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The Game Boy Advance is a handheld game console created by Nintendo in 2001. It is often described as a portable [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]].
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The Game Boy Advance is a handheld game console created by Nintendo in 2001. It is often described as a portable [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] due to its many ports.
  
 
==Ripping Tools==
 
==Ripping Tools==
  
 
==Suggested Emulators==
 
==Suggested Emulators==
===VisualBoyAdvance===
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VisualBoyAdvance is considered the best GBA emulator available, especially for sprite rippers, due to its vast amount of features such as tile viewing, hex viewer, layer disabling, and more. This also makes a good emulator for Game Boy and Game Boy Color games.
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===mGBA===
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===VisualBoyAdvance-M===
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VBA-M is an updated version of Visual Boy Advance and useful for sprite rippers, due to its vast amount of features such as tile viewing, hex viewer, layer disabling and more. This also makes a good emulator for Game Boy and Game Boy Color games.
  
 
<sub>(''todo: explain how to use it to rip sprites using the menus and disabling layers. link to animget for layer disable tutorial.'')</sub>
 
<sub>(''todo: explain how to use it to rip sprites using the menus and disabling layers. link to animget for layer disable tutorial.'')</sub>
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In the past Visual Boy Advance is recommended however it is discovered that there is a vulnerability that could affect your computer with malware if cheats are used so be careful if you use the emulator.
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===[[BizHawk]]===
 
===[[BizHawk]]===
  

Revision as of 19:24, 14 February 2018

GBA.jpg

The Game Boy Advance is a handheld game console created by Nintendo in 2001. It is often described as a portable SNES due to its many ports.

Ripping Tools

Suggested Emulators

mGBA

VisualBoyAdvance-M

VBA-M is an updated version of Visual Boy Advance and useful for sprite rippers, due to its vast amount of features such as tile viewing, hex viewer, layer disabling and more. This also makes a good emulator for Game Boy and Game Boy Color games.

(todo: explain how to use it to rip sprites using the menus and disabling layers. link to animget for layer disable tutorial.)

In the past Visual Boy Advance is recommended however it is discovered that there is a vulnerability that could affect your computer with malware if cheats are used so be careful if you use the emulator.

BizHawk

Specific Game Pages