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mGBA Git (2026/04/05) is a new, advanced emulator for Game Boy Advance games designed for speed and accuracy, outperforming many existing options. It supports Game Boy and Game Boy Color hardware and works well on low-end devices. Key features include local link cable support, various game-specific hardware compatibility, save type detection, and options like turbo/fast-forward and rewind. It offers multiple recording formats, remappable controls, and cheat code capabilities, along with extensive debugging tools. The emulator includes community translations and integrates with platforms like RetroArch and OpenEmu. Recent updates focused on improving integration and fixing build issues.
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mGBA Git (2026/04/05) has been compiled. mGBA is a cutting-edge emulator designed for playing Game Boy Advance titles. It strives to outperform many current Game Boy Advance emulators in speed and accuracy, while also introducing features absent in other emulators.
Features:
* Highly precise Game Boy Advance hardware support[1].
* Compatibility with Game Boy/Game Boy Color hardware.
* Rapid emulation, known to maintain full speed even on lower-end devices like netbooks.
* Qt and SDL versions for both a comprehensive and a minimalist frontend.
* Local link cable functionality (same computer).
* Detection of save types, including flash memory size[2].
* Support for cartridges with motion sensors and rumble (for use with game controllers).
* Real-time clock support without the need for configuration.
* Solar sensor compatibility for Boktai games.
* Support for Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer.
* A built-in BIOS, with the option to load external BIOS files.
* Turbo/fast-forward functionality by holding Tab.
* Rewind capability by pressing Backquote.
* Configurable frameskip up to 10.
* Screenshot capability.
* Cheat code functionality.
* 9 savestate slots, viewable as screenshots.
* Video, GIF, WebP, and APNG recording options.
* e-Reader support.
* Customizable controls for both keyboards and gamepads.
* Loading files from ZIP and 7z formats.
* IPS, UPS, and BPS patch support.
* Game debugging through a command-line interface and GDB remote support, compatible with IDA Pro.
* Configurable emulation rewinding.
* Capability to load and export GameShark and Action Replay snapshots.
* Cores available for RetroArch/Libretro and OpenEmu.
* Community translations for several languages via Weblate.
* Countless additional improvements.
mGBA Git Changelog:
* appveyor: Completely remove broken integration, thanks to vcpkg
* Qt: Fixes for Qt 5 build
* Qt: Replace save notification with a copy dialog (closes #3637)
* Qt: Extract new core path from CoreController instead of passing it directly
