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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/GBA SP/GB Micro's BIOS and ROMs to an SD card or USB flash drive.
The GBA Link Cable has a very slow transfer speed - if you have either a DS/DS Lite with an R4 flashcart or a modded GameCube with the GameBoy Player attachment, they are superior methods to this. |
Requirements
- A model RVL-001 Wii console
- An SD Card or USB drive
- A GBA GameCube Link Cable
- A GBA (SP)
- If you are using a GB Micro, then you will need an extra adapter
- A GameCube controller
- The GBA Link Cable Dumper app
Instructions
- Extract the contents of the
.zip
file and copy them to the root of your SD card or USB drive - Insert the SD card/USB drive into the Wii
- On the GameCube, plug the GameCube controller into port 1 and the GBA Link Cable into port 2
- Remove any game inserted in your GBA/SP/Micro and then plug the other end of the GBA Link Cable into it
- 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
- Once this finishes, insert a game you want to dump into the GBA and 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.
Requirements
- A model RVL-001 Wii console
- An SD Card or USB drive
- A GBA GameCube Link Cable
- A GBA (SP)
- If you are using a GB Micro, then you will need an extra adapter
- A GameCube controller
- A Windows PC
- An emulator, such as Bizhawk
- Your legally obtained ROM(s)
- vjoy
- The GBA Link Cable Wifi Input Server app and PC client
Instructions
- Extract
gba-link-cable-wifi-input-v1.2.zip
to a folder - Copy the
wii_server
folder inside the extracted ZIP tosd:/apps
on your SD card/USB - 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
to10
- Insert the SD card/USB drive into the Wii
- On the GameCube, plug the GameCube controller into port 1 and the GBA Link Cable into port 2
- Remove any game inserted in your GBA/SP/Micro and then plug the other end of the GBA Link Cable into it
- Launch the GBA Link Cable Wifi Input Server in the Homebrew Channel
- When prompted, turn on the GBA. You should hear a jingle after the BIOS if you did it correctly
- Go to your PC, and open the
pc_client
folder matching your PC's OS architecture- This will be the x64 folder if your OS is 64-bit, or the x86 folder if it's 32-bit
- Run the
vJoyClient_x64.exe
/vJoyClient_x86.exe
file - When prompted, type your Wii's IP address
- This is displayed in the top-right corner of 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 using a GBA flashcart.
Because of the GBA Link Cable's transfer speed, all ROMs must be smaller than 256kB. All retail games are larger than 256kB, and so this method can only send homebrew applications. |
Requirements
- A model RVL-001 Wii console
- An SD Card or USB drive
- A GBA GameCube Link Cable
- A GBA (SP)
- If you are using a GB Micro, then you will need an extra adapter
- The GBA Link Cable ROM Sender app
- 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/USB drive - Extract the homebrew by right-clicking on the file and selecting Show more options -> 7-Zip -> Extract here.
- Copy the
.gba
ROMs intosd:/gba
on your SD card/USB drive - Insert the SD card/USB drive into the Wii
- On the GameCube, plug your GBA Link Cable into port 2
- Remove any game inserted in your GBA/SP/Micro and then plug the other end of the GBA Link Cable into it
- 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 if you did it correctly
- The application should load. You may now 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 them using the sid-the-kid SID player instead of a GBA flashcart.
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 GB Micro, then you will need an extra adapter
- Legally obtained SID file(s)
- The GBA Link Cable SID Send app
Instructions
- Extract the contents of the
.zip
file and place them on the root of your SD card/USB drive - Copy all of your
.sid
files tosd:/sid
on your SD card/USB drive - Insert the SD card/USB drive into the Wii
- On the GameCube, plug your GBA Link Cable into port 2
- Remove any game inserted in your GBA/SP/Micro and then plug the other end of the GBA Link Cable into it
- 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 if you did it correctly
- The application should load. You may unplug the Link Cable from the GBA if you wish.