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# VisualBoyAdvance-M

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VisualBoyAdvance-M (commonly abbreviated as VBA-M) is a cross-platform emulator for the (Super-) Game Boy/Colour/Advance portable game consoles.

It is a fork of VisualBoyAdvance, a now closed project. VBA-M combines features from several other VBA forks. It is licensed under the GPLv2, and is available in the Community repository.

## Installation

VBA-M is available in two different versions: vbam-wx and vbam-sdl.

## Usage

For VBA-M with vbam-wx, execute `visualboyadvance-m ~/path/to/foo.*` or `visualboyadvance-m` to load the ROM from the interface.

For VBA-M with vbam-sdl, execute `vbam ~/path/to/foo.*` or `vbam` to load the ROM from the interface.

Tip: File extensions differ between emulated platforms. VBA-M also supports compressed ROMs.

Default controls
Emulated | Real
--- | ---
Left | Left Arrow (0114)
Right | Right Arrow (0113)
Up | Up Arrow (0111)
Down | Down Arrow (0112)
A | Z (007a)
B | X (0078)
L | A (0061)
R | S (0073)
Start | Enter (000d)
Select | Backspace (0008)
Speed up | Space (0020)
Capture | F12 (0125)

## Troubleshooting

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### OpenGL crashes

In case of OpenGL errors, it is possible that the video output is set to an invalid display. Editing the `Display` section in `~/.config/gvbam/config`, and changing `output=1` to `output=2` or `output=0`

### Directories randomly reverted

VBA may randomly revert the ROM directories to the defaults. Changing permissions for `~/.config/gvbam/config` to read-only will prevent VBA from doing so.

Warning: This also prevents any other configuration from being saved.

To manually set the directories, edit the `[Directories]` section of `~/.config/gvbam/config`.

    [Directories]
    gb_roms=
    gba_roms=
    batteries=
    cheats=
    saves=
    captures=

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