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mGBA Git (2026/01/28) is a versatile emulator for Game Boy Advance games, designed to be faster and more accurate than existing options. Key features include support for Game Boy/Game Boy Color, full-speed emulation on low-end hardware, local link cable support, and real-time clock functionality. It supports various controller features, offers multiple save state slots, and includes capabilities like cheat codes and recording in various formats. The latest update fixes path parsing issues on Windows and prevents simultaneous gyro and RTC sensor use. Community translations and compatibility with RetroArch and OpenEmu are also included.
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mGBA Git (2026/01/28) has been compiled. mGBA is a modern emulator designed for playing Game Boy Advance titles. It strives to outperform many existing Game Boy Advance emulators in terms of speed and accuracy while introducing features that are often missing in other emulators.
Features:
* Highly accurate support for Game Boy Advance hardware[1].
* Compatibility with Game Boy and Game Boy Color hardware.
* Fast emulation, known to operate at full speed even on lower-end devices like netbooks.
* Available in Qt and SDL ports, offering both heavy and lightweight frontends.
* Local (same device) link cable support.
* Automatic save type detection, including flash memory sizes[2].
* Support for cartridges equipped with motion sensors and rumble (usable only with game controllers).
* Real-time clock functionality, even without prior setup.
* Solar sensor compatibility for Boktai games.
* Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer support included.
* A built-in BIOS implementation, along with the option to load external BIOS files.
* Turbo/fast-forward capability by holding Tab.
* Rewind functionality by holding Backquote.
* Configurable frameskip, up to 10.
* Screenshot capture support.
* Cheat code functionality.
* 9 savestate slots, which can also be viewed as screenshots.
* Recording options for video, GIF, WebP, and APNG.
* Compatibility with e-Reader.
* Remappable controls for both keyboard and gamepad users.
* Support for loading from ZIP and 7z archives.
* IPS, UPS, and BPS patching capability.
* Game debugging through a command-line interface and GDB remote support, compatible with IDA Pro.
* Configurable emulation rewinding.
* Ability to load and export GameShark and Action Replay snapshots.
* Cores available for RetroArch/Libretro and OpenEmu.
* Community-contributed translations for various languages via Weblate.
* Numerous other minor features.
mGBA Git Changelog:
* Updater: Fixed parsing the updater path with mixed slashes/backslashes on Windows.
* Qt: Prevents simultaneous enabling of both gyro and RTC sensors.
* GBA Video: Ensures proper clearing of VRAM on reset (fixes #3690).
