RetroArch Meteor Core: Game Boy Advance Documentation Summary

Background

Meteor is a Game Boy Advance emulator core for RetroArch. The core was authored by Philippe Daouadi and is licensed under GPLv3.

Content and database

• The Meteor core loads content with the .gba file extension. It is associated with the "Nintendo - Game Boy Advance" RetroArch database.

Supported frontend features

According to the documentation, the Meteor core supports Restart, Screenshots, Saves, States, Rewind, Core Options, Controls, Remapping and Softpatching.

The same feature table lists Netplay, Memory Monitoring (achievements), RetroArch Cheats and Native Cheats as not supported by the core.

Save and state locations

• Cartridge battery saves are written to the frontend's Save directory as 'content-name'.srm. Save states are written to the frontend's State directory as 'content-name'.state#. The core's internal core name is 'Meteor GBA'.

Geometry and timing

• The documentation lists the core-provided FPS as 59.7275005696, the core-provided sample rate as 44100 Hz, and the core-provided aspect ratio as 3/2.

Controller support

For User 1, the documentation lists three device types: None, RetroPad (joypad, the default), and RetroPad w/Analog (joypad). The default input device is RetroPad.

• The User 1 remap descriptors map to RetroPad inputs as follows: B, Select, Start, D-Pad Up, D-Pad Down, D-Pad Left, D-Pad Right, A, L and R.

Compatibility

The official documentation's Compatibility section is marked as awaiting a description, so it does not list verified working or non-working titles.