Hi all, the wii is still my favorite way to enjoy many classic games (well, i am a original hardware guy but nothing can beats the wii convenience in combination with the video and controller options) but i always had problems with playing classic gameboy games. For some reason it's not that easy as GBA. There are a lot of solutions but which one has the best fluent gameplay, pixel perfect resolution and sound? Here is a list with options and some of my thoughts, i've tested all emulators with Super Mario Land (it's a good game for testing, it's a big plus when the pyramid pixels all have the same size):
- VBA GX (2.4.0): it's still a classic solution, but it is not perfect. I like the scaler options but the sound has a delay, a bad thing if you are used to the original gameboy.
- mGBA (0.7.3): the perfect way to play GBA games, but for gameboy it is different. Maybe it's me but it feels not 100% fluent, also, i don't know if it has something to do with the latest version but the sound is off. Here is a sample, listen to the gameboy bios logo, destroying blocks and exploding turtle.
- emGBA (2019-10-15): based on mGBA, with awesome customization. It's a great build but for some reason the gameplay feels not 100% fluent.
- Gambatte Libretro (r0.6): i always love rogerio's standalone builds, but Gambatte is not working perfect for me. I have enabled integer scale to maintain the correct aspect ratio, disabled Bilinear filtering to make the pixels as crisp as possible and switched to 2xnormal filter, but it runs less fluent than mGBA and emGBA. Also, the sound quality is not as crip as mGBA, eMGBA or VBA GX.
- WiiMednafen (02.2-pre): i was curious how classic gameboy games run on WiiMednafen. Conclusion, my least favorite choice. The picture quality is not as good as the other options.
i really like to know what you all think, what is the best gameboy classic solution on the wii?
- VBA GX (2.4.0): it's still a classic solution, but it is not perfect. I like the scaler options but the sound has a delay, a bad thing if you are used to the original gameboy.
- mGBA (0.7.3): the perfect way to play GBA games, but for gameboy it is different. Maybe it's me but it feels not 100% fluent, also, i don't know if it has something to do with the latest version but the sound is off. Here is a sample, listen to the gameboy bios logo, destroying blocks and exploding turtle.
- emGBA (2019-10-15): based on mGBA, with awesome customization. It's a great build but for some reason the gameplay feels not 100% fluent.
- Gambatte Libretro (r0.6): i always love rogerio's standalone builds, but Gambatte is not working perfect for me. I have enabled integer scale to maintain the correct aspect ratio, disabled Bilinear filtering to make the pixels as crisp as possible and switched to 2xnormal filter, but it runs less fluent than mGBA and emGBA. Also, the sound quality is not as crip as mGBA, eMGBA or VBA GX.
- WiiMednafen (02.2-pre): i was curious how classic gameboy games run on WiiMednafen. Conclusion, my least favorite choice. The picture quality is not as good as the other options.
i really like to know what you all think, what is the best gameboy classic solution on the wii?
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