MGBA(6)

NAME
mgba - Game Boy Advance emulator

SYNOPSIS
mgba [-123456dfg] [-b biosfile] [-c cheatfile] [-l loglevel] [-p patchfile] [-s n] [-v moviefile] file

DESCRIPTION
mgba 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 will use the BIOS specified in the configuration file, or a high-level emulated BIOS if none is specified.

-c cheatfile, --cheats cheatfile
    Apply cheat codes from cheatfile.

-d  Start emulating via the command-line debugger.

-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 to stdout. loglevel is a bitmask defining which types of messages to log:
    •   1 – fatal errors
    •   2 – errors
    •   4 – warnings
    •   8 – informative messages
    •   16 – debugging messages
    •   32 – stub messages for unimplemented features
    •   256 – in-game errors
    •   512 – software interrupts
    •   1024 – emulator status messages
    •   2048 – serial I/O messages
    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.

-v moviefile, --movie moviefile
    Play back a movie of recording input from moviefile.

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
    <Shift>-F1–F9
Frame advance
    <Ctrl>-n

DEBUGGER
When mgba is run with the -d option, the command-line debugger is enabled. It supports the following commands:

b[reak] address
b[reak]/a address
b[reak]/t address
    Set a breakpoint – ARM (‘/a’), Thumb (‘/t’), or the current CPU mode – at address.
c[ontinue]
    Continue execution.
d[elete] address
    Delete a breakpoint at address.
dis[asm] [address [count]]
dis[asm]/a [address [count]]
dis[asm]/t [address [count]]
dis[assemble] [address [count]]
dis[assemble]/a [address [count]]
dis[assemble]/t [address [count]]
    Disassemble count instructions starting at address, as ARM (‘/a’), Thumb (‘/t’), or the current CPU mode. If count is not specified, only disassemble the instruction at address. If address is not specified, only disassemble the current address.
h[elp]
    Print help.
i[nfo]
status
    Print the current contents of general-purpose registers and the current program state register, and disassemble the current instruction.
n[ext]
    Execute the next instruction.
p[rint] value ...
p[rint]/t value ...
p[rint]/x value ...
    Print one or more values as binary (‘/t’), hexadecimal (‘/x’), or decimal.
q[uit]
    Quit the emulator.
reset
    Reset the emulation.
r/1 address
r/2 address
r/4 address
    Read a byte (‘/1’), halfword (‘/2’), or word (‘/4’) from address.
w[atch] address
    Set a watchpoint at address.
w/1 address data
w/2 address data
w/4 address data
    Write data as a byte (‘/1’), halfword (‘/2’), or word (‘/4’) to address.
w/r register data
    Write data as a word to register.
x/1 address [count]
x/2 address [count]
x/4 address [count]
    Examine count bytes (‘/1’), halfwords (‘/2’), or words (‘/4’) from address. If count is not specified, examine 16 bytes, 8 halfwords, or 4 words.

ENVIRONMENT
XDG_CONFIG_HOME
    The location where mgba will look for the configuration directory. If not set, ~/.config is used.

FILES
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mgba/config.ini
    Default mgba(6) configuration file.
portable.ini
    If this file exists in the current directory, mgba will read config.ini from the current directory instead of $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mgba.

AUTHORS
Jeffrey Pfau <jeffrey@endrift.com>

HOMEPAGE

•   mGBA homepage: https://mgba.io/

•   Development repository: https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba

•   Bug tracker: https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba/issues

•   Message board: https://forums.mgba.io/