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Latest Released Version of VGBA is 6.1!

VGBA-Windows and VGBA-Linux are free for everyone to use and share. The latest version, released on August 27 2020, contains a major rewrite of the scaling and special effects infrastructure. The Windows version has got better support for multiple displays and optimized rendering for larger screens. There is now a separate option for linear image scaling, using hardware if possible. The VGBA-Android version is also available for your phones, tablets, and TV sets.

If you like VGBA-Windows and VGBA-Linux, and would like to support their further development, consider downloading VGBA-Android for your phone or tablet. The Android version comes with many cool extras, such as built-in Cheatopedia with codes for dozens of popular games, State Exchange for exchanging gameplay states with other users, and more. Give it a try and report any encountered problems in the discussion group.

Sorry, but still no apple for iOS users (blame Steve Jobs for your terrible closed platform).

The complete list of features and the list of new features and fixes can be found in the documentation.

What is Virtual GameBoy Advance?

Virtual GameBoy Advance (VGBA) is a program that emulates Nintendo's GameBoy Advance on your computer. It runs GameBoy Advance games on PCs, TVs, phones, tabets, or just about any other sufficiently fast gadget. It also helps debugging GameBoy Advance software without using a costly development system. I have previously written another emulator, VGB, that runs older GameBoy and GameBoy Color games. Because GameBoy Advance has completely different hardware, I had to write a new emulator for it, and VGBA runs only GameBoy Advance games. As far as I know, when I released VGBA in 2000, it was the first GameBoy Advance emulator in the world, soon to be joined by other emulators.

Licensing

Virtual GameBoy Advance is written in portable C language and can run on pretty much any sufficiently fast computing device, be it a computer, a videogame console, a tablet, a set-top box, a cell phone, or even a digital camera. If your company considers using GameBoy Advance emulation in its products, you can license either the whole VGBA source code or the ARM7 CPU emulation from me. I am also available for consulting work in the software emulation, embedded programming, and other fields. See my resume and contact me if interested.

Using Your Games with VGBA

It is only legal to play games you actually own on VGBA. You will first need to read a game from its cartridge into a file. This can be done with an inexpensive gadget such as Flash Advance Linker. Please, do make sure you own a physical cartridge for every game you play with VGBA. It is the right thing to do, both legally and ethically.

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Pokemon Fire Red

DragonballZ: Buu's Fury

Built-in Debugger

Castlevania

Deadly Skies

F-Zero

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