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mGBA Git (2025/12/21) is a Game Boy Advance emulator designed for high speed and accuracy, surpassing existing options. Key features include support for Game Boy/Game Boy Color, low-end hardware compatibility, and local link cable functionality. It offers save type detection, motion sensor support, real-time clock, and solar sensor capabilities for Boktai games. Additional features include Turbo mode, configurable frameskip, screenshot and video recording, cheat code support, nine savestate slots, and remappable controls. mGBA also supports multiple file formats and community translations. The latest update includes fixes for multiplayer actions and logging asserts for GBA SIO.
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mGBA Git (2025/12/21) has been compiled. mGBA is a contemporary emulator designed for playing Game Boy Advance titles. It aims to offer improved speed and accuracy compared to existing Game Boy Advance emulators, while also introducing features that others may lack.
Features:
* Accurate emulation of Game Boy Advance hardware[1].
* Support for Game Boy/Game Boy Color hardware.
* Rapid emulation capable of running at full speed even on less powerful equipment, such as netbooks.
* Qt and SDL versions for both a comprehensive and a streamlined frontend.
* Local (same device) link cable capability.
* Automatic save type detection, accommodating different flash memory sizes[2].
* Compatibility with cartridges that feature motion sensors and rumble (usable only with game controllers).
* Support for real-time clocks without needing setup.
* Solar sensor compatibility for Boktai titles.
* Support for Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer.
* Built-in BIOS implementation, with options to load external BIOS files.
* Turbo/fast-forward functionality when holding Tab.
* Rewind feature accessible by holding Backquote.
* Configurable frameskip, adjustable up to 10.
* Screenshot capability.
* Support for cheat codes.
* 9 savestate slots, viewable as screenshots as well.
* Recording options for Video, GIF, WebP, and APNG formats.
* e-Reader compatibility.
* Remappable controls for both keyboards and gamepads.
* Ability to load from ZIP and 7z files.
* IPS, UPS, and BPS patch support.
* Game debugging accessible via command-line interface and GDB remote support, which is compatible with IDA Pro.
* Customizable emulation rewinding.
* Support for loading and exporting GameShark and Action Replay snapshots.
* Available cores for RetroArch/Libretro and OpenEmu.
* Community-driven translations for various languages through Weblate.
* Numerous additional minor features.
mGBA Git Changelog:
* Qt: Resolved issues with certain multiplayer actions remaining disabled after the game is closed.
* GBA SIO: Changed hard asserts to logging asserts.
