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mGBA Wi-Fi Link Netplay v0.1.0-alpha

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@Aelvryx Aelvryx released this 31 Jul 05:20
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v0.1.0-alpha
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Historical prerelease: Superseded by GBA Wi-Fi Link v0.2.0 alpha. Kept for provenance; use v0.2.0 for current testing and documentation.

Experimental Android ARM64 prerelease of the mGBA Wi-Fi link-netplay libretro core.

Install

  1. Download mgba_libretro_android.so to the Android Downloads folder.
  2. In RetroArch, choose Load Core → Install or Restore a Core and select the downloaded file.
  3. Install this build on both devices and load exactly the same GBA ROM bytes on each.
  4. Put both devices on the same LAN. One player chooses Netplay → Host; the other chooses Connect to Netplay Host.
  5. Wait for the GBA link ready message before entering the game multiplayer flow.

Supported scope

  • Two players
  • GBA MULTI-mode Multi-Pak link play
  • Stock RetroArch Netpacket transport
  • Exact effective-ROM matching; independent saves and inputs are allowed

Single-Pak, Wireless Adapter/RFU, NORMAL8/NORMAL32 networking, three/four players, internet relay, reconnection, host migration, and live-session savestates are not supported in this alpha.

Artifact

  • Platform: Android ARM64 (arm64-v8a), API 21+
  • Toolchain: Android NDK r27
  • SHA-256: 73b86256b7599714a29874ef8406c01d96b773b275dcbbcd8841fdd69461f563
  • Source: v0.1.0-alpha
  • License: Mozilla Public License 2.0

This build contains no commercial ROM, save data, or external BIOS.

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