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ROMs can be placed anywhere on the SD card. Save files are put next to the games (e.g. if the game is at <code>/roms/Mario Kart.gba</code>, the save is at <code>/roms/Mario Kart.'''sav'''</code>).
ROMs can be placed anywhere on the SD card. Save files are put next to the games (e.g. if the game is at <code>/roms/Mario Kart.gba</code>, the save is at <code>/roms/Mario Kart.'''sav'''</code>).
A reboot is required to select a different game.


== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[3DS:GBA games]]
* [[3DS:GBA games]]

Revision as of 23:10, 23 June 2022

open_agb_firm is a bare-metal application for running Game Boy Advanced games using the Nintendo 3DS's native GBA hardware capabilities.

Features

open_agb_firm uses the 3DS's native capabilities to run GBA software, just like the original AGB_FIRM. The main difference is that it allowes running ROMs from files on the SD card, instead of requiring them to be installed as digital games. Save files are also put on the SD card, making access to them far easier than AGB_FIRM.

Like AGB_FIRM, additional hardware features like accelerometer and camera are not supported. Games that depend on these features like WarioWare: Twisted! and Game Boy Camera will not work.

Installation

Universal-Updater

open_agb_firm is available on Universal-DB.

Manually

Usage

Press and hold START while turning on the console to choose it through the Luma3DS chainloader.

ROMs can be placed anywhere on the SD card. Save files are put next to the games (e.g. if the game is at /roms/Mario Kart.gba, the save is at /roms/Mario Kart.sav).

A reboot is required to select a different game.

See also