Game Boy Advance - eddywebs/RetroPie-Setup GitHub Wiki
The Game Boy Advance is a 32 bit handheld video game console released by Nintendo in 2001.
| Emulator | Rom Folder | Extension | BIOS | Controller Config |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lr-gpSP | gba | .gba | gba_bios.bin | /opt/retropie/configs/gba/retroarch.cfg |
| lr-vba-next | gba | .gba | gba_bios.bin | /opt/retropie/configs/gba/retroarch.cfg |
| lr-mgba | gba | .gba | gba_bios.bin | /opt/retropie/configs/gba/retroarch.cfg |
| gpSP | gba | .gba | gba_bios.bin | /opt/retropie/emulators/gpsp/gpsp.cfg |
Emulators: gpSP, lr-gpSP, lr-vba-next, lr-mgba
ROMS
Accepted File Extensions: .gba
Place your Game Boy Advance ROMS in
/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/gba
BIOS
The Game Boy Advance requires a BIOS called gba_bios.bin
Place the BIOS in
/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS
Controls
There are two ways to configure your Game Boy Advance controls depending on the emulator.
lr-gpSP, lr-vba-next, and lr-mgba
lr-gpSP, lr-vba-next, and lr-mgba utilise Retroarch configurations
Add custom retroarch controls to the retroarch.cfg file in
/opt/retropie/configs/gba/retroarch.cfg
For more information on custom RetroArch controls see: RetroArch Configuration
gpSP
To configure your controls for gpSP, once you are in a game you can press F10 to access the menu
if you want your settings to be saved you need to select quit from the F10 menu instead of pressing esc on the keyboard
For Gamepad: Navigate to configure gamepad input and modify the controls to fit your preferences.
Example Gamepad Controls
D-pad up: asix Y-
D-pad down: asix Y+
D-pad left: asix X-
D-pad right: asix X+
A: Button 1
B: Button 2
Left Trigger: Button 5
Right Trigger: Button 6
Start: Button 3
Select: Button 4
Menu Hotkey: yes (this means if you hold select+right trigger it will open the menu- but it is mapped to whichever buttons you configure for select and right trigger above)
For Keyboard: Navigate to configure keyboard input and modify the controls to fit your preferences.
Example Keyboard Controls
D-pad up: Up
D-pad down: Down
D-pad left: Left
D-pad right: Right
A: Z
B: X
Left Trigger: A
Right Trigger: S
Start: Return
Select: Backspace