mGBA or gbSP core for Retroarch?

[kbf]

Which is the better core for GBA games? I'm having difficulty finding detailed info comparing both cores.

 

[rimigo]

if your going for faster speed its gbsp, mgba has a bunch of features that gbsp doesnt have

 

[kbf]

if your going for faster speed its gbsp, mgba has a bunch of features that gbsp doesnt have

I've had minish cap crash on me a lot and had mario and luigi superstar saga crash on me as well on gbSP. Is mGBA more stable?

 

[SaulFabre]

I've had minish cap crash on me a lot and had mario and luigi superstar saga crash on me as well on gbSP. Is mGBA more stable?

Yeah mGBA is more stable and better than gpSP.

I've played M&L Superstar Saga and TLOZ Minish Cap on mGBA and they work fine for me.

In what platform you are using these RetroArch cores?

 

[JuanMena]

Have had awful experience with both cores.

mGBA is more stable but it's having sound issues and occasional "hiccups' (not sure if frame skipping?) with certain games. The latest version to work fine, for me, is the core from RetroArch 1.9.1
Beyond that I'd say, stay away.

gpSP on the other hand, I've found to have compatibility issues, some games won't load, others will play fine only to crash the emulator a few seconds later, and some roms won't even load only to crash the emulator. I've avoided gpSP since RetroArch implemented it.

Also, what platform do you plan to use RetroArch with?
Android? PC? Console?

RetroArch doesn't work the same in every available platform. I've had issues with Wii RetroArch... but everything works fine in Android and PC.

Also, when you download separate cores they comes with .info files.
Opening them with a text editor (Notepad) will list all it's features. Might be worth reading said files if you need that kind of information.

 

[CommanderCool]

Just use the standalones. Retroarch's developers are nothing more than malicious retards who deserve nobody's time of day.

 

[SaulFabre]

Also, vanilla RA for Wii is known to have lots of issues with most cores (except for a few ones). Your best option for RA Wii is this mod by the brilliant user SuperrSonic:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/qxaagqu9f3q2tdy/RA-HEXAECO.7z/file

 

[kbf]

Have had awful experience with both cores.

mGBA is more stable but it's having sound issues and occasional "hiccups' (not sure if frame skipping?) with certain games. The latest version to work fine, for me, is the core from RetroArch 1.9.1
Beyond that I'd say, stay away.

gpSP on the other hand, I've found to have compatibility issues, some games won't load, others will play fine only to crash the emulator a few seconds later, and some roms won't even load only to crash the emulator. I've avoided gpSP since RetroArch implemented it.

Also, what platform do you plan to use RetroArch with?
Android? PC? Console?

RetroArch doesn't work the same in every available platform. I've had issues with Wii RetroArch... but everything works fine in Android and PC.

Also, when you download separate cores they comes with .info files.
Opening them with a text editor (Notepad) will list all it's features. Might be worth reading said files if you need that kind of information.

Yeah mGBA is more stable and better than gpSP.

I've played M&L Superstar Saga and TLOZ Minish Cap on mGBA and they work fine for me.

In what platform you are using these RetroArch cores?

I'm playing it on steam deck. Emudeck version (not the steam version) if that matters.