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Mac Boy Advance AKA Visual Boy Advance is a GameBoy/GameBoy Color/GameBoy Advance emulator for Mac OS X ... 12 years old ... may not work for you!!!

http://sourceforge.net/projects/macboyadvance/files/latest/download

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From the Read Me File: 

VisualBoyAdvance 1.7.5

About

VisualBoyAdvance is a GameBoy/GameBoy Color/GameBoy Advance emulator for Mac OS X.  No longer supported!!!


A GameBoyAdvance BIOS file is optional for VisualBoyAdvance.  You can select this file in the preferences before playing GameBoy Advance games.  Note that it is not required to have BIOS image to run VisualBoyAdvance.  If you would like to use the bios, place it in the same folder as VisualBoyAdvance with the filename "gbasys.bin" (without quotes). 

VisualBoyAdvance supports zipped and gzipped roms transparently.

Cheats for GameBoy Advance games must be entered while no rom is running.  Select close rom from the File menu and then you can enter the cheats using the cheat items under the Options menu respective to the type of code you want to enter.  After entering your codes, click OK and then select a rom using the Open Rom... option in the File menu, and your cheat codes will be applied to that game.


Default Controls

The keys for VisualBoyAdvance are as follows:

Up - Up Arrow Key
Down - Down Arrow Key
Left - Left Arrow Key
Right - Right Arrow Key
Start - Return
Select - Backspace
A Button: z
B Button: x
L Button: a
R Button: s
Speed Up: Space Bar
Capture Screenshot: + key
Save State: Shift with F1 - F8 for respective slot
Load State: F1 - F8 for respective slot

Keys can be configured under the "Option" menu when a rom is not running.

Tips For Speeding Up VisualBoyAdvance


•Select a higher frameskip value
•Turn sound down to 22khz or 11khz
•Turn sound off
•Turn off video filters
•Get a faster Mac


http://sourceforge.net/projects/macboyadvance/


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http://sourceforge.net/projects/macboyadvance/files/latest/download?source=files
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