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ecnavdA-yoBemaG

A WIP Game Boy Advance emulator.

Major missing features

  • Proper transparency and alpha blending
  • Correct prefetch buffer
  • EEPROM saves
  • All extra cartridge hardware
  • Serial
  • [HLE BIOS] Accurate timings
  • [HLE BIOS] Correct boot state
  • [HLE BIOS] Non-IRQ exception handling
  • [HLE BIOS] SWIs 0x10-0x2A

Build Requirements

  • Any modern 64 bit Linux distribution or Windows
  • cmake, make, and SDL2>=20.0.18 development libraries

Linux

  • gcc or clang
  • GTK3 development libraries (for nativefiledialog-extended)

Windows

  • Only clang-cl will work. No MSVC.

Usage Instructions

Download the executable from Releases or compile:

  • git clone https://github.com/KellanClark/ecnavdA-yoBemaG.git --recurse-submodules
  • cd ecnavdA-yoBemaG
  • mkdir build
  • cd build
  • cmake ..
  • make

Run the executable named ecnavda-yobemag. If the first argument is not valid, it is treated as the ROM path.

Files can also be selected from the "File" menu in the GUI.

Arguments:

  • --rom <file>
  • --bios <file> Give path to the BIOS. If invalid or not specified, the emulator will default to an HLE implementation.
  • --record <file.wav> Record all played audio samples to a WAV file.
  • --uncap-fps Tries to run the emulator at the maximum possible speed.