Homebrew Discussion A List of GBA games that run on Switch

[Madman55]

@Madman55 I've just made a new spreadsheet that (I think) will be easier to follow and to complete, I can give you the rights to edit it if you want to!
Guys, if you're testing a game, please leave your Switch version, emulator version, region of the game and what issues you have faced during your play time!
It can help the devs!

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B8UOP4BvLkCVXdjxlXbO6Ir-mFluHxaPugdtfs4Ncfg

Looks great! I knew nothing of spreadsheets lol. I'll add the new link to the post! THANKS!! <3

 

[nmkd]

Do we need a list for something that will be obsolete in a week or two?

 

[pasc]

*Is severly irritated at the brokenness of the mmbn/exe series*

 

[Madman55]

Do we need a list for something that will be obsolete in a week or two?

This is true, but I'll be working on new lists in the future with help from others so that the people will always be informed!

This is just a stepping stone to the ever evolving Switch hacking scene!

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*Is severly irritated at the brokenness of the mmbn/exe series*

Sorry to hear! I too am pretty sad about this. MMBN is one of my fav series!

 

[pasc]

Well, at least now I have a reason to get a switch, as soon as this is fixed *chuckle*.

 

[DiJornios]

@Madman55 Do you mind testing Mother 3 the Fan English translation on V8?

 

[DiJornios]

Never mind I got not lazy

 

[TakoyJMB]

Metroid - Zero Mission------Very bad visual glitches, Pretty much unplayable

Grabbed the morph ball and went into the room to the right. Graphical glitches stopped as soon as I walked through the door. A few small frame drops on transitions, and saves are working. Should be at least partially playable.

 

[Madman55]

Grabbed the morph ball and went into the room to the right. Graphical glitches stopped as soon as I walked through the door. A few small frame drops on transitions, and saves are working. Should be at least partially playable.

I'll update it in a few. Thanks!

 

[SkyAeolus]

*Is severly irritated at the brokenness of the mmbn/exe series*

I'll be retesting today with the V8 release. I'll post again when I know more.
Note though. Silly me didn't have the bios to help run it, so after adding it last night there was a slightly more smooth experience just with a lot of crashes.

 

[SkyAeolus]

So after a bit I've found out
MMBN 1 - Works somewhat well. Playable at least.
MMBN2 - Still slow - frame rate dips and very slow saving.
MMBN3 Blue - VERY SLOW, especially during saving. Not playable
MMBN3 White - ^^^
MMBN4 Red Sun - Playable with minimal frame dips, only seeing them while saving.
MMBN4 Blue Moon - ^^^
MMBN5 Colonel - Playable, very few issues
MMBN5 ProtoMan - ^^^
MMBN6 Gregar - Not flawless, but very stable.
MMBN6 Falzer - ^^^
I experienced No crashing, and saving the game seems like an issue among all the games that slows down in the process but is fine after the fact.

Also tested
Kirby and the amazing mirror - Seems flawless maybe a frame dip here or there. Can't get much better. No crashes.
Summon Night Sword Craft Story - Very stable with no frame dips. Small graphical bugs inside buildings.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance - Slowly stable? Ran a long time and during battles is stable. The starting story is very slow and buggy so I recommend having a save ready to port over.

I did run into an issue after re-loading a few games (Battle Network 4,5) that it wouldn't load my saves. So be careful. It's still on the SD card, the emulator seems to not want to load it for some reason.

 

[Proto-Propski]

(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!!!

Alot of these where fixed with the GBA Bios release, I know for a fact I can now load "The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap" just fine with a BIOS on v8 (experiemental), and also "The Legend Of Zelda - A Link To The Past + Four Swords" Combo rom works now too, except for saving.

 

[Notex]

The Legend Of Zelda - A Link To The Past
Region: EUR
Emu ver: UPDATE8
SwitchOS: 5.0.2
Notes: Buggy sound, entering new area breaks the renderer, only renders things like rain. Saving and exting and re-opening the game fixes the renderer until you enter a new location again, like going through a door. Unplayable in it's current state.

 

[Chocolate28]

Rhythm Tengoku - Works absolutely flawless excluding two graphical issues with the smog in the samurai slice segment and the lyrics in the bon festival segment. No crashes. i'd list it as playable.

 

[jt_1258]

metal slug advance seems flawless unless there are audio flaws I'm missing. though there is the obvious glitch in how the gba logo looks and sounds at the beginning but that seems to be universal across all games

also, what version was Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town tested on? I've got some bad graphical and audio glitches. I'll include a screenshot of what it looks like that always covers the screen...well, except for cut scenes while there is no dialog box up.

 

[SkyAeolus]

So with revision 8/8.5 All these work near flawlessly
(Minimal stuttering and only slow down during saving)
MegaMan Battle Network 1
MegaMan Battle Network 4 Blue Moon
MegaMan Battle Network 4 Red Sun
MegaMan Battle Network 5 Team Colonel
MegaMan Battle Network 5 Team ProtoMan
MegaMan Battle Network 6 Cybeast Gregar
MegaMan Battle Network 6 Cybeast Falzar
MegaMan Battle Chip Challenge
These still are unfortunately in an unplayable state, but I noticed a much better jump in performance.
MegaMan Battle Network 2
MegaMan Battle Network 3 White
MegaMan Battle Network Blue


I'll be willing to test other games and tell what I find. But I'm not about to play the entire library of GBA games.
I'll test the Mother Series, Pokemon Games extensively, and the Boktai Rom Hacks (To bypass the light sensor)

 

[Sb2]

After well over 2 hours of playtime, I can confirm that Castlevania Aria of sorrow is 100% playable on v8

 

[Sb2]

Advanced Wars 2 does not work still, tested using v8.5 hangs after pressing start in the main menu

 

[SkyAeolus]

Advanced Wars 2 does not work still, tested using v8.5 hangs after pressing start in the main menu

Updated to the spreadsheet.
Are you testing the US version of the games?

 

[Sb2]

Updated to the spreadsheet.
Are you testing the US version of the games?

Yes I am 100% also just did a small run through of metroid fusion audio is bad but the graphical glitches seem to be fixed