mgba-qt(6)
is a Game Boy Advance emulator.
Description
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NAME
mgba-qt — Game Boy Advance emulator
SYNOPSIS
mgba-qt [-123456fg] [-b biosfile] [-C option=value] [-l loglevel] [-p patchfile] [-s n] [-t statefile] file
DESCRIPTION
mgba-qt is a Game Boy Advance emulator. The options are as follows:
-1
Scale the window 1×.
-2
Scale the window 2×.
-3
Scale the window 3×.
-4
Scale the window 4×.
-5
Scale the window 5×.
-6
Scale the window 6×.
-b biosfile, --bios biosfile
Specify a BIOS file to use during boot. If this flag is omitted, mgba-qt will use the BIOS specified in the configuration file, or a high-level emulated BIOS if none is specified.
-C option=value, --config option=value
Override the given config option with value.
-f
Start the emulator full-screen.
-g
Start a gdb(1) session. By default the session starts on port 2345.
-l loglevel
Log messages during emulation. loglevel is a bitmask defining which types of messages to log:
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1 – fatal errors
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2 – errors
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4 – warnings
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8 – informative messages
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16 – debugging messages
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32 – stub messages for unimplemented features
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64 – in-game errors
The default is to log warnings, errors, fatal errors, and status messages.
-p patchfile, --patch patchfile
Specify a patch file in BPS, IPS, or UPS format.
-s n, --frameskip n
Skip every n frames.
-t statefile, --savestate statefile
Load initial game state from statefile.
CONTROLS
The default controls are as follows:
A
x
B
z
L
a
R
s
Start
⟨Enter⟩
Select
⟨Backspace⟩
Load state
F1–F9
Save state
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Shift ⟩-F1–F9
Frame advance
⟨
Ctrl ⟩-n
ENVIRONMENT
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
The location where mgba-qt will look for the configuration directory. If not set, ˜/.config is used.
FILES
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mgba/config.ini
Default mgba(6) configuration file.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mgba/qt.ini
Default mgba-qt configuration file.
portable.ini
If this file exists in the current directory, mgba-qt will read config.ini and qt.ini from the current directory instead of $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mgba.
AUTHORS
Jeffrey Pfau <jeffrey@endrift.com>
HOMEPAGE
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Message board GNU July 29, 2015 MGBA-QT(6)