GBA Emulator vs VisualBoyAdvance-M
GBA Emulator
github.com
VisualBoyAdvance-M
visualboyadvance-m.orgSide by side
| Figure | GBA Emulator | VisualBoyAdvance-M |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Game Boy Advance Emulators | 7.6 (#17) | 7.9 (#11) |
| Downloads | Prebuilt binaries are offered for Linux x86_64, macOS Apple Silicon, and Windows x86_64 through tagged releases. | The project lists Windows and Mac builds in its releases and nightly builds for Windows, macOS, Libretro and Android. |
| License | The project is open source and its repository links to an MIT license. | The repository identifies its license as GPL-2.0. |
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In their own words
GBA Emulator
GBA Emulator has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
VisualBoyAdvance-M
VisualBoyAdvance-M is a free, open-source emulator for Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance. Builds are listed for Windows, macOS, Linux, and Android, with Android nightlies for arm, arm64, riscv, and x86_64. The project lists Windows XP and later, macOS, and Linux among desktop requirements; Linux distributions may package it under visualboyadvance-m or vbam. Game Boy and Game Boy Advance linking is enabled by default. Build options also include Vulkan video output, Windows Direct3D support, and FFmpeg audio and video recording. A debugger is enabled by default, and Lua scripting is available for the wxWidgets port. The project provides a Libretro core option and nightly builds for Libretro. Graphics upscaling is supported, but the project cautions that xBRZ and ScaleFX may not run on older or weaker systems. The license is GPL-2.0. For support, the project points users to Discord and suggests trying Help → Factory Reset when issues occur.