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VBALink.info

VBA Link by denopqrihg is a modified version
of GBA Emulator VisualBoy Advance. VBALink now supports GBA/SP
multiplayer link cable emulation and linking of up to 4 gameboy
emulators with gba roms. At this time linking is possible only under Windows
OS. New! There is LAN support so no longer all the emulation has to
be done on the same PC - connect up to 4 PC on the net.

How to use VBALink

• Download VBALink
  
  - Binaries if you just want to play
  
  (Download source files for modification. If you downloaded
  the source, you must know how to compile it yourself
  )
  
• UnZIP all to a folder like c:\emu\vbalink
  
• Start two (three, four) VisualBoy Advance emulators at once and open gba roms.
  
• In VisualBoy Advance Link -- Options/Emulator, uncheck Pause when inactive window
  

• You don't have to turn off the sound like in TGB Dual -
  only the active VBA produces sound
  
  
• In VBALink options setup all the things, like controls, save paths & so
  on
  
• If you want a log of the transfer, check
  Log in Options/Link
  
• New! When playing Zelda: Four Swords, you have to
  set Timeout in Options/Link to above 10000 or below 200
  (these values worked for me) - anything in between might
  make the game not link.
  
  
• If you want to use VBA save files in VBALink, you must rename them -
  the save file extension for VBA #1 is .sa1
  
  (e.g. Pokemon Emerald.sa1), for #2 .sa2 etc. (the same is true for savestates
  - #1 has .sg1 etc.) - another solution is to import them, that works too.
  - Enjoy!
  
  
  
  Single PC VBALink multiplayer instructions LAN VBA Link setup Help
  

  We have just posted four guides by M@tty :
  
  
  - VBA Link over internet with a Router.
  
  - GBA Game Roms on Your Computer.
  
  - Pokemon Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald "Internal Battery Has Run Dry" Fix.
  
  - VBA running too slow ? Speed Tweaks!.

  
  
  

Emulator News

Thanks to =A=RGOS for creating a modified VBAServer for VBALink with Faster LAN. Drawback to this - only 2 players can connect using this version of the server. (Get the new file and the source from the DOWNLOAD section)


Latency problem appear on the VBAServer causing a slower game in LAN. I download the source code and modify this for optimizing the VBAServer for playing with my little friends. But the new source accepting only two clients connections.

Emulated Features

• 
  New version 1.8.0 beta0 is out!
  New features:
  
  
  
  
  • Wireless addapter over LAN (maybe even fast enough for Internet play).
    
  • Better connectivity
    
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  
• VBALink 1.6a is a normal Visualboy Advance 1.6a
  for Windows, but it emulates Gameboy Advance Link cable and supports
  up to four GBAs linked together!
  
• Multiplayer mode with 2-4 GBAs in all transfer speeds
  
• Separate ini files, save files and savestate files for each
  running VBA.


• New Feature: VBA-LAN support - play / connect emulated gba games over the internet or LAN.
  
  

What's NOT emulated in VBALink / not supported

• All other modes (normal, UART, Joy bus & General Purpose)