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emgba
General
Authorextremscorner
TypeHandheld
Version20250309
LicenseMPL-2.0
Last Updated2025/03/09
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Enhanced mGBA (emGBA) is an enhanced port of the Game Boy Advance emulator, based on Game Boy Interface Standard Edition and mGBA.

Installation

It is not recommended to use both mGBA and emGBA together on your console.

To install, copy the mGBA and apps folders to the root of the SD card.

Launch it with the Homebrew Channel.

User guide

It supports meta.xml arguments, a list of options can be found here.

Example meta.xml for TV with 240p settings by TheDimensioner (thread, pastebin):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<app version="1">
    <name>Enhanced mGBA</name>
    <author>Extrems</author>
    <version>2017-07-26</version>
    <release_date>20170726094548</release_date>
    <short_description>mGBA Game Boy Advance emulator</short_description>
    <long_description>Enhanced mGBA Game Boy Advance emulator</long_description>
    <arguments>
<arg>--scan-mode=non-interlace</arg>
<arg>--input-gamma=1</arg>
<arg>--output-gamma=1</arg>
<arg>--matrix=identity</arg>
<arg>--poll=0</arg>
<arg>--cursor=sd:/mGBA/point-srgb.tpl.gz</arg>
<arg>--overlay=sd:/mGBA/frame-srgb.tpl.gz</arg>
<arg>--overlay-id=2</arg>
</arguments>
</app>

Screenshots

emgbawii3.png

Known issues

Game crashes but worked previously - Try deleting the log file in the mGBA folder.

Changelog

20250309

  • Updated to mGBA 0.11-8721-2751cc23f.
  • Added support for other system memory configurations.
  • Enabled UART standard output for development hardware.

20241026

  • Updated to mGBA 0.11-8583-279485fc3.
  • Resynchronized with Game Boy Interface.
  • Fixed loading key mappings.

20240618

  • Updated to mGBA 0.11-8472-2ea11feda.
  • Resynchronized with Game Boy Interface.

20220105

  • Updated to mGBA 0.10-7177-ea1abe2fc.
  • Resynchronized with Game Boy Interface.
  • Improved audio rendering.
  • Fixed stalls induced by N64 Controller support.

External links

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