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    Is the GBA Bios needed anymore?

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    • RedBatmanR
      RedBatman
      last edited by

      So to my shock I had found out that the GBA had a bios that is to be used in the emulators. Yet I can run GBA games just fine without the bios. Should I still install the bios? If I don't could it perhaps have a negative effect, such as save files not saving or loading?

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      • lostlessL
        lostless
        last edited by

        MGBA (the default emulator on a pi2/3) has a reversed engineered bios built into it. Its not perfect and you may run into some compatibility issues with some games. If all the games you run are working fine, then you may not need a real bios, but having it maximizes compatibility.

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        • T
          tony_retrogamer
          last edited by

          I find that I have issues with running some GBA roms if I don't use the BIOS.

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          • RedBatmanR
            RedBatman
            last edited by

            So can the bios be like this? gba.bin or does it have to be gba_bios.bin?

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            • N.A.R.E.K.96N
              N.A.R.E.K.96 @RedBatman
              last edited by

              @RedBatman
              gba_bios.bin is working for me with defult emulator

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              • retroprogrammerR
                retroprogrammer
                last edited by

                I don't use bios and my GBA works good

                Here is me converting the original Xbox for a case:
                https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15232/converting-original-xbox-into-case-for-raspberrypi/15
                Check out my GitHub: https://github.com/retro-programmer

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                • retroprogrammerR
                  retroprogrammer
                  last edited by

                  I also use default emulator

                  Here is me converting the original Xbox for a case:
                  https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/15232/converting-original-xbox-into-case-for-raspberrypi/15
                  Check out my GitHub: https://github.com/retro-programmer

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                  • RedBatmanR
                    RedBatman
                    last edited by

                    Okay thanks everyone.

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