Wii:GBA Link Cable Usage

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This page contains various tutorials that go over different Homebrew use cases for the GBA GameCube Link Cable. All of these tutorials are compatible with the GameCube GameBoy Player attachment.

GBA Link Cable Dumper

This app allows you to dump your GBA/SP/Micro BIOS and Roms to the SD card or USB drive.

Due to the limitations of the GBA Link Cable transfer speeds, dumping GBA ROMs this way is very slow. It is better to use either a DS/DS Lite with an R4 flashcart or a modded GameCube with the GameBoy Player attachment.

Requirements

An RVL-001 Model Wii
An SD Card or USB drive
A GBA Gamecube Link Cable
A GBA/SP (if you are using a micro, then you will need an extra adapter)
A GameCube Controller
The GBA Link Cable Dumper

Instructions

Extract the contents of the .zip file and place it on the root of your SD card or USB drive.
Insert the SD card or USB drive into the Wii.
Plug your GameCube controller into GameCube port 1, Then plug your GBA Link Cable into GameCube port 2.
Plug the other end of the GBA Link Cable into your GBA/SP/Micro. Make sure there is no game inserted.
Launch the GBA Link Cable Dumper application in the Homebrew Channel.
When Prompted, turn on the GBA. You should hear a jingle after the bios screen if you did it correctly.
Press Y on the GameCube controller to dump the BIOS.
When that is done, insert a game you want to dump into the GBA, then press A on the GameCube controller.
Both the GBA BIOS and ROMs will be saved to a folder named dumps on the root of your SD or USB.

GBA Link Cable Wifi Input Server

This application allows you to use your GBA/SP/Micro as a controller on a PC emulator over WiFi.

Requirements

An RVL-001 Model Wii with an internet connection
An SD Card or USB drive
A GBA Gamecube Link Cable
A GBA/SP (if you are using a micro, then you will need an extra adapter)
A GameCube Controller
A Windows PC
An emulator, such as bizhawk
Your legally obtained ROM
vjoy
The GBA Link Cable Wifi Input Server app and PC client

Instructions

Extract the contents of the gba-link-cable-wifi-input-v1.2.zip file and place the wii_server folder in the apps folder of your SD card or USB drive.
Run the vJoySetup.exe file and follow the steps through the installation wizard.
In the Windows search bar, search for "configure vjoy" and launch the application that shows up.
In the number of buttons section, change the value from 8 to 10.
Insert the SD card or USB drive into the Wii.
Plug your GameCube controller into GameCube port 1, Then plug your GBA Link Cable into GameCube port 2.
Plug the other end of the GBA Link Cable into your GBA/SP/Micro. Make sure there is no game inserted.
Launch the GBA Link Cable Wifi Input Server application in the Homebrew Channel.
When Prompted, turn on the GBA. You should hear a jingle after the bios screen if you did it correctly.
Go to your PC, and open the pc_client folder.
If you are using a 64 bit Windows PC, you will open the x64 folder. if you are using a 32bit Windows PC, you will opem the x86 folder.
Launch the vJoyClient_x**.exe by double clicking on it.
When prompted, type your Wii's IP address, which is displayed in the top right on your Wii's screen.
Open your preferred emulator, and launch a ROM. You may need to do some additional controller mapping inside of your emulator.

If you are having trouble connecting the Wii to the server, double check to make sure both your Wii and PC are connected on the same network.

GBA Link Cable ROM Sender

This app allows you to Send ROMs from your SD card or USB drive to your GBA/SP/Micro, without the need for a GBA flashcart.

Due to the limitations of the GBA Link Cable transfer speeds, ROMs must be under 256kb (256000 bytes) in size. this means retail games cannot be sent. Only GBA homebrew applications are able to be sent.

Requirements

An RVL-001 Model Wii
An SD Card or USB drive
A GBA Gamecube Link Cable
A GBA/SP (if you are using a micro, then you will need an extra adapter)
The GBA Link Cable ROM Sender
A GBA Homebrew ROM
7-Zip (Keka on Mac), if downloading Homebrew from the above website

Instructions

Extract the contents of the gba-link-cable-rom-sender.zip file and place it on the root of your SD card or USB drive.
Extract homebrew using 7-zip by right clicking on the file, show more options, 7-zip, and extract here.
Extract contents of the .zip file and place .gba ROM files in a folder named gba on the root of your SD card or USB drive.
Insert the SD card or USB drive into the Wii.
Plug your GBA Link Cable into GameCube port 2.
Plug the other end of the GBA Link Cable into your GBA/SP/Micro. Make sure there is no game inserted.
Launch the GBA Link Cable ROM Sender application in the Homebrew Channel.
Choose a ROM to load.
When Prompted, turn on the GBA. You should hear a jingle after the bios screen if you did it correctly.
The application should load. You may unplug the Link Cable from the GBA if you wish.

GBA SID Send

This app allows you to send Commodore 64 SID music files from your SD card or USB drive to your GBA/SP/Micro to play, without the need for a GBA flashcart. It uses the sid-the-kid SID player.

Requirements

An RVL-001 Model Wii
An SD Card or USB drive
A GBA Gamecube Link Cable
A GBA/SP (if you are using a micro, then you will need an extra adapter)
A legally obtained SID file
The GBA Link Cable SID Send App

Instructions

Extract the contents of the .zip file and place it on the root of your SD card or USB drive.
Place .sid files in a folder named sid on the root of your SD card or USB drive.
Insert the SD card or USB drive into the Wii.
Plug your GBA Link Cable into GameCube port 2.
Plug the other end of the GBA Link Cable into your GBA/SP/Micro. Make sure there is no game inserted.
Launch the GBA SID Send application in the Homebrew Channel.
Choose a SID to load.
When Prompted, turn on the GBA. You should hear a jingle after the bios screen if you did it correctly.
The application should load. You may unplug the Link Cable from the GBA if you wish.