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t -- start/select/a/b all at once<br>
 
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<nowiki>*</nowiki> (orange+z/asterisk) --toggle sound for speed (particularly GBA)<br>
 
<nowiki>*</nowiki> (orange+z/asterisk) --toggle sound for speed (particularly GBA)<br>
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= Feature Requests =
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Here's a list I encourage everyone to help create (I'll maintain it myself).  Feel free to add things here!
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* ALSA instead of pulseaudio
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* Add on-screen controls
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* Fix occasional crash while minimized
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* Zip rom support
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* "Go back to rom chooser" menu
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* save state support

Revision as of 15:16, 14 January 2010

VisualBoyAdvance

VisualBoyAdvance (commonly abbreviated as VBA) is an emulator of the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo.

Credit

Ported by Will Dietz Jan 2010.
Thanks to #webos-internals for their feedback throughout testing!

License

All source is under the GPLv2 license. The original source code is available here
And the latest VBA for webOS source is available on git here

Lots of work has gone into making this a great game for you to enjoy! If you like it please consider donating

Controls

To select a rom, just tap on it in the rom selector.
Note that if you have more roms than fit on the screen, simply scroll to them.

These are the current controls (while playing):
WASD --Up/left/down/right.
K --B
L--A
Q--L
P--R
enter--start
space--select
@--turbo
orange+l (quote)--change scaling filter
orange+@ (zero)--change orientation
. (period)--snapshot
t -- start/select/a/b all at once
* (orange+z/asterisk) --toggle sound for speed (particularly GBA)

Feature Requests

Here's a list I encourage everyone to help create (I'll maintain it myself). Feel free to add things here!

  • ALSA instead of pulseaudio
  • Add on-screen controls
  • Fix occasional crash while minimized
  • Zip rom support
  • "Go back to rom chooser" menu
  • save state support