VisualBoyAdvance-M Version 2.2.3

VisualBoyAdvance-M v2.2.3 has been released, offering an emulator for Super Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance on Windows, Linux, and Mac. The update includes numerous fixes and improvements, such as resolving issues related to loading unsupported games, correcting behavior in graphics rendering, and enhancing joystick functionality. Notable updates also address memory leaks, improve video configurations, and optimize for macOS. Additional features include the introduction of tooltips and enhanced texture filtering options. Users can download the latest version for their respective platforms via the provided link.

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VisualBoyAdvance-M v2.2.3 has been released. VisualBoyAdvance-M (VBA-M) is a [Super] Game Boy [Color / Advance] emulator compatible with Windows, Linux, and Mac. You can find information about the latest development build of the Windows version and download it while you’re here.

Changelog for VisualBoyAdvance-M:
034447f – libretro: Corrected the reverse of the GB Show Border option. [negativeExponent]
1fda4f4 – Updated libretro header [negativeExponent]
050507f – libretro: Resolved segfault when loading invalid or unsupported games [negativeExponent]
c7db3a4 – libretro: Fixed missing break statement in MBC5 state handler [negativeExponent]
20bf9bf – GB: Corrected undefined behavior in gbDrawLine [negativeExponent]
b96da41 – GBA: Resolved timing issues during HBLANK/VBLANK for affine BG reference point update [negativeExponent]
339f71f – Resolved joystick issues with SDL video [rkitover]
c9d6175 – Set default statusbar to true [rkitover]
53bc1c1 – Defaults: bilinear=false, hide_menu_bar=false [rkitover]
4977338 – Resolved 3d6cad6 for the reversion of 56ea645 [rkitover]
f86ab61 – Fixed WiiU libretro build [eric]
f6046a5 – Fixed Apple and Windows libretro builds [eric]
e0cbf10 – Corrected out-of-bounds access [negativeExponent]
5d5a9f7 – Substituted crc32 with a proper 256 table variant [negativeExponent]
14a00ca – Enhanced layout of the Basic panel in Video Config [rkitover]
7495501 – Added autorelease and release temp objects in Metal [danialhorton]
ce1ef97 – Prevented creating a new window for SDL D3D9 [rkitover]
1fba577 – Fixed 24bpp Simple video with filters [rkitover]
c2d1bf4 – Tooltips show values on sliders when hovered [rkitover]
f955600 – Corrected Tile viewer for DMG in CGB mode [danialhorton]
4cf3ecf – Fixed DMG OBP layer in CGB and GBA modes [rkitover]
3eee048 – Corrected list cheats dialog for dark mode [rkitover]
9551313 – Added tooltips with numerical values to sliders [rkitover]
6e20fdc – build: checked CMake variable ENABLE_SHARED [rkitover]
4208f5a – Fixed issues and default dev in Mac CoreAudio driver [rkitover]
b499c2d – Resolved memory leaks and incorrect API use in Metal driver [rkitover]
e8aa446 – build: disabled default bundling of dylibs on macOS [rkitover]
68e7d98 – Prevented pause when inactive for new wxWidgets [rkitover]
e889e89 – Avoided running Color Correct on SGB Hardware, Run GBA Color correct on GBC game run on GBA Hardware [danialhorton]
ede668b – Resolved issues for BSD build [brad]
3f00583 – Renamed swap16/swap32 functions to avoid conflicts with OpenBSD macros [brad]
ab01be3 – Added an option to enable SDL pixel art texture filter [rkitover]
6ec0ba0 – Applied bilinear option for SDL texture [rkitover]
e3e1423 – Set gba_darken opt default to 37 [rkitover]
7565cac – Updated 2xSaI.cpp [danialhorton]
33c5aeb – Default LCD Filter is enabled for GBA/GB [rkitover]
a17df26 – build: correct Debian installdeps for current Ubuntu [rkitover]
b2dd03c – build: guarded cmake_policy() with if(POLICY) [rkitover]
99f9713 – Added LCD filter parameters and GBC filter [andyvand]
c334e3f – Resolved PS2 colors for libretro [andyvand]
35f8ba0 – Added libretro PlayStation2 support [andyvand]
b92fcf7 – Prevented incomplete download of the zip program [danialhorton]
d750720 – Set parameters when no image is loaded [andyvand]
0e32b90 – Corrected LCD color filter [andyvand]
1778d60 – Added configuration for color correction [rkitover]
f83aa94 – Resolved GB reset issue [andyvand]
b08ecd1 – Fixed libretro 24-bit color [andyvand]
d154a6a – Added games app category for macOS (optimizations) [andyvand]
b134bac – Fixed SDL audio on Windows [andyvand]
9ae1473 – Corrected 8-bit PNG recording [andyvand]
9cd0c5c – Fixed 8-bit video recording [andyvand]
9e41c54 – Resolved 8-bit color issue [andyvand]
e911714 – Adjusted policy in newer CMake [andyvand]
bad1034 – build: utilized pkg-config on UNIX for SDL3 [rkitover]
82617ea – Corrected memory alignment [danialhorton]
0561ef9 – Resolved CoreAudio stall [andyvand]
031ae2e – build: addressed CMake slowness [rkitover]
6242679 – Initialized stereo_buffer to 0 to prevent race conditions [danialhorton]