Retroarch Game Boy Advance Core Setup Guide - How To Play GBA Games With RetroArch

Here we go through the steps to configure RetroArch to play Game Boy Advance games using the mGBA core. This guide covers downloading and installing the mGBA core and some basic setup tips.
Check out the written guide on our website:
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Things you'll need to do before you start:
1. Install RetroArch
2. Obtain a GBA Game ROM file
3. Connect a Controller to your PC (Because it's a lot easier playing GBA games using a controller instead of the keyboard!)
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[@f.k.b.16]

This is very professionally made! Great work!

[@HowtoRetro]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@K_B_1]

@@HowtoRetro seconded! thanks for this

[@YannMetalhead]

Thank you!

[@Ghostookas]

I’m curious if there is anyway to sync game files from the delta iOS emulator, and retroarch. Like have game saves automatically sync. I know, probably not, but it’d nice

[@giovann7207]

thanks!

[@ianswift3521]

is mgba the best for switch? I typically use gpSP on New3ds XL and vba on PC

[@GuadalupeF.Arredondo]

Can you trade and battle on on gameboy Pokémon games?

[@derylpina1999]

Great work I try do dolphin on RetroArch it doesn’t load a game it happens
How about do tutorial Gamecube on RetroArch?

[@HowtoRetro]

Just published my latest video on this very subject! - czcams.com/video/dbF1nQNJJPk/video.html

[@TocoExpo123]

Witch core i use to play pokemon black?? ❤

[@BlueTS777]

GBA is not in my list fo cores :(

[@DaniCP]

You download them in the “internet updater” or something like that

[@mydadsacop123]

online core downloader hasnt been working for a long time, idk how his works

[@alexflu2]

@@mydadsacop123 it worked for me. it was under main menu, manage cores, mGBA

[@mydadsacop123]

core downloader hasnt been working for me ever since i got retroarch, wheres a manual core download?

[@sweetpotato_35]

same

[@jjtheman523]

retroarch doesn't detect the gba roms

[@alexflu2]

it does after you download mgba core