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Nintendo Game Boy Advance

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Nintendo Game Boy Advance

Developer: Nintendo
Publisher: Nintendo
Released in JP: March 21, 2001
Released in US: June 11, 2001
Released in EU: June 22, 2001
Released in AU: June 22, 2001[1]
Released in KR: June 2001[2]
Released in CN: June 8, 2004 (iQue Game Boy Advance)


The Nintendo Game Boy Advance is a handheld games console produced by Nintendo. The Game Boy Advance uses an ARM processor (part of the ARM7TDMI family). The Game Boy Advance utilized ROM cartridges for gameplay.

Games

Hardware

Emulators

  • No$GBA - Focuses on debugging features.
  • mGBA - Emulator focusing on accuracy, speed and portability.
  • VisualBoyAdvance - M - Open-source active GBA emulator, forked from the VisualBoyAdvance. The Nightly Builds can be found here
  • Hades - Another open-source emulator. It passes the AGS Aging Cartridge tests. Has some problems on specific games like Yu-Gi-Oh! Worldwide Edition: Stairway to the Destined Duel.

ROM Images

Game Boy Advance ROM images usually have the extension .GBA. Other extensions may include .AGB or .BIN.

External Links

  • gbadev.org - News, forums, and other resources for homebrew development.
  1. [1], @NintendoAUNZ: "On this day 20 years ago, the Game Boy Advance was released in Australia and New Zealand. What's your favourite memory of this handheld console?"
  2. [2], via Google Translate: "DaewonCI plans to complete the contract with Nintendo before June 1, when overseas sales of the Game Boy Advance begin, and start supplying the product in earnest from June to supply about 100,000 game consoles in Korea for one year."