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mGBA Git (2025/12/23) is an advanced emulator for Game Boy Advance games, designed to outperform existing emulators with faster, more accurate gameplay and additional features. It supports Game Boy and Game Boy Color hardware, offers local link cable support, and includes save type detection. Key features include real-time clock support, motion sensor compatibility, cheat codes, and customizable controls. Users can record gameplay and manage save states, with compatibility for various formats and patch support. The emulator also provides a command-line interface for debugging and supports community translations. The latest changelog reflects recent improvements and functionalities.
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mGBA Git (2025/12/23) has been compiled. mGBA is a state-of-the-art emulator designed for playing Game Boy Advance titles. Its goal is to provide superior speed and accuracy compared to numerous existing Game Boy Advance emulators, while also incorporating features absent in other emulators.
Features:
* Extremely precise support for Game Boy Advance hardware[1].
* Compatibility with Game Boy/Game Boy Color hardware.
* Rapid emulation, known to achieve full speeds even on low-powered devices like netbooks.
* Ports for Qt and SDL, offering both a heavy-weight and light-weight frontend.
* Local link cable functionality on the same computer.
* Automatic save type detection, including flash memory size[2].
* Support for cartridges equipped with motion sensors and rumble (only functional with game controllers).
* Real-time clock support without any required setup.
* Solar sensor compatibility for Boktai games.
* Support for Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer.
* Integrated BIOS functionality, with the option to load external BIOS files.
* Turbo/fast-forward feature activated by holding the Tab key.
* Rewind functionality by holding the Backquote key.
* Configurable frameskip, adjustable up to 10.
* Screenshot capabilities.
* Cheat code integration.
* 9 savestate slots, which can also be viewed as screenshots.
* Recording in Video, GIF, WebP, and APNG formats.
* e-Reader functionality.
* Customizable controls for both keyboards and gamepads.
* Ability to load from ZIP and 7z files.
* Support for IPS, UPS, and BPS patch formats.
* Debugging tools via a command-line interface and GDB remote support, compatible with IDA Pro.
* Configurable rewinding for emulation.
* Load and export GameShark and Action Replay snapshots.
* Cores available through RetroArch/Libretro and OpenEmu.
* Community-generated translations for various languages via Weblate.
* Numerous additional minor features.
mGBA Git Changelog:
* Wii: Use consoleInit in mgba-perf as it handles all this already.
* GBA Serialize: Introduce a default statement for safety.
* Core: Register thread callbacks after script callbacks.
* GBA Core: Ensure memory block info is in a stable state before reset.
