mGBA updates: The best GBA Emulator on PC gets better - v0.9.3

Hey all! In this video we go over the latest updates to mGBA! There have been a ton of bugfixes since version 0.9.0!

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[nerb]

online multiplayer will be siick cant wait for that

[aersnlocs]

I used to play all my Pokémon games on mgba after I lost my game boy sp. and they came out with the link mode so I can complete my Pokédex and my child hood lol

[Citanoo]

the jump from vba to mgba was such a huge one. my biggest problem with vba was framerate and smoothness of frames. mgba makes it silk-smooth. its so good!
only issue I had was when loading savestates which caused the emulator at times to almost freeze.
Hopefully 0.9.3 fixed that

[vdfritzz]

my dream is frameskip while the music still plays at normal speed

[EgaoKage]

Just a word of advice to anyone using mGBA 0.9.3 and experiencing either game crashes (especially while attempting to save via the game's built-in save options (not save-states)) or problems with its Fast Forward (held) feature.

First of all, the crashes: this is most likely due to having vsync enabled [Settings - Video/Audio - Sync: Video] while also rendering video via the Software option [Settings - Enhancements - Video Renderer: Software ]. While this emulator will allow you to enable both; and may run fine, for a while; these two options are currently considered to be incompatible. Future updates may prevent users from enabling both, for that very reason (though, I can't speak for the developer - this is just an educated guess).

Second, Fast Forward (held) acting up: this feature works perfectly, if you are rendering video in Software-mode (with vsync OFF; for the reasons stated above). The Fast Forward (held) feature _might_ work fine with your particular GPU, while rendering video in the OpenGL-mode. But, with many, it seems to produces very inconsistent results; from erratic speeds, to only speeding up the audio, to simply not working at all.

I'm pointing this out mainly because word is going around that the solution to both these problems is to use version 0.9.1, instead of the current version. And, after testing this very thoroughly myself, I can attest that this is not the case. These same errant settings will produce the same problems in both versions. If anything, it's _worse_ in the previous versions.

Most likely, reverting to an earlier version only _appeared-to-some, _ to address these issues, because the earlier versions come with their own default settings; which aren't set incorrectly; giving the false impression of "working better."

Another quirk of mGBA that can make trouble-shooting tricky, is the fact that it doesn't necessarily fully apply the changes users make, until it's been closed and reopened. So, a user could have made all the necessary corrections, hit "Apply", and not seen accurate results. Super important to close the program and reopen it, after making any significant changes to its settings.

Hope this helps any who, like myself, ran-afoul of these issues. Love your vids Mr. Sujano! Always information-rich and to-the-point! :)

P.S: If you do still experience game freezes in mGBA (which do still occasionally happen), you can always load your "name of rom".sav (made via whatever built-in save feature the game itself offers) in the original VirtualBoyAdvance, play past the point at which it would regularly freeze in mGBA, save after that point (again, using the games built-in save features) in VBA, and then load the game back up in mGBA. The "name".sav files are interchangeable. The save-state files are not.

[danielnordstrand]

After watching 2 of your videos, I'll be using mGBA! revisiting an old favorite series, this will be the first emulator I've used in.... about 16 years! Thanks Sujano! I'll also say, I like the short videos detailing updates (have subed just for this ;) )

[unofficialSummer]

I'm giving it a try right now, I already liked the fact that I went to fullscreen and it didn't stretch the game by default, thank you for the suggestion. I was using a good old Visual Boy Advance before.

[hongkaiyuan]

Hi Mr. Sujano, is mGBA better than VBA in your opinion? Would you be making a comparison video between the two?

[ToruKun]

Wow, I downloaded the mGBA emulator last December when it was 0.8.4, updating this is gonna change da game

[self]

Thanks I’ve been wanting to play Pokemon

[swapbloodcell]

very excited for online multiplayer support

[everx]

i used only mgba and as far as i know its an awesome emulator, i dont care about anything else there is, as far as it gets me by so far it didnt disappoint

[ardentdrops]

Your head looks a bit too big relative to your torso. That happens when your camera is too close; look up the dolly effect to see why. To correct this just move the camera back a bit and zoom in.

[TheAzulmagia]

Is it just me or does anyone else have an issue recording videos through mGBA? Every time I try, it crashes. I've even tried on other computers.

[DungarooTV]

The new update to the standalone of mGBA actually makes the sound worst but the RetroAch port works fine.

[JonyPlayz]

Nice video. What's the better version to download in Desktop OS?

[CherrieCheeze]

I’m so upset because my every time I try to load my ROM’s they white screen and nothing happens. I don’t know what I’ve done wrong. I’m pretty sure my computer is just too old to run it

[EfficientTrout]

mgba can play gb and gbc games fine too.

[scept]

Pls pls pls help me i have a glitch in mgba thst keeps fast forwarding my game even though fast forwarding is off, ive tried deleting the version and downloading and 9.2 but it was like i downloaded a copy of my other mgba 9.3 thst was glitched. PLS HELP ME

[DMX]

Has anyone used mGBA on a PS Vita, and if so is it better than using gpSP core on Retroarch?