Download VisualBoyAdvance 1.6

VisualBoyAdvance is the Nintendo GBA emulator for the PC platform. The name is of course derived from Gameboy Advance and is also abbreviated as VBA. Recently they released version 1.6 which is currently only available for the Windows platform. The versions for Linux and BeOS are expected in a few days. The release notes let us know the following:

Core changes:

• added rewind support (initially disabled)
• added support for slowdown codes
• added emulation of sprite priority bug (thanks PokemonHacker)
• added simple emulation for BIOS call 0x2a
• added enhanced save type detection option (default)
• added DMA hack for an obscure case
• improved loading speed
• fixed sleep/stop state support
• fixed bug caused by rendering optimizations
• fixed crash while debugging startup routines
• fixed DMA emulation
• fixed priority between OBJ Window and regular windows
• fixed thumb disassembly bug
• fixed sound envelope bug when set to 0 to mute sound (thanks PokemonHacker)
• fixed CpuFastSet/CpuSet bugs (thanks PokemonHacker)
• fixed warning message when using AGBPrint
• fixed DMA timings

Windows:

• added movie recording/playback (joypad movement recording)
• added support for automatic SGB border display
• added option to auto hide menu in full screen mode
• added rewind support
• added bug report menu to provide needed information for solving problems
• added FAQ optin to take to the VBA website FAQ
• menu toggle can now have a customizable accelerator instead of ESC
• fixed bug on GBA cheats showing the wrong enable state (checkbox was ok)
• fixed bug enabling/disabling BG layers (introduced in version 1.5.1)
• fixed export settings to also export viewers settings
• fixed bug saving keyboard settings in INI file
• fixed map viewer click address in some cases
• fixed map viewer rendering for 512×512 screens
• fixed tile viewer click address and tile number in 256 color mode
• allow customize to run in fullscreen mode (exception of 320×240 mode)

SDL versions:

• added support to turn sound off and change channel enable
• added support for automatic SGB border display
• added rewind support (CTRL+B)
• fixed bug enabling/disabling BG layers (introduced in version 1.5.1)
• fixed typo on pause-when-inactive option which made it not recognized

I’ve also updated some links, added a contributed a setup program for version 1.5.1 (I will upload the version 1.6 setup as soon as I get it).

This release took a while but should be worth it.[break]The following downloads are ready:
Windows
Windows – SDL
Windows – Development