gbadev resources

A curated list of development resources for Game Boy Advance.

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Introduction

Community

  • GBAdev Forumopen in new window - Our new hub for announcements and long-form discussion. It's a good place to ask questions and share progress on your projects.

  • GBAdev Discordopen in new window - This is where everyone hangs out to chat nowadays. Come say hi!

    Info for IRC users

    All rooms are bridged to IRC channels on EFnetopen in new window.

    Main channel
    #gbadev - general chat

    Additional channels
    #gba-meta - community feedback/discussion
    #gba-help - help & support
    #gba-emudev - emulator development
    #gba-asm - ARM/Thumb assembly and CPU architecture
    #gba-showcase - share what you're working on!
    #gba-music - listening, composing and audio programming
    #gba-offtopic - off-topic chat
    #gba-docs - community documentation projects (tutorials, technical docs etc.)
    #gbajam - hang out with other GBA Jam participants & share your progress

    Project-specific channels
    #gba-toolchain - gba-toolchain, agbabi and gba-plusplus development & support
    #butano - Butano engine development & support
    #natu - Natu toolkit development & support

Other places

  • GBAdev.orgopen in new window - The longstanding homepage of the scene. Still updated with news and releases (but the forums have been broken for a while).
  • GBAtempopen in new window - The site carries the GBA name, but nowadays the console is relegated to the backbenches. It's a good place to talk about gaming and hardware though.

Documentation

Tutorials

Articles

Software Development

Compilers

Toolkits

Libraries

Emulators

Emulator Development

Testing

Homebrews

Jams

Miscellanea

Dumping the GBA BIOS

Reverse engineering

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