Question about gameboy advance emulation...

[tony_d]

what was the first GBA emulator that successfully played commercial games? and how long did it take(from the release of the GBA till the first successful emulator)?

[Lefteris_D]

It was VisualBoyAdvance and if I'm not mistaken it took around a year to run a few commercial games.

[hagbard]

I think it was PlayBoyAdvance on MAC a few months, perhaps even lesss, after GBA official launch.

On PC Windows computers I believe it was DreamGBA a bit later, but worked much better. BTW its coder Kervin unfortunately died last year after a terrible disease if I'm not mistaken. May he rest in peace

[alcoatjez]

I thought that VisualBoyAdvance already could play some demos before the launch of the GBA and that it didn't take more than a couple of months to run commercial games.
Anyone knows when the GBA was launched?

[montpics]

I thought that VisualBoyAdvance already could play some demos before the launch of the GBA and that it didn't take more than a couple of months to run commercial games.
Anyone knows when the GBA was launched?

Could be in 2002 as the official website mentioned.