1.8.0 beta0

By denopqrihg

What is it?

VBALink is a normal Visualboy Advance for Windows, but it supports up to four* GBAs linked together (two when using Wireless adapter)!
Of course it's free (even opensource), so get it, try it, and spread it to whomever might want it.

This is not an official release of VBA!

News:

New version 1.8.0 beta0 is out!

New features:

Wireless addapter over LAN (maybe even fast enough for Internet play .-)
Better connectivity

So get it right now!

(This is only a beta, so it's not 100% bug-free)

New Portuguese VBALink page was created by tulio150!

If you're Portuguese or just want to check it out, it's here: http://www.vbalink.1br.net

Official IRC Channel opens it's doors! If you search for People to Play or have Questions join #vbalink on irc.unitedusers.net. (If you're new to IRC read this post)

Important note:

The link works only on Windows
I don't have enough Linux knowledge to port it, but if you want you can do it!

How to use the singlecomp version?

Download VBALink (source or binaries)
Unzip it to a folder like c:\games\vbalink
Start two (three, four) VisualBoys at once
In Options/Emulator, uncheck Pause when inactive window
You don't have to turn off the sound like in tgb - only the active VBA produces sound
Setup all the things, like controls, save paths & so on
If you want to use save files, you must rename them - the save file extension for VBA #1 is .sa1 (e.g. Pokemon Ruby.sa1), for #2 .sa2 etc. (the same is true for savestates - #1 has .sg1 etc.) - another solution is to import them, that works too.
Enjoy!

How to use the LAN version?

Download VBALink (source or binaries)
Unzip it to a folder like c:\games\vbalink
Setup all the things, like controls, save paths & so on
Each player opens VBALink and goes to Options/Link/Settings.
Check "Network"
If you want better speed at the cost of slightly less stability, select 'Faster' on the slidebar (recommended for wireless Pokemon)
One of you must select Server and click Start
The others choose "Client", enter the IP address or name of the server and click Connect
When all players are connected, a message box with the text "Connected" will appear (at least it should :-).
Load the game and play!
When someone closes the emulator, the others will become disconnected.
Enjoy!

Downloads:
Binaries (executable file):
	ZIP: vbalink180b0.zip (565 073 bytes)
	7z: vbalink180b0.7z (427 679 bytes) you need 7-zip to decompress this
	Older versions

Source

Games that DON'T work:

(this means that they can't link, not that they don't run at all)

Games for old Gameboy or Gameboy color (Pokemon R/G/B/Y/G/S/C)
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Yu-gi-oh (some of them)
If you find another game that doesn't work, first search the forums if there isn't a way to get it work (like setting a higher timeout) and if you can't find anything, post it in the 'Not working' section of the forum.

If you have tried another game, post it in the forum.

Features

Multiplayer mode with 2-4 GBAs in all transfer speeds
Separate ini files, save files and savestate files for each running VBA
Wireless adapter (well, kinda :-)

What's NOT emulated

Singlepak linking (Multiboot)
Wireless play with more than 2 people

If you want to add something, feel free to download the code and modify it - I'll post it here if you send it back & it works - with your name if you want :-)

Thanks to (in no particular order):

Forgotten (the author of VBA)
My brother
Martin Korth (for gbatek.htm)
Webzdarma
phpbb2
Harlock
Labmaster
Lizardon (for all his help with Wireless emulation)
TheCloudOfSmoke (for the logo)

the creators of translated VBALink pages:
tulio150 (Portuguese page)
Maith (German page)
facugaich (Spanish page)

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