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A multi-video-game-system portable handheld. A digital audio workstation with a built-in synthesizer and sequencer. A tribute to portable gaming. Out of the box, Pocket is compatible with the 2,780+ Game Boy, Game Boy Color & Game Boy Advance game cartridge library. The Visteon Dockable Entertainment System (officially referred to as Dockable Entertainment featuring Game Boy Advance) is a portable DVD player created by Visteon in 2006 for the US market at an MSRP of $1299 USD. The player is notable for containing officially licensed Game Boy Advance hardware, as Visteon partnered with Nintendo to announce the product at CES 2006.

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GameBoy Advance emulator by Marat Fayzullin

GameBoy, GameBoy Color, GameBoy Advance, and Nintendo DS are registeredtrademarks of Nintendo. The author is in no way affiliated with Nintendo.The author is in no way affiliated with any pirate group out there. Theauthor cannot and will not provide you with any GameBoy or GameBoy Advancegames.

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Latest Released Version of VGBA is 6.2!

VGBA-WindowsandVGBA-Linuxare free for everyone to use and share. The latest VGBA, released on September 28 2020, adds drag'n'drop support to the Windows version.There is also a new CPU-based linear interpolation algorithm for cases,where GPU-based linear interpolation cannot be used. The Linux versionnow supports the -linear command line argument to enablelinear interpolation, as opposed to one of more complex scaling algorithms. TheVGBA-Androidversion is also available for your phones, tablets, and TV sets.

If you likeVGBA-WindowsandVGBA-Linux,and would like to support their further development, consider downloadingVGBA-Androidfor your phone or tablet. The Android version comes with many coolextras, such as built-in Cheatopedia with codes for dozens ofpopular games, State Exchange for exchanging gameplay stateswith other users, and more. Give it a try and report any encountered problems in thediscussion group.

Sorry, but still no apple for iOS users (blame Steve Jobs for your terrible closed platform).

The complete list of features and the list of new features and fixes can be found in the documentation.


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What is Virtual GameBoy Advance?
Virtual GameBoy Advance (VGBA) is a program that emulates Nintendo's GameBoy Advance on your computer. It runs GameBoy Advance games on PCs, TVs, phones, tabets, or just about any other sufficiently fast gadget. It also helps debugging GameBoy Advance software without using a costly development system. I have previously written another emulator, VGB, that runs older GameBoy and GameBoy Color games. Because GameBoy Advance has completely different hardware, I had to write a new emulator for it, and VGBA runs only GameBoy Advance games. As far as I know, when I released VGBA in 2000, it was the first GameBoy Advance emulator in the world, soon to be joined by other emulators.


Licensing
Virtual GameBoy Advance is written in portable C language and can run on pretty much any sufficiently fast computing device, be it a computer, a videogame console, a tablet, a set-top box, a cell phone, or even a digital camera. If your company considers using GameBoy Advance emulation in its products, you canlicenseeither the whole VGBA source code or the ARM7 CPU emulation from me. I am also available for consulting work in the software emulation, embedded programming, and other fields. See myresume andcontact me if interested.


Using Your Games with VGBA
It is only legal to play games you actually own on VGBA. You willfirst need to read a game from its cartridge into a file. This canbe done with an inexpensive gadget such as Flash Advance Linker.Please, do make sure you own a physical cartridge for every game youplay with VGBA. It is the right thing to do, both legally and ethically.


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Virtual GameBoy Advance Windowsnow free for all Windows versions
Virtual GameBoy Advance Androidfor Android 2.2 (Froyo) and newer devices
Virtual GameBoy Advance Linux(Ubuntu17, 16bpp/32bpp X11, pthreads)
Virtual GameBoy Advance Maemofor Nokia N800/N810 tablets (orinstall directlyto device)
Virtual GameBoy Advance Maemofor Nokia N900 tablets (beta, please test)
Virtual GameBoy Advance 3.0 FreeBSD(FreeBSD 5.x, 16bpp X11, pthreads)
Virtual GameBoy Advance 3.0 Linux(RedHat, 16bpp X11, pthreads)
Virtual GameBoy Advance MSDOSis no longer developed, as MSDOS is dead :(
Virtual GameBoy Advance Symbianfor S60e3 and UIQ3 is dead too(but see the old site)
EMUL8 Discussion Groupdiscuss your problems here
EMUTools, Z80/6502 emulation cores, etc.
The Address Book(look up email addresses here)

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Happy birthday, Game Boy!

Nintendo's famous portable is 25 years old today. The handheld would see numerous successors, peripherals, and notable games during its 15 years of dominance before the Nintendo DS would take over as the new brand for the Japanese gaming giant's portable endeavors.

Below is a timeline that includes all of the Game Boy's major milestones. Games like dragcave. Note that with the exception of the Japanese launch, all of these dates correlate with U.S. releases. Enjoy your nostalgic trip through handheld history, and check out our community prompt if you want to write about the Game Boy yourself!

Above: The original Game Boy.

April 21, 1989: Nintendo releases the Game Boy in Japan

The original Game Boy was the brainchild of Nintendo's Gunpei Yokoi, who had previously produced the innovative Metroid action-platformer for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The Game Boy was an 8-bit handheld console that supported interchangeable cartridges, although its screen could only display games in four colors of gray.

Super Mario Land, a 2D sidescroller similar to Super Mario Bros. on the Nintendo Entertainment System, was the most notable launch game.

July 31, 1989: The Game Boy releases in the U.S. with Tetris

While the U.S. launch also got Super Mario Land, the puzzle game Tetris made the biggest impact. Nintendo bundled it with the system. With 35 million copies sold, it was the best-selling Game Boy game.

Aug. 1, 1992: Kirby's Dream Land

While most of Nintendo's notable franchises, like Mario and Zelda, established themselves on home consoles and later showed up on the Game Boy, the Kirby series debuted on the handheld. The next game in the long-lived series comes out May 2: Kirby Triple Deluxe for the Nintendo 3DS handheld.

Jun 28, 1994: The Super Game Boy

The Super Game Boy was a cartridge for the Super Nintendo home console that had a slot for Game Boy games — with it, you could play Game Boy titles on a TV. Certain games, like the Game Boy version of Donkey Kong, would receive color and other enhancements when you played it on the Super Game Boy.

Aug. 14, 1995: The Virtual Boy

The Virtual Boy was a handheld system that Yokoi also created. It simulated a 3D view of games but could only display them in black and red. Unlike the Game Boy, it was a massive flop.

Casino dania beach. Above: The Game Boy Pocket.

July 21, 1996: The Game Boy Pocket

The Game Boy Pocket was a slimmer version of the original Game Boy with the same hardware specs.

Oct. 4, 1997: Yokoi dies

A traffic accident kills the father of the Game Boy.

June 1, 1998: The Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer

The accessories enabled Game Boy owners to take and print pictures.

Sept. 28, 1998: Pokémon Red and Blue

Pokémon was a role-playing game that tasked players with capturing, training, and fighting 151 different pocket monsters. It launched a media franchise that included a popular card game and anime.

Today, it's still one of Nintendo's biggest properties, and at least one new generation of Pokémon games releases on every Nintendo handheld system. These games are always among the best-selling for their respective systems.

Above: The Game Boy Color.

Nov. 18, 1998: The Game Boy Color

The Game Boy Color was the first true successor to the original Game Boy. As the name implies, it could support up to 56 colors.

The Game Boy Color was backward compatible, meaning it could also play original Game Boy games.

New animal crossing game for ds. While the original Game Boy dominated the portable market for almost 10 years before getting a proper upgrade, Nintendo would replace the Game Boy Color in less than three years.

June 21, 2001: The Game Boy Advance

The Game Boy Advance was the follow-up to the Game Boy Color and featured graphics similar to the Super Nintendo. Fortnite save the world free release date.

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Above: The Game Boy Advance.

It was backward compatible with Game Boy and Game Boy Color games.

Sept. 17, 2002: The e-Reader

The e-Reader was a peripheral for the Game Boy Advance that could read data from cards. This data turned into additional content for Game Boy Advance games and full versions of original Nintendo Entertainment System games.

Slotocash no deposit bonus codes 2018. Above: The Game Boy Advance SP.

March 23, 2003: The Game Boy Advance SP

The SP was a new model of the Game Boy Advance that featured a back-lit screen. It also introduced a clamshell-like design that most Nintendo handhelds have adopted since.

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June 24, 2003: The Game Boy Player

The Game Boy Player was an add-on that attached to the bottom of the GameCube console. It could play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games.

Above: The Game Boy Micro.

September 19, 2005: The Game Boy Micro

The Micro was a redesigned version of the Game Boy Advance that dropped a few features, notably backward compatibility with original Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, in order to be as small as possible. Released a year after the Nintendo DS, the successful portable system that replaced the Game Boy brand, this was the last iteration of the Game Boy Nintendo would release.

June 6, 2011: Game Boy games appear on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console

Nintendo originally created the Virtual Console for the Wii so people could buy, download, and play classic Nintendo games. The Nintendo 3DS portable includes a version of the digital store that sells Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. Game Boy Advance games would also become available, but only for those who bought the Nintendo 3DS at launch.

April 3, 2014: Game Boy Advance games appear on the Wii U Virtual Console

Similar to the Nintendo 3DS service, the Wii U Virtual Console offers classic games. While the Wii U version had originally stuck to home consoles, Game Boy Advance titles eventually appeared on the digital store. Wii U Virtual Console games can display on a TV or on the system's tablet controller.

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