

The earliest recorded implementations of GBA connectivity emulation go back to around 2009, with the feature first being spotted in Dolphin r2578. Over the years, several developers have embarked on the multi-system mission. Still, the few games that truly embraced GBA connectivity presented an interesting emulation challenge. Bridge the gap between GBA and GCN Pokemon games using the link cable. Crash Bandicoot: Wrath of Cortex's GBA connectivity bonus leaves a lot to be desired. Pokemon Box also let you store Pokemon and had an adventure mode where you could play the GBA games on the big screen without a Game Boy Player.įour Swords Adventure has tons of four player fun and the japanese version has an exclusive party mode. Pokemon Colosseum, Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness, Pokemon Box, and their bonus discs can all connect to various Generation 3 Pokemon GBA games for bonuses, trading, and battling.

This includes The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, and Pac-Man Vs. Multiplayer Games - These games heavily rely on GBA GCN connectivity to give each player unique information or their own screen to play off of at times.If you don't believe us, check it out yourself! By bringing these two emulators together in one package, GBA connectivity features now work with popular features like savestates, input recordings, and netplay! All of this comes with the added bonus of improved performance and compatibility. These mGBA instances are clock-synced to GameCube emulation for impeccable connection stability. Dubbed the Integrated GBA, a stripped-down version of mGBA will boot up alongside Dolphin when set to one or more controller ports. With integration and synchronization work done by bonta, connecting your favorite GameCube titles with a Game Boy Advance for multiplayer and other bonus features is now greatly simplified. Recently, we wrote about mGBA adding support for our TCP GBA protocol, but this is something completely new. For those who don't know, mGBA is the most renowned and accurate GBA emulator of this era and has been rapidly improving since its inception. As of 5.0-14690, Dolphin now has mGBA directly built into it as a new way to handle Game Boy Advance connectivity with GameCube titles.
