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mGBA Git (2026/03/17) is a new Game Boy Advance emulator designed for speed and accuracy, surpassing many existing emulators. Key features include support for Game Boy and Game Boy Color hardware, performance on low-end devices, local link cable support, real-time clock, and solar sensor compatibility for Boktai games. It offers extensive functionality, such as save state management, cheat code support, and video recording. Additionally, it allows remappable controls, supports various patch formats, and features community translations. Recent updates focus on enhancing gamepad enumeration and fixing various SDL issues for better performance and user experience.
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mGBA Git (2026/03/17) has been compiled. mGBA is an innovative emulator designed to run Game Boy Advance games. It aims for improved speed and accuracy compared to many current Game Boy Advance emulators, while incorporating features that are often missing in others.
Features:
* Highly accurate support for Game Boy Advance hardware[1].
* Compatibility with Game Boy/Game Boy Color hardware.
* Fast performance, capable of running at full speed even on lower-end devices like netbooks.
* Available Qt and SDL ports for both a full-featured and a minimalist frontend.
* Local link cable support on the same machine.
* Automatic detection of save types, including flash memory size[2].
* Support for cartridges with motion sensors and rumble functions (works only with game controllers).
* Built-in real-time clock support without the need for configuration.
* Solar sensor compatibility for Boktai games.
* Support for Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer.
* Includes a built-in BIOS implementation and the option to load external BIOS files.
* Turbo/fast-forward functionality by holding the Tab key.
* Rewind feature activated by holding the Backquote key.
* Configurable frameskip up to 10.
* Screenshot functionality available.
* Cheat code accessibility.
* 9 savestate slots with savestates viewable as screenshots.
* Recording options for Video, GIF, WebP, and APNG.
* e-Reader support included.
* Customizable controls for both keyboard and gamepad users.
* Ability to load ROMs from ZIP and 7z files.
* Support for IPS, UPS, and BPS patch formats.
* Game debugging capabilities via a command-line interface and GDB remote support, compatible with IDA Pro.
* Configurable rewinding during emulation.
* Supports loading and exporting GameShark and Action Replay snapshots.
* Cores available for RetroArch/Libretro and OpenEmu.
* Community-sourced translations for multiple languages through Weblate.
* Numerous other minor enhancements.
mGBA Git Changelog:
* Qt: Throttle SDL gamepad enumeration
* Qt: Properly lock access on s_sdlEvents
* SDL: Manage player ID settings in the frontend
* SDL: Fix issues with preferred device loading on SDL2+
* Qt: Verify pointer validity before querying SDL
* Qt: Cache visible names and serials for SDL gamepads
* Qt: Track controllers during hot-plug based on serial
* SDL: Differentiate controllers by serial number (fixing issue #880)
* SDL: Use SDL_PumpEvents to capture hotplug events (resolving issue #3406)
