Vba Emulator Controls How To Unzip Files

If you want to set up different controls for different games (for example swapping A and B over for certain Pinball games etc.) go to Options - Joypad - Configure - 2 and repeat the process for setting controls exactly as you have just done.

Also of note - I apologise for the quality of any of the screenshots, I only have Microsoft Paint.

An emulator allows you to play games and applications that were not originally designed for the computer (such as GameBoy Advance games) on a computer.

Not only does it support GameBoy Advance games (GBA ROMs), but also GameBoy (GB ROMs) and GameBoy Color (GBC ROMs and SNES Super GameBoy).

If you want an emulator with multiplayer support, then you will need VBALink.

It is based on the VisualBoy Advance source codes, so looks the same as VBA, but adds link emulation to it.

Ok, now you have your emulator (either VBA or VBALink - there are others but for this tutorial I will be using VisualBoy Advance version 1.7.2) you will need some games.

If you head over to Google and search for Gameboy Advance Roms you can find hundreds of public domain GameBoy Advance games for you to play.

You will get a file called VisualBoyAdvance.exe, COPYING, NEWS and some other text documents (usually a readme) as you can see here.

Vba Emulator Controls How To Unzip Files

If you dont know how to unzip files, then try reading this guide on unzipping files using WinZip.

You will also need to unzip Asteroids GBA - make a note of where you extracted it to.

For example, to make things simple I extracted both VisualBoy Advance and Asteroids to the root of my C: Drive.

Ok, open up Windows Explorer (if you have a mouse wheel, usually clicking it brings up Windows Explorer - If not, go to the Start Menu and click My Computer).

Navigate to where you extracted the emulator and game (this is basic Windows use, if you dont know how to navigate through Explorer then emulation isnt for you:).

Run the program VisualBoyAdvance.exe (by double-clicking it unless you have your computer setup differently).

You should be confronted by the following screen if opening for the first time: This is the basic interface to VisualBoy Advance.

There are many options in the menus that you can play with to improve the appearance of VBA and customise it to your needs, but for now I will just leave the window as default.

Note - if you want to turn off Sound then go to Options - Sound - Mute NOT Off.

Choosing Off will make the emulator run too fast for most computers.

Select Open. from the dropdown menu (or press CtrlO) if you are planning to open a GameBoy Advance game (such as Asteroids that you downloaded earlier).

Doing so should open a screen similar to this: Dont worry if you cant instantly see the Asteroids game, just navigate to where you extracted it on your computer.

In my case this was the root of the C: drive, so it is already there.

The game is a file called AsteroidsGBA.BIN.

Some games (especially homebrew ones - those made by freelance programmers) come with the.BIN extension but most use the standard.GBA extension.

That should bring up the following screen: Dont worry if your percentage rating (the 98) isnt the same, this is just a measure of how fast the emulator is running compared to the game being played on a GameBoy Advance, thus it varies depending on what else is going on on your computer.

Congratulations, you are now playing your first GameBoy Advance game on your computer The default controls are: ( GameBoy Advance Control Keyboard Key) Up Up Arrow Down Down Arrow Left Left Arrow Right Right Arrow.

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