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mGBA Git (2026/01/26) is an advanced emulator for Game Boy Advance games, focusing on speed and accuracy while offering features often missing in other emulators. Key features include support for Game Boy/Game Boy Color, local link cable functionality, save type detection, and hardware support for motion sensors and rumble. It also supports real-time clock, customizable controls, and cheat codes. Additional capabilities feature fast-forward, rewind functions, savestates, and video recording. mGBA allows for loading from various file formats and provides a command-line debugger for advanced users, alongside community translations. Recent changelog includes improvements and fixes for stability.
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mGBA Git (2026/01/26) has been compiled. mGBA is a modern emulator designed for playing Game Boy Advance titles. It strives to provide enhanced speed and accuracy compared to many other available Game Boy Advance emulators, while also incorporating features often missing in other emulators.
Features:
* Exceptional accuracy in Game Boy Advance hardware emulation[1].
* Support for Game Boy/Game Boy Color hardware.
* Capable of fast emulation, maintaining full speed on lower-end machines like netbooks.
* Offers both Qt and SDL versions for varied front-end experiences.
* Local link cable functionality (same computer).
* Detects save types, includes flash memory size[2].
* Compatible with cartridges that feature motion sensors and rumble (requires game controllers).
* Real-time clock functions without additional configuration.
* Support for solar sensors in Boktai games.
* Compatible with Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer.
* Built-in BIOS implementation with the capability to load external BIOS files.
* Turbo/fast-forward feature by holding Tab.
* Rewind functionality by holding Backquote.
* Configurable frameskip up to 10.
* Screenshot feature.
* Support for cheat codes.
* 9 savestate slots, viewable as screenshots.
* Video, GIF, WebP, and APNG recording capabilities.
* e-Reader compatibility.
* Remappable controls for keyboards and gamepads.
* Supports loading from ZIP and 7z archives.
* IPS, UPS, and BPS patch support.
* Game debugging via command-line interface and GDB remote support, compatible with IDA Pro.
* Configurable rewinding of emulation.
* Support for loading and exporting GameShark and Action Replay snapshots.
* Available cores for RetroArch/Libretro and OpenEmu.
* Community-driven translations for multiple languages via Weblate.
* Numerous additional smaller features.
mGBA Git Changelog:
* Qt: Enhanced cleanup flow, resolved crashes upon exiting with OpenGL renderer.
* Debugger: Correctly clears debugger module parent when detaching (fixes #3650).
