A GB / GBC / GBA emulator for Wii
mGBA-GX is a Wii homebrew Game Boy / Game Boy Color / Game Boy Advance emulator.
It's built on the menu/UI frontend of Visual Boy Advance GX (by Tantric), but with
mGBA swapped in as the actual emulation core in place of the original VBA-M backend.
GitHub: https://github.com/nateynaate/mgba-gx
Screenshots
Features
- GB / GBC / GBA emulation via mGBA
- New tabbed interface - press L and R to cycle through tabs
- GBA/Game Boy Player and Super Game Boy border support -
you can use .bor, .sgb, .png, and .bmp files (no borders
are included with this project) - Device color emulation (GBA, GBC, AGS-101, VBA, PSP, NDS)
- Classic Game Boy color palettes (monochrome, green, Game Boy
Pocket, Game Boy Light) - Constant fast forwarding through the settings menu (2x, 3x, 4x
speed) - Rumble support
- Wii Remote tilt support for games like Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble
(experimental - still a work in progress for games like WarioWare
Twisted) - Cheat code support (add/edit/delete/toggle, in-game)
- IPS/UPS/BPS patch support - drop a patch file next to a ROM with
a matching filename and it's applied automatically at load time - Save states and SRAM saves
Installing
Copy the built .dol/.elf to an apps/mgba-gx/ folder on your SD card for use
with the Homebrew Channel.
ROM and save folders are created automatically on first run.
Downloads
The latest builds can always be found on the project's GitHub page,
or by clicking here.
FAQ
Q: What's the difference between this and Visual Boy Advance GX?
A: The menu/UI is the same lineage as VBA-GX, but the actual
emulation core has been swapped out for mGBA, which is more
accurate and much more actively maintained than the old VBA-M core.
Q: Will my old VBA-GX save files work?
A: Not necessarily - save formats and file layouts can differ
between VBA-M and mGBA. Back up your saves before switching over,
and treat carrying them across as untested until confirmed.
Q: How do IPS/UPS/BPS patches work?
A: Put a patch file in the same folder as the ROM, with the exact
same filename as the ROM (just a different extension) - e.g.
"Pokemon Red.gb" and "Pokemon Red.ips". It's applied automatically
when the ROM loads. The ROM file on disk is never modified.
Q: Does Wii Remote tilt support work with every tilt-sensor game?
A: It's experimental. Games like Kirby Tilt 'n' Tumble work; others
(like WarioWare: Twisted) are still a work in progress.
Q: Is this open source?
A: Yes - GPLv2, as a derivative of VBA-GX. The mGBA core it links
against is separately licensed under MPL-2.0. See LICENSES.md in
the repo for details.
Q: Where do I report bugs or request features?
A: GitHub Issues on the repo linked above, or reply in this thread.
Credits
- Tantric - Visual Boy Advance GX (coding & menu design), the base
this project's frontend is built on - softdev, emu_kidid - original VBA GameCube/Wii port
- The mGBA team / Jeffrey Pfau - mGBA, the emulation core this
project now uses - The VBA-M team - Visual Boy Advance - M
- shagkur & wintermute - libogc/devkitPPC
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