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Game Boy Advance

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Overview

Introduced in 2001 by Nintendo, the Game Boy Advance was a portable system.

Technical specifications

  • CPU: 32-bit ARM7TDMI running at 16.78 MHz alongside a dormant 8-bit Z80 for backward compatibility.
  • Memory: 32 KB IWRAM plus 96 KB VRAM and 256 KB onboard palette/graphics RAM with support for external flash.
  • Display: 240×160 TFT color display supporting 32,768 colors and up to 512 sprites with affine transformation.
  • Sound: Direct Sound stereo with two 16-bit DAC channels and a 6-voice PSG compatible with legacy hardware.

Supported ROM extensions

gba, zip, 7z

Emulators

  • gpsp (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_GPSP
  • mgba (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_MGBA
  • vba-m (libretro) – Requires BR2_PACKAGE_LIBRETRO_VBA_M

Notes

Source data: REG Linux emulationstation/es-system/es_systems.yml