

Some games need specific settings to run well.From here you can navigate with the D-Pad and use A, B like before and R to access settings. When running a ROM you can access the ingame menu by touching the touch screen. Settings are saved when leaving the settings menu. The settings are accessed by pressing R on the rom selection menu. They cause problems with the internal patching of GBARunner2 and may actually break saving. GBARunner2 DSi/3DS compatibility list can be found here.ĭo not use SRAM patches unless stated for that ROM on the wiki (if that is needed, use gbata). GBARunner2 is directly compatible with save files from the mGBA emulator, gpsp on 3DS and open_agb_firm. sav (so the save for mygame.gba is mygame.sav).

If you want to use existing save files, they should have the same name as the GBA ROM but instead of. nds file is on the \_nds folder, you can just run the gba rom under TWiLight Menu++). Once you have everything set up, run the. If you have a folder named GBA on the root of your SD card, this folder will be opened by default when running GBARunner2 (supports. Either /bios.bin, /gba/bios.bin or /_gba/bios.bin will work. Place your GBA bios on your SD card (recommended for better compatibility). You can either replace the GBARunner2_arm7dldi_3ds.nds file on the \_nds folder, or place it anywhere on your SD card (except for in \_gba). If you are using TWiLight Menu++, GBARunner2 will come bundled with it and you should find it already on the \_nds folder. A GBA bios is thus optional, but it can greatly improve compatibility with some games. Note: GBARunner2 has the open source bios of Normmatt integrated, with some small modifications.

GBARunner2 is a hypervisor that runs GBA games on DS/DSi/3DS in DS mode, basically like Nintendont does for running Gamecube games on Wii.
