro core for RetroArch. As of 0.9.0, mGBA with a stripped-down GUI has been integrated into Dolphin recently for games supporting [[#Hardware_features_and_accessories|connectivity features]].

;[[VisualBoy Advance|Visual Boy Advance (VBA)]]:The original GBA emulator. Discovered to have an <abbr title="Arbitrary Code Execution">ACE</abbr> vulnerability detailed below.

==Enhancements==

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| [[Wikipedia:Category:Anti-aliasing_algorithms|Post-rendering AA]]<br/><small>(FXAA, TXAA and MLAA/SMAA)</small>

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|{{Y}}

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|{{Y}}

|{{Y}}

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| [[Shader_Presets|Shader Chain]]

|{{N}}

|{{N}}

|{{N}}

|{{Y}}

|{{Y}}

|{{N}}

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| rowspan=5 | [https://tasvideos.org/Emulatorresources/Features TAS features]

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|{{Y}}

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|{{N}}

|{{N}}

|{{Y}}

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|[https://mgba.io/faq.html#glossary WIP]

|{{N}}

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|{{N}}

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| [https://retroachievements.org/gameList.php?c=5 RetroAchievements]

|{{Y}}

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|{{N}}

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==Hardware features and accessories==

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|{{?}}

|{{?}}

|{{?}}

|{{?}}

|{{?}}

|{{?}}

|{{?}}

|{{Y}}

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|colspan=2 | [[#GB.2FGBC_backwards_compatibility_emulation.2FEnhanced_Mode|GB/GBC backwards compatibility emulation/Enhanced Mode]]

|{{?}}

|{{?}}

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| colspan=2 | [[#Game_Boy_Advance_Video|Game Boy Advance Video]]

| {{~}}<abbr title="Allows rumble support for games that had such function back when played in a Game Boy Player (Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3, Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga)">*</abbr>

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*mGBA support both 32MB and 64MB video cartridges.

:See [[Home_Media_Player#Emulators|this dedicated page]] for more information about home media playback support for emulation softwares.

===Connectivity===

The [[Wikipedia:Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter|wireless adapter]] has the ability to connect five players<ref>https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/downloads/agbwireless_trilingual.pdf</ref> to each other and includes its own software to download a subset of another player's game that runs when no cartridge is inserted. ''Pokémon Fire Red'' and ''Leaf Green'' came bundled with this accessory, but it can also work with ''Pokémon Emerald'' and the ''Classic NES Series''.

====GameCube Connectivity====

;Glucoboy

==Emulation issues==