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Nintendo Game Boy / Nintendo Game Boy Advance / Nintendo Game Boy Color /

VisualBoyAdvance-M Active

The maintained continuation of VisualBoyAdvance, emulating the Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance with link cable support, video filters and a wxWidgets interface.

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Facts

Runs on
Windows, macOS, Linux
Native: x86-64, ARM64
Install from
Flathub, Homebrew
Works with
RetroArch (vbam), Lakka
License
Open source (GPL-2.0)
System ROMs
Not needed
BIOS
Runs without the real BIOS
Online play
Link cable online
Mobile
None (no official phone or tablet version)
Opens
.gb .gbc .gba
Written in
C++
Authors
The VBA-M team
Last checked
Oct 2026

Features

  • HasSave states
  • HasRewind
  • HasFast-forward
  • Not listed:Run-ahead
  • Not listed:Online multiplayer
  • Not listed:CRT shaders
  • HasA/V recording
  • HasCheats
  • Not listed:Achievements
  • Not listed:Themes

Input

  • HasGamepad
  • Not listed:Touch controls
  • Not listed:Light gun
  • Not listed:Mouse
  • Not listed:Positional key mapping
  • Not listed:Symbolic key mapping
  • Not listed:On-screen keyboard
  • Not listed:Native keyboard

For developers

  • HasDebugger
  • HasMemory viewer
  • HasDisassembler
  • Not listed:Profiler
  • Not listed:Trace logger
  • Not listed:Scripting
  • Not listed:Command line

Emulated hardware

  • Not listed:Hard disk
  • Not listed:MIDI
  • HasPrinter
  • Not listed:Networking
  • Not listed:Modem
  • Not listed:RAM expansion
  • Not listed:Accelerator cards

Features not listed may still exist. Edit this entry if something is missing or wrong.