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mGBA Git (2026/03/15) is a highly accurate emulator designed for Game Boy Advance games, offering enhanced speed and features. It supports various hardware, including Game Boy and Game Boy Color, and runs well even on low-end devices. Key features include local link cable support, save type detection, real-time clock, motion sensor compatibility, built-in BIOS, and support for recording formats like GIF and video. It allows remappable controls, cheat code functionality, and savestates viewable as screenshots. The latest updates improve the core functionality and modernize the API. Download is available for x64 systems.
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mGBA Git (2026/03/15) has been compiled. mGBA is a modern emulator designed for playing Game Boy Advance titles. Its goal is to provide increased speed and accuracy compared to many current Game Boy Advance emulators, while also introducing features that are absent in other emulators.
Features:
* Highly precise hardware support for Game Boy Advance[1].
* Compatibility with Game Boy/Game Boy Color hardware.
* Rapid emulation, capable of running at full speed even on low-end devices like netbooks.
* Qt and SDL ports for both a heavy-duty and lightweight frontend.
* Local link cable support on the same computer.
* Automatic save type detection, including flash memory size[2].
* Compatibility with cartridges featuring motion sensors and rumble (requires game controllers).
* Real-time clock support without the need for configuration.
* Solar sensor functionality for Boktai games.
* Support for Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer.
* Built-in BIOS as well as external BIOS file loading capability.
* Turbo/fast-forward feature activated by holding Tab.
* Rewind functionality by pressing Backquote.
* Configurable frameskip, with a maximum of 10.
* Screenshot capability.
* Support for cheat codes.
* Nine savestate slots, viewable as screenshots.
* Video recording in formats like GIF, WebP, and APNG.
* e-Reader support.
* Customizable controls for both keyboards and gamepads.
* Loading from ZIP and 7z archives.
* Patch support for IPS, UPS, and BPS formats.
* Game debugging features via command-line and GDB remote support, compatible with IDA Pro.
* Configurable emulation rewind settings.
* Support for loading and exporting GameShark and Action Replay snapshots.
* Cores available for RetroArch/Libretro and OpenEmu.
* Community-driven translations in multiple languages via Weblate.
* Numerous additional features.
mGBA Git Changelog:
* Core: Pause the rewinding thread when it’s empty instead of running one frame repeatedly.
* Core: Eliminate initial empty state in rewind queue.
* Util: Slight API modernization with restrict, using NULL for initialization.
* Util: Uncertainty remains regarding the version of png.h that defines restrict; it’s elusive.
