Discussion A List of GBA games that run on Switch

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  1. Madman55

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    (ALL THIS HAS BEEN TESTED ON 5.0.2 FIRMWARE)

    (UPDATES)
    (5/20/18, 7:20am)
    WE NOW HAVE A GOOGLE DOCS SHEET FOR THE LIST! CHECK IT OUT HERE: PROPS TO @MitsukiUchiwa FOR ALL THE HARDWORK <3
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B8UOP4BvLkCVXdjxlXbO6Ir-mFluHxaPugdtfs4Ncfg/edit#gid=0

    Looks like Pokemon Fire Red and Emerald have started acting up, das no gud.

    (5/20/18, 11:45am)

    A new version of the Emulator has come out, V8. If any new issues arise with any currently working games please let us know!
    Thanks! :)

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    The list of games is always growing! So if you don't see your favorite game don't worry, it'll be here soon!
    (A Txt file will be available to download. I update it every couple of hours)

    If you could list any of these issues in a reply I will update the list so OP knows what issues are more serious across the emulator.

    Odd Glitches/ Visual Bugs
    Framerate drops
    High number of crashes
    Hanging screens (Game freezes on certain screens of game)
    If in-game save works or if only savestate works

    The Emulator being used is linked here


    (I'll update the list when I can. Pretty much whenever I'm awake!)



    --------------------GAME LIST------------------------
    (THX @Seathasky and @Purple_Shyguy for list help)

    (Working Games) (Semi Working Games) (NOT WORKING AS OF REVISION V7) (UNTESTED GAMES)

    1. Harvest Moon - Friends of Mineral Town------Seems to work perfectly
    2. Crash Bandicoot - The Huge Adventure------Seems to work perfectly
    3. MegaMan Zero 4------Seems to work perfectly
    4. Hajime No ippo with English patch------Seems to work perfectly
    5. Pokemon Ruby------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    6. Pokemon Sapphire------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    7. Pokemon Leaf Green------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    8. Kirby - Nightmare in Dreamland------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    9. DragonBall Z - Supersonic Warriors------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    10. Wario Land 4 (E)------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    11. Kingdom Hearts - Chain of Memories------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    12. Mario And Luigi Superstar Saga------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    13. Mario Kart - Super Circuit------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    14. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Red Rescue Team------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    15. Super Mario Advance?------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    16. Super Mario Advance 2 - Super Mario World------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    17. Pokemon Fire Red------Crashes in the combat phase, Works in V6 of emulator just fine
    18. Pokemon Emerald------Tons of visual glitches, Menus don't load correctly, Very bad audio
    19. Kirby And The Amazing Mirror------Working, Minimum crashes, Some framerate drops, Saves
    20. Metroid - Fusion------Working,crashes sometimes, Some texture glitches, Saves
    21. The Legend of Zelda - The Minish Cap------Game loads but file select screen is bugged. Can not start file
    22. Golden Sun------Glitchy particle effects and lighting, audio issue and slow downs, crashes 5 mins in
    23. Mother 1 (J)------Audio issues, No transitions, Saving does work
    24. Mother 2 (J)------Audio issues, Game glitches when transitions are supposed to show up, Saving does work
    25. Mother 3 (J)------Working, Minimum crashes, Issues saving
    26. Donkey Kong Country 1------Working, Minimum crashes, Possibly saves, Screen transitions are not working properly
    27. Super Mario Advance 4 - Super Mario Bros 3------Working, wait for Reading screen to pass(Takes a bit), Saves, Screen transitions not working properly
    28. The Legend Of Zelda - A Link To The Past------Random crashes, framerate drops once you've rescued the princess, Saves work
    29. Super Mario Advance 3 - Yoshi's Island------very slow, sound quality is bad and there are a few visual glitches
    30. Classic Nes - Super Mario Bros.------Terrible audio, quite a bit of visual glitches, possibly saves
    31. Dragon Ball - Advanced Adventure------Crash sometimes, Framerate issues with 3 or more enemies on the screen, Possibly saves
    32. MegaMan Battle Network------Runs fairly well with frame dips in the over-world, Battles are completely fine and run normal
    33. Super Monkey Ball Jr.------Heavy framerate Drops
    34. Full Metal Alchemist w English Patch------Crashes sometimes, Saves
    35. Super Robot Wars (J) with English patch------Crashes sometimes, Glitchy graphical effects, Saves
    36. Dragon Ball Z - The Legacy Of Goku------Loads, but won't let you start new game
    37. Dragon Ball Z - The Legacy of Goku II------Loads, but won't let you start new game
    38. Dragon Ball Z - Buu's Fury------Loads, but won't let you start new game
    39. Metroid - Zero Mission------Very bad visual glitches, Pretty much unplayable
    40. Mega Man Battle Network 2------Loads on the emulator, but completely unplayable
    41. Mega Man Battle Network 3 Blue------Loads on the emulator, but completely unplayable
    42. Mega Man Battle Network 3 White------Loads on the emulator, but completely unplayable
    43. Mega Man Battle Network 4 Red Sun------Loads on the emulator, but completely unplayable
    44. Mega Man Battle Network 4 Blue Moon------Loads on the emulator, but completely unplayable
    45. Mega Man Battle Network 5 Team ProtoMan------Loads on the emulator, but completely unplayable
    46. Mega Man Battle Network 5 Team Colonel------Loads on the emulator, but completely unplayable
    47. Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Falzar------Loads on the emulator, but completely unplayable
    48. Mega Man Battle Network 6 Cybeast Gregar------Loads on the emulator, but completely unplayable
    49. Castlevania - Aria of Sorrow
    50. Castlevania - Circle of the Moon
    51. Castlevania - Harmony of Dissonance
    52. Donkey Kong Country 2
    53. Donkey Kong Country 3
    54. Final Fantasy I & II - Dawn of Souls
    55. Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
    56. Final Fantasy IV Advance
    57. Final Fantasy V Advance
    58. Final Fantasy VI Advance
    59. Fire Emblem
    60. Fire Emblem - The Sacred Stones
    61. Golden Sun 2 - The Lost Age
    62. Harvest Moon - More Friends of Mineral Town
    63. Advance Wars
    64. Advance Wars 2 - Black Hole Rising
    65. Dragon Ball GT - Transformation
    66. MegaMan Zero
    67. Yu-Gi-Oh! Ultimate Masters 2006
    68. Yu-Gi-Oh! - The Eternal Duelist Soul
    69. Yu-Gi-Oh! - The Sacred Cards
    70. Yu-Gi-Oh! GX - Duel Academy
    71. Sonic Advance
    72. Sonic Advance 2
    73. Sonic Advance 3
    74. Sword of Mana
    75. Metal Slug Advance
    76. Street Fighter Alpha 3
    77. Grand Theft Auto Advance
    78. Naruto Ninja Council 2
    79. HAPPY GAMING!!!
     

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  2. Deletedmember448668

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    Golden Sun (Glitchy particle effects and lighting, audio issue and slow downs, crashes 5 mins in) on all emulator versions up to v7 so far.
     
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    Regarding Super Mario Advanced 4
     
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    Got it! Updated main list
     
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    Also, yea Mother 3 has audio issues but saving wont work, besides that the game runs fine as in playable
     
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    Just saw you post on other thread, thanks for the Mario update! I was just to impatient haha. I'll add the other info to txt doc for future users. Thx!
     
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    I forgot to add that in-game save does not work for Golden Sun :P
     
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    Also, add to Donkey Kong Country and Super Mario Bros 3 visual bugs as in the transitions are not working properly
     
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    Gotcha ;)

    No problem, adding now
     
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    Hey madman55, great idea for this list! I have a suggestion for formatting. It might be easier to see working vs non-working games if you split them up. Maybe something like this:

    --------------------GAME LIST------------------------

    Working Games:

    Pokemon Ruby‎------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    Pokemon Sapphire------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    Pokemon Emerald------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    Pokemon Fire Red------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    Pokemon Leaf Green------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves

    Semi Working Games:

    Kirby - Nightmare in Dreamland------Working, Minimum crashes, Saves
    Kirby And The Amazing Mirror------Working, Minimum crashes, Some framerate drops, Saves
    Metroid - Fusion------Working, crashes sometimes, Some textures blabla


    NOT WORKING AS OF REVISION V7:

    Super Mario Advance 2 - Super Mario World------NOT WORKING, Game hangs on first loading screen
    Super Mario Advance 4 - Super Mario Bros 3------NOT WORKING, Game hangs on first loading screen



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    Just an idea to help people see your list better, anyways, thanks again bro
     
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    KH:COM also does work. I don't know if it works with the saves, but there it is.
     
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    Been meaning to do this, nice! I'll make the update and add to it. Ty <3

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    List has been reworked!

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    Updated
     
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    Thx m8
     
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    Looks great Madman55, much easier to read now! GREAT WORK!
     
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    Dragon ball advanced adventure work. does crash sometimes and some framerate issues with 3 or more enemies on the screen
     
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    ill test these
     
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    Changed. Good idea!

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    Sounds good! Ty for the help!
     
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    So as I said in the other thread, A Link to the Past has a lot of framerate drops once you've rescued the princess and crashes seem to be random (got to play more than 5 mins without crash this time), no visual glitch, saves work.
     
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    pokemon red rescue team seems to work good but the sound is terrible
    super mario advance works good although at times the music will be a bit glitchy although most of the time its good
    super mario advance 3 yoshis island is very slow, sound quality is bad and there are a few visual glitches
    classic nes mario bros, the sound is absoultely terrible and there are quite a bit of visual glitches, although its probably playable
    mario and luigi superstar saga is good, although there are rare sound issues
    mario kart super circuit works but there are occasional sound issues
     
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    Sorry for the miss! I'll add the news to the list now :)
    Quick work! I'll get all these added! <3
     
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