VisualBoyAdvance-M Git Update (November 28, 2025)

VisualBoyAdvance-M Git (2025/11/28) is a cross-platform emulator for Super Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance, available for Windows, Linux, and Mac. The latest build includes significant updates such as DMA handling refactoring, improved open-bus functionality, and fixes for ROM read issues. Enhancements also cover SRAM battery loading, MBC3 RTC updates, and sound and graphics options cleanup. Users can access the changelog and download the latest Windows version. For additional details, refer to the linked source.

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VisualBoyAdvance-M Git (2025/11/28) has been compiled. VisualBoyAdvance-M(VBA-M) is a [Super] Game Boy [Color / Advance] emulator available for Windows, Linux & Mac. You can find details on the latest development build for Windows and download it here.

VisualBoyAdvance-M Git changelog:
* Merged remote-tracking branch ‘libretro/master’
* Merged pull request #129 from negativeExponent/updates1
* GBA: Refactored DMA handling based on memory region
* Open-bus handling refactored to utilize prefetch values
* DMA: Always write the last latched value during BIOS area access
* Improved DMA open-bus and unaligned handling
* Added rare-case detection for Shantae Advance (SRAM-patched Limited Run ROMs)
* GBA: Revised ROM read handler
* GBA: Fixed unmapped read defaults and unaligned backup-memory writes
* Added unified gfxDrawRotScreen functions for affine and bitmap BGs
* libretro: Fixed battery (srm) not loading
* MBC3 RTC: Prevent premature update of mapperLastTime on $A000 writes
* Checked MBC3 timer halt and skipped updates when no time has passed
* Refactored GBA ROM out-of-bounds access
* Cleaned up and streamlined MBC3 RTC control logic (revision of Squal-Leonart’s fix)
* Cleaned up GB/GBA core options
* Cleaned up sound and graphics layer options
* Restored menubar keyboard accelerators