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mGBA Git (2026/04/27) is an advanced emulator for Game Boy Advance games, designed for speed and accuracy. It supports Game Boy/Game Boy Color, runs well even on low-end hardware, and offers various features such as local link cable support, save type detection, and motion sensor compatibility. It includes real-time clock and solar sensor support for Boktai games, built-in BIOS implementation, savestates, and recording options in multiple formats. Users can enjoy remappable controls, file loading from ZIP/7z, cheat codes, and game debugging. The latest update includes bug fixes for signal issues and DMA count behavior.
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mGBA Git (2026/04/27) has been compiled. mGBA is an innovative emulator designed to run Game Boy Advance games. Its purpose is to provide faster and more accurate performance compared to many existing Game Boy Advance emulators, while also featuring capabilities that other emulators do not.
Features:
* Highly accurate support for Game Boy Advance hardware[1].
* Compatibility with Game Boy/Game Boy Color hardware.
* Fast emulation, capable of running at full speed on low-end devices like netbooks.
* Qt and SDL versions for robust and lightweight frontends.
* Local (same computer) link cable functionality.
* Automatic save type detection, including flash memory size[2].
* Support for cartridges with motion sensors and rumble (only when using game controllers).
* Real-time clock functionality without needing configuration.
* Solar sensor compatibility for Boktai titles.
* Support for Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer.
* Integrated BIOS implementation and the option to load external BIOS files.
* Turbo/fast-forward functionality by holding the Tab key.
* Rewind capability by pressing Backquote.
* Frameskip settings, adjustable up to 10.
* Screenshot feature.
* Support for cheat codes.
* 9 savestate slots, viewable as screenshots.
* Recording in Video, GIF, WebP, and APNG formats.
* e-Reader compatibility.
* Customizable controls for both keyboards and gamepads.
* Ability to load from ZIP and 7z files.
* Support for IPS, UPS, and BPS patches.
* Game debugging through a command-line interface and remote GDB compatibility, usable with IDA Pro.
* Configurable rewinding for emulation.
* Support for loading and exporting GameShark and Action Replay snapshots.
* Cores available for RetroArch/Libretro and OpenEmu.
* Community-translated options for several languages through Weblate.
* Numerous additional smaller features.
mGBA Git Changelog:
* Qt: Resolved signal issues in VideoView
* GBA DMA: Fixed the DMA count latching behavior
* GBA DMA: Corrected DMA count latching behavior (fixes #3619)
