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"No Point In Keeping It Under Wraps Any Longer" -This New Emulator "Ports" Game Boy Titles To The GBA

"I call it the GB Bridge" - An in-development emulator has been revealed which "ports" existing Game Boy games to the GBA, taking advantage of the additional...

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"No Point In Keeping It Under Wraps Any Longer" -This New Emulator "Ports" Game Boy Titles To The GBAhttps://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/no-point-in-keeping-it-under-wraps-any-longer-this-new-emulator-ports-game-boy-titles-to-the-gbaOpen linkView original on piefed.social
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Isn't it easier to say the guy is just making GBA ports of GB titles? I don't see why all this technicality is necessary. Its not like he's making something that will automatically port any GB title in that manner. Or is he making a platform in which you can play GBA remakes of GB games...?

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TL;DR They've written an emulator that runs on the GBA, which emulates a fantasy, souped-up version of the GB with many features of the GBA added. And now they're manually porting existing GB games to this fantasy GB platform.

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