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What is the best GBA emulator?

calmpalm said:
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For windows, i suggest you visual boy advance, widely used by a lot of people.
If you are android guy, MyBoy! is the best. Purchasing the paid version doesnt gives you much so free version is better. John GBA is good too, but i prefer MyBoy!
 
The problem with the original VBA is that it hasn't been developed further for over a decade. That resulted into people forking the project and creating their own modifications. VBA-m being the most prominent one out there. If you go for an emulator, go for that one.

On Android I use Retroarch with a GBA core (can't say with one on the top of my head). It's a little bit tricky to set up and Android does some weird things that require certain habits, but I think it's worth the effort. I mean, it's free as well, so you can't really complain.
 
I use VBA for pokemon games and other GB/C/A games, sadly VBA has a glitch which doesn't allow you to save GBA pokemon games in most versions, so you must use save states
 
only reason to use VBA-M is because of sound engine accuracy IIRC, and I don't know if that's still true these days. generally speaking mGBA takes the cake for accuracy, so it's objectively better use.
 
Don't do that. VBA is horribly inaccurate, and even contains security vulnerabilities. I also suggest mGBA, or even BizHawk if you're okay with a multi-system emulator.
 
Alexander Nicholi said:
only reason to use VBA-M is because of sound engine accuracy IIRC, and I don't know if that's still true these days. generally speaking mGBA takes the cake for accuracy, so it's objectively better use.
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As someone whose hack is heavily dependent on proper audio emulation, I can say that it's still true. mGBA produces lower quality audio than actual hardware. I'd say that VBA-M's audio quality might be too good to be accurate, but it's still far superior.

Outside of that, mGBA has it beaten in spades. It's generally the best GBA emulator out there, and that's not likely to change for the foreseeable future.
 
Kurausukun said:
Don't do that. VBA is horribly inaccurate, and even contains security vulnerabilities. I also suggest mGBA, or even BizHawk if you're okay with a multi-system emulator.
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I'd like to clarify that it depends on the player. If you just want a solid, working GBA emulator, go for VBA. It has all the features you need.
If you want more, then go ahead! upgrade to VBA-M or mGBA, Although i'm still sticking with VBA as I dont need all those new features. All I need is an emulator that works, and so far, It has filled that role perfectly fine.
 
I use MyBoy! for Android, since it's by far the easiest to use I've found, and it has wireless compatibility. On Windows, I either use no$gba debug version, or mGBA
 
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